Unconditional – Sunday Songs

Gary Ware

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May 10, 2020

Unconditional, like most of Rend Collective’s songs, sounds simpler that it really is to sing, but that’s the skill of vocalist Chris Llewellyn.
The lyrics are a wonderful testimony of security in God’s grace.
“Your heart has welcomed me just as I am
But to be loved is to be changed”

The lyrics:
1.
You see me through a lens of perfect love
And no mistake could change Your mind
You see my brokenness, there’s no disguise
But there is mercy in Your eyes
Chorus.
Unconditional
Undeniable
Oh, what perfect love
You proved it on the cross
Unconditional
Unmistakable
Time and time again
In spite of everything
Refrain.
It’s unconditional
Unconditional
2.
You see right through the mess of sin and shame
You see a child who needs Your grace
You run to meet me on the broken road
And in your our arms I know I’m home
Chorus.
Refrain.
Bridge.
You call me child
I’m not rejected
Called me Yours
I am accepted now
Just as I am
When all my faults
And all my failures
Love redeems
And Your grace covers me
Just as I am
Chorus.
Refrain.
3
Your heart has welcomed me just as I am
But to be loved is to be changed

Words and Music:Gareth Gilkeson, Chris Llewellyn, Jonathan Smith
©️ 2020 Capitol CMG Paragon (BMI), Rend Family Music (PRS) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com), Be Essential Songs (BMI), Cashagamble Jet Music (NS).

Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 19

Gary Ware

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May 10, 2020

Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 19

Q & A 33
Q What is justification?
A Justification is an act of God’s free grace,1 wherein he pardons all our sins,2 and accepts us as righteous in His sight,3 only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us,4 and received by faith alone.*5

*1 Romans 3:24.
*2 Romans 4:6-8; 2 Corinthians 5:19.
*3 2 Corinthians 5:21.
*4 Romans 4:6, 11; Romans 5:19.
*5 Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9.

The Presence Of God’s Word (preparing for MGPC 10/5/20)

Gary Ware

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May 9, 2020

You can find this video service at this page at our website.
Is God’s Word always present? Is God’s Word always consistent?
2 Kings chapter 2 demonstrates that the continuing presence of God’s Word always offers blessing to those who will receive it and confirms the destruction of those who reject it.

Song: Who You Say I Am
Welcome:
Call to Worship
Song: Death Was Arrested
Prayer Of Confession
Song: Because He Lives
Affirming our Faith
Song: May The Grace Of Christ Our Saviour
Bible Reading: Acts 7:17-34 – Stephen continues his defense of the gospel before the religious authorities in Jerusalem.
Bible Memorisation: Ephesians 4:32
Song: Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 2:15-25
Sermon: The Presence Of God’s Word
Announcements:
Pastoral Prayer:
Closing Blessing
Song: Broken Vessels

Blind-Spots About God’s Character Will Create Character Deficits In Our Lives (via Drew Dyck)

Gary Ware

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May 9, 2020

Writing about a deficient understanding about God’s holiness among modern Christians, Drew Dyck describes how that deficiency is not only apparent in a lack of understanding, but is also apparent in a corresponding deficiency in our personal character.

We lack a practice of personal holiness because we’ve lost a theology of divine holiness. When we neglect a part of God’s nature, we shouldn’t be surprised when that same attribute goes missing in our lives. Missionary Lesslie Newbigin saw a clear link between God’s holiness and ours:

“We need to see this God of Israel in both his wrath and his infinite mercy. We need to learn a holiness that rejects all compromise with evil and a generosity that seek and saves the lost. We need to learn to know God as he is.”

The Bible repeatedly makes explicit the connection between God’s holiness and ours. “Be holy,” God says, “because I … am holy” (Lev. 19:2) The New Testament echoes this theme. “Just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do” (1 Pet. 1:15).
We will never be perfect. Not on this side of eternity. But when we gain a fuller vision of God, our lives will begin to reflect his holiness.

Drew Dyck, Yawning At Tigers, Nelson Books, 2014, pgs. 45-46.

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