Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Sermon: I Have Other Sheep

mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:49:53 +0000

I Have Other Sheep

John 10:16

Introduction

Every so often we need a sermon that reminds us why this church exists, how we fit into God’s kingdom plan on the earth.

This verse makes two simple points:

This text gives us the reason we exist, and
This text gives us the reason to exist.

1. This text gives us the reason we exist.

Jesus said, I have other sheep which are not of this fold, and I must bring them in…

We exist because Jesus did what he said he’d do; people acted on his words.

Jesus ministered in a culture with deep prejudice against the outsiders.

Should not have been that way: God gave lots of indicators he wanted to save the Gentiles all along:

Gen.12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing…in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed…

Ps. 67:

Rahab; Jonah preaching to Nineveh; Elijah:The widow of Zarephath (1 kings 17:8f) Elisha: Naaman from Syria.

At Jesus’ birth, wise men for the east (Gentiles) come to celebrate

There are numerous examples in Jesus’ ministry of reaching out to Gentiles:

Matt8:10: The Roman centurion: I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith…”

Samaritan woman John 4

John 12:20-21 Greeks: we wish to see Jesus.

Acts 28:28 Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.

Romans 15:8-12

Gal.3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

The ultimate goal of Jesus’ work is one flock with one shepherd.

The ultimate fulfillment of this will be the new heavens and new earth, described in:

Rev.21:24 by its light all the nations will walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it…

Rev.22:2 the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations

The one thing which seems to capture the chief activity of heaven is the worship of the lamb. John Piper reminds us that “missions is not the end goal, worship is. Missions exists because worship does not.”

2. The text gives us the reason to exist

Now that Jesus is out of sight in heaven, how do the sheep hear his voice? The shepherd speaks through the sheep.

The shepherd has given us a distinct message designed to draw lost sheep to himself. That is the good news, the gospel. God has placed in that message power to convert people, to convince them Jesus is the Good Shepherd.

Rom.1:16 the gospel is the power of God unto salvation…

Rom.10:14f But how are they to call on him on whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?

This is why you often hear us say that we are a sending church.

John 20:21 As the father has sent me, even so I am sending you.

Matt.28:18 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…

Luke 24:47 repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed to all nations

Acts 1:8 And you will be my witnesses, in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Why the word witness? That’s what sent people do. They witness, testify, to what they have seen and know.

We exist to continue this verse, to partner with Jesus in the on-going ingathering of his flock.

This raises two important questions:

1) What is the means of this ingathering?

How does Jesus get his sheep into the fold? And they shall hear my voice

What’s the heart of the good news? The two verses that bracket our sending verse both say: I lay down my life for the sheep

Is.53:6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us to his own way; but the Lord caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him.

1 Peter 2:24-25 and he himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by his wounds you are healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

2) What is the motivation for the ingathering?

Jesus said, I must bring them in.

I must gets into you. Sentness gets into your DNA.

It’s not naturally there. We are all innately wired for my kingdom. How do we escape this myopic view of Christ’s kingdom which naturally rules our hearts?

a. Compare kings and kingdoms.

Is there is a cause so great that when you center your entire life around it, you’ll never be disappointed? Are you suffering under the weight of your small ambitions? He gives us the joy of being in sync with what he is doing.

b. Let the glory of Jesus’ sentness consume your heart

Notice the emphatic: I must bring them in.

Why?

1) Jesus’ sentness is righting a wrong

2) He loves them; the father has given them to him.

Jesus made you his cause! His must trumps your must. You are either a sender or one sent. You live missionally.

Sunday School: God’s Promises, Our Partnership (Week 6)

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:42:06 +0000

Worship Notes for March 7, 2010

sharpe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:10:30 +0000

Greetings Redeemer family,

Here at Redeemer, we have the great pivilege of being a sending church. We’ve had the joy of sending members and regular attenders from our local congregation to many areas of our nation and world, from Philadelphia to Chile to South Africa. This passion is integrally connected to our study from last week: Jesus came as God in flesh – and He alone is the true God and King of the whole world. Because of this, He is infinitely worthy of the worship and honor of all peoples.

We open our services at Redeemer each week with a Call to Worship. These passages from God’s Word remind us that He is worthy of worship, honor, and praise. The readings remind us of His promises to His people, as further examples of His glorious character. The purpose of these readings is that our attention might be centered on the splendor of God, that our affections might be reminded of His goodness. This week in particular, our reading from Psalm 47 points to the desire of God to call worshipers from every nation of the world.

Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.

How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.

For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.

The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham,

for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.

We follow this reading with 2 songs that speak of God’s glory and worth.

Lord of all creation
Of water earth and sky
The heavens are Your tabernacle

Glory to the Lord on high

God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy holy
Lord of heaven and earth

Let ev’ry creature in the sea

And ev’ry flying bird
Let ev’ry mountain
Ev’ry field and valley of the earth
Let all the moons and all the stars
In all the universe
Sing praises to the living God
Who rules them by His Word

Hallelujah glory be to our great God
Hallelujah glory be to our great God

Following the sermon, we will sing a setting of the Doxology together. The term “doxology” comes from the Greek doxa, meaning “glory,” and logos, meaning “word.” These short hymns of praise are simple reminders of the Trinitiarian character of God. They call us to respond to Him with worship and honor. This setting includes verses from another Issac Watts hymn that speak of the the worthiness of God to be worshipped among the nations.

From all that dwell beneath the skies
Let the Creator’s praise arise
Let our Redeemer’s name be sung
Through ev’ry land by ev’ry tongue

Eternal are Your mercies Lord
Eternal truth attends Your word

Your praise will sound from shore to shore
Till suns shall rise and set no more

Our confession of faith this week reminds us of our connection as the Church with all believers around the world and across history. In the historic creeds like the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds, this union is called the “holy, catholic Church.” This includes believers from many faith traditions, from Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, and Catholics – all those that have been called by God’s redeeming grace and have put their hope in the work of Christ alone for salvation. Our passion for missions is that this Church would be strengthened and expanded throughout the world, that Christ’s kingdom might come here on Earth, as it is in Heaven.

54. Q. What do you believe concerning the holy catholic Christian church?
A. I believe that the Son of God, out of the whole human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, defends, and preserves for Himself, by His Spirit and Word, in the unity of the true faith, a church chosen to everlasting life. And I believe that I am and forever shall remain a living member of it.

During communion this week, we will sing songs of the Church, of Christ’s redeeming blood, and the power of His cross for salvation.

For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,

Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.  Alleluia, Allelu…

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl  streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,  Alleluia, Alleluia!

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.

At the cross I bow my knee
Where Your blood was shed for me
There’s no greater love than this
You have overcome the grave
Your glory fills the highest place
What can separate me now?

We close our service this week with “Days of Elijah”, a song that celebrates the second coming of Christ. The words point back, using Old Testament imagery to remind us of the ways that God has worked in the past. The chorus then looks forward, to Christ’s return. The effect of these two images together is to work in us a sense of longing and anticipation that Christ would come soon, in glory and in power. It is this hope that motivates us to spread the Good News of His Kingdom to all corners of the world – that we would celebrate His coming with brothers and sisters from every tongue and tribe and nation, singing together the majesty of our God and King.

These are the days of Elijah
Declaring the Word of the Lord
And these are the days
Of Your servant Moses
Righteousness being restored
And though these are days of great trials
Of famine and darkness and sword

Still we are the voice in the desert crying
Prepare ye the way of the Lord

Behold He comes, riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee

And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes

These are the days of Ezekiel
The dry bones becoming as flesh
And these are the days
Of Your servant David
Rebuilding a temple of praise
And these are the days of the harvest

The fields are as white in the world
And we are the laborers in Your vineyard
Declaring the Word of the Lord

Partnering with you to declare His worth to the world,

Tim Sharpe
Director of Worship
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg VA

Bulletin for 3/7/2010

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:16:29 +0000

2010-03-07 Bulletin

What the PCA is doing in Haiti

mike — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:34:14 +0000

MNA ShortTerm Missions and Disaster Response at Work for Haiti Earthquake Relief

We invite you to participate with us…

MNA Disaster Response is working to assist PCA Pastors Dony St. Germain and Brian Kelso as they lead ministries among the Haitian people. These men are MNA Senior Staff members and have been working in Haiti for many years. In order to determine how best to help these men and their ministries MNA Disaster Response sent three assessment teams, including MNA Disaster Response Director Arklie Hooten, with pastors St Germain and Kelso into Haiti very soon after the quake. While in Haiti our teams made contact with various ministry sites to determine how best to stage MNA Disaster Response Volunteers to respond to this terrible disaster.

