Sermon Title – “Christian Unity and the Pastoral Ministry #1” Sermon Text – Ephesians 4:7-16 Preacher – Pastor Larry Vincent
In Jesus Christ we have our Head Our slain and living King He bled and died, the Church to save Our feeble praise we bring As Head our Lord has gifted us By Grace the Church is made We’ve gifts to build and edify The Bride who Jesus saved
Our King has conquered sin and death And ground our stony hearts He fights against our enemies His grace to us imparts Our bruised and broken Potentate Our Groom of love and grace Has won our hearts, securing life Our hope in Christ is placed
The gifts we have, the lives we live Are from and for our Lord So we can glorify our King Our Kind, Eternal Word Through blood we’re cleansed, by death we live We’re ragamuffins all Yet Jesus gifts the Church, His Bride We Stand, men of the Fall
In Christ we strive to honor God Because we’re saved by Grace To follow Him in Word and Deed In Christ we run our race We run as one, the Bride of Christ In Jesus unified We’re called to run and love and live The Body justified
In Christ we’ve men who preach the Word Equipping saints to serve By heralds’ voice the Word is told The Words of Christ are heard The gifts of Christ are ours to use With liberality The Body lives, the Body serves In Christ the Bride is free
In unity we all obey Our Christ, our living Head And to each other we submit In praise to He who bled We’ve gifts to build the Bride of Christ To glorify our King We live and love, rejoicing Christ As One, His praise we sing
Sermon Poetry – “Salvation’s Found Alone in Christ”
Preacher – Dr. Tom Ascol
Come look what God has done in Christ
He sent His Son to live and die
He died for us, so you and I,
Can praise His Holy Name
Salvation’s found alone in Christ
The Bleeding Savior from on High
Be covered by His sacrifice
And love the Son of God
Because of Christ I strive to be
A vessel so that men might see
How Jesus Christ has love for me
Sweet Jesus, give me strength!
The Doctrines that I hold as true
Are false without my Savior who
Came to this earth for me and you
I praise His Holy Name
“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about the conquer the highest peak. As he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
“You see, in the room will be future pastors and missionaries and counselors and women’s ministry leaders. They’ve been called out by God to minister to people they’ve not met yet. And that’s what theology is about. It’s not about quarreling about words, or setting up partisan divisions. Theology is helping a shellshocked widow clean up after a suicide. Theology is about crying with a teenage boy who’s body is shaking with crystal meth. Theology drives you to rock orphans in India, singing “Jesus Loves Me” while you pray they learn what that means. Theology is hugging an animist African’s neck while you tell him Jesus can protect him from the spirits he fears…or hugging a self-righteous Southern Baptist American’s neck while you tell him he doesn’t fear those demonic spirits nearly enough.”
There is a certain sadness in feeling
And an associated pain
To be all reason is to protect oneself from hurt
While denying your God-given humanity
There is a certain joy in feeling
And a marvelous sense of rest
To be able to feel is to live life to the full
While praising God in all things
There is a certain risk in feeling
And a victory maybe won
To lay it all on the line takes much courage
That only comes from our gracious God
There is a certain peace in feeling
And a place to relax one’s heart
To be content to feel as we’ve been designed
When life says much otherwise
There is a certain mourning in feeling
And an all too-fragile heart
To get close to friends and family, and see them hurt
While praying for God to be made known through it
There is a certain comfort in feeling
When a weakened heart needs tender care
To be willing to have one’s open wounds soothed
While praying that healing will come
There is a certain richness in feeling
In living as a human being
To be able to feel and think about all things
While all the time praising Him
There is a very real Purpose in feeling
In being like God designed
To be able to Praise Him with thoughts and sensibilities
And bringing Glory to His Name
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