Welcome to our Worship for the First Sunday in Lent, February 21, 2021.
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!
This week’s readings are: Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15
The first Sunday in Lent is with the covenant made between God and Noah. This story from Genesis, like both the Gospel and the Epistle, has to do with God’s response to the reality of human condition. God’s response is to take the initiative, to make a covenant, and to provide stable conditions for all life on earth. The first letter of Peter gives expression to the theme of suffering, as experienced by both Christ and Christians. The Gospel story ties Jesus’ temptation directly to his baptism. The story tells the remarkably compact version of Jesus’ baptism, temptation, and inaugural preaching in Galilee. The story reveals that when the Holy Spirit of God comes, one is changed and is set on the road of discipleship to a cross, and beyond.
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