No longer merely, only,
the son of a carpenter
the son of Joseph;
He rose from the Jordan
anything but that.
In that moment, the babe in the manger,
the young boy in the temple,
the man he was, transformed;
Like David from his flock
he was anointed; but not by oil but
by the Spirit, descending from heaven.
Whatever he had done in life
wherever he had traveled
whoever he had met;
all of that forgotten
to the sands of time.
The man, human as he was, falling into the Jordan
the Son of God, rising from the depths;
Blessed by the Spirit,
commissioned by the voice of God;
Led into the wilderness
ready to serve.
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edited May 31, 2015
The Son of the Carpenter – v2
January 12, 2009
The Son of the Carpenter
Mark 1:4-11
Mark 1:12-13
Acts 19:1-7
and sermon, “Child of God”,
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
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Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 11, 2009
and sermon title, Beginning,
by Reverend Peter Hey,
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH
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