Join us in giving thanks for the answered prayers for the assessment teams. God graciously provided good health, safe travel, and wisdom in determining how best to respond to this great tragedy.
Prayerfully consider a financial contribution. Gifts will be used to meet the needs of mission churches in Haiti who are affected, to provide resources for God’s people to serve others in the community, and for the expenses of the relief work. To give a gift, click here: Contribute. Ormail your check to MNA designated for Haiti 2010 Earthquake Relief . 100% of your donation will go toward relief efforts. We are now collecting needed resources for our response including supplies, equipment, food and tents. Please contact MNA Volunteer Facilitator Sherry Lanier at slanier@pcanet.org for a list of approved items and delivery instructions for these critically needed resources.
Mobilize medical teams as space allows. This began within days of the earthquake and is continuing. Currently teams are booked to work with El Shaddai through March. If you are a trained medical provider and desire to serve you can register now. To register, see link below.
Register to Volunteer. We are currently mobilizing teams for food distribution to various ministry sites and anticipate mobilizing disaster response volunteers to our Oasis disaster response headquarters in Carrefour beginning in April. If your team has already registered please be patient as our First Responders prepare Oasis for your arrival. If you desire to bring a team to Haiti please register here now: Register your team for future involvement. In the meantime there are a couple of things you can do to be prepared to serve as a volunteer in Haiti. First, please make sure you have a current passport. Travel to Haiti requires a valid passport. Second, please click here for information on required/requested immunizations for travel and service in Haiti.
Volunteer for long term service. Do you have the ability to serve longer terms of service? MNA Disaster Response is in need of volunteers who can serve longer periods of time beyond a week or two. We are looking for individuals who are willing to serve as Site Managers and hosts for the work sites that we are setting up in Haiti. If you are interested in serving in one of these capacities, please contact Sherry Lanier, MNA Disaster Response Facilitator at slanier@pcanet.org.

Please note that many phases of the response plan above cannot be fully implemented until consistent flight operations resume into Port-au-Prince and volunteer housing and other facilities are fully developed to provide a base at Carrefour for work with El Shaddai led by PCA Pastor Dony St. Germain, and similar facilities at Mirebalais for work with Great Commission Alliance led by PCA Pastor Brian Kelso.

El Shaddai, led by Dony St. Germain: Working with Church Plants, Schools and Orphanages

Currently MNA staff members are working with 42 church plants which had started prior to the earthquake and are ministering to 16,000 Haitians on a regular basis through these churches. Most of the churches have a Christian school associated with the church. Currently there are 6,000 students enrolled. They are also working with 13 orphanages that house 2,200 orphans as a ministry of mercy and outreach.

Many of the 42 church plants are in cities outside of Port-au-Prince. Because of the intensity of the destruction concentrated in Port-au-Prince the Haitian government has stated that 1,000,000 are now homeless and have fled that city in search of a more stable place to live. This large movement of people has caused many of the outlying cities to more than double in population, with no increases in infrastructure – infrastructure that was also affected by the earthquake. This has caused depletion of almost every type of resource that a city or town would normally afford.

Two Sites are currently under development to provide bases for long term work…

Working with El Shaddai, led by PCA Pastor Dony St. Germain: MNA’s initial assessment is complete and will be assisting as stated below.

MNA Disaster Response First Responders are setting up an earthquake response operation at Carrefour, a city near the epicenter of the quake. We are moving deliberately and as quickly as possible with presbytery teams rotating in and out over the next four weeks. Oasis, the facility in Carrefour being prepared, will become the headquarters for ongoing operations. We are currently gathering and shipping materials and supplies to Carrefour in advance of the arrival of the First Responders, which begins March 10^th.. We expect this phase to take up to four weeks to complete. Once the Oasis volunteer facility is secure and the airport resumes consistent operations in Port-au-Prince, MNA will mobilize teams to assist in the rebuilding efforts, beginning with 30 homes of members of El Shaddai mission church members.

Working with Great Commission Alliance led by PCA Pastor Brian Kelso: MNA’s initial assessment is complete and we will be assisting as stated below.

MNA ShortTerm Missions is mobilizing short term missions teams to Mirebalais to assist with food distribution and to establish a transitional tent village for those who have migrated to the community seeking safety. Pastor Kelso is working jointly with Mirebalais’ Mayor to provide these resources to a community in desperate need. Pre-quake Mirebalais was 125,000 in population and is now approximately 300,000 according to the local government.

Updates:

MNA Disaster Response Haiti Blog
MNA Disaster Response on Facebook
El Shaddai Ministries International - for archived reports click here.
Great Commission Alliance

Thank you so much for your prayers and support for this ministry. If you have any questions or would like to talk further, please feel free to contact me.

