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We remember . . .
As God did when he created a record of the miraculous story of Creation . . .1
As God did when he confronted Adam and Eve in the garden . . .2
As God did when he lamented the creation of human beings on the earth . . .3
As God did when, at the beginning of the Ten Commandments, he reminded Israel of his role in her birth . . .4

We engage the past . . .
As God did, through Samuel, when he spoke to King Saul of what Amalek had done to Israel . . .5
As God did, through Nathan, when he confronted King David . . .6
As God did when he called Israel to remember her salvation, as an act of worship . . .7

We engage the past . . .
As God did when he spoke often, through the prophets, about his acts of faithfulness to Israel . . .
As God did when he spoke often, through the prophets, about Israel’s lack of faithfulness to him . . .
As God did when he reminded Israel often of promises he had made . . .

We engage the past . . .
As God did when he provided a record of Jesus’ genealogy . . .8
As God did when Jesus described his mission as a fulfillment of prophecy . . .9
As God did when Jesus walked with the disciples from Emmaus . . .10

We engage the past.
We do so in faith, trusting the God who is, who was, and who is to come.11
We do so with one another, as members of one body.12

We engage the past as followers of the One who is the Beginning and the End.
We are led into gratitude, into lament, into celebration.

We are led to God.

We are led to God.

1 Genesis 1:1-2:25
2 Genesis 3:8-11
3 Genesis 6:6
4 Exodus 20:2
5 1 Samuel 15:2
6 2 Samuel 12:1-10
7 Psalm 105
8 Matthew 1:1-7; Luke 3:23-28
9 Luke 4:17-19
10 Luke 24:25-27
11 Revelation 1:4
12 1 Corinthians 12:12-30