Ascension Sunday | 1 John 5:5-16 (with Tom Gastil)

Opening Song:
Come, Lord Jesus by Dustin Kensrue

Lyrics:
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come

Come again to claim Your own
Come to reap what You have sown
All creation weeps and groans for You
It's to You that we belong
It's to You we lift our song
How our spirits look and long for You

Like a thief in dead of night
Come our everlasting light
Let Your brilliance shame the brightest day
With Your voice like endless seas
Wielding swords and stars and keys
Bring the nations to their knees we pray

For though fitful is our flame
You're from age to age the same
Jesus faithful is Your name and true
So until the sun does rise
Till Your trumpets rend the skies
Help us keep our restless eyes on You

Passage:
6 Jesus Christ ​— ​he is the one who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood ​— ​and these three are in agreement. 9 If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is God’s testimony that he has given about his Son. 10 The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has life. The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked of him. -- 1 John 5:6-15 (CSB)

Musical Reflection:
Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 by J.S. Bach

Reflection Notes:
Bach’s well-known prelude spins out a series of modulations, almost imperceptible at first. The new harmonies continually unfold in a way that intrigues but never shocks.
Prayer: