We Worship the Name of Jesus
Welcome
Song of Praise “Lift High the Name”
Call to Worship Psalm 103:1-5
Song of Praise “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Confession of Faith Philippians 2:9-11
Song of Praise “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)/What a Beautiful Name”
Prayer of Adoration
Greet One Another
Ministry Spotlight – Operation Christmas Child
Prayer of Intercession
Giving of God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
Song of Preparation “Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor”
Scripture Reading Exodus 6:9-30
Sermon “What’s in a Name?” Rev. Craig Swartz
Prayer of Commitment
Song of Response “Blessed Assurance”
Benediction
SERMON NOTES:
“To shape like the letter Χ”, is a “reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words.” Definition of Chiasm
“Now we know that what you say is true. We recite the names of our ancestors, but we had forgotten the beginning. Now we know that your Bible is true.” Converted Tribesman
First main point:
A FAMILY
Exodus 6:13
Exodus 6:26-27
“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stopped to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But…the Good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’” Martin Luther King Jr.
I Peter 2:9-10
2nd main point
A FAMILY
Numbers 25:7-8a
Numbers 25:11-13
Psalm 106:30-31
“What no earthly kings with all their power and wisdom and their terror and their threats could affect, God performed by means of two unwarlike men, neither experienced nor renowned.” John Calvin
“To be developing a passion for Christ by equipping the saints and reaching the lost.” Redeemer’s Motto
“In the year 1652 when through England all things sacred were either profaned or neglected, this church was built by Sir Robert Shirley, whose special praise it is to have done the best of things in the worst of times and to have hoped them in the most calamitous.” Tablet in Yorkshire Church
“It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.” Galatians 4:18 (NIV)
3rd main point
AN FAMILY
Numbers 16:3
Numbers 16:31-33
“Jesus commands Christians to seek consciously the lowest room. All of us—pastors, teachers, professional religious workers, and nonprofessionals included—are tempted to say, ‘I will take the larger place because it will give me more influence for Jesus Christ.’ Both individual Christians and Christian organizations fall prey to the temptation of rationalizing this way as we build bigger and bigger empires. But according to the Scripture this is backwards: we should consciously take the lowest place unless the Lord Himself extrudes us into a great one.” Francis Schaeffer
4th main point
A FAMILY
Genesis 15:12-16
Joshua 14:1
“When we forget God’s faithfulness in our past, we have a tendency to take the future into our own hands.” David Whitehead