RERC 2-01a Mystery of God

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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1 1-2
The Spirit of God hovers over the waters In the
beginning when God created the heavens and the
earth, the earth was a formless void and
darkness covered the face of the deep, while a
wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 717-20
 The Flood The flood continued for forty days
on the earth and the waters increased, and
bore up the ark, and it rose high above the
earth. The waters swelled and increased greatly
on the earth and the ark floated on the face of
the waters. The waters swelled so mightily on
the earth that all the high mountains under the
whole heaven were covered the waters swelled
above the mountains, covering them fifteen
cubits deep.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14
 The Crossing of the Red Sea Then the Lord said
to Moses Tell the Israelites to turn back and
camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and
the sea, in front of Baal-zephon you shall
camp opposite it, by the sea. Pharaoh will say
of the Israelites, They are wandering aimlessly
in the land the wilderness has closed in on
them. I will harden Pharaohs heart, and he
will pursue them, so that I will gain glory for
myself over Pharaoh and all his army and the
Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And
they did so.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
 The Crossing of the Red Sea When the king of
Egypt was told that the people had fled, the
minds of Pharaoh and his officials were changed
towards the people, and they said, What have we
done, letting Israel leave our service? So he
had his chariot made ready, and took his army
with him he took six hundred picked chariots
and all the other chariots of Egypt with
officers over all of them. The Lord hardened the
heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued
the Israelites, who were going out boldly.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
 The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaohs
horses and chariots, his chariot drivers and his
army they overtook them camped by the sea, by
Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.  As
Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back,
and there were the Egyptians advancing on them.
In great fear the Israelites cried out to the
Lord. They said to Moses, Was it because there
were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us
away to die in the wilderness? What have you
done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this
not the very thing we told you in Egypt, Let us
alone and let us serve the Egyptians? For it
would have been better for us to serve the
Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
But Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid,
stand firm, and see the deliverance that the
Lord will accomplish for you today for the
Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see
again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have
only to keep still.   Then the Lord said to
Moses,Why do you cry out to me? Tell the
Israelites to go forward. But you lift up your
staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea
and divide it, that the Israelites may go into
the sea on dry ground. Then I will harden the
hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in
after them and so I will gain glory for myself
over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots,
and his chariot drivers. 
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gained glory for myself over
Pharaoh, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.
  The angel of God who was going before the
Israelite army moved and went behind them and
the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them
and took its place behind them. It came
between the army of Egypt and the army of
Israel. And so the cloud was there with the
darkness, and it lit up the night one did not
come near the other all night.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea.
The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east
wind all night, and turned the sea into dry
land and the waters were divided. The
Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the
waters forming a wall for them on their right
and on their left. The Egyptians pursued, and
went into the sea after them, all of Pharaohs
horses, chariots, and chariot drivers. At the
morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and
cloud looked down upon the Egyptian army, and
threw the Egyptian army into panic.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
He clogged their chariot wheels so that they
turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, Let
us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is
fighting for them against Egypt.  Then the Lord
said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the
sea, so that the water may come back upon the
Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot
drivers. So Moses stretched out his hand over
the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its
normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it,
the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea. The
waters returned and covered the chariots and the
chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that
had followed them into the seanot one of them
remained.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Exodus 14(contd)
But the Israelites walked on dry ground through
the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on
their right and on their left.  Thus the Lord
saved Israel that day from the Egyptians and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work that the Lord did
against the Egyptians. So the people feared the
Lord and believed in the Lord and in his
servant Moses.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Ezekiel 471-12
Then he brought me back to the entrance of the
temple there, water was flowing from below the
threshold of the temple towards the east (for
the temple faced east) and the water was
flowing down from below the south end of the
threshold of the temple, south of the altar.
Then he brought me out by way of the north gate,
and led me round on the outside to the outer
gate that faces towards the east and the water
was coming out on the south side.  Going on
eastwards with a cord in his hand, the man
measured one thousand cubits, and then led me
through the water and it was ankle-deep.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Ezekiel 471-12(contd)
Again he measured one thousand, and led me
through the water and it was up to the waist.
Again he measured one thousand, and it was a
river that I could not cross, for the water had
risen it was deep enough to swim in, a river
that could not be crossed. He said to me,
Mortal, have you seen this? Then he led me back
along the bank of the river. As I came back, I
saw on the bank of the river a great many trees
on one side and on the other. He said to me,
This water flows towards the eastern region
and goes down into the Arabah and when it
enters the sea, the sea of stagnant waters, the
water will become fresh.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Ezekiel 471-12(contd)
Wherever the river goes, every living creature
that swarms will live, and there will be very
many fish, once these waters reach there. It
will become fresh and everything will live
where the river goes. People will stand fishing
beside the sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim it
will be a place for the spreading of nets its
fish will be of a great many kinds, like the
fish of the Great Sea.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Ezekiel 471-12(contd)
Wherever the river goes, every living creature
that swarms will live, and there will be very
many fish, once these waters reach there. It
will become fresh and everything will live
where the river goes. People will stand fishing
beside the sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim it
will be a place for the spreading of nets its
fish will be of a great many kinds, like the
fish of the Great Sea.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Ezekiel 471-12(contd)
But its swamps and marshes will not become
fresh they are to be left for salt. On the
banks, on both sides of the river, there will
grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves
