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Points of Interest - Psalm 107 vv 1-32

5/24/2015

I. Call to Worship: Psalm 34:1,2

II. Offering passage: Hebrews 13:15,16

III. Notes:
A. Ps. 105 - the promise
B. Ps. 106 - the punishment
C. Ps. 107 - the rescue

IV. Scripture references:
A. Matt. 11 – “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.”

B. Rom. 5:8 – “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”

C. Rom. 5:10 – “for if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”

D. 2 Cor. 5:21 – “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

V. Quotes:
A. Augustine - “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee.”

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Points of Interest - Our Doctrine (Part 2)

5/10/2015

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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 22:22

II. Offering passage: Matt. 6:19-21,24

III. Notes:
A. the 5 solas:
1. “Sola Scriptura” (Scripture Alone)
2. “Sola Gratia” (Grace Alone)
3. “Sola Fide” (Faith Alone)
4. “Solus Christus” (Christ Alone)
5. “Soli Deo Gloria” (To God Alone Be Glory)

B. We are:
1. Gospel-centered
2. Reformed in soteriology
3. Elder-governed and led
4. Continuationist
5. Complementarian

C. Complement = ‘Something that completes or makes perfect; either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterparts’

IV. Scripture references:
A. Ezekiel 36:26-27: “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.”

B. Galatians 5:22-23: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

C. Psalm 119:18: “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”

D. a. Eph 1:18-19: “. . . having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe . . .”

E. 1 Peter 4:10–11: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

F. John 15:26: “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness about Me.”

G. Genesis 1:27: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”

V. Cross-references:
A. John 3:3-8
B. Ephesians 5:22-33
C. Genesis 2:20-25

VI. Quotes:
A. Wayne Grudem - “Regeneration is a secret act of God in which he imparts new spiritual life to us.”

B. Wayne Grudem - “Sanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and more like Christ in our actual lives.”

C. Matthew Henry – ‘Not made out of his head to top him, not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved.’

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Points of Interest - Psalm 107 vv 1-32

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