March th 19 2017 Footsteps of Jesus Handbells

March th 19 2017

Footsteps of Jesus Handbells

Welcome Daniel Palmer

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The Solid Rock

My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus' name

On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness seems to hide His face I rest on His unchanging grace In every high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil

On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand

His oath, His covenant his blood Support me in the whelming flood When all around my soul gives way He then is all my Hope and Stay

On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand

When He shall come with trumpet sound O may I then in Him be found Dressed in His righteousness alone Faultless to stand before throne

On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand

I Know Whom I Have Believed

I know not why God’s wondrous grace To me He hath made known Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love Redeemed me for his own

But “I know whom I have believed And am persuaded that he is able To keep that which I’ve committed Unto him against that day”

I know not how this saving faith To me he did impart Nor how believing in his Word Wrought peace within my heart

But “I know whom I have believed And am persuaded that he is able To keep that which I’ve committed Unto him against that day”

I know not how the Spirit moves Convincing men of sin Revealing Jesus through the Word Creating faith in him

But “I know whom I have believed And am persuaded that he is able To keep that which I’ve committed Unto him against that day”

I know not when my Lord may come At night or noonday fair Nor if I’ll walk the vale with him Or meet him in the air

But “I know whom I have believed And am persuaded that he is able To keep that which I’ve committed Unto him against that day”

Tithes and Offerings

A Mighty Fortress is Our God Handbells

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Amen

I’m Standing on the Solid Rock Singing Saints

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use) — in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “It’s hard to be humble when you are as great as I am. ” - Garfield

The Sermon In a Sentence If we are going to honor God rather than men, 1) we must not confuse the shadow for the Savior (16– 17); 2) we must keep clinging to Christ rather than delighting in selfinflating externals, and 3) we must be dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world (20– 23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us 1. We must not confuse the shadow for the Savior (16– 17).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never…make perfect those who draw near Hebrews 10: 1

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us To pursue the shadows after the light has come is to pursue the darkness of a guiltdominated, guilt-motivated life which is no life at all.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us The threefold use of festival or a New Moon or a Sabbath day (16) is common in the Old Testament. See, for example: 1 Chron 23: 31; Hos 2: 11

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “The philosophy is the product of mere human speculation and does not put its adherents in touch with divine truth. ” (Douglass Moo, 187).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us They wanted to maintain and even increase the dietary restrictions of Judaism and certainly they wanted to keep the calendar.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us As any good Baptist knows, we cannot mess with the calendar.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Christ our Sabbath and Light has come and displaced the shadow. Why ask me to observe the Passover, when all my sins have already been passed over in Christ? Why do you think food that I do or do not partake of can save me when I’m already feasting on the Bread of Life?

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “The main purpose of placing such stress on all regulations was to convince the Colossians that strict observance was absolutely indispensable to salvation. ” - Hendricksen

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Don’t let anyone insist salvation is in the shadow. It is only found in the substance, literally “the body of Christ” (17).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us 2. We must keep clinging to Christ rather than delighting in self-inflating externals.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Paul commands let no one disqualify you, or decide as an umpire against you.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us They were blown up to the point of thinking they could stand in judgment over others.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us The work of the heretics is not love; it is control. They don’t want you to hold fast to Christ the head (19) because that means you won’t have to hold fast to them for their approval

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Humility, is…a precious virtue, but the humility of which this false teacher boasted was nothing but a thin disguise for insufferable pride” (Hendricksen, 125)

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Spiritual heretics are often found among those seeking spiritual highs through selfexalting methods that bypass the truth that Christ is enough.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “They have minds alright, but minds that are thoroughly oriented to this world rather than the next. ” (Moo, 225)

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us It is impossible to hold fast to the externals and hold fast to Christ the head at the same time.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us North Roanoke, we have much that we could modify or let go of, but we must never let go of Christ. He is an anchor for our soul, the Head of this body, and He is enough (19).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us 3. We must be dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world (20 – 23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us G. K. Chesterton writes, “In truth there are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don’t know it. ”

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Whatever the system, the world’s dogma, is this, “you can do it, ” but the Bible’s dogma is this, “Christ has done it!” There’s nothing wrong with dogmatically staking your life on this truth – I am Christ’s, and He is enough!

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Because the rules: • pertain to matters of this world (20), • are the commandments and teachings of men (22), and • the rules make for good appearances but cannot bring spiritual transformation (23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Rule-following never produces the righteousness of God.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice. ” - G. K. Chesterton

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us The heretics want you to believe they’ve conquered the flesh through their behavior – but they can’t – it is of no value against fleshly indulgence (23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us We relate to material things in a godly way not to earn God’s favor but because we have God’s favor.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us It’s time to stop trusting in appearances and let Christ be your life – Christ is enough.

‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus Just to take Him at His word Just to rest Upon His promise Just to know Thus saith the Lord

Jesus How I trust Him How I've proved Him o'er and o'er Jesus Precious Jesus O for grace To trust Him more

O how sweet To trust in Jesus Just to trust His cleansing blood Just in simple faith To plunge me ‘Neath the healing Cleansing flood

Jesus How I trust Him How I've proved Him o'er and o'er Jesus Precious Jesus O for grace To trust Him more

Yes 'tis sweet To trust in Jesus Just from sin And self to cease Just from Jesus Simply taking Life and rest And joy and peace

Jesus How I trust Him How I've proved Him o'er and o'er Jesus Precious Jesus O for grace To trust Him more

I'm so glad I learned to trust him Precious Jesus Savior friend And I know That he is with me Will be with me To the end

