back to indexBerean Community Church Sunday Service 4.7.2024
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As always, it's a privilege for us to gather together for worship. 00:03:06.640 |
And this morning, we're going to start with the hymn, 00:03:10.820 |
And like many hymns, this hymn was written in the midst of 00:03:16.940 |
In 1880, Louisa Stead lost her husband in a tragic accident 00:03:22.760 |
when he drowned in the ocean trying to save a young boy. 00:03:26.780 |
And it was from this experience of losing her husband 00:03:29.980 |
in these dark moments of sorrow and grief that she turned 00:03:34.680 |
to her savior, Jesus Christ, and she wrote the lyrics, 00:03:36.980 |
"Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take him at his word, 00:03:48.000 |
Louisa expressed her complete reliance on God's promise 00:03:52.320 |
and found peace and hope in trusting the savior 00:03:57.060 |
So in the same way, as we sing this well-known hymn, 00:04:03.720 |
that we serve a savior, we have a savior who loves us deeply 00:04:06.680 |
and will carry us through every storm, every trial, 00:04:34.720 |
just to take him at his word, just to rest upon his promise 00:04:53.520 |
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him, how I prove to more and more. 00:05:05.520 |
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus, oh, for grace to trust him more. 00:05:26.520 |
I'm so glad I learned to trust the precious Jesus, 00:05:35.520 |
the Savior, friend, and I know that he are with me, 00:05:52.520 |
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him, how I prove to more and more. 00:06:04.520 |
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus, oh, for grace to trust him more. 00:06:49.520 |
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus, oh, for grace to trust him more. 00:07:17.020 |
If you guys are here for the first time, welcome to Berean Community Church. 00:07:24.520 |
So if you wanted more information about the church and just our core visions 00:07:29.520 |
and what goes on during the course of the week, you can stop by there. 00:07:33.520 |
I have a couple of announcements that I want to just call your attention to. 00:07:38.520 |
The first one is for all the ladies that are at our church. 00:07:43.520 |
Next Saturday between 8 to about 12.30 p.m., we have a very special woman's conference, 00:07:52.520 |
If you haven't signed up for it already but you want to come, 00:07:56.520 |
please do sign up so we can take into account how many refreshments we need, 00:08:00.520 |
how many tables we need, et cetera, et cetera. 00:08:02.520 |
So it's $15, and a light breakfast is included. 00:08:06.520 |
So if you have any questions, you can contact Nicole Mose. 00:08:10.520 |
Two weeks from now, this is for all the members of our church, 00:08:13.520 |
we have a mandatory members meeting, which is quarterly. 00:08:17.520 |
And after this one, we're going to have a service fair. 00:08:19.520 |
So if you wanted to figure out how to serve in this church as we keep growing, 00:08:25.520 |
there are going to be opportunities for you to just plug in and get involved as well. 00:08:29.520 |
2 p.m. Sunday, April 21st, we will have a fundraiser lunch, 00:08:35.520 |
Our career missions team is going to make food for us, 00:08:45.520 |
As we've been mentioning the last several weeks, 00:08:48.520 |
we have a special seminar on May 4th at 9 a.m. here in the sanctuary, 00:08:55.520 |
and we're going to be looking at how to think through biblically 00:08:59.520 |
the sensitive subjects of abortion, birth control, and IVF, in vitro fertilization. 00:09:07.520 |
We've moved things around our calendar so that everyone can participate and come to that. 00:09:11.520 |
So the other announcements, you can look on your app or online. 00:09:19.520 |
and we have a physical box in the back over there near the exit. 00:09:23.520 |
Otherwise, you can give your offering to the Lord just through electronic transfer. 00:09:29.520 |
And after the praise set, we're going to have our sister Hope Jin come up. 00:09:35.520 |
She's going to share her testimony and be baptized. 00:09:41.520 |
Lord, we come before you this morning just eager to hear from you, 00:09:48.520 |
And, Lord, that you would take the center stage and that your word would be proclaimed, 00:09:54.520 |
that Christ would be honored and held in high esteem, 00:09:57.520 |
and that we would walk out of here as fed and changed people. 00:10:02.520 |
So we thank you, Lord, for the joy of gathering together this Lord's Day, 00:12:15.980 |
♪ Jesus you rescued us through your great love ♪ 00:13:28.380 |
