"Passing the Test"
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Call to Worship (Luke 6)
Come and learn the ways of life.
Love your enemies, and do good to those who hate you.
Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who persecute you.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Come and learn the ways of life.
Opening Prayer (Luke 6)
Inexhaustible source of love and life, be with us in our time of worship
as we seek the love it takes to walk in the ways of your Son.
Help us love our enemies
and bless those who wrong us, for we cannot do so alone.
Teach us the joy of treating others
with all the same respect and goodness with which we hope to be treated.
May our every word and deed make known that we are your beloved children
and vessels of your love. Amen.
Invitation to the Offering (Luke 6:38 NRSV)
Jesus said, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure...running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
Prayer (Genesis 9, Psalm 25, Mark 1)
Prayer (Genesis 9, Psalm 25, Mark 1)
God of the covenant,
you are ever faithful.
Your love never ends.
Teach us your ways.
And guide us in your paths of love and forgiveness,
that we may witness to your grace
and salvation. Amen.
Luke 4:1-13 New International Version
Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.”
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.”
8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.”
9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;
11 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”
12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”
13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
Benediction (Luke 6)
As followers of Jesus, we will do unto others
as we would have them do unto us.
“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”Go with God’s blessings.