Redeemer Church Digital Bulletin
Paideia: Tracing God’s Providence
July 11, 2021ORDER OF WORSHIP:
Welcome
Song of Praise “Build Your Kingdom Here”
Call to Worship Psalm 23
Song of Praise Crown Him with Many Crowns”
Confession of Faith Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 7
Song of Praise “We will Dwell”
Prayer of Adoration
Greet One Another
Confession of Sin
Assurance of Pardon Colossians 1:19-22
Prayer of Intercession
Giving of God’s Tithe and Our Offering
Song of Preparation “He Leadeth Me”
Scripture Reading Genesis 45:1-15
Sermon “Paideia: Tracing God’s Providence” Craig Swartz
Prayer of Commitment
Song of Response “Death was Arrested”
Benediction
SERMON NOTES:
Acts 17:26-28
John Calvin:
“Some people think of God as if he sits hidden in a watchtower on the battlefield of time, waiting anxiously to see if what men and nations do will fit in with his plan and purpose. Thus, God’s plan would be contingent upon what men and nations do. But the Scriptural truth and teaching is far more than that—God acts before the nations act; he has determined from the beginning the course of their history.”
Romans 8:28
Hebrews 12:5-11
- THE GRACE OF GOD IN
Tom Landry:
“The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don’t want to do, in order to achieve what they’ve always wanted to be.”
2. THE GRACE OF GOD IN
Genesis 45:5-8
Derek Kidner:
“At first sight the rough handling of Joseph of his brothers has the look of vengefulness. But nothing could be further from the truth. Behind the harsh pose, was a deep almost uncontrollable affection seen in Joseph’s continually running out of the room to weep. And after the ordeal is over there is nothing but overwhelming kindness and tenderness. Joseph’s enigmatic treatment of them was a kinder and a more searching test. Just how well judged was his policy can be seen in the grown and new attitudes of his brothers as the alternating sun and frost broke them open to God.”
Genesis 50:20
3. THE GRACE OF GOD IN
John Newton:
“Everything is necessary that he sends; nothing can be necessary that he withholds.”