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Thanks Be to God

21 November 2008

This Lord's Day we will endeavor to enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. We invite you to come and see our praise to the Lord, for he alone is worthy!

Bless the Lord! - Psalm 103

Songs

All Creatures of Our God and King (#59)

For the Beauty of the Earth

Responsive Scripture Reading - Psalm 100

Songs

Psalm 100

Now Thank We All Our God (#5)

The Greatest Thanksgiving Day! - Revelation 5:1-14

Song

Behold the Glories of the Lamb (#653)

Musical Offering - Thanksgiving Hymn

Congregational Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise

Sermon - Thorough Thanksgiving: Shouting, Singing, and Serving our Thanks to God in Everything

Colossians 3:15-17

Song

Let All Things Now Living

Following our service, please join us for a special dinner and a time of thanksgiving to the Lord.

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Chosen Before the Foundation of the World

14 November 2008

One of the most contested doctrines of Scripture is the teaching of election, that is, the teaching that God chose certain people to be saved. In fact, the whole Scriptural teaching regarding election is that it is sovereign, unconditional, pre-temporal, personal, redemptive, and comprehensive. It is a teaching that stuns the natural man. To him it is shocking and even hateful. But to the believer it is delightful. To him it means great comfort in the unshakeable love of God. It means great encouragement to serve God, for he knows that God will accomplish his purposes. It means great glory to God alone, which is the believer's greatest joy. I hope that you will see the soul-satisfying glory of God this Lord's Day unveiled in the Scriptural teaching of election!

Songs

Come,Ye Thankful People, Come (#708)

We Gather Together (#709)

How Sad Our State (#333)

Chosen of God (#290)

Salvation! O My Soul Rejoice (#291)

Scripture Reading

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Blessed Be God for Blessing Us In Christ with...Election

Ephesians 1:3-6

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Union with Christ

8 November 2008

In our recent series of sermons, we have been attempting to scan the panorama of God's great plan of salvation. Up until now, we have surveyed the work especially as it relates to the awe-inspiring and faith-eliciting action of the Triune God. But now we will move to feast our eyes upon the orderly outworking of God's gracious action in relationship to us.

The first thing we notice as our eyes examine the whole work is how all of it is applied to us in relation to Christ. Everything about our redemption, beginning with God's election in eternity past and going all the way through our glorification in eternity future, comes about in connection with Christ. He is the vine; we are the branches. He is the cornerstone; we are the building. He is the representative; we are his people. He is the head; we are the body. God is the source of our life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. Come draw your life from him with us!

Songs

Now Thank We All Our God (#5)

Great Is Thy Faithfulness (#22)

Our Great Savior (#434)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (#435)

Jesus, I Am Resting (#447)

Be Thou My Vision (#462)

Scripture Reading

John 14:15-31

Sermon

"You In Me, and I In You": Union with Christ as the Fountain of All Salvation

John 17:20-23; Ephesians 1:3-14

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Redemption Applied

31 October 2008

Jesus Christ accomplished all that was needed for our redemption. But how exactly does his work apply to us? There had to be some powerful transaction take place. And here the focus shifts to the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit. By his miraculous power and great grace, the Spirit applies to us exactly what Christ died and rose again to accomplish in our lives.

Songs

Come, Thou Almighty King (#63)

Holy, Holy, Holy (#3)

According to Thy Gracious Word (#232)

To Calvary, Lord, in Spirit Now (#235)

How Sweet and Awful Is the Place (#238)

Doxology

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove (#211)

Scripture Reading

Christ's Single Offering and the Forgiveness of Sins - Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

Redemption Applied - Titus 3:3-7

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A Mighty Fortress

26 October 2008

A mighty fortress is our God,

A bulwark never failing;

Our helper He, amid the flood

Of mortal ills prevailing.

For still our ancient foe

Doth seek to work us woe;

His craft and pow'r are great,

And, armed with cruel hate,

On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide,

Our striving would be losing;

Were not the right man on our side,

The Man of God's own choosing.

Dost ask who that may be?

Christ Jesus, it is he;

Lord Sabbaoth his name,

From age to age the same,

And he must win the battle.

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Redeemed by His Blood

18 October 2008

Due to my trip to the Mid-America Conference on Preaching at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary this week, this update is a little late in coming. Thank you for those who prayed for me while I was gone. It was a profitable trip.

This Lord's Day we will continue searching out the amazing work that Christ accomplished. In particular, we intend to savor the redemption that set us free from sin. I hope you know and live in the freedom of Christ today!

Songs

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (#69)

Praise the Savior (#17)

Hallelujah! What a Savior (#128)

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (#137)

Hark! the Voice of Love and Mercy (#133)

O for a Heart to Praise My God (#70)

Scripture Reading

Psalm 105

Sermon

It Is Finished! - the Redemption to Set Us Free

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My God Is Reconciled

10 October 2008

Have you ever seen enemies become fast friends? That kind of reconciliation is exactly what happens between God and man through Christ. Christ's finished work includes taking away our guilt, satisfying God's wrath, and, as we will consider this Lord's Day, making peace between God and man. I invite one and all to join with us!

Songs

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove (#211)

Thou, the God Who Changes Never (#18)

Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (#60)

Our Great High Priest Is Sitting (#173)

With Joy We Meditate the Grace (#176)

Arise, My Soul, Arise (#174)

And Can It Be? (#335)

Scripture Reading

The Peace Offering - Leviticus 3

Sermon

It Is Finished! - The Reconciliation to Make Peace

Romans 5:8-11

Don't Forget - We are so excited to witness the confession of faith in baptism of several folks this Sunday and to welcome them into the body of Christ. Make plans to meet at 1:30 p.m. at Rustic Hills Baptist Church (1927 N. Murray Blvd). We thank RHBC for allowing us the use of their facilities for this special occasion.

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He Is the Propitiation for Our Sins

4 October 2008

Jesus, my great High Priest, offered his blood and died;

My guilty conscience seeks no sacrifice beside.

His pow'rful blood did once atone,

And now it pleads before the throne.

To this dear Surety's hand will I commit my cause;

He answers and fulfills his Father's broken laws.

Behold my soul at freedom set;

My Surety paid the dreadful debt.

My advocate appears for my defense on high;

The Father bows his ears and lays his thunder by.

Not all that hell or sin can say

Shall turn his heart, his love, away.

These words by Isaac Watts express well Christ's amazing accomplishments. As we continue to learn of God's great plan of salvation, this Lord's Day we will consider that the Father does "lay his thunder by." Jesus Christ's sacrifice not only takes away our guilt, it also satisfies God's rightful anger toward sin.

Songs

All Glory, Laud, and Honor (#11)

Holy, Holy, Holy (#3)

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee (#231)

By Christ Redeemed, In Christ Restored (#233)

In the Cross of Christ I Glory (#142)

Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed (#141)

Scripture Reading

Psalm 5

Lord's Supper

Sermon

It Is Finished (Part 2): the Propitiation to Satisfy Wrath

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