will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they
will bear fresh fruit every month, because the
water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their
fruit will be for food, and their leaves for
healing.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Ezekiel 471-12(contd)
But its swamps and marshes will not become
fresh they are to be left for salt. On the
banks, on both sides of the river, there will
grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves
will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they
will bear fresh fruit every month, because the
water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their
fruit will be for food, and their leaves for
healing.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of
Amittai, saying, Go at once to Nineveh, that
great city, and cry out against it for their
wickedness has come up before me. But Jonah set
out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the
Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship
going to Tarshish so he paid his fare and went
on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away
from the presence of the Lord.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea,
and such a mighty storm came upon the sea that
the ship threatened to break up. Then the
mariners were afraid, and each cried to his god.
They threw the cargo that was in the ship into
the sea, to lighten it for them. Jonah,
meanwhile,had gone down into the hold of the
ship and had lain down, and was fast asleep.
The captain came and said to him, What are
you doing sound asleep? Get up, call on your
god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so
that we do not perish.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
The sailors said to one another, Come, let us
cast lots, so that we may know on whose account
this calamity has come upon us. So they cast
lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. Then they said
to him, Tell us why this calamity has come upon
us. What is your occupation? Where do you come
from? What is your country? And of what people
are you? I am a Hebrew, he replied. I
worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made
the sea and the dry land. Then the men were
even more afraid, and said to him, What is this
that you have done! For the men knew that he
was fleeing from the presence of the Lord,
because he had told them so.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
Then they said to him, What shall we do to
you, that the sea may quieten down for us? For
the sea was growing more and more tempestuous.
He said to them, Pick me up and throw me into
the sea then the sea will quieten down for you
for I know it is because of me that this great
storm has come upon you. Nevertheless, the men
rowed hard to bring the ship back to land, but
they could not, for the sea grew more and more
stormy against them.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
Then they cried out to the Lord, Please,
O Lord, we pray, do not let us perish on account
of this mans life. Do not make us guilty of
innocent blood for you, O Lord, have done as it
pleased you. So they picked Jonah up and threw
him into the sea and the sea ceased from its
raging. Then the men feared the Lord even
more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord
and made vows.   But the Lord provided a large
fish to swallow up Jonah and Jonah was in the
belly of the fish for three days and three
nights.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
A Psalm of Thanksgiving
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the
belly of the fish, saying,I called to the Lord
out of my distress,   and he answered meout of
the belly of Sheol I cried,   and you heard my
voice. You cast me into the deep,   into the
heart of the seas,   and the flood surrounded
meall your waves and your billows   passed
over me.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
A Psalm of Thanksgiving
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the
belly of the fish, saying,I called to the Lord
out of my distress,   and he answered meout of
the belly of Sheol I cried,   and you heard my
voice. You cast me into the deep,   into the
heart of the seas,   and the flood surrounded
meall your waves and your billows   passed
over me.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
A Psalm of Thanksgiving
Then I said, I am driven away from your
sighthow shall I look again upon your holy
temple? The waters closed in over me   the
deep surrounded meweeds were wrapped around
my head    at the roots of the mountains.I went
down to the land   whose bars closed upon me for
everyet you brought up my life from the
Pit,   O Lord my God. As my life was ebbing
away,   I remembered the Lordand my prayer
came to you,   into your holy temple.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Book of Jonah
A Psalm of Thanksgiving
Then I said, I am driven away from your
sighthow shall I look again upon your holy
temple? The waters closed in over me   the
deep surrounded meweeds were wrapped around
my head    at the roots of the mountains.I went
down to the land   whose bars closed upon me for
everyet you brought up my life from the
Pit,   O Lord my God. As my life was ebbing
away,   I remembered the Lordand my prayer
came to you,   into your holy temple.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Mark 645-52
Jesus Walks on the Water and is Lord of
Creation  Immediately he made his disciples get
into the boat and go on ahead to the other side,
to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
After saying farewell to them, he went up on the
mountain to pray.  When evening came, the boat
was out on the lake, and he was alone on the
land. When he saw that they were straining at
the oars against an adverse wind, he came
towards them early in the morning, walking on
the lake. He intended to pass them by.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Mark 645-52(contd)
Jesus Walks on the Water and is Lord of
Creation But when they saw him walking on the
lake, they thought it was a ghost and cried
out for they all saw him and were terrified.
But immediately he spoke to them and said,
Take heart, it is I do not be afraid. Then he
got into the boat with them and the wind
ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for
they did not understand about the loaves, but
their hearts were hardened.
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RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Mark 645-52(contd)
Jesus Walks on the Water and is Lord of
Creation But when they saw him walking on the
lake, they thought it was a ghost and cried
out for they all saw him and were terrified.
But immediately he spoke to them and said,
Take heart, it is I do not be afraid. Then he
got into the boat with them and the wind
ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for
they did not understand about the loaves, but
their hearts were hardened.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath In the
beginning when God created the heavens and the
earth, the earth was a formless void and
darkness covered the face of the deep, while a
wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Then God said, Let there be light and there
was light. And God saw that the light was good
and God separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And there was evening and there
was morning, the first day.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
And God said, Let there be a dome in the midst
of the waters, and let it separate the waters
from the waters. So God made the dome and
separated the waters that were under the dome
from the waters that were above the dome. And
it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there
was evening and there was morning, the second
day.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
And God said, Let the waters under the sky be
gathered together into one place, and let the
dry land appear. And it was so. God called
the dry land Earth, and the waters that were
gathered together he called Seas. And God saw
that it was good.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters
that were gathered together he called Seas. And
God saw that it was good. Then God said, Let
the earth put forth vegetation plants yielding
seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth
that bear fruit with the seed in it. And it
was so.