♪ Jesus you rescued us through your great love ♪ 00:13:33.380 |
♪ How sweet, how sweet the sound of saving grace ♪ 00:14:53.740 |
♪ Jesus you rescued us through your great love ♪ 00:15:49.760 |
♪ Jesus you rescued us through your great love ♪ 00:21:34.840 |
and who brought me to solid Bible teaching churches. 00:21:37.440 |
Throughout my life, the Lord has shown me so much mercy 00:21:39.800 |
by giving me an easy time to spite my ignorance, 00:21:52.140 |
I probably would have told you that I was a Christian 00:21:54.060 |
'cause I believed that Jesus died on the cross for my sins. 00:22:04.580 |
and I kept myself at the center of my thoughts and actions. 00:22:07.620 |
Every decision I made and desire I had was rooted in pride, 00:22:17.980 |
I had not accepted it as truth in my own life. 00:22:20.980 |
I had failed to acknowledge the weight of my own sin 00:22:25.780 |
God revealed to me my lack of true salvation. 00:22:28.420 |
I knew that I hadn't truly accepted Christ as my Savior 00:22:40.260 |
had already been predetermined before the beginning of time, 00:22:48.660 |
and the occasional prayer for God to save me, 00:22:54.160 |
I was able to go to college not too far from my home 00:23:01.900 |
I was struck by how many people young as I was 00:23:04.900 |
had such a fervent and constant love for the Lord. 00:23:10.180 |
about wanting to be saved before became more prevalent. 00:23:15.100 |
and I became more eager for a relationship with God. 00:23:20.340 |
who could answer my questions and pray for me, 00:23:22.260 |
and they all encouraged me to consider his death 00:23:29.780 |
I learned that my sin made me helpless before the throne. 00:23:38.520 |
Though I had said prayers of repentance before, 00:23:48.340 |
and professed my desire to live a life for the Lord, 00:23:51.180 |
submitting to his will and dismissing my own. 00:23:53.840 |
The Lord was in full control of my salvation. 00:24:18.740 |
which is a sin that hindered my spiritual growth. 00:24:29.180 |
I now desire and pursue a true relationship with him 00:24:35.700 |
As I've prayed for him to grow me in my faith, 00:24:37.800 |
he has granted me peace in knowing that his plan is perfect. 00:24:40.920 |
As I've prayed for him to grow my love for his people, 00:24:46.180 |
and offer me opportunities to join in fellowship. 00:24:51.020 |
he continually demonstrates his own love for me. 00:24:53.700 |
It's so clear that he has been good in my life. 00:24:56.820 |
Though I have committed to life with the Lord 00:24:59.800 |
I still struggle to set aside my pride and selfishness 00:25:06.620 |
that I can't overcome my sins by my own efforts. 00:25:14.360 |
to be deserving of God's love and protection. 00:25:25.720 |
or for giving these things to me despite that. 00:25:33.000 |
I pray that in sharing my testimony with the body of Christ, 00:25:58.180 |
and then hold them down for about two minutes 00:26:02.460 |
what union with Christ in his death feels like. 00:26:09.220 |
But it's an honor to have Andrew up here with me. 00:26:13.380 |
You want to scoot up a little bit and take my left hand? 00:26:20.660 |
Hope, do you understand when you go into the water, 00:26:22.420 |
you're being united with Christ in his death, 00:26:51.020 |
just the father up here helping with the baptism. 00:27:25.320 |
it came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job 00:27:37.580 |
"because you have not spoken of me what is right, 00:27:43.060 |
"Now, therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls 00:27:49.100 |
"and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, 00:27:55.360 |
"For I will accept him, so that I may not do with you, 00:28:01.840 |
"because you have not spoken of me what is right, 00:28:07.620 |
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite 00:28:13.220 |
as the Lord told them, and the Lord accepted Job. 00:28:34.920 |
Cause us, Lord, to listen, both with fear and trembling, 00:28:44.400 |
We pray that your word will bear fruit in our lives, 00:28:49.220 |
in this church, and in the community around us. 00:29:11.840 |
of a God who is infinitely different from us. 00:29:30.660 |
so are his ways and his thoughts so much higher than ours. 00:29:35.160 |
And there are biblical truths that most every one of us 00:29:41.060 |
and consider to be in accord with sound doctrine. 00:29:58.460 |
I would, and I believe most of you would as well. 00:30:23.460 |
that God has not made one single mistake in your life. 00:31:02.020 |
There may be a slight disconnect in what you believe 00:31:07.860 |
