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ORDER OF WORSHIP: Welcome Opening Hymn - "Christ The Lord Is Risen Today" - words and MIDI music Invocation The Lord's Prayer - with MP3 audio The Six Certainties Of The Christian Faith Worship Poem - "Holy, Holy, Holy!" Scriptures and Teachings - "The Resurrection Of Jesus" Prayer For You - "To Those Who Have Their Doubts" Holy Communion Closing Hymn - "In The Garden" - words and MIDI music Benediction
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And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of
Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the
place where they laid him. (Mark 16:6 RSV)
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Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
MIDI music file at http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ctl.mid Words by John Wesley, music from Lyra Davidica, London, 1708. MIDI file by anonymous. All are Public Domain.
CHRIST, THE LORD, IS RISEN TODAY - by Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 - Public Domain "CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day," Sons of men and angels say! Raise your joys and triumphs high: Sing, ye heavens; thou earth, reply. Love's redeeming work is done; Fought the fight, the battle won: Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er, Lo! he sets in blood no more! Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Christ hath burst the gates of hell: Death in vain forbids his rise, Christ hath opened Paradise. Lives again our glorious King! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Once he died our souls to save; Where's thy victory, boasting grave Soar we now where Christ hath led, Following our exalted Head: Made like him, like him we rise, Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. King of glory! Soul of bliss! Everlasting life is this, Thee to know, thy power to prove, Thus to sing, and thus to love.More songs like this at http://www.Christmusic.ws
O Lord, we come together in Your name,
And as You promised, we know You are here.
AND SO WE WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS,
AND PRAY THAT YOU FIND PLEASURE HERE WITH US,
AS WE, YOUR LOVING CHILDREN WORSHIP YOU.
We now invite You to reveal Yourself,
And share with us Your presence, openly,
FOR YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT WE DESIRE,
AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WE GIVE TO YOU.
In Jesus' holy name we pray, Amen.
MP3 digial audio file available at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/lordsprayer.mp3
FREE. Public Domain.The Lord, Himself, taught us to pray like this . . .
The Lord's Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. Source: Book Of Common Prayer, based on Matthew 6:9-13 * * * "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15 KJV) * * *
1. There is one God, Creator of all things.
2. The Bible is the inspired written Word of God, sufficient to guide all human action.
3. Jesus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God.
The words "only-begotten" mean "only-fathered," that is, Jesus is the only human ever directly physically fathered by God.4. Jesus was crucified, dead and buried, then rose from the dead, by the power of God, and lives today in Heaven and in the hearts of those who believe in Him.
5. If we believe in Him, we will not perish, but will have eternal life, forever with Him.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16 KJV)"Believing in Him" means: that we accept the fact that He is Son of God, risen from the dead; that we accept Him as our own personal Lord; that we try to follow His commandments as best we know how; that we are always willing to declare our faith in Him, openly and without hesitation. This fifth certainty leads easily into "The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, Simplified," which is . . ."You give yourself totally to Him, and He takes good care of you forever."6. The most important thing He wants us to do is to love: to love God first of all, then to love all other people the same as we love ourselves, using His love for us as our example. We do this best by following the Golden Rule, which summarizes and encompasses all of God's Law for mankind. Jesus said that the Golden Rule IS "the law and the prophets."
The Golden Rule "Treat others as you would like to be treated."
_____________________________________________________________ "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12 KJV) _____________________________________________________________ Note that He says, "for this IS the law and the prophets," not "for this is required by the law and the prophets." <><Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.I have accepted Jesus as my Lord; I know that God has raised Him from the dead, And now He dwells within me, in my heart. I love the Lord, and only Him I serve; I have no fear, for I am in His hands. wem
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Words by Reginald Heber; music - "Nicaea," by John B. Dykes. MIDI sequence, anonymous. All are Public Domain.MIDI music file at http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/nicaea.mid
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! - by Bishop Reginald Heber, 1827 - Public Domain Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning Our song shall rise to Thee! Holy, holy holy! Merciful and mighty! God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee! Casting down their golden crowns Around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim Falling down before Thee, Who wert, and art, and Evermore shalt be. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee! Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see; Only Thou art holy! There is none beside Thee, Perfect in pow'r in Love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name, In earth, and sky, and sea; Holy, holy holy! Merciful and mighty! God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity! Amen.