Blessings,

Arklie Hooten

MNA ShortTerm Missions & Disaster Response Director

Mission to North America

1700 N. Brown Road, Suite 101

Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043-8122

Calls to Arklie: 678-294-3011

Mobilization: 678-294-3012

….seek the welfare of the city…..pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. Jer 29:7

Sunday School: God’s Promises, Our Partnership (Week 5)

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:54:50 +0000

Sermon: Is Jesus God? John 10:19-39

mike — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:51:34 +0000

John 10:19-39

Introduction

What do you do with a person who claims to be God? Investigate!

Christians claim Jesus is God- always has been, always will be.

Questions about Jesus’ identity constantly swirl around his ministry. No doubt that accounts for the question raised in v.24:

How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

Jesus finds this question important enough to answer. Here’s how he does it:

1. v. 25 Challenge your expectations or presuppositions that distort your interpretation of the data.

a. how he should appear

b. philosophical presuppositions

c. Jewish expectation of Messiah

2. What he claimed to do (his works) v.25

Jesus did things ONLY God can do. They fall out into two main categories:

A. The miraculous/supernatural

(unparalleled suspension of the laws of nature)

B. The Authoritative

Jesus claimed to do things that are only to be claimed by God:

Forgive sins (Mk2:1-12; Luke 7:36-50) Bestow life (Jn. 6:47) Teach the truth (Jn.8:31, 7:15,46) Judge the world (Matt.25:31-46) Receive worship (Jn.9:38; 20:28) Share God’s glory (Jn.17:5; Is42:8, 48:11) Be the only means of access to life (zoe)

Jesus so closely identified himself with the Father that to know/see/believe in/love/hate/receive and honor him was to do the same to the father.That’s why the NT throughout equates God and Jesus by attributing the same names, titles or activities to both. Both are called:

redeemer, savior, Lord, one coming again, the one whom we serve,the one whose grace we receive, the one whose word we have, hear and obey, the one in whom we trust, whose fullness we have, who dwells in our hearts, who we are in, who possesses us for himself, whom we love and obey, whose joy is in us, from whose hand we cannot be snatched, who will judge the world, whose way is prepared in the wilderness, who is the good shepherd, who is our light, to whom every knee shall bow, who purchased us with his blood (Acts 20:28), who is coming with his reward with him, the first and the last Is.48:12—Rev.1:17, 2:8, the alpha and omega Rev.1:8, 22;13), whose face we’ll see when he comes.

3. What he claimed to give v.28

Two spiritual blessings in v.28

A. Jesus said he gave eternal life to his sheep.

B. Jesus said he protects or preserves his sheep v.28-29

And they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

4. What he claimed to be

v.30 Jesus said, I and the Father are one.

The Jews hearing it clearly understood that to be a claim to deity:

v.31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Notice the word again: already tried this before in 8:59:

Therefore they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself.

5:18 For this cause therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath, but was also calling God his own father, making himself equal with God.

8:58 Before Abraham was, I am. The eternal self-existent one. Yahweh.

Jn.14:7 If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.

Jesus makes claims that can only be attributed to God:

The NT writers, those Jesus commissioned to interpret the meaning of his life and ministry, got the picture:

Jn.1:1 and the word was God

Col.1:15 He is the image of the invisible God…by him all things were created

Col.1:19 for it was the Father’s pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in him

Col.2:9 for in him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form

Phil.2:6 who although he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped..

Heb.1:3 And he is the radiance of his glory and the exact representation of his nature

Heb.1:8 But of the Son God says, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever..

1 Jn.5:20 and we are in Him who is true, in his son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life

5. What he claimed to fulfill

a. he claimed to fulfill the feasts of Israel

b. he claimed to fulfill the promises and prophesies

Is. 6 Is.9:6 Is.59:20

The end of the matter is, Jesus is no one to be trifled with. He cannot merely be a wonderful moral teacher. Why? His teachings are laced with claims to deity. He irrefutably claimed to be God and to do what only God can do. Therefore, he is either a liar for claiming that if he is not that; a lunatic for thinking it, if he is not it, or he is who he claimed to be, and you must worship him as God.

