Celebrating Life and Hope in Christ: Jonathan Baker
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In holy baptism, John was clothed with the robe of Christ's righteousness. Righteousness, that covered all his sin. St. Paul says, Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried, therefore, with him by baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. [00:15:26] (43 seconds)
O God of grace and mercy, we remember before you our brother John. We thank you for giving him to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless, boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us your aid, so we may see in death the gate of eternal life. We may continue our course on earth in confidence until by your call, we are reunited with those who have gone before us. Through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [00:19:36] (44 seconds)
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one, a good number from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. And all the angels were standing around the throne, and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they said, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, Amen. [00:20:46] (43 seconds)
Jesus said, Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way. And the truth. And the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. [00:23:03] (54 seconds)
We are here this morning to thank God for John's life, but above all, to thank God for him. He is the one who conquered death, the one who said, I am the way, and the truth, and the life, this one who assures us that he is the only way to God, that he is the truth about God, that God has amazing grace. And that he is the one who conquered death. And that he is the one who can give life that is eternal, this one whom we heard of being praised by the heavenly hosts in our reading from Revelation. [00:30:36] (61 seconds)
You know, John knew that he's, like all of us and maybe, you know, more. That we all need the forgiveness. Amen. that only he can provide. And it's amazing grace to us poor sinners who don't deserve it. That he would send his son that we could be forgiven. This one who said, I am the way and the truth and the life. You see, he is the only way to the Father. He is the only way to life with God that will never end. You see, without his shed blood, without his forgiveness, without his grace, we stand before God in this life and on the other. [00:41:26] (82 seconds)
The truth about God is that this creator God, his love and mercy towards us is so great that he was willing to send his son to take our punishment. You see, the truth about God is he is not only gracious, but that he is just. He has to punish sin. He couldn't just wave his hand and say, everybody's forgiven, everybody gets to come to the heavenly home. No, the truth is that those who do not have his mercy, his grace, his forgiveness, they will be separated for all eternity with no second chance. [00:43:51] (52 seconds)
Jesus said, I am the way and the truth and the life. He is the only way to have life with God. Yes, we are born in the, these human bodies and these bodies will die one day. But those who have Jesus, they have life that will never end, eternal life. And when this body dies, for those who are connected to the blood of Jesus, they go to be with the Lord. And that is what our reading from Revelation seven gives us a picture of, is this great multitude of people who are clothed in white robes. [00:45:05] (50 seconds)
May God ever keep us in this faith unto life everlasting. Amen. We rise for prayer. Almighty God, you have knit your chosen people together in one communion in the mystical body of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Give to your whole church in heaven and on earth your light and your peace. Hear us, O Lord. Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to a newness of life and that, through the gate of death and the grave, we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. [00:46:46] (68 seconds)
O God of all grace, you sent your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to bring life and immortality to light. We give you thanks that by his death he destroyed the power of death and by his resurrection opened the kingdom of heaven to all. All believers, strengthen us in the confidence that because he lives, we shall live also, and that neither death nor life nor things present nor things to come will be able to separate us from your love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. [00:49:21] (42 seconds)
Almighty God, by the death of your Son, Jesus Christ, you destroyed death. And by his rest in the tomb, you sanctified the graves of your saints. And by his glorious resurrection, you brought life and immortality to light. So all who die in him abide in peace and hope. Receive our thanks for the victory over death and the grave, which he won for us. Keep us in everlasting peace. We sing fellowship with all that wait for him on earth and with all in heaven who are with him who is the resurrection and the life, even Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [00:51:40] (41 seconds)
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O God of grace and mercy, we remember before you our brother John. We thank you for giving him to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless, boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us your aid, so we may see in death the gate of eternal life. We may continue our course on earth in confidence until by your call, we are reunited with those who have gone before us. Through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [00:19:36] (44 seconds)
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one, a good number from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. And all the angels were standing around the throne, and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they said, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, Amen. [00:20:46] (43 seconds)
Jesus said, Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way. And the truth. And the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. [00:23:03] (54 seconds)
We are here this morning to thank God for John's life, but above all, to thank God for him. He is the one who conquered death, the one who said, I am the way, and the truth, and the life, this one who assures us that he is the only way to God, that he is the truth about God, that God has amazing grace. And that he is the one who conquered death. And that he is the one who can give life that is eternal, this one whom we heard of being praised by the heavenly hosts in our reading from Revelation. [00:30:36] (61 seconds)
You know, John knew that he's, like all of us and maybe, you know, more. That we all need the forgiveness. Amen. that only he can provide. And it's amazing grace to us poor sinners who don't deserve it. That he would send his son that we could be forgiven. This one who said, I am the way and the truth and the life. You see, he is the only way to the Father. He is the only way to life with God that will never end. You see, without his shed blood, without his forgiveness, without his grace, we stand before God in this life and on the other. [00:41:26] (82 seconds)
The truth about God is that this creator God, his love and mercy towards us is so great that he was willing to send his son to take our punishment. You see, the truth about God is he is not only gracious, but that he is just. He has to punish sin. He couldn't just wave his hand and say, everybody's forgiven, everybody gets to come to the heavenly home. No, the truth is that those who do not have his mercy, his grace, his forgiveness, they will be separated for all eternity with no second chance. [00:43:51] (52 seconds)
Jesus said, I am the way and the truth and the life. He is the only way to have life with God. Yes, we are born in the, these human bodies and these bodies will die one day. But those who have Jesus, they have life that will never end, eternal life. And when this body dies, for those who are connected to the blood of Jesus, they go to be with the Lord. And that is what our reading from Revelation seven gives us a picture of, is this great multitude of people who are clothed in white robes. [00:45:05] (50 seconds)
May God ever keep us in this faith unto life everlasting. Amen. We rise for prayer. Almighty God, you have knit your chosen people together in one communion in the mystical body of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Give to your whole church in heaven and on earth your light and your peace. Hear us, O Lord. Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to a newness of life and that, through the gate of death and the grave, we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. [00:46:46] (68 seconds)
O God of all grace, you sent your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to bring life and immortality to light. We give you thanks that by his death he destroyed the power of death and by his resurrection opened the kingdom of heaven to all. All believers, strengthen us in the confidence that because he lives, we shall live also, and that neither death nor life nor things present nor things to come will be able to separate us from your love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. [00:49:21] (42 seconds)
Almighty God, by the death of your Son, Jesus Christ, you destroyed death. And by his rest in the tomb, you sanctified the graves of your saints. And by his glorious resurrection, you brought life and immortality to light. So all who die in him abide in peace and hope. Receive our thanks for the victory over death and the grave, which he won for us. Keep us in everlasting peace. We sing fellowship with all that wait for him on earth and with all in heaven who are with him who is the resurrection and the life, even Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [00:51:40] (41 seconds)
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