Sacraments, Pt 2: The Seals of the Covenant of Grace (Genesis 15; Esther 8:1-8)
/Through the Lord’s Supper, God seals the promises of the Covenant of Grace with his personal guarantee.
Sacraments, Pt 1: The Signs of the Covenant of Grace (1 Corinthians 11:23-32; Genesis 17:9-14(
/The Lord’s Supper is a sign of the Covenant of Grace signifying what Christ has accomplished through his life, death and resurrection.
Preaching Pt 2: Obey the Gospel (James 1:16-27; Matthew 5:21-48)
/The gospel comes with commands and must, therefore, not only be believed, but also obeyed by living a life that is conformed to the cross of Christ.
Preaching Pt 1: Faith Comes by Hearing (Romans 10:5-17; Galatians 3:1-3)
/The Christian life is a life of faith and is, therefore, intimately tied to the preaching of the word of God from where faith comes.
Prayer: The Confession of Dependence (Philippians 4:4-7; Proverbs 15:8, 29)
/Prayer, offered in response to the mercies of God, is a presenting of our requests before God as an act of worship and dependence.
Sin: The Impediment to Worship (Romans 7:1-7; Hebrews 12:18-24)
/Through the Law comes the knowledge of sin, leading you to repent and enter into worship in the grace of Christ and not your own righteousness.
God: The Initiator of Worship (Jeremiah 30:18-22; Hebrews 9:1-10)
/In humility, God's people wait to be called into worship by the Sovereign Lord, who does so each Lord's Day, through his ministers.
Reverence: The Attitude of Worship (Hebrews 12:18-29; 2 Peter 3:1-13)
/Because worship is entering into the presence of the holy God who is a consuming fire, it is to be done with humility, reverence and awe.
The Lord's Day: The Time of Worship (Hebrews 3:1-4:13)
/What we will see is that Sunday (the first day of the week) is set aside for worship which is sacred time - time spent in the presence of the living God and is a participation the heavenly rest that will be ours in fullness in eternity.
Simplicity: The Location of Worship (Hebrews 12:18-29)
/In worship, God does not come into your presence, but brings you into his by the ministry of the Holy Spirit and because of calls you to abandon those earthly elements of worship that can be touched because they were but pictures of what you have in reality.
Renewal: Worship as Reminder (Genesis 8:20-9:17)
/Worship serves as a regular reminder to God’s people of his covenantal promises and, in that way, renews those promises to us.
Dialogue: The Participants of Worship (Hebrews 4:14-16; 10:19-25; 12:18-29)
/Worship is a meeting between God and his people and therefore takes on the form of a dialogue or a conversation.
Covenant: The Basis for Worship (Galatians 4:21-31; Hebrews 4:14-16)
/Worship is a meeting between God and his people and therefore takes on the form of a dialogue or a conversation.
Scripture: The Rule of Worship (Deuteronomy 12:29-32)
/God commands his people to be content with his instructions regarding worship and not to add or take away from what the Bible says about worshipping him.
Why We Worship (Deuteronomy 6:1-15; Psalm 86:8-10; 95:1-6)
/Worship is an act of devotion where the worshipper honors, praises, adores and glorifies the object of worship.
He Became the Life-giving Spirit (1 Corinthians 15:35-49; Genesis 2:4-9)
/At the resurrection Christ earned the right to give the life of the New Creation to his people and he does this by giving the Holy Spirit to them.
The New Creation (1 Corinthians 15:35-49; Genesis 2:4-9)
/The resurrection is not merely a reversal of death (that is resuscitation); resurrection is the gaining of heavenly (or eternal) life – immortality.
Lord and Servant (1 Corinthians 15:20-34; Matthew 22:23-33)
/Between the first and second comings of Christ, the beginning and the end of the harvest, Christ is building the kingdom of God by subduing and conquering his enemies that he might present a suitable dwelling place to the Father on the Last Day.