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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
The earth brought forth vegetation plants
yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every
kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And
God saw that it was good. And there was evening
and there was morning, the third day.

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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1 14-19
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
And God said, Let there be lights in the dome
of the sky to separate the day from the night
and let them be for signs and for seasons and
for days and years, and let them be lights in
the dome of the sky to give light upon the
earth. And it was so. God made the two great
lights the greater light to rule the day and
the lesser light to rule the night and the
stars.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
God set them in the dome of the sky to give
light upon the earth, to rule over the day and
over the night, and to separate the light from
the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
And there was evening and there was morning,
the fourth day.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
And God said, Let the waters bring forth
swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly
above the earth across the dome of the sky. So
God created the great sea monsters and every
living creature that moves, of every kind, with
which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of
every kind. And God saw that it was good. God
blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth. And there was evening
and there was morning, the fifth day.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living
creatures of every kind cattle and creeping
things and wild animals of the earth of every
kind. And it was so. God made the wild
animals of the earth of every kind, and the
cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps
upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that
it was good.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
Then God said, Let us make humankind in our
image, according to our likeness and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the wild animals of the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth. So God created humankind in his
image,   in the image of God he created
them   male and female he created them.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
God blessed them, and God said to them, Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and
subdue it and have dominion over the fish of
the sea and over the birds of the air and over
every living thing that moves upon the earth.
God said, See, I have given you every plant
yielding seed that is upon the face of all the
earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit
you shall have them for food.
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RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Genesis 1
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
And to every beast of the earth, and to every
bird of the air, and to everything that creeps
on the earth, everything that has the breath of
life, I have given every green plant for food.
And it was so. God saw everything that he had
made, and indeed, it was very good. And there
was evening and there was morning, the sixth
day.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all their multitude. And on the seventh day
God finished the work that he had done, and he
rested on the seventh day from all the work that
he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and
hallowed it, because on it God rested from all
the work that he had done in creation. These
are the generations of the heavens and the
earth when they were created.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25
Another account of creation
In the day that the Lord God made the earth and
the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet
in the earth and no herb of the field had yet
sprung up for the Lord God had not caused it to
rain upon the earth, and there was no one to
till the ground but a stream would rise from
the earth, and water the whole face of the
ground then the Lord God formed man from the
dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life and the man became
a living being. And the Lord God planted a
garden in Eden, in the east and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25(contd)
Another account of creation
In the day that the Lord God made the earth and
the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet
in the earth and no herb of the field had yet
sprung up for the Lord God had not caused it to
rain upon the earth, and there was no one to
till the ground but a stream would rise from
the earth, and water the whole face of the
ground then the Lord God formed man from the
dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life and the man became
a living being. And the Lord God planted a
garden in Eden, in the east and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25(contd)
Another account of creation
Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight and
good for food, the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.  A river flows out
of Eden to water the garden, and from there it
divides and becomes four branches. The name of
the first is Pishon it is the one that flows
around the whole land of Havilah, where there is
gold and the gold of that land is good
bdellium and onyx stone are there. The name of
the second river is Gihon it is the one that
flows around the whole land of Cush. The name of
the third river is Tigris, which flows east of
Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25(contd)
Another account of creation
The Lord God took the man and put him in the
garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the
Lord God commanded the man, You may freely eat
of every tree of the garden but of the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil you shall not
eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall
die.   Then the Lord God said, It is not good
that the man should be alone I will make him a
helper as his partner. So out of the ground the
Lord God formed every animal of the field and
every bird of the air, and brought them to the
man to see what he would call them and whatever
the man called each living creature, that was
its name.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25(contd)
Another account of creation
The man gave names to all cattle, and to the
birds of the air, and to every animal of the
field but for the man there was not found a
helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a
deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept
then he took one of his ribs and closed up its
place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God
had taken from the man he made into a woman
and brought her to the man.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 21-25( Contd)
Another account of creation
Then the man said,This at last is bone of my
bones   and flesh of my fleshthis one shall be
called Woman,   for out of Man this one was