from how you emotionally feel about these truths. 00:31:12.500 |
There may be a little bit of a pushback in your heart, 00:31:15.740 |
and it's possible that you can't quite put a finger on why. 00:31:44.120 |
If you're coming up with a biblical theology, 00:31:51.660 |
And this suffering of the innocent, of the righteous, 00:32:08.260 |
we just celebrated this profound truth a week ago 00:32:12.500 |
as we walked through the events of the Passion Week, 00:32:33.940 |
"But he was pierced through for our transgressions, 00:32:39.200 |
"The chastening for our well-being fell upon him, 00:32:51.500 |
in describing the suffering, innocent Messiah, 00:32:56.460 |
and more profound, and more uncomfortable in verse 10. 00:33:00.180 |
"The Lord was pleased to crush him, putting him to grief." 00:33:21.500 |
feeling a little uncomfortable, or a lot uncomfortable. 00:33:32.920 |
we do our best to worship in spirit and in truth, 00:33:45.740 |
So it's no shock that a book like the Book of Job, 00:34:00.900 |
may even be the first book written in the Old Testament. 00:34:06.880 |
And at the same time, it's a very comforting book. 00:34:11.060 |
The passage that I read for you in the beginning 00:34:15.340 |
is found in the very last chapter of the Book of Job. 00:34:43.340 |
And Job 42 reads like a standard happy ending. 00:34:57.220 |
Most people immediately think of the theme of suffering 00:35:04.160 |
And suffering, of course, is the backdrop of the book. 00:35:20.240 |
but the book ends with a great reward for Job, 00:35:26.280 |
And because of this, and because we all like happy endings, 00:35:31.080 |
it's a well-loved book for many Christians today. 00:35:34.600 |
Nadrez, if you like the Book of Job, you've read it. 00:35:38.820 |
The Book of Job has long been one of the favorite books 00:35:47.560 |
the seemingly unfair sufferings of a righteous man, 00:36:04.080 |
The Book of Job begins with a mention of a place 00:36:08.080 |
that is outside of Israel in the land called Uz, 00:36:16.400 |
suggest that Job is a Gentile, likely an Edomite. 00:36:27.660 |
But most scholars place Job after the time of Noah 00:36:36.360 |
it could very well be the oldest book in the Bible. 00:36:39.060 |
And what's fascinating is you have to remember 00:36:43.020 |
the people of Israel are a very proud, ethnocentric people, 00:36:51.560 |
is a godly non-Israelite living outside the borders 00:37:06.620 |
Without any acquaintance with Moses and the prophets, 00:37:09.860 |
it nevertheless appears that Job is intimately familiar 00:37:14.780 |
with the god of whom Moses and the prophets spoke. 00:37:17.380 |
The Book of Job uses the name Yahweh 31 times. 00:37:28.100 |
We know from Exodus chapter 33 that no mortal man 00:37:33.960 |
can see God and live, but it seems that this Gentile man 00:37:50.360 |
How righteous was this man that he didn't perish 00:37:56.640 |
So it almost feels like a fairy tale for the Hebrew people. 00:38:05.120 |
to categorize the Book of Job as a fairy tale 00:38:12.180 |
and references to the Book of Job all over the Bible. 00:38:17.260 |
Many Psalms read similarly to sections of Job. 00:38:21.000 |
King Solomon, it looks on the surface, borrowed from Job 00:38:28.880 |
Isaiah chapter 40 verse 13, Isaiah quotes Job. 00:38:39.380 |
and how historical Job the man was to the people of Israel, 00:38:42.840 |
I wanna read you a couple verses from Ezekiel. 00:39:06.480 |
they could only deliver themselves, declares the Lord God. 00:39:11.100 |
So Yahweh God speaks of Job to the prophet Ezekiel. 00:39:18.440 |
and he is and has always been a well-known symbol 00:39:23.220 |
and beacon of righteousness to all the people of God. 00:39:27.860 |
The Apostle Paul quotes the book of Job twice, 00:39:45.380 |
but since this contains a somewhat familiar story, 00:39:49.380 |
and because many people have varying thoughts, 00:39:55.980 |
I wanted to hedge in our thoughts and our collective focus. 00:40:29.020 |
at false doctrine and misrepresentations of his nature. 00:40:39.420 |
but one who absolutely delights in his servants, 00:40:54.140 |
to help you track the thought flow through this passage. 00:41:21.260 |
And then conversely, we can see what delights the heart of God 00:41:25.860 |
then we're gonna be looking at the second point, 00:41:36.980 |
And then we'll be looking at the third point, 00:42:04.140 |
Verses eight and nine mention twice that God accepts Job 00:42:12.780 |
the heresy, and the blasphemy of his three friends. 00:42:23.740 |
that we can draw today from this ancient but timeless text. 00:42:27.940 |
Okay, so let me read Job 42, seven to nine again for us. 00:42:30.940 |