The Resurrection Of Jesus
JOHN 20 (RSV) The Resurrection Of Jesus _____________________________________________________________ 1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag'dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." 3 Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. 4 They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; 5 and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, 7 and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9 for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes. 11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; 12 and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." 14 Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." 18 Mary Mag'dalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her. 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe." 26 Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." 28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name. _____________________________________________________________Scripture With Commentary
The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter Sunday) From: John 20:1-9 The Empty Tomb -------------- [1] Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. [2] So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." [3 ]Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. [4] They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; [5] and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. [6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, [7] and the napkin, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. [8] Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; [9] for as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead. *********************************************************************** Commentary: 1-2. All four Gospels report the first testimonies of the holy women and the disciples regarding Christ's glorious resurrection, beginning with the fact of the empty tomb (cf. Matthew 28:1-15; Mark 16:1ff; Luke 24:1-12) and then telling of the various appearances of the risen Jesus. Mary Magdalene was one of the women who provided for our Lord during His journeys (Luke 8:1-3); along with the Virgin Mary she bravely stayed with Him right up to His final moments (John 19:25), and she saw where His body was laid (Luke 23:55). Now, after the obligatory Sabbath rest, she goes to visit the tomb. The Gospel points out that she went "early, when it was still dark": her love and veneration led her to go without delay, to be with our Lord's body. 4. The Fourth Gospel makes it clear that, although the women, and specifically Mary Magdalene, were the first to reach the tomb, the Apostles were the first to enter it and see the evidence that Christ had risen (the empty tomb, the linen clothes "lying" and the napkin in a place by itself). Bearing witness to this will be an essential factor in the mission which Christ will entrust to them: "You shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem...and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8; cf. Acts 2:32). John, who reached the tomb first (perhaps because he was the younger), did not go in, out of deference to Peter. This is an indication that Peter was already regarded as leader of the Apostles. 5-7. The words the Evangelist uses to describe what Peter and he saw in the empty tomb convey with vivid realism the impression it made on them, etching on their memory details which at first sight seem irrelevant. The whole scene inside the tomb in some way caused them to intuit that the Lord had risen. Some of the words contained in the account need further explanation, so terse is the translation. "The linen clothes lying there": the Greek participle translated as "lying there" seems to indicate that the clothes were flattened, deflated, as if they were emptied when the body of Jesus rose and disappeared--as if it had come out of the clothes and bandages without their being unrolled, passing right through them (just as later He entered the Cenacle when the doors were shut). This would explain the clothes being "fallen", "flat" "lying", which is how the Greek literally translates, after Jesus' body--which had filled them--left them. One can readily understand how this would amaze a witness, how unforgettable the scene would be. "The napkin...rolled up in a place by itself": the first point to note is that the napkin, which had been wrapped round the head, was not on top of the clothes, but placed on one side. The second, even more surprising thing is that, like the clothes, it was still rolled up but, unlike the clothes, it still had a certain volume, like a container, possibly due to the stiffness given it by the ointments: this is what the Greek participle, here translated as "rolled", seems to indicate. >From these details concerning the empty tomb one deduces that Jesus' body must have risen in a heavenly manner, that is, in a way which transcended the laws of nature. It was not only a matter of the body being reanimated as happened, for example, in the case of Lazarus, who had to be unbound before he could walk (cf. John 11:44). 8-10. As Mary Magdalene had told them, the Lord was not in the tomb; but the two Apostles realized that there was no question of any robbery, which was what she thought had happened, because they saw the special way the clothes and napkin were; they know began to understand what the Master had so often told them about His death and resurrection (cf. Matthew 16:21; Mark 8:31; Luke 9:22; etc....) The empty tomb and the other facts were perceptible to the senses; but the resurrection, even though it had effects that could be tested by experience, requires faith if it is to be accepted. Christ's resurrection is a real, historic fact: His body and soul were re-united. But since His was a glorious resurrection unlike Lazarus', far beyond our capacity in this life to understand what happened, and outside the scope of sense experience, a special gift of God is required--the gift of faith--to know and accept as a certainty this fact which, while it is historical, is also supernatural. Therefore, St. Thomas Aquinas can say that "the individual arguments taken alone are not sufficient proof of Christ's resurrection, but taken together, in a cumulative way, they manifest it perfectly. Particularly important in this regard are the spiritual proofs (cf. specially Luke 24:25-27), the angelic testimony (cf. Luke 24:4-7) and Christ's own post-resurrection word confirmed by miracles (cf. John 3:13; Matthew 16:21; 17:22; 20:18)" (St. Thomas Aquinas, "Summa Theologiae", III, q. 55, a. 6 ad 1). In addition to Christ's predictions about His passion, death and resurrection (cf. John 2:19; Matthew 16:21; Mark 9:31; Luke 9:22), the Old Testament also foretells the glorious victory of the Messiah and, in some way, His resurrection (cf. Psalm 16:9; Isaiah 52:13; Hosea 6:2). The Apostles begin to grasp the true meaning of Sacred Scripture after the resurrection, particularly once they receive the Holy Spirit, who fully enlightens their minds to understand the content of the Word of God. It is easy to imagine the surprise and elation they all feel when Peter and John tell them what they have seen in the tomb. *********************************************************************** Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Printed in Hungary. Reprinted with permission from the U.S. publisher, Scepter Publishers, PO Box 1270, Princeton, NJ 08542. The toll-free number is 1-800-322-8773; the fax number is 609-683-8780.
"To Those Who Have Their Doubts"
To those who have their doubts about the Lord,
Who read the Word, but cannot hear its voice,
Who view the world, but cannot see Design,
For you I have have a special prayer today:
I pray the Lord will open up your eyes,
And let you see His glory all around.
In Jesus' name I pray for you, Amen.
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In The Garden
Words and music by C. Austin Miles, Public Domain. MIDI file by anonymous, Public Domain.MIDI music file at http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/grdn3.mid
IN THE GARDEN - by C. Austin Miles (1912) - Public Domain I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses; And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses. He speaks, and the sound of His voice Is so sweet the birds hush their singing; And the melody that He gave to me Within my heart is ringing. I'd stay in the garden with Him Though the night around me be falling; But He bids me go through the voice of woe His voice to me is calling. And He walks with me, And he talk with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there None other has ever known. Amen.
As we complete our worship service today, I leave you with this
blessing . . .
EPHESIANS 3:14-21 (KJV)
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For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
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Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
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That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the
inner man;
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love,
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May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
all that we ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us,
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Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout
all ages, world without end. Amen.
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This worship service is now completed. Go in peace.
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