taken. Therefore a man leaves his father and
his mother and clings to his wife, and they
become one flesh. And the man and his wife were
both naked, and were not ashamed.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 11012,18
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters
that were gathered together he called Seas. And
God saw that it was good.
The earth brought forth vegetation plants
yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every
kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God
saw that it was good.
God set them in the dome of the sky to give
light upon the earth, to rule over the day and
over the night, and to separate the light from
the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 111-12
Then God said, Let the earth put forth
vegetation plants yielding seed, and fruit
trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit
with the seed in it. And it was so. The earth
brought forth vegetation plants yielding seed
of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing
fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it
was good.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 120-25
 And God said, Let the waters bring forth
swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly
above the earth across the dome of the sky. So
God created the great sea monsters and every
living creature that moves, of every kind, with
which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of
every kind. And God saw that it was good. God
blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth. And there was evening
and there was morning, the fifth day.
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RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Genesis 120-25(Contd)
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living
creatures of every kind cattle and creeping
things and wild animals of the earth of every
kind. And it was so. God made the wild
animals of the earth of every kind, and the
cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps
upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that
it was good.
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RERC 2-02a Image of God
Genesis 31-13
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other
wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said
to the woman, Did God say, You shall not eat
from any tree in the garden? The woman said to
the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees in the garden but God said, You shall
not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the
middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or
you shall die. But the serpent said to the
woman, You will not die for God knows that
when you eat of it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
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Genesis 31-13(contd)
RERC 2-02a Image of God
 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in
the garden at the time of the evening breeze,
and the man and his wife hid themselves from
the presence of the Lord God among the trees of
the garden. But the Lord God called to the man,
and said to him, Where are you? He said, I
heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was
afraid, because I was naked and I hid myself.
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Genesis 31-13(contd)
RERC 2-02a Image of God
 He said, Who told you that you were naked?
Have you eaten from the tree of which I
commanded you not to eat? The man said, The
woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me
fruit from the tree, and I ate. Then the Lord
God said to the woman, What is this that you
have done? The woman said, The serpent
tricked me, and I ate.
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Genesis 127
RERC 2-02a Image of God
So God created humankind in his image,   in the
image of God he created them    male and female
he created them.
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Genesis 312-13
RERC 2-02a Image of God
The man said, The woman whom you gave to be
with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I
ate. Then the Lord God said to the woman,
What is this that you have done? The woman
said, The serpent tricked me, and I ate.
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Ruth 116-18
RERC 2-02a Image of God
But Ruth said,Do not press me to leave
you   or to turn back from following you!Where
you go, I will go   where you lodge, I will
lodgeyour people shall be my people,   and
your God my God. Where you die, I will
die   there will I be buried.May the Lord do
thus and so to me,   and more as well,if even
death parts me from you! When Naomi saw that
she was determined to go with her, she said no
more to her.
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1 Samuel 19 1-7
RERC 2-02a Image of God
Saul spoke to his son Jonathan and to all his
servants about killing David. But Sauls son
Jonathan took great delight in David. Jonathan
told David, My father Saul is trying to kill
you therefore be on guard tomorrow morning
stay in a secret place and hide yourself. I
will go out and stand beside my father in the
field where you are, and I will speak to my
father about you if I learn anything I will
tell you. Jonathan spoke well of David to his
father Saul, saying to him, The king should
not sin against his servant David, because he
has not sinned against you, and because his
deeds have been of good service to you
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RERC 2-02a Image of God
John 1512-17
For he took his life in his hand when he
attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought
about a great victory for all Israel. You saw
it, and rejoiced why then will you sin against
an innocent person by killing David without
cause? Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan
Saul swore, As the Lord lives, he shall not be
put to death. So Jonathan called David and
related all these things to him. Jonathan then
brought David to Saul, and he was in his
presence as before.
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RERC 2-02a Image of God
John 1512-17
This is my commandment, that you love one
another as I have loved you. No one has greater
love than this, to lay down ones life for ones
friends. You are my friends if you do what I
command you. I do not call you servants any
longer, because the servant does not know what
the master is doing
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RERC 2-02a Image of God
John 1512-17
but I have called you friends, because I have
made known to you everything that I have heard
from my Father. You did not choose me but I
chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear
fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father
will give you whatever you ask him in my name.
I am giving you these commands so that you may
love one another.
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RERC 2-03a Revealed Truth of God
Ezekiel 3626-28
A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I
will put within you and I will remove from your
body the heart of stone and give you a heart of
flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and
make you follow my statutes and be careful to