It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, 00:43:00.740 |
for I will accept him so that I may not do with you 00:43:07.140 |
because you have not spoken to me what is right 00:43:11.980 |
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite 00:43:15.380 |
and Zophar the Amethyte went and did as the Lord told them, 00:43:22.740 |
So we get a glimpse into the character of God in verse seven. 00:43:28.340 |
And in these verses, we can observe that God's anger 00:43:35.940 |
and to the truths of his character and nature. 00:43:38.740 |
And that's consistent with other parts of scripture. 00:43:41.340 |
God must and will be presented as holy, amen? 00:43:47.300 |
All creation must accurately declare the glories of God. 00:43:58.940 |
his wrath is kindled by misrepresentations of him 00:44:18.500 |
between Job and his three well-meaning friends. 00:44:25.980 |
But before we look into why God's anger burns, 00:44:29.660 |
I wanna walk us through what Job's three friends did right. 00:44:39.060 |
Now, when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity 00:44:59.140 |
to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. 00:45:02.820 |
And when they lifted up their eyes at a distance 00:45:14.940 |
They threw dust over their heads toward the sky. 00:45:18.580 |
And then they sat down on the ground with him 00:45:35.380 |
And unfortunately, their bad rep has been recorded 00:45:56.180 |
And I believe that they were genuinely horrified 00:46:31.340 |
I don't know how many of us could sit just silently 00:46:39.900 |
But these three men just sat for seven days and seven nights 00:47:04.580 |
And if you comb through chapters 3 through 31 00:47:09.500 |
it's actually very difficult to discern where they were wrong. 00:47:23.980 |
Job 5.13, "He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, 00:47:30.700 |
and the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted." 00:47:53.340 |
had done something wrong, because he had somehow 00:48:07.780 |
And though it is true that there are serious consequences 00:48:14.940 |
was simply suffering because God purposed it. 00:48:23.700 |
God had determined it to be part of his good, pleasing, 00:48:52.620 |
He was still the everlasting God of love in doing so. 00:49:03.660 |
God allows for suffering, and this allowing of suffering 00:49:09.660 |
does not go against his attributes of goodness, love, 00:49:20.820 |
does not go against his attributes of goodness, love, 00:49:40.620 |
God ordains man's physical sufferings from disease. 00:49:45.700 |
God ordains emotional suffering of loss, disappointment, 00:50:06.220 |
and yet remains a God who is perfectly good, perfectly 00:50:19.460 |
Is there not some discomfort that is in your heart? 00:50:22.820 |
Job's three friends fail to affirm all of these truths. 00:50:38.100 |
this man just whines throughout for chapters. 00:50:43.700 |
And though he complained a bunch of how all of his sufferings 00:50:54.900 |
So I want to read a couple of passages for you. 00:51:00.260 |
"Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head. 00:51:12.780 |
And through all of this, Job did not sin, nor did he blame God." 00:51:25.940 |
Satan was strategic in leaving the wife alive. 00:51:29.100 |
"But he said to her, you speak as one of the foolish women 00:51:43.340 |
And in all this, Job did not sin with his lips." 00:51:53.300 |
as not only the source of good, but also the source 00:52:00.060 |
We need to watch our lives and doctrines closely. 00:52:04.940 |
We need to accurately proclaim the excellencies of God 00:52:08.900 |
and present him as holy, as completely other, 00:52:16.180 |
We don't need to try and sugarcoat difficult doctrines 00:52:28.580 |
We just need to know God and make him known accurately. 00:52:37.220 |
As Charles Spurgeon once said, the word of God is like a lion. 00:52:50.500 |
Blasphemy, by definition, is an impious utterance or action 00:52:55.780 |
So it's to speak defiantly or irreverently about God. 00:53:08.820 |
So any form of these misrepresentations of God 00:53:17.180 |
When we suffer or when those around us suffer, 00:53:21.380 |
this doesn't mean that we go up in their face 00:53:28.380 |
It doesn't mean that we don't act with grace and compassion. 00:53:35.100 |
But we must always take care not to fail in speaking of God what 00:53:41.220 |
is right, especially when we see or when we are 00:53:54.860 |
But while we weep, it is absolutely imperative 00:53:59.260 |
to take great care to represent Yahweh God accurately. 00:54:12.300 |
for you to turn to the beginning of the book of Job. 00:54:19.020 |
