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*Hymns on the Quay – 10th August, 2008*
 
·      What about Jesus?
o  Olympic heroes will be made over the next fortnight
o  Difficult to be a hero for any length of time...
§  1~/3 of the world is Christian, 20% think Jesus is a great prophet
§  His teachings underlie much of the world’s legal and political systems and morality
§  in language; prodigal Son, turning other cheek, not casting stones, good Samaritan, scapegoat
“I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very centre of history.
Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.”
H.G. Wells
o  a hero beyond other heroes
§  one who knows us perfectly, one that we can get to know!
7 – Blessed Assurance
 
·      What did Jesus say? “The time has come.
The kingdom of God is near.
Repent and believe the good news!”
o  the problem of sin
§  modern sins...!
·      booking a table and not showing up
·      taking coat hangers
·      sponsoring and not paying
·      leaving tray at McDs
·      11 items at 10 or less
·      bottom layer of chocs
·      phoning Australia from work
§  broken relationship with the God who made us
o  restored relationship – made new and clean
§  sins are like scarlet, white as snow (Isaiah 1:18)
22 – Mi Glywaf Dyner Lais
(chorus printed at very end; sing after each verse!)
·      But I’m a good person...
o  yes, by our standards...
o  all have sinned...
§  the peril that we have put ourselves in by our choices
o  we confuse God’s anger with human anger...
§  disobedience leads to the destruction of His creation
o  goodness can change the world, but it can’t change the past
§  two wrongs... three rights...!
o  only Jesus can help
50 – My Hope is Built
 
·      Reason together... (1:18)
o  some strange kind of reason!
o  Jesus came to rub it out, not rub it in...
·      How does He do it?
o  through the cross
§  became sin for us
§  rift between Father and Son
§  judge who pays the fine
30 – I Will Sing the Wondrous Story
 
·      Jesus the lighthouse (yesterday, today and forever)
o  being a Christian is too restrictive
§  too many dos and even more don’ts
·      we like lighthouses to be fixed and permanent
§  OT laws for the benefit of the people
·      deep insecurities
·      something fixed and permanent to save us
43 – Y Mae Un Waredwr
 
·      Why does Jesus save us then?
o  poor and wretched...
§  the love of God; the love of Jesus
53 – O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
 
·      1988 – Ben Johnson stripped of gold...
o  Carl Lewis put back into first place
o  putting God back to first place in our lives
§  our Creator
§  the One who loves us perfectly
§  the One who saves us from ourselves
o  the pearl of great price
38 – Jesus Shall Take the Highest Honour
 
·      Thanks for coming
o  Gwynne~/Carol
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