Airdrie, Alberta Canda
William VanDoodewaard writes:
What is communion with God? In the first epistle of John we are told that Christians fellowship with “the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.” (1 John 1:3) The Christians of John’s day were marginalized, despised, and persecuted. Why would anyone want to become a Christian? Yet, for all the apparent disadvantages, it was not only desirable, but honourable and glorious. “Truly,” John says, “our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
Geerhardus Vos asks (and answers):
“Why must we not seek a decisive proof for the Trinity in the Old Testament?”
R.C. Sproul writes:
Many people believe that theological study holds little value. They say, “I don’t need theology; I just need to know Jesus.” Yet theology is unavoidable for every Christian. It is our attempt to understand the truth that God has revealed to us—something every Christian does. So it is not a question of whether we are going to engage in theology; it is a question of whether our theology is sound or unsound. It is important to study and learn because God has taken great pains to reveal himself to his people. He gave us a Book, one that is not meant to sit on a shelf pressing dried flowers, but to be read, searched, digested, studied, and chiefly to be understood.
23 March 2014 — 10 AM Worship
| Scripture: | Exodus 20:3; Psalm 73 |
| Sermon: | “Deliverance From Idolatry” |
| Creedal Reading: | Shorter Catechism 45–46 [paraphrased into modern English] |
| 45 What is the first commandment? | |
| The first commandment is, “You shall have no other gods before me.” |
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| 46 What does God require in the first commandment? | |
| In the first commandment, God requires us not only to know and acknowledge him to be the only true God and to be our God; but also to trust, love, fear, worship, and serve him accordingly. |
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| 47 What does God forbid in the first commandment? | |
| In the first commandment, God forbids us to deny the true God as God; he forbids us to not trust, love, fear, worship, and serve the true God as God and as our God; and he forbids us to give to anyone or anything else that trust, love, fear, worship, and service that we owe to God alone. |
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| 48 What do these words “before me” in the first commandment especially teach us? | |
| These words “before me” in the first commandment teach us that God, who sees all things, notices and is greatly displeased by the sin of having any other god. |
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| Hymns: | TH 382 — “God Himself is With Us” |
| TH 512 — “I Lay My Sins on Jesus” | |
| Psalm 73:16–28 (Tune = Full Circle) | |
| Doxology: | TH 312:4 — Psalm 72:18–19 |
23 Mar 2014 — 3 PM Worship
| Scripture: | 1 Samuel 18 |
| Sermon: | “The Battle is the LORD’s (2)” |
| Hymns: | TH 363 — “We Gather Together” |
| TH 88 — “Psalm 138” | |
| TH 585 — “Take My Life” | |
| Doxology: | TH 312:4 — Psalm 72:18–19 |