me to help you get better acquainted with him. 00:54:25.020 |
"There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. 00:54:30.100 |
And that man was blameless, upright, fearing God, 00:54:38.700 |
suffering like Job unless you're confident that you're 00:54:50.860 |
"Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 00:54:53.740 |
His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 00:55:02.940 |
And that man was the greatest of all the men of the east." 00:55:12.740 |
Job 1.1 describes him as one who was blameless, upright, 00:55:19.900 |
So we see that he has seven sons, three daughters, 00:55:29.300 |
So it's almost countless number of servants that he has. 00:55:37.340 |
Now I want to read down chapter 1, verse 6 to 9. 00:55:48.500 |
The Lord said to Satan, 'From where do you come?' 00:55:54.780 |
'From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.' 00:55:58.220 |
The Lord said to Satan, 'Have you considered my servant Job? 00:56:26.100 |
that there is great delight and joy when God describes Job. 00:56:37.220 |
I almost want to read it like, "This is my beloved servant 00:56:45.820 |
Then Satan asks permission to tempt Job by ruining his life. 00:57:00.580 |
Job 1 verse 12, "Then the Lord said to Satan, 'Behold, 00:57:10.980 |
So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord. 00:57:14.420 |
And on one single day, the following things happen. 00:57:36.940 |
At the same time, a great wind comes from the wilderness, 00:57:43.540 |
and drops it on all his kids while they're having a party. 00:57:54.020 |
And what is called the fire of God, which is actually 00:58:00.100 |
all the rest of the servants who are watching the 7,000 sheep, 00:58:11.260 |
He loses all of his servants, with the exception of four. 00:58:15.940 |
And remember, Job is a righteous man and a righteous boss. 00:58:21.540 |
And righteous bosses are very careful to tend 00:58:36.580 |
And then he lost every single one of his 10 children, 00:58:45.060 |
horrible in and of itself, and all their friends, 00:58:48.180 |
whom he probably loved as well, whose parents were 00:58:55.380 |
So he has to face the accusation, because of you, 00:59:06.740 |
So imagine the overwhelming grief, the guilt, the pain. 00:59:15.380 |
The money being gone is nothing compared to everything else. 00:59:24.260 |
that Job fell to the ground and worshiped and did not 00:59:45.880 |
gives Satan permission to mess with even Job's body 00:59:53.120 |
And the only thing, the only rule that Satan has to follow 01:00:07.920 |
Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord 01:00:09.960 |
and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot 01:00:18.360 |
boils from the sole of his feet to the crown of his head. 01:00:22.480 |
I looked up what a boil was, because I've never had one. 01:00:33.200 |
infect and inflame one or more of the hair follicles. 01:00:38.680 |
The average human body has 5 million hair follicles. 01:00:54.040 |
His is a holistic suffering, physical, social, emotional, 01:01:00.280 |
financial, marital, and probably spiritually, 01:01:21.200 |
How can a good God allow for the suffering of those he loves? 01:01:41.240 |
Job does not get an answer from the God who delights in him. 01:01:47.240 |
Chapters 38 to 41, God actually shows up and rebukes 01:02:01.240 |
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the world? 01:02:26.480 |
He is never told that all hell on earth broke loose 01:02:33.840 |
not because of unrighteousness, but because he was righteous. 01:02:39.520 |
Because there was no one like him on the earth, 01:02:49.840 |
told of Satan's requests, never told of his activities. 01:02:58.560 |
the current prince of the world, has to ask permission. 01:03:14.200 |
Jesus tells Peter that Satan has asked permission 01:03:20.080 |
It reads, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission 01:03:25.760 |
But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. 01:03:33.240 |
So to sift like wheat means to shake someone apart, 01:03:36.800 |
to break someone down, to irreversibly injure. 01:03:41.480 |
And what's very insightful here is that the "you" in verse 31 01:03:47.400 |
The rest of the "you's" are all in the singular. 01:03:50.920 |
So Satan has demanded permission to sift you all, 01:03:55.320 |
all the apostles, all you disciples, like wheat. 01:03:59.880 |
But Jesus says, "I have prayed for you," singular Peter, 01:04:05.320 |
in regard to whatever Satan had wanted to unleash on Peter 01:04:10.080 |
to cause Peter to be just like Judas, Jesus said, "No." 01:04:21.800 |
There are things that take place in our lives and in our world 01:04:25.400 |
