Transcript Welcome to Dingwall Free Church

Welcome to Dingwall
& Strathpeffer
Free Church
God Calls Us to Delight in Christ
and to Share His Hope.
Psalm 92(a):1-6* (p. 122)
1 How good it is to praise the
LORD,
to sing a joyful song,
And to your name, O God Most
High,
make music all day long;
Psalm 92(a):1-6* (2/4)
2 To show your love when
morning comes,
your faithfulness at night,
3 With music of stringed
instruments
your praises to recite.
Psalm 92(a):1-6* (3/4)
4 For by your mighty deeds, O
LORD,
you make my spirit glad;
I sing for joy, when I survey
the works your hands have
made.
Psalm 92(a):1-6* (4/4)
5 How great are all your works,
O LORD,
your thoughts, how deep and
grand!
6 The senseless one does not
perceive,
fools do not understand.
Prayer &
Scripture
Reading
Scripture Reading
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
Page 1153.
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
• Spiritual Gifts
• 1 Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not
want you to be ignorant.
2 You know that
when you were pagans, somehow or other
you were influenced and led astray to mute
idols.
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3 Therefore I tell you that no-one who is
speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus be
cursed, and no-one can say, Jesus is Lord,
except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
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4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the
same Spirit.
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5 There are different kinds of service, but
the same Lord.
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6 There are different kinds of working, but
the same God works all of them in all men.
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7 Now to each one the manifestation of the
Spirit is given for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
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8 To one there is given through the Spirit
the message of wisdom, to another the
message of knowledge by means of the same
Spirit,
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9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to
another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
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10 to another miraculous powers, to
another prophecy, to another distinguishing
between spirits, to another speaking in
different kinds of tongues, and to still another
the interpretation of tongues.
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11 All these are the work of one and the
same Spirit, and he gives them to each one,
just as he determines.
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
• One Body, Many Parts
• 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of
many parts; and though all its parts are many,
they form one body. So it is with Christ.
• 13 For we were all baptised by one Spirit into
one body— whether Jews or Greeks, slave or
free— and we were all given the one Spirit to
drink.
Psalm 92(a):8-15* (p. 122)
8 But, LORD, you are for evermore
exalted very high.
9 All evildoers will be crushed;
your foes will surely die.
Psalm 92(a):8-15* (2/4)
10 You made me strong as any ox,
with oil anointed me.
11 I’ve seen my enemies’ defeat,
and I have heard them flee.
Psalm 92(a):8-15* (3/4)
12 Like palms and cedars
flourishing
the righteous all will be,
13 And planted in the house of
God,
will grow abundantly.
Psalm 92(a):8-15* (4/4)
14 So in old age they still bear
fruit;
they will stay fresh and strong.
15 They will proclaim: “The LORD
is just—
my Rock, who does no wrong.”
Sermon
1 Cor.
12:1-3
(p. 1153)
What does it
mean to be
‘Spiritual’ ?
1 – Are you “A” Grade or “B”
Grade Christians?
• The Corinthians: a young church,
divided and full of pride.
• How does self-centred thinking
appear in the Church…?
• How can we press on to maturity?
2 – What is the true test of
Spiritual maturity?
• Do we go with our EXPERIENCES,
or something more?
• As PAGANS, they had many, many
spiritual experiences.
• But had these things lead them
onwards to maturity in Christ?
• Do they make you call God Father?
Psalm 24:7-10 (p. 230)
7 Ye gates, lift up your heads
on high;
ye doors that last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
of glory enter may.
Psalm 24:7-10 (2/4)
8 But who of glory is the King?
The mighty LORD is this;
Ev’n that same LORD, that
great in might
and strong in battle is.
Psalm 24:7-10 (3/4)
9 Ye gates, lift up your heads;
ye doors,
doors that do last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
of glory enter may.
Psalm 24:7-10 (4/4)
10 But who is he that is the
King
of glory? who is this?
The LORD of hosts, and none
but he,
the King of glory is.
God Calls Us to delight in Christ
and to Share His Hope.
Some Christmas
Songs to Practice
Of the Father’s heart begotten
• 1. Of the Father’s heart begotten
Ere the world had come to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending he;
of the things that are, that have
been,
and the future years shall see:
Evermore and evermore.
Of the Father’s heart begotten
• 2. By his word was all created;
He commanded; it was done;
Earth and sky and boundless
ocean,
in their threefold order one,
All that sees the moon’s soft
radiance,
All that breathes beneath the sun,
Evermore and evermore.
Of the Father’s heart begotten
• 3. Happy is that day forever,
When the virgin, filled with
grace,
By the Spirit’s power conceiving,
bore the Saviour of our race;
And the Babe, the world’s
Redeemer,
First revealed his sacred face:
Evermore and evermore.
Of the Father’s heart begotten
• 4. This is he, whom priests and
poets
Sang of old with one accord;
Whom the voices of the prophets
Promised in their faithful word;
Now He shines, the long- expected;
Let creation praise its Lord:
Evermore and evermore.
Of the Father’s heart begotten
• 5. Praise Him, all you hosts of
heaven,
Praise him angels in the height;
Powers, dominions, bow before Him,
and extol his glorious might;
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
Let each heart and voice unite:
Evermore and evermore.
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Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn
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1 Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn
on which the saviour of the world was born;
rise to adore the mystery of love
which hosts of angels chanted from above!
With them the joyful tidings first begun
of God incarnate and the virgin's Son.
Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn
• 2 First, to the watchful shepherds it was told,
• who heard the herald angel's voice:
• 'Behold, I bring good news of your Messiah's
birth
• to you and all the nations here on earth!
• This day has God fulfilled his promised word;
• this day is born a saviour, Christ the Lord!'
Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn
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3 To Bethlehem these eager shepherds ran
to see the wonder of our God made man;
they found, with Joseph and the holy maid,
Jesus, the saviour, in a manger laid.
Amazed, with joy this story they proclaim,
the first apostles of his infant fame.
Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn
• 4 Let us, like those good shepherds, now
employ
• our grateful voices to declare the joy:
• trace we the babe, who has redeemed our
loss,
• from this poor manger to his bitter cross;
• treading his steps, assisted by his grace,
• by faith again we see the Saviour's face.
Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn
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5 Glory to God! The skies are singing still,
peace on the earth to people of goodwill!
Christ, who was born on this most happy day,
round all the earth his glory shall display.
Saved by his love, unceasing we shall sing
eternal praise to heaven's almighty King.
----------------------Jubilate Hymns version of Christians, awake, salute the happy morn
John Byrom (1692 NS - 1763)
© Jubilate Hymns Ltd
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• 92(a):1-6* (p. 22)
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• 92(a):8-15* (p. 122)
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• 24:7-10 (p. 230)
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