Worship: April 27th, 2014

On Sunday, April 27th, Pastor Tony continued his sermon series in I Corinthians: Life in the Household of God. In this passage we are reminded that on the last day, at the moment of the resurrection, as a gift of God’s grace, those who are in Christ will receive full victory over sin and death. Worship services on Sunday were at 8:30 and 11 AM.

Preaching: Rev. Tony Felich (Sermon Audio Page| Other Sermons)

Text

1 Corinthians 15:51-58
[51] Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, [52] in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. [53] For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. [54] When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” [55] “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” [56] The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. [57] But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. [58] Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Worship Hymns

Hymn of Adoration: #53Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Hymn or Spiritual Songs: #498 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!
Hymn of Response: #320 Rejoice, All Ye Believers
Dismissal Hymn: #311 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (4)

Additional Readings

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 32
I. The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption; but their souls (which neither die nor sleep), having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them. The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies; and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day. Besides these two places for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.

II. At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed: and all the dead shall be raised up with the self-same bodies, and none other, although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls forever.

III. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor; the bodies of the just, by his Spirit, unto honor, and be made conformable to his own glorious body.

Full Liturgy for April 27th, 2014 (PDF)
Sermons from the Exposition of I Corinthians

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