Worship Notes for February 28, 2010

sharpe — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:19:44 +0000

Greetings Redeemer family,

Before jumping into an introduction to this week’s service, I want to give you all a quick update on my vocal condition. As most of you know, I’ve been suffering from voice problems for the past couple of months, and have sought the counsel of various doctors and therapists. With their help, my condition has been steadily improving – as I’m now able to reliably talk without losing my voice. However, it will still be a few more months before I am able to sing and lead through an entire Sunday like I could previously. In the interim, Greg Yates has graciously stepped in to help with vocal leadership on Sunday mornings, and he is doing a fantastic job. I truly appreciate your prayers for my continued recovery, as well as for the worship ministry as we navigate this difficult period.

As I prepare for worship this Sunday, I’m reminded of a conversation I had with a few weeks ago. A good friend of mine from seminary is a student at Duke’s divinity school, working on his doctorate in New Testament studies. We were talking about some of his professors and classes, and the challenges that come from studying the Bible from teachers that often don’t believe it to be the inspired Word of God. As we talked about these professors, I couldn’t help but think of all the work they took to get academic credentials for a religion they didn’t believe in. We kept coming back to the same question: what’s the point? Why spend all that time and money and energy on something you don’t even believe to be true? Why bother?

This is a great question for us to wrestle with this week. As we return to John 10 together, Mike will be teaching us on Jesus’ claims of divinity. Critical scholars often claim that Jesus never said He was God. They’ll readily promote Jesus as a revolutionary teacher and a great moral example, yet they just as quickly state that the early church got it wrong to think that Jesus was God. But if He was just a good teacher, then why all the fuss? Why have churches and hymns and missions?

So what difference does it make for you? I’d assume that most of us would readily confess that Jesus was more than a martyr, but rarely do we sit in wonder of the majesty and glory that He is God in flesh. Like my friend’s professors, we can talk very intelligently about the words of the Bible – but these truths ought to shake us. They should surprise and scandalize us. The wonder of Jesus as fully man and fully God ought to move us to worship.

At Redeemer, we often turn to older texts to remind us of the majesty and glory of God. This week, we pull from many hymns of the church to give words to our worship. These songs speak loudly about Jesus as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords – the very God of very God. My prayer is that the Spirit will use these words to renew in you a sense of awe at the name of Jesus. May every knee bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord of all.

Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne.
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King through all eternity.

Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessèd, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Your great Name we praise.

These first two hymns speak of the person of Christ as worthy of praise and honor, for who He is and what He has done. The words call us to gather together as a community to worship Him. This is the Church: those that confess these Truths, celebrate His worth, and live lives changed by His gospel.

The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is His new creation by water and the Word.
From heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her and for her life He died.

In his classic work, Cur Deus Homo, the early church theologian Anselm set out to answer the question “Why did God become Man?” His conclusion is amazingly straight-forward: Only a man can die for man’s sins. To free us from the punishment that our sins deserved, the perfect God came and offered Himself as a substitue. He took the guilt upon Himself, so that we might be washed clean.

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow that makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know; Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Having been reminded of the power of the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from sin, we will take some time to confess our sins before the Holy and Perfect God. This order is intentional. Only when we are secure in the pardoning love of Christ will we feel free to confess the depths of our lost estate. This love also is also what motivates us to resist sin, as we desire to be drawn into closer fellowship with the God who saved us. Below is the prayer of confession that we will pray together.

Lord Jesus, I have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and unbelief, and of neglect to seek you in my daily life. My sins and shortcomings present me with a list of accusations, but I thank you that they will not stand against me, for all have been laid on Christ. Deliver me from every evil habit, every interest of former sins, everything that dims the brightness of your grace in me, everything that prevents me taking delight in you. Amen.

We close our service with another familiar hymn of Jesus’ kingdom reign over all things. This expression of His majesty is what motivates us to live for Him every day and to share His Gospel with others. I love John Piper’s reminder that “Missions is not the end goal, worship is. Missions exists because worship does not.” Our lives before the watching world ought to point towards Christ in all of His glory and splendor. This is not simply that people would think that we are different, or so that they might pray a prayer and attend church. The goal is that all would be inspired to worship Him as well, joining with us and the company of Heaven singing of Jesus Christ, Lord of all.

All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all

Let ev’ry kindred, ev’ry tribe on this terrestrial ball
To Him all majesty ascribe, and crown Him Lord of all
To Him all majesty ascribe, and crown Him Lord of all

O that, with yonder sacred throng, we at His feet may fall
We’ll join the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all
We’ll join the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all

Longing to join that song,

Tim Sharpe
Director of Worship
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg VA

Bulletin for 2/28/2010

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:55:58 +0000

2010-02-28 Bulletin

Sunday School: God’s Promises, Our Partnership (Week 4)

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:50:32 +0000