Worship: January 12th, 2014

On Sunday, January 12th, Pastor Tony continued his sermon series in I Corinthians: Life in the Household of God. He used this quote from Leon Morris, “Diversity is no accidental attribute of the body. It is of its very essence.”  to reiterate what this passage says. Worship services on Sunday were at 8:30 and 11:00 AM.

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

Text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

[12] For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. [13] For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. [14] For the body does not consist of one member but of many. [15] If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. [16] And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. [17] If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? [18] But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. [19] If all were a single member, where would the body be? [20] As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. [21] The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” [22] On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, [23] and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, [24] which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, [25] that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. [26] If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. [27] Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Worship Hymns:

Hymn of Adoration: #1 All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Hymn or Spiritual Songs: #87 The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want
Hymn of Response: #598 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Dismissal Hymn: #243 Praise the Savior Now and Ever vs. 4

Additional Readings: Psalm 18:1-19

[1] I love you, O Lord, my strength. [2] The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. [3] I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. [4] The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; [5] the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. [6] In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. [7] Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry. [8] Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. [9] He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. [10] He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind. [11] He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water. [12] Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds. [13] The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. [14] And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them. [15] Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. [16] He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. [17] He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. [18] They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. [19] He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

Full Liturgy for January 12th, 2014 (PDF)

Sermons from the Exposition of I Corinthians
(click on the link for the sermon page with audio) 

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