Preparing To Rejoice In Him // May 9, 2021

Reflection

Westminster Shorter Catechism 84-85
Q. What does every sin deserve?
A. Every sin deserves God’s wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come.

Q. What does God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?
A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance that leads to life, and the diligent use of all the outward means by which Christ communicates the benefits of redemption to us.

God Calls Us To Worship : Malachi 3:1-4

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.[a] Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

 

Worship In Song : Song List for Each Site

Olde Providence:
Abide With Me – hymn
Build My Life – Pat Barrett
In Christ Alone – Getty’s
Came to My Rescue – Hillsong
All the Poor and Powerless – All Sons and Daughters

South End:
The Lion and the Lamb – Leeland
In Christ Alone – Getty’s
Rock of Ages – hymn
Christ is Mine Forevermore – City Alight
Cornerstone – Hillsong
A Mighty Fortress is Our God – hymn

Cotswold: 
The Lion and the Lamb – Leeland
Rock of Ages – hymn
Cornerstone – Hillsong
O Great God – Sovereign Grace
In Christ Alone – Getty’s

God’s Word Preached : John 2:13-22

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18 So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,[a] and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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