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The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany |
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Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth |
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Lesson -
Jeremiah 1:4-10 |
Jeremiah's Call and Commission
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I
consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the
nations." Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am
only a youth." But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to
whom I send you you shall go, and whatever I command
you you shall speak. Be not afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD." Then the LORD put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said
to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up
and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to
build and to plant."
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Epistle -
1 Corinthians 14:12b-20 |
Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues
So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit,
strive to excel in building up the church. Therefore, he who speaks in a
tongue should pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my
spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with
the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit
and I will sing with the mind also. Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit,
how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your
thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may give
thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified. I thank God that I
speak in tongues more than you all; nevertheless, in church I would rather
speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten
thousand words in a tongue. Brethren, do not be children in your thinking;
be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.
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Gospel -
Luke 4:21-32 |
Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in
your hearing." And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, "Is not this
Joseph's son?" And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb,
'Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Caper'na-um, do here also in your own country.'" And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own
country. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days
of Eli'jah, when the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; and Eli'jah was sent to none of them but only to Zar'ephath, in the land
of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Eli'sha;
and none of them was cleansed, but only Na'aman the Syrian." When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of
the hill on which their city was built, that they
might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went away. And he went down to Caper'na-um, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching
them on the sabbath; and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with
authority.
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