observe my ordinances. Then you shall live in
the land that I gave to your ancestors and you
shall be my people, and I will be your God.
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RERC 2-03a Revealed Truth of God
Isaiah 431-9
The Servant, a Light to the Nations Here is my
servant, whom I uphold,   my chosen, in whom my
soul delightsI have put my spirit upon
him   he will bring forth justice to the
nations. He will not cry or lift up his
voice,   or make it heard in the street a
bruised reed he will not break,   and a dimly
burning wick he will not quench   he will
faithfully bring forth justice. He will not
grow faint or be crushed   until he has
established justice in the earth   and the
coastlands wait for his teaching.
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RERC 2-03a Revealed Truth of God
Isaiah 431-9(contd)
Thus says God, the Lord,   who created the
heavens and stretched them out,   who spread out
the earth and what comes from it,who gives
breath to the people upon it   and spirit to
those who walk in it I am the Lord, I have
called you in righteousness,   I have taken you
by the hand and kept youI have given you as a
covenant to the people,   a light to the
nations,    to open the eyes that are blind,to
bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,   from
the prison those who sit in darkness.
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66
RERC 2-03a Revealed Truth of God
Isaiah 431-9(contd)
I am the Lord, that is my name   my glory I
give to no other,   nor my praise to idols.
See, the former things have come to pass,   and
new things I now declarebefore they spring
forth,   I tell you of them.
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67
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
John 1125-27
Marthas Profession of Faith Jesus said to her,
I am the resurrection and the life. Those who
believe in me, even though they die, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will
never die. Do you believe this? She said to
him, Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the
Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into
the world.
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RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
Matthew 1613-15
Peters Profession of Faith  Now when Jesus came
into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked
his disciples, Who do people say that the Son
of Man is? And they said, Some say John the
Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets. He said to
them, But who do you say that I am? Simon
Peter answered, You are the Messiah, the Son
of the living God.
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RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
Mark 1538-39
The Centurions Profession of Faith  Then Jesus
gave a loud cry and breathed his last. And the
curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top
to bottom. Now when the centurion, who stood
facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his
last, he said, Truly this man was Gods Son!
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Mark 11
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The Gospel According to Mark The beginning of
the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  
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Mark 21-12
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Jesus Forgives and Heals the Paralysed Man When
he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was
reported that he was at home. So many gathered
around that there was no longer room for them,
not even in front of the door and he was
speaking the word to them. Then some people
came, bringing to him a paralysed man, carried
by four of them. And when they could not bring
him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed
the roof above him
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 21-12
Jesus Forgives and Heals the Paralysed Man and
after having dug through it, they let down the
mat on which the paralytic lay. When Jesus saw
their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son,
your sins are forgiven. Now some of the scribes
were sitting there, questioning in their
hearts, Why does this fellow speak in this way?
It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God
alone? At once Jesus perceived in his spirit
that they were discussing these questions among
themselves and he said to them, Why do you
raise such questions in your hearts? Which is
easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are
forgiven, or to say, Stand up and take your
mat and walk?
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 21-12(contd)
Jesus Forgives and Heals the Paralysed Man But
so that you may know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins- he said to
the paralytic- I say to you, stand up, take
your mat and go to your home. And he stood up,
and immediately took the mat and went out
before all of them so that they were all amazed
and glorified God, saying, We have never seen
anything like this!
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 223-28
Jesus Picks Corn on the Sabbath and is Lord of
the Sabbath One sabbath he was going through the
cornfields and as they made their way his
disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The
Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing
what is not lawful on the sabbath? And he said
to them, Have you never read what David did
when he and his companions were hungry and in
need of food?
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 223-28
Jesus Picks Corn on the Sabbath and is Lord of
the Sabbath He entered the house of God, when
Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of
the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but
the priests to eat, and he gave some to his
companions. Then he said to them, The
sabbath was made for humankind, and not
humankind for the sabbath so the Son of Man is
lord even of the sabbath.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 521-24
Jesus Raises the Daughter of Jairus to Life When
Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other
side, a great crowd gathered round him and he
was by the lake. Then one of the leaders of the
synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw
him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly,
My little daughter is at the point of death.
Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may
be made well, and live. So he went with
him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed
in on him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 521-24
Jesus Raises the Daughter of Jairus to Life When
Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other
side, a great crowd gathered round him and he
was by the lake. Then one of the leaders of the
synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw
him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly,
My little daughter is at the point of death.
Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may
be made well, and live. So he went with
him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed
in on him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 535-43
