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A new creation
Cleansing Grace
!!! Announcements
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Call to worship
!!!!!! Bible Verse
The LORD Almighty is the One you are to regard as holy, He one you are to fear, He is the one you are to dread, \\ and He will be a sanctuary.
(Isaiah 8:13-14)
!!!!!!
The Lord’s Prayer
!!!!!! Blessing
\\ Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(2 Corinthians 1:2)
!!! Hymn :           /“Meekness and majesty” – Screen (Mission Praise 465)/
!!! Invocation
Teach us, O LORD, to follow your decrees; then we will keep them to the end.
Give us understanding, and we will keep your law and obey it with all our heart.
Direct us in the path of your commands, for there we find delight.
Turn our heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Turn our eyes away from worthless things; preserve our life according to your word.
Amen.
(Psalm 119:33-37)
!!! Scripture Reading:                    /Revelation 21:1-5, 22-27    /               
!!! Prayer of Adoration and Confession
O, Father in heaven, to You we sing a new song; we sing to the Lord with all the earth.
We bless your name and proclaim the good news of you salvation day after day.
We declare your glory among the nations, your marvelous works among all people.
Lord, You are great and most worthy of praise; You are to be feared above all gods, for all the gods of the nations are idols, but You, Lord, made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before You; strength and beauty are where You dwell.
(Psalm 96:1–6)
Father, we have sinned against You.
It is so easy to worship You the way we think is right in your sight, and we forget that You want to be worshipped according to your own standards.
Like king Saul, we do as we see fit, and we forget that You do not have as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying of your voice.
Indeed, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
Father, your Word declares that the sacrifices you accept are a broken spirit and a broken and contrite heart.
So we stand before You – our sin is before us.
We plead forgiveness.
Restore us to Yourself in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, by the purifying work of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
!!! Declaration of pardoning
Rend your heart and not your garments.
Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
(Joel 2:13)
!!! Hymn:                            /“Father, We thank you” – Screen (Scripture in Song 269)/
!!! Offering and Dedication
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
(2 Corinthians 8:7)
All, remaining seated, sing *Hymn 432 (verses 1-3)*
!!! Prayer for others
!!! Scripture Reading                     /Isaiah 4:2-6/          
!!! Sermon          /New Creation – Cleansing grace/
!!!!!! Introduction
My dear Brother and Sister in the Lord,
It is amazing how standards in a society can change.
What was good some years ago, is being looked down at these days.
What was bad some years ago is now regarded as a virtue.
Some comedy shows in television lead the way in this regard.
Certain things that were not laughed at in good company are now the talk of the show.
Watch some of these fashion shows and you really wonder what will be next.
The irony is that hardly anyone that I see around me wears the so-called creations of fashion designers.
As a matter of fact, it seems as if our ladies, and more so the young ladies, couldn’t care less what they wear – or not wear.
The same corruption is seen on the front of the art and performing arts.
I honestly can’t see the way ahead.
What will this generation dish up for the next?
Am I just old fashioned?
No, I don’t think so.
Fact is our generation, in spite of all the technological advances and explosions in the area information technology, is left with a moral decay that leaves us holding our breath.
What does the future hold?
!!!!!! 8 Nothing new under the sun
If you can remember what the Word of God taught us about the standard of society in the days of Isaiah, one can indeed say, “There is nothing now under the sun!”
8 In spite of the moral decay and decline national security and national economy, no to mention the spiritual corruption in Israel, chaos ruled the minds of people.
The reference to the “Daughter of Judah” is one of a hedonistic society where pleasure and hollow vanity was considered a virtue.
The womenfolk couldn’t care about the terrible state of the people, as long as they could dress up beautifully and looked good.
They walked around with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing steps, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
The men abandoned their roles as heads of their families, leaving the leadership to the women and the inexperienced, yet arrogant youth, plunging society into a state of anarchy.
The worst part of it all was the fact that no-one seemed to care.
They were blind to their corruption and deaf to the words of warning coming from God through the prophets.
Indeed, the prophets of God were not even listened to because their message sounded so unloving and harsh.
The prophets of the court of the king just coaxed everyone with sweet words of peace, while there was no peace.
Now, is it much different in our day?
Is the church making progress with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus, or are we slipping back?
And in times like this, we need an answer about the future.
So were there people in Israel, wanting to hear some word of comfort from God through his prophets.
And so were there a church in the days of the Apostle John living in Asia Minor, feeling and seeing the scars meted out to the believers in Christ and the message of the cross.
8 Is there hope?
Is there a future?
The Bible is clear:  “Yes!” – a thousand times “Yes”.
And not only is it “a pie in the sky when you die”.
Let’s say it loud and clear, let’s proclaim it from the roof tops:  Because of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, we have indeed a bright future.
The effect of the victorious work of our Lord means the restoration of the dominion of God in the Headship of Christ.
Let’s call that the restoration of Jerusalem, the kingdom of Christ.
Further, not only do we fix our hopes on this world and this age, but we fix it on a new and everlasting home with God – the New Jerusalem.
!!!!!! 8 Jerusalem restored
I am using this term “Jerusalem restored” in a very specific way.
I oppose the idea of a millennial Jerusalem that will be rebuilt some day in the future in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ to reign in it for a thousand years.
Some good theologians believe this, but I believe it is not what the Scriptures teach.
The restored “Jerusalem” the passage from Isaiah 6 is not the literal Jerusalem.
It refers to the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is the church, but it is also far more than the church.
“All authority in heaven and on earth”, Jesus said, is given unto Him.
8 We have seen in chapter 3 that restoration is only possible through judgement.
Judgement is referred to by the term “in that day”.
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