Sunday January 30 2022
Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up?
week Four
John 18: 33-37
Rev Jessica Wright
Scripture
33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” 35 Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” 37 Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
JOHN 18:33-37 NRSV
Call to Worship
We come to worship the King of Glory
Jesus is Lord of Lords and King of Kings
Lord, we pray for your Kingdom to be here now,
bringing your reign of justice and righteousness, hope and love, mercy and grace for all.
So let us worship the Lord.
Affirmation of faith
We believe in God, infinite in wisdom, power, and love, the creator and giver of life.
We believe in Jesus Christ, fully God and fully human. Hunted at birth and humiliated at death, Christ entered our fearful darkness so that we might enter his glorious light and share the life of his resurrection.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, breathed into us at our birth, always drawing us on to be born again, encouraging, exhorting, comforting, nourishing our growth and inspiring our living.
We believe in the reconciliation of the world to God, through Christ.
We believe in our call to bear witness to this good news, that the kingdom of God may come upon the earth.