Sermon Diego Garrido Discipleship 1_18_2026 (final)

Color-courageous Discipleship
Martin Luther King Day

John 1:29-42

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
Community, I pray for each of you today. I thank you for being here and for listening. God bless you.

Rev. Mark has asked me to preach on discipleship. And today, my invitation is simple: to revisit the image of Jesus so that we may invite others to follow him — by listening carefully to how discipleship begins in the Gospel of John. The other half of the sermon includes a reflection by Michelle Sanchez, author of the book Color-courageous discipleship.

May God guide my words. (pause)

In today’s text, John the Baptist is standing with two of his disciples. Not a crowd. Not many. Just two disciples who are being prepared — even gently released — to follow someone else when the time comes.
And then John sees Jesus walking by, and he says: “Look. Here is the Lamb of God.”…