Jul 15
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Prayer
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”
Address God and Praise Him for Who He Is (Matthew 6:11)
- The Names of God: Jehovah-Rohi
- The Lord is My Shepherd
- Psalm 23:1-3; Isaiah 53:6
Thank God for All That He Has Provided (Ephesians 5:20)
“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Pray For the Ministry of Other Churches (Matt. 28:18-20)
- Reformed Baptist Church of Riverside, Riverside CA – Website
Pray For the Gospel to Spread Among All Peoples (Matt. 9:37-38)
- Country: Switzerland
- Population: 8,062,000
- Religion: Non-Religious 15{e0b72a53c242df1424785628340537005f8b2ebeecfbb0205a95286f7b4c8fc9}, Catholic 38{e0b72a53c242df1424785628340537005f8b2ebeecfbb0205a95286f7b4c8fc9}, Evangelical 4.5{e0b72a53c242df1424785628340537005f8b2ebeecfbb0205a95286f7b4c8fc9}
- Click here for information about Switzerland and how to pray for this country.
- Heart Cry Missionary Society
“Give us this day our daily bread”
Pray For Yours and Your Family’s Needs (Matthew 6:11)
Pray For One Another (James 5:16)
- Log into the CITY for a list of people to pray for.
Pray For Those Who Feed, Lead, And Care For The Flock (Col. 4:3; 2 Thess. 3:1)
- Elders: Joe Anady, Steve Bovee, Kris Vanderschuit, Russel Schmidt, Phil Anady
- Deacons: Dave Anady, Mike Thezier
Pray For Kings And Those In Authority (1 Timothy 2:2)
- Local: Hemet & San Jacinto City Manager – David Brown, Tim Hults
- State: Lieutenant Governor & Attorney General – Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris
- Nation: Vice President & Secretary of State – Joe Biden, John Kerry
“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
Ask Forgiveness From God And Others. Forgive Those Who Sinned Against You. (1 John 1:9)
“lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
Pray That God Would Strengthen Us From Giving Into Temptation (James 1:12-17).
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Preparing for the Lord’s Day
Our Sermon Text for This Sunday – Psalm 62
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Catechism – Instruction of God’s Word
Doctrinal Standard BC #90
- What does God require of us, that we may escape His wrath and curse, due to us for sin?
- To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption.
Memory Verse(s)
- “Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21, ESV).
Scripture
- Study Passage: 1 Corinthians15:1-11
- Support Passages: Acts 20:21; Proverbs 2:1-5; Proverbs 8:33-36; Isaiah 55:3
- Bible Story: Acts 13:13-53
Thoughts
- “In addition to knowledge of the facts of the gospel and approval of those facts, in order to be saved, I must decide to depend on Jesus to save me. In doing this I move from being an interested observer of the facts of salvation and the teaching of the Bible to being someone who enters into a new relationship with Jesus Christ as a living person. We may therefore define saving faith in the following way: Saving faith is trust in Jesus Christ as a living person for forgiveness of sins and for eternal life with God. This definition emphasizes that saving faith is not just a belief in facts but personal trust in Jesus to save me” (pg. 710).
- “Repentance is a heartfelt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in obedience to Christ… Repentance, like faith, is an intellectual understanding (that sin is wrong), an emotional approval of the teachings of Scripture regarding sin (a sorrow for sin and a hatred of it), and a personal decision to turn from it (a renouncing of sin and a decision of the will to forsake it and lead a life of obedience to Christ instead). We cannot say that someone has to actually live that changed life over a period of time before repentance can be genuine, or else repentance would be turned into a kind of obedience that we could do to merit salvation for ourselves. Of course, genuine repentance will result in a changed life. In fact, a truly repentant person will begin at once to live a changed life, and we can call that changed life the fruit of repentance” (Pg. 713). [1]
- The last part of the answer to this doctrinal standard teaches us that we are to be diligently involved “in all the external ways Christ uses to bring us the benefits of redemption.” In the next few weeks the catechism will go into detail and explain the “benefits of redemption.” The “”benefits of redemption” consist of the Word (reading, memorizing, and the teaching of the scriptures), Baptism (“signifying our engrafting into Christ and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s”), Lord’s Supper (“represent and apply to believers the benefits of the new covenant by visible and outward signs”) and Prayer (“offering our desires to God in the name of Christ for things that agree with His will, confessing our sins, and thankfully recognizing His mercies”).
Discussion Questions
- What does it mean to have faith in Jesus?
- What does it mean to repent?
- How are faith and repentance connected?
- What are the “external ways Christ uses to bring us the benefits of redemption?”
- How are these things beneficial to us?
[1] Grudem, Wayne (1994). Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; Zondervan Publishing House.