Postlude for Worship Martha Short

March th 19 2017

Footsteps of Jesus Handbells

Welcome Daniel Palmer

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Your Grace is Enough

Great is Your faithfulness O God You wrestle with The sinner’s heart You lead us by Still waters into mercy And nothing can keep us apart

So remember Your people Remember Your children Remember Your promise O God

Your grace is enough for me

Great is Your love and justice God You use the weak To lead the strong You lead us in The song of Your salvation And all Your people sing along

So remember Your people Remember Your children Remember Your promise O God

Your grace is enough for me

Before the Throne of God

Before throne of God above I have a strong and perfect plea A great High Priest whose name is love Who ever lives and pleads for me

My name is graven on His hands My name is written on His heart I know that while in heav’n He stands No tongue can bid me thence depart

When Satan tempts me to despair And tells me of the guilt within Upward I look and see Him there Who made an end of all my sin

Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free For God the Just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me

Behold Him there, the risen Lamb My perfect, spotless Righteousness The great unchangeable I AM The King of glory and of grace

One with Himself, I cannot die My soul is purchased by His blood My life is hid with Christ on high With Christ my Savior and my God

I bow before the cross of Christ And marvel at this love divine God's perfect Son was sacrificed To make me righteous in God's eyes

This river's depths I cannot know But I can glory in its flood The Lord Most High has bowed down low And poured on me His glorious love

My Soul Longs For the Lord

My soul longs for The Lord in a weary land Wells are dry and I am empty, Only dust in my hands.

How I yearn for streams of mercy Where my soul can be restored ’Come and drink’ Jesus calls me, ’and you will thirst no more’ Oh the fullness of Christ Word of God Word of life

Living Word you walked among us, Our Emmanuel And you spoke into the darkness Broke the powers of hell

Grace and mercy flowed from Calvary To the valley of our need It is done, ‘It is finished’, From every sin set free Oh the victory of Christ Word of God, Word of life

How often in the stillness Have I heard your voice Every whisper every promise calls my heart to rejoice

In the quiet of the morning, through the watches of the night In the fire of my struggles, There’s courage for the fight Oh the power of Christ Word of God, Word of life

My soul longs to walk closer with The Lord I serve More than riches, more than favor I delight in Your Word

Turn my gaze from all that’s worthless Set my heart on things above May my life tell Your goodness Your way of truth and love Oh the wisdom of Christ Word of God, word of life

Offerings

A Mighty Fortress is Our God Handbells

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”

Colossians 2: 16– 23 (NASB) 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use) — in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “It’s hard to be humble when you are as great as I am. ” - Garfield

The Sermon In a Sentence If we are going to honor God rather than men, 1) we must not confuse the shadow for the Savior (16– 17); 2) we must keep clinging to Christ rather than delighting in selfinflating externals, and 3) we must be dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world (20– 23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us 1. We must not confuse the shadow for the Savior (16– 17).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never…make perfect those who draw near Hebrews 10: 1

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us To pursue the shadows after the light has come is to pursue the darkness of a guiltdominated, guilt-motivated life which is no life at all.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us The threefold use of festival or a New Moon or a Sabbath day (16) is common in the Old Testament. See, for example: 1 Chron 23: 31; Hos 2: 11

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “The philosophy is the product of mere human speculation and does not put its adherents in touch with divine truth. ” (Douglass Moo, 187).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us They wanted to maintain and even increase the dietary restrictions of Judaism and certainly they wanted to keep the calendar.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us As any good Baptist knows, we cannot mess with the calendar.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Christ our Sabbath and Light has come and displaced the shadow. Why ask me to observe the Passover, when all my sins have already been passed over in Christ? Why do you think food that I do or do not partake of can save me when I’m already feasting on the Bread of Life?

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “The main purpose of placing such stress on all regulations was to convince the Colossians that strict observance was absolutely indispensable to salvation. ” - Hendricksen

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Don’t let anyone insist salvation is in the shadow. It is only found in the substance, literally “the body of Christ” (17).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us 2. We must keep clinging to Christ rather than delighting in self-inflating externals.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Paul commands let no one disqualify you, or decide as an umpire against you.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us They were blown up to the point of thinking they could stand in judgment over others.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us The work of the heretics is not love; it is control. They don’t want you to hold fast to Christ the head (19) because that means you won’t have to hold fast to them for their approval

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Humility, is…a precious virtue, but the humility of which this false teacher boasted was nothing but a thin disguise for insufferable pride” (Hendricksen, 125)

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Spiritual heretics are often found among those seeking spiritual highs through selfexalting methods that bypass the truth that Christ is enough.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “They have minds alright, but minds that are thoroughly oriented to this world rather than the next. ” (Moo, 225)

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us It is impossible to hold fast to the externals and hold fast to Christ the head at the same time.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us North Roanoke, we have much that we could modify or let go of, but we must never let go of Christ. He is an anchor for our soul, the Head of this body, and He is enough (19).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us 3. We must be dead with Christ to the elementary principles of the world (20 – 23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us G. K. Chesterton writes, “In truth there are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don’t know it. ”

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Whatever the system, the world’s dogma, is this, “you can do it, ” but the Bible’s dogma is this, “Christ has done it!” There’s nothing wrong with dogmatically staking your life on this truth – I am Christ’s, and He is enough!

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Because the rules: • pertain to matters of this world (20), • are the commandments and teachings of men (22), and • the rules make for good appearances but cannot bring spiritual transformation (23).

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us Rule-following never produces the righteousness of God.

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us “Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice. ” - G. K. Chesterton

Christ is Enough to Qualify Us The heretics want you to believe they’ve conquered the flesh through their behavior – but they can’t – it is of no value against fleshly indulgence (23).