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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 62:5-8
II. Offering passage: Matt. 19-21,24 III. Cross-References: • Philippians 2:5-8 • I Corinthians 1:26-31 • Ephesians 2:4-7 IV. Scripture references: • Micah 7:18 - “Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.” V. Quotes: • Derek Kidner - ‘only the second … (114) speaks directly of the Exodus … the theme of raising the downtrodden (113) and the note of corporate praise (115), personal thanksgiving (116), world vision (117) and festal procession (118) make it an appropriate series to mark the salvation which began in Egypt and will spread to the nations’ • Spurgeon - “what a mass of corruption is our original estate! What a heap of loathsomeness we have accumulated by our sinful lives! What reeking abominations surround us in the society of our fellowmen! We could never have risen out of all this by our own efforts; it was a sepulchre in which we saw corruption and were as dead men. Almighty were the arms which lifted us, which are still lifting us, and will lift us into the perfection of heaven itself. Praise ye the LORD.” • Spurgeon - ‘such verses as these should give great encouragement to those who are lowest in their own esteem’ VI. Notes: • ????? halal = praise • Attributes of God: 1. God is a person 2. God is self-existent 3. God is self-sufficient 4. God is eternal 5. God is immutable
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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 59:116,17
II. Offering passage: Prov. 3:9 III. Cross-References: A. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 IV. Scripture references: A. I John 5:3 – “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome” B. Ex. 34:6 - ‘the LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness’ C. Job 1:22 – “Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.” V. Quotes: A. James Montgomery Boice - ‘the relationship of God to the godly person is like the relationship of the sun to the moon. The sun shines by its own glorious light. The moon does not, but still it shines, and the way it shines is by reflecting the light coming to it from the sun. if you are devoutly looking to God as you live your life, something of the glory of God will be seen in you and will be reflected from you to others.’ B. Sprugeon – “the psalm cannot be viewed as the extolling of man, for it commences with ‘praise the LORD’, and it is intended to give to God all the honour of His grace which is manifested in the sons of God” I. Call to Worship: Psalm 57:7-11
II. Offering passage: 2 Corinthians 9:7 III. Cross-References: A. I Corinthians 15 IV. Scripture references: A. Rom. 1:20 – “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” B. 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.” C. Eph. 2:4,5 - “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)” D. I Tim. 2:5,6 - ‘For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.’ V. Quotes: A. Tim Keller (Counterfeit Gods) - ‘“What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.”’ B. Gaebelein - ‘strange it is that with such evidences of supernatural intelligence revealed in all creation that so many scientists are atheists … it proves the truth of the Bible that man by nature has a darkened mind and does not know God’ C. CJ Mahaney - ‘knowing their condition, we easily understand their desperate cry. Yet our own innate condition is far more serious than leprosy. In Starbucks I was surrounded that morning by lepers, fellow lepers who were born with a spiritual disease infinitely more subtle and sinister and abhorrent than any leprosy or cancer or virus ever known. Yet we rarely grasp the terrible threat facing each of us in our human condition, and so even less often experience astonishment over what God has done on our behalf to meet that threat’ D. Spurgeon - ‘the highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father’ I. Call to Worship: Psalm 52:8,9
II. Offering passage: 1 Corinthians 16:2 III. Cross-References: A. Genesis 14:18-20 B. Hebrews 5,6,7,9,10 IV. Scripture references: A. Zechariah 6:12,12 - “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord. Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the Lord, and He who will bear the honour and sit and rule on His throne. Thus,He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices.” V. Quotes: A. John Piper - “The way we glorify Him is by knowing Him truly, by treasuring Him above all things, and by living in a way that shows He is our supreme treasure.” B. Martin Luther - ‘the Law proves to us that we cannot stand before God in our own righteousness, and that drives us to the Gospel’ C. Martin Luther - ‘this is our consolation which upholds us and makes our heart joyful and glad against the persecution and rage of the world, that we have such a LORD, who not only delivers us from sin and eternal death but also protects us and delivers us in sufferings and temptations, so that we do not sink under them. And though men rage in a most savage manner against Christians, yet neither the Gospel or Christianity shall perish; but their heads shall be destroyed against it’ |
Ray ClancyPoints of Interest Weekly Blog Archives
March 2017
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