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April Scripture Memory
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. — Romans 8:34
Reflection Quote
The resurrection and the Word of God combine to illustrate the reality of the realization of God’s promise. At the one end stands the Word revealed and moving towards realization. As revelation of God, it is to be embraced and believed, something the disciples were slow to grasp….On the other end stands the raised Jesus, exercising the many prerogatives the Word attributes to him in fulfillment of God’s promises. Some of those promises still remain to be fulfilled. When the Lord returns, he will finish what he has started. So the resurrection is a bridge into new life and the first step of glory that leads to the consummation of his promise.
Darrell L. Bock, The NIV Application Commentary: Luke
Welcome, Prayer, and Call to Worship
The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. 3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. 4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. 12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” — Psalm 50:1-15, 23
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken #345
Verse 1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; he whose word cannot be broken formed thee for his own abode: on the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake thy sure repose? With salvation's walls surrounded, thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
Verse 2. See, the streams of living waters, springing from eternal love, well supply thy sons and daughters, and all fear of want remove; who can faint, while such a river ever flows their thirst t'assuage? – grace which, like the Lord, the giver, never fails from age to age.
Verse 3. Round each habitation hov'ring, see the cloud and fire appear for a glory and a cov'ring, showing that the Lord is near: thus deriving from their banner light by night and shade by day, safe they feed upon the manna which he gives them when they pray.
Verse 4. Savior, if of Zion's city I, through grace, a member am, let the world deride or pity, I will glory in thy name: fading is the worldling's pleasure, all his boasted pomp and show; solid joys and lasting treasure none but Zion's children know.
Affirmation of Faith
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets; and we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and we look for the resurrection of the dead, and of the life of the world to come. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
Merciful Father, we praise you because you have procured for your people the forgiveness of sins. Your just wrath against sin was poured out on Jesus at the cross as he suffered and died, not for his sins, for he was without sin, but for our sins. The debit and condemnation of our past, present and future sins was covered by the sacrificial death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gracious Father, forgive us for not resting more fully in the work of Christ for our forgiveness of sin. Pardon us for thinking too little of our sin and failing to see our transgressions and iniquities in the light of your holiness, goodness and perfection. Forgive us for diminishing the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus on the cross when we seek to make up, overlook or cover up our sin through our own unrighteous efforts.
Glorious Triune God, may we live our life in view of your forgiveness of sins. May your gift of forgiveness draw us into a deeper love for you. May your grace enable us to love and forgive others as we have been forgiven.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Romans 5:17-19 - For if, because of one man’s (Adam) trespass, death reigned through that one man (Adam), much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 18Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s (Adam) disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s (Jesus) obedience the many will be made righteous.
Thanks be to God!
Pastoral Prayer
IPC Family
Richard & Nancy Dennard
Jayne Dion
Church in our Presbytery
Lake Nona Presbyterian Church - Rev. BJ Milgate
Nations
Grace House Pregnancy Resource Center
Good Shepherd of My Soul
Verse 1. Good Shepherd of my soul, Come dwell within me. Take all I am and mould, Your likeness in me. Before the cross of Christ, This is my sacrifice: A life laid down, And ready to follow.
Verse 2. The troubled find their peace, In true surrender. The prisoners their release, From chains of anger. In springs of living grace, I find a resting place, To rise refreshed, Determined to follow.
Verse 3. I'll walk this narrow road, With Christ before me, Where thorns and thistles grow, And cords ensnare me. Though doubted and denied, He never leaves my side, But lifts my head, And calls me to follow.
Verse 4. And when my days are gone, My strength is failing, He'll carry me along, Through death's unveiling, Earth's struggles overcome, Heav'n's journey just begun, To search Christ's depths, And ever to follow.
Sermon Text
Luke 24:13-35
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. 18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 22Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Prayer
Sermon Outline
Resurrection Revelation
I. Introduction
II. What We See
III. What is Truly to Be Seen
IV. How We See
V. Conclusion
Be Thou My Vision #642
Verse 1. Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art - thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
Verse 2. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou my great Father, I thy true son; thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
Verse 3. Be thou my battle shield, sword for my fight; be thou my dignity, thou my delight, thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tow'r; raise thou me heav'n-ward, O Pow'r of my pow'r.
Verse 4. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise, thou mine inheritance, now and always: thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.
Verse 5. High King of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.