Jesus Raises the Daughter of Jairus to Life While
he was still speaking, some people came from the
leaders house to say, Your daughter is dead.
Why trouble the teacher any further? But
overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the
leader of the synagogue, Do not fear, only
believe. He allowed no one to follow him except
Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
When they came to the house of the leader of the
synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and
wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to
them, Why do you make a commotion and weep? The
child is not dead but sleeping. And they laughed
at him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 535-43(contd)
Jesus Raises the Daughter of Jairus to Life Then
he put them all outside, and took the childs
father and mother and those who were with him,
and went in where the child was. He took her by
the hand and said to her, Talitha cum, which
means, Little girl, get up! And immediately
the girl got up and began to walk about (she was
twelve years of age). At this they were overcome
with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no
one should know this, and told them to give her
something to eat.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44
Jesus Multiplies the Loaves and the Fishes The
apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all
that they had done and taught. He said to them,
Come away to a deserted place all by
yourselves and rest a while. For many were
coming and going, and they had no leisure even
to eat. And they went away in the boat to a
deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them
going and recognized them, and they hurried there
on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of
them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd
and he had compassion for them, because they were
like sheep without a shepherd and he began to
teach them many things.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44 (contd)
Jesus Multiplies the Loaves and the Fishes When
it grew late, his disciples came to him and said,
This is a deserted place, and the hour is now
very late send them away so that they may go
into the surrounding country and villages and
buy something for themselves to eat. But he
answered them, You give them something to eat.
They said to him, Are we to go and buy two
hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to
them to eat? And he said to them, How many
loaves have you? Go and see. When they had found
out, they said, Five, and two fish. Then he
ordered them to get all the people to sit down in
groups on the green grass
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44 (contd)
Jesus Multiplies the Loaves and the Fishes So
they sat down in groups of hundreds and of
fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two
fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and
broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
to set before the people and he divided the two
fish among them all. And all ate and were
filled and they took up twelve baskets full of
broken pieces and of the fish. Those who had
eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44 (contd)
Jesus Multiplies the Loaves and the Fishes So
they sat down in groups of hundreds and of
fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two
fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and
broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
to set before the people and he divided the two
fish among them all. And all ate and were
filled and they took up twelve baskets full of
broken pieces and of the fish. Those who had
eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 645-52
Jesus Walks on Water and is the Lord of
Creation Immediately he made his disciples get
into the boat and go on ahead to the other side,
to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
After saying farewell to them, he went up on
the mountain to pray.   When evening came, the
boat was out on the lake, and he was alone on
the land. When he saw that they were straining
at the oars against an adverse wind, he came
towards them early in the morning, walking on
the lake. He intended to pass them by.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 645-52(contd)
Jesus Walks on Water and is the Lord of
Creation But when they saw him walking on the
lake, they thought it was a ghost and cried out
for they all saw him and were terrified. But
immediately he spoke to them and said, Take
heart, it is I do not be afraid. Then he got
into the boat with them and the wind ceased.
And they were utterly astounded, for they did
not understand about the loaves, but their
hearts were hardened.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 112-13
Jesus is Tempted in the Wilderness And the
Spirit immediately drove him out into the
wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty
days, tempted by Satan and he was with the
wild beasts and the angels waited on him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 31-6
Jesus Heals the Man with the Withered Hand Again
he entered the synagogue, and a man was there
who had a withered hand. They watched him to see
whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that
they might accuse him. And he said to the man
who had the withered hand, Come forward. Then
he said to them, Is it lawful to do good or to
do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to
kill? But they were silent. He looked around at
them with anger he was grieved at their hardness
of heart and said to the man, Stretch out your
hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was
restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately
conspired with the Herodians against him, how
to destroy him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 31-6
Jesus Heals the Man with the Withered Hand Again
he entered the synagogue, and a man was there
who had a withered hand. They watched him to see
whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that
they might accuse him. And he said to the man
who had the withered hand, Come forward. Then
he said to them, Is it lawful to do good or to
do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to
kill? But they were silent. He looked around at
them with anger he was grieved at their hardness
of heart and said to the man, Stretch out your
hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was
restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately
conspired with the Herodians against him, how
to destroy him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 116-20
Jesus Calls the First Four Disciples As Jesus
passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon
and his brother Andrew casting a net into the
lakefor they were fishermen. And Jesus said to
them, Follow me and I will make you fish for
people. And immediately they left their nets
and followed him. As he went a little farther,
he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother
John, who were in their boat mending the nets.
Immediately he called them and they left
their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired
men, and followed him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 215-17