because Satan temporarily is maneuvering behind the scenes. 01:04:32.840 |
Ephesians chapter 6 tells us that our struggle 01:04:36.920 |
but against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 01:04:41.080 |
But for us who have put our faith in Christ Jesus, 01:04:52.400 |
Nothing can separate us from the love of God. 01:05:16.120 |
For all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus 01:05:29.120 |
But if you are in Christ, if you persevere in his grace, 01:05:51.080 |
seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, 01:05:53.560 |
and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. 01:06:01.400 |
so that I might not do with you according to your folly, 01:06:04.880 |
because you have not spoken to me what is right, 01:06:09.120 |
So Eliphaz, the Temanite, Bildad, the Shuhite, 01:06:11.520 |
Zophar, the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord told them, 01:06:19.640 |
to offer a sacrifice of seven bulls and seven rams. 01:06:22.760 |
And the only other place we see this in the scriptures 01:06:28.280 |
So this may have been some kind of traditional 01:06:33.280 |
but God commands them to go and receive prayer from Job. 01:06:45.240 |
and receive prayer from Job, and from the text, 01:06:48.120 |
it appears that they were to go to Job for God's forgiveness, 01:07:17.400 |
I find Job to be one of the most Christ-like figures 01:08:01.520 |
Your ESV and your NIV says God accepts Job's prayers, 01:08:21.000 |
Well, first, if you feel like you can relate more to Job 01:08:26.840 |
You and I are way more like Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar 01:08:55.040 |
I want to point your attention to Job 42, 1 through 6. 01:09:06.920 |
"and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 01:09:09.320 |
"Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?" 01:09:16.240 |
"Therefore, I have declared that which I did not understand, 01:09:19.280 |
"things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 01:09:27.400 |
"I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, 01:09:34.680 |
"Therefore, I retract and I repent in dust and ashes." 01:09:40.920 |
So the only appropriate application is repent, 01:09:48.520 |
The world has no answer or explanation to a Christian's joy 01:10:01.600 |
He ordains all things either for your sanctification 01:10:09.800 |
In other words, God ordains all things either for good 01:10:43.720 |
"As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, 01:10:47.640 |
"take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 01:10:56.600 |
"and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, 01:10:59.680 |
"that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. 01:11:05.600 |
"either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, 01:11:25.640 |
"Then he must call for the elders of the church 01:11:29.380 |
"anointing him with the oil in the name of the Lord. 01:11:38.360 |
"and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 01:11:45.480 |
"and pray for one another so that you may be healed. 01:12:02.380 |
"because you know that the testing of your faith 01:12:06.660 |
If the Lord has ordained suffering in your life, 01:12:16.600 |
to minister to other people through your worship. 01:12:31.060 |
proclaim his truths and move them to trust him as well. 01:12:46.500 |
for your examples that you give us in your book. 01:13:02.300 |
and cause us to worship in spirit and in truth. 01:13:09.780 |
Spirit and in truth, no matter how uncomfortable at times 01:13:16.300 |
You are holy, you are the potter, we are but the clay. 01:13:28.720 |
for we know that when you are glorified and magnified, 01:13:40.240 |
Let us stand together for the closing praise. 01:14:02.180 |
♪ Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring ♪ 01:14:09.880 |
♪ Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:14:38.140 |
♪ Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:15:03.680 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:15:08.680 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:15:30.460 |
♪ Worthy, worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:15:58.600 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:16:03.600 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:17:34.740 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:17:39.820 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:18:17.020 |
- Now, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 01:18:36.580 |
who worships in spirit and in truth now and forevermore. 01:19:10.420 |
♪ An empty grave is there to save your land ♪