And while the boys and girls are going out to their Sunday school, we will read just a few
verses in John chapter 4. This is the chapter we're going to focus on together. I want to read
for us from John chapter 4 verses 28 to 30 and then verses 39 to 42. I will be reading in English
and the words are up on the screen in Korean. And again, let's hear the word of God together.
Then leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
come, see a man who told me everything I've ever done. Could this be the Messiah? They