What Should We Be Doing - Law and Gospel Joined

Outline of Service 14^th May 2017

What Should We be Doing?

Part 7 of The Hope of the Life of the Body: Law and Gospel Joined

Hymn 100: Jesus Christ our Example

The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:2-4

Psalm 37:1-7, 34-37 – God gives Peace

Hymn 47: Obedience through Love

Bible Readings:                                                  

·     Keep God’s Commandments: Deut 28:1-14

·     A Right Heart is Needed:  Isaiah 58:1-9

·     A Warning – What not To Do:  2 Timothy 3:1-7

·     An Exhortation - What To Do:  Galatians 13-18, 22-26

·     A Promised Comforter To Do It: John 14:15-21

·     As we await the fulfillment of God’s promises we should be seeking to live lives of obedience to His instructions

·     God’s instructions are contained in the Bible in both the Old (Law) and New Testaments (Gospel)

·     We must trust in God and pray individually for the Power He has said would come to lead us into all truth (obedience)

·     Those who join Law and Gospel will follow the lifestyle exampled by Jesus Christ when on this Earth

·     True obedience will lead to the more abundant life that Jesus promised.

Hymn 83: The Truth – Joining Gospel and Law

Doxology