The 5th Sunday after Pentecost
Brett Younger, former Senior Pastor at Broadway and Senior Minister at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn NY
Matthew 10:40-42, read by Ryon Price, Senior Pastor:
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
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Readings on God’s Love, read responsorially by Brett Younger, former Senior Pastor of Broadway
One: I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. (John 12:32)
Many: I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world. (John 12:47)
One: Therefore, just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. (Romans 5:18)
Many: For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that God may be merciful to all. (Romans 11:32)
One: For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:22)
Many: For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all. (1 Timothy 2:5–6)
One: For to this end, we toil and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. (1 Timothy 4:10)
Many: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all. (Titus 2:11)
One: God is not slow about God’s promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
Many: He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)
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