• Jesus Eats with Sinners
• And as he sat at dinner in Levis house,
• many tax-collectors and sinners
• were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples
• for there were many who followed him.
• When the scribes of the Pharisees
• saw that he was eating with sinners and
  tax-collectors,
• they said to his disciples,
• Why does he eat with tax-collectors and
  sinners?
• When Jesus heard this, he said to them,
• Those who are well have no need of a physician,
• but those who are sick
• I have come to call not the righteous but
  sinners.

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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 143-9
The Anointing at Bethany While he was at
Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he
sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster
jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she
broke open the jar and poured the ointment on
his head. But some were there who said to one
another in anger, Why was the ointment wasted
in this way? For this ointment could have been
sold for more than three hundred denarii, and
the money given to the poor. And they scolded
her.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 143-9(contd)
The Anointing at Bethany But Jesus said, Let
her alone why do you trouble her? She has
performed a good service for me. For you always
have the poor with you, and you can show
kindness to them whenever you wish but you will
not always have me. She has done what she could
she has anointed my body beforehand for its
burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the good news
is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has
done will be told in remembrance of her.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1432-42
They went to a place called Gethsemane and he
said to his disciples, Sit here while I pray.
He took with him Peter and James and John, and
began to be distressed and agitated. And he said
to them, I am deeply grieved, even to death
remain here, and keep awake. And going a
little farther, he threw himself on the ground
and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour
might pass from him. He said, Abba, Father, for
you all things are possible remove this cup from
me yet, not what I want, but what you want.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1432-42
He came and found them sleeping and he said to
Peter, Simon, are you asleep? Could you not
keep awake one hour? Keep awake and pray that
you may not come into the time of trial the
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
And again he went away and prayed, saying the
same words. And once more he came and found them
sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy and
they did not know what to say to him. He came a
third time and said to them, Are you still
sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour
has come the Son of Man is betrayed into the
hands of sinners. Get up, let us be going. See,
my betrayer is at hand.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 37-12

