Winter: Potential or False Security

Outline of Service 8^th July 2018

Winter: Potential or False Security – Jer 36:23-4

Hymn 117:  Learning from the Past

The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:2-4

Psalm 1:1-6:  Delight … in the Law of the Lord

                                                                                    

Bible Readings:                                                  

·     Potential – Accept or Reject Words of Instruction:  Jeremiah 36:1-10, 12, 15-16, 20-25, 27-30, 32

·     False Security:  Luke 16:19-31

Hymn 20:  Seeking to God

·     King Jehoiakim sat in comfort and burned the Words of the Lord, not fearing God’s Power and Might

·     The winter is like Satan’s rule; we can feel comfortable in this world now, but for long term comfort that comfort must come from a relationship with God and not from the things of this world, that is the devil

·     God’s warmth will carry us through winter to to summer, but the devil’s warmth will die out and lead us to a bitter end

·     The parable of Lazarus and the beggar shows us that there are bounds to our long-term relationships, but we have control of them right now

·     Let each ask God for understanding during “the winter” as we await the return of Jesus Christ (“the summer”) and hold the hope of being preserved wholly until that time.

Hymn 6:  Winter Will End!

Doxology