Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary
Eau Claire, WI

2012-01-20 ILC Chapel — Pastors and teachers represent Jesus…

2012 Chapels -
Pastors and teachers represent Jesus to others. Remember to focus on Jesus.

 

Date : 2012-01-20
Speaker : Professor Steven Sippert

John 3:25–30 (Listen)

25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” 27 John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’ 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”1

Footnotes

[1] 3:30 Some interpreters hold that the quotation continues through verse 36

(ESV)

Hymn: TLH 296, st. 1,3: Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth

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1. Speak, O Lord, Thy servant heareth,
To Thy Word I now give heed;
Life and spirit Thy Word beareth,
All Thy Word is true indeed.
Death’s dread power in me is rife;
Jesus, may Thy Word of Life
Fill my soul with love’s strong fervor
That I cling to Thee forever.

3. Lord, Thy words are waters living
Where I quench my thirsty need;
Lord, Thy words are bread life-giving,
On Thy words my Soul doth feed.
Lord, Thy words shall be my light
Through death’s vale and dreary night;
Yea, they are my sword prevailing
And my cup of joy unfailing.