The Crowds Follow Jesus Jesus departed with his
disciples to the lake, and a great multitude
from Galilee followed him hearing all that he
was doing, they came to him in great numbers
from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the
Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon.
He told his disciples to have a boat ready for
him because of the crowd, so that they would
not crush him for he had cured many, so that
all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch
him. Whenever the unclean spirits saw him,
they fell down before him and shouted, You are
the Son of God! But he sternly ordered them not
to make him known.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 834-38
Jesus Challenges the Crowd He called the crowd
with his disciples, and said to them, If any
want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow
me. For those who want to save their life will
lose it, and those who lose their life for my
sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save
it. For what will it profit them to gain the
whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed,
what can they give in return for their life?
Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in
this adulterous and sinful generation, of them
the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he
comes in the glory of his Father with the holy
angels.

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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1017-22

The Rich Young Man As he was setting out on a
journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and
asked him, Good Teacher, what must I do to
inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, Why
do you call me good? No one is good but God
alone. You know the commandments You shall
not murder You shall not commit adultery You
shall not steal You shall not bear false
witness You shall not defraud Honour your
father and mother.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1017-22(contd)

The Rich Young Man He said to him, Teacher, I
have kept all these since my youth. Jesus,
looking at him, loved him and said, You lack
one thing go, sell what you own, and give the
money to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven then come, follow me. When he heard
this, he was shocked and went away grieving,
for he had many possessions.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1046-52

The Blind Man of Jericho They came to Jericho.
As he and his disciples and a large crowd were
leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a
blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When
he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began
to shout out and say, Jesus, Son of David, have
mercy on me! Many sternly ordered him to be
quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, Son
of David, have mercy on me! Jesus stood still
and said, Call him here.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1046-52

The Blind Man of Jericho And they called the
blind man, saying to him, Take heart get up,
he is calling you. So throwing off his cloak,
he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said
to him, What do you want me to do for you?
The blind man said to him, My teacher, let me
see again. Jesus said to him, Go your faith
has made you well. Immediately he regained his
sight and followed him on the way.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 1046-52

The Blind Man of Jericho And they called the
blind man, saying to him, Take heart get up,
he is calling you. So throwing off his cloak,
he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said
to him, What do you want me to do for you?
The blind man said to him, My teacher, let me
see again. Jesus said to him, Go your faith
has made you well. Immediately he regained his
sight and followed him on the way.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 827-30

Peters Profession of Faith Jesus went on with
his disciples to the villages of Caesarea
Philippi and on the way he asked his disciples,
Who do people say that I am? And they
answered him, John the Baptist and others,
Elijah and still others, one of the prophets.
He asked them, But who do you say that I am?
Peter answered him, You are the Messiah. And
he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about
him.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Isaiah 5410

Gods promise of love like a loving
marriage For the mountains may depart   and
the hills be removed,but my steadfast love shall
not depart from you,   and my covenant of peace
shall not be removed,   says the Lord, who has
compassion on you.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Isaiah 4915

Gods Promise of Love like devotion between
parent and child
Can a woman forget her nursing-child,   or show
no compassion for the child of her womb?Even
these may forget,   yet I will not forget you.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Hosea 111-4
Gods promise of love like devotion between a
parent and child When Israel was a child, I
loved him,   and out of Egypt I called my son.
The more I called them,   the more they went
from methey kept sacrificing to the
Baals,   and offering incense to idols. Yet it
was I who taught Ephraim to walk,   I took them
up in my arms   but they did not know that I
healed them. I led them with cords of human
kindness,   with bands of love.I was to them
like those   who lift infants to their
cheeks.   I bent down to them and fed them.


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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 2 15-17

Call to Gods Covenant eating with sinners And
as he sat at dinner in Levis house, many
tax-collectors and sinners were also sitting
with Jesus and his disciples- for there were many
who followed him. When the scribes of the
Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners
and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples,
Why does he eat with tax-collectors and
sinners? When Jesus heard this, he said to
them, Those who are well have no need of a
physician, but those who are sick I have come
to call not the righteous but sinners.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44
The Feeding of the Five Thousand The apostles
gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they
had done and taught. He said to them, Come away
to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a
while. For many were coming and going, and
they had no leisure even to eat. And they went
away in the boat to a deserted place by
themselves. Now many saw them going and
recognized them, and they hurried there on foot
from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.
As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd and he
had compassion for them, because they were like
sheep without a shepherd and he began to teach
them many things.
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44 (contd)
The Feeding of the Five Thousand When it grew
late, his disciples came to him and said, This
is a deserted place, and the hour is now very
late send them away so that they may go into
the surrounding country and villages and buy
something for themselves to eat. But he
answered them, You give them something to eat.
They said to him, Are we to go and buy two
hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to
them to eat? And he said to them, How many
loaves have you? Go and see. When they had found
out, they said, Five, and two fish. Then he
ordered them to get all the people to sit down in
groups on the green grass
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RERC 2-05a Son of God
Mark 630-44 (contd)
The Feeding of the Five Thousand