Ten Laws For Life: Life is Precious

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
Welcome
Call to Worship Psalm 119:89-93
Song of Praise “Our God”
Confession of Faith John 17:3
Songs of Praise “Praise To The Lord”
“Only a Holy God”
Prayer of Adoration
Greet One Another
Sacrament of Believer’s Baptism Matthew Sosa
Ministry Spotlight Class of 2021 Graduates
Prayer of Intercession
Giving of God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
Song of Preparation “We Will Feast In The House of Zion”
Scripture Reading
Sermon Craig Swartz
Prayer of Commitment
Song of Response “Tis So Sweet”
Benediction

SERMON NOTES:

Wes King:

“Life is precious; life is sweet like the earth beneath my feet. Though I know I’m passing through I know I belong to You.

Life is precious, life is sweet and this truth makes it complete, knowing Jesus died for me life is precious, life is sweet.”

Anais Nin:

“Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.”

The Heidelberg Catechism-Lord’s Day 40 question 105:

“What doth God require in the sixth commandment?

That neither in thoughts, nor words, nor gestures, much less in deeds, I dishonor, hate, wound, or kill my neighbor, by myself or by another; but that I lay aside all desire of revenge: also, that I hurt not myself, nor willfully expose myself to any danger.”

1. THE  OF 

Exodus 20:1-3

Genesis 9:5

Thomas Watson:

“Whenever you harm another human being, whenever you harm them physically, spiritually or emotionally, you are tearing God’s picture.”

Psalm 19:1

Francis Schaeffer:

“We must remember throughout our lives that in God’s sight there are no little people and no little places. Only one thing is important:  to be consecrated persons in God’s place for us, at each moment.”

2. THE  OF 

Romans 8:5-8

Matthew 5:21-22

C.S. Lewis:

“It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. …
“It is in light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations — these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit. … Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.”

3. THE  OF 

John 7:37b-38

Dane Ortlund:

“When you come to Christ for mercy and love and help in your anguish and perplexity and sinfulness, you are going with the flow of his own deepest wishes, not against them.”