Epiphany 1:
Date: January 9, 2005
Theme: Behold The Love That Is The LORD
– 1 John 3:1-6
– Ude, Matthew
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 134 : Songs of Thankfulness and Praise 
TLH 339 : All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
TLH 367 : Hail, Thou once Despised Jesus
TLH 127 : As with Gladness Men of Old
Theme: Behold The Love That Is The LORD
1 John 3:1-6
3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. (ESV)
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