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Sunday Recap: 3/12/17!

by Josh Starkey on March 13, 2017

Hey everyone,

We dove back into Luke yesterday morning, with Pastor Jordan back with us after 2 weeks away. It was great to have him back. We'll keep preaching through Luke from now until Easter, each Sunday looking at a day of Christ's "Passion Week" (which, as we heard from Jordan, comes from the mention in the King James Version of Acts 1:3, and means Christ's suffering). Yesterday we studied Luke 19:45-48, and Christ's cleansing of the temple.

To conclude, Jordan taught on several principles of worship that we see in Scripture, especially for us today in the Church Age. Here are a few ways Christ has transformed worship for His people, that we see reflected in the cleansing of the temple:

  1. Worship is not focused on a place but on a person, because it is not an event but a focus of life
  2. Worship is not about consumerism (what I get), but is focused on the glory of God and making much of Him.
  3. Worship is not about me, but a focus on the gospel - that I am free to confess, repent, and find forgiveness for sin. We can respond in prayer, praise, and displaying God to the nations. We do not have to offer sacrifices anymore because Jesus was the final sacrifice.
  4. Worship is not about my performance but on the work of Jesus on my behalf
  5. Worship is not about numbers (how many people are there) but on each response to God in faith.

Jesus cleansed the temple, but did something greater. He gave us access to the Father, forgave our sin, was sacrificed on our behalf, and secured our salvation, freeing us up to worship.

Yesterday we continued "5 Minutes of Why?" with the question, "Why do we embrace a life of suffering?" 

We also sang the following songs:

  1. May the Peoples Praise You (by Keith and Kristyn Getty, David Zimmer)
  2. Our Song from Age to Age (by Sovereign Grace Music)
  3. How Deep the Father's Love for Us (by Stuard Townend, our own arrangement)
  4. Blessed Assurance (Fanny Crosby, added bridge by Matthew West, Pete Kipley)
  5. The Victory (by Phil Wickham)

 

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