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Hymn lyrics for the service can be found at the links below:
Hymn: 370 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
Hymn: 424 My God, My Father, Make Me Strong
Hymn: 159 Go to Dark Gethsemane
Hymn: 143 O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken
Closing Hymn: 433 Jesus, My Truth, My Way
Thanks to Grace Lutheran in Fridley MN for supplying The Lutheran Hymnal Supplement music downloads.
Due to copy right restrictions and recorded music availability, some hymns from the supplement are not available online or included in the video.
Sermon Text: John 3:22-30
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison). 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.”
Theme: “Christ Orientated”
➢ What does it mean to be “hopelessly devoted to one’s self” and is that a good or bad thing:
➢ Talk about what Jesus means when He says “.. .. must deny themselves …. put up their cross and follow Me”
➢ It looks like some of John the Baptist’s disciples were struggling with what was in the text:
➢ John the Baptist meant what when he said “a person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven”
➢ Does this sound like modern thought “I deserve more than I have and am ungrateful for what I do have” and why is that so terrible:
➢ Are you content to serve the Lord in the role that He has given you:
➢ List some of the striking aspects of John calling Jesus the Bridegroom:
➢ What does John the Baptist mean when he says “He must increase while I must decrease”
➢ How does Jesus increase in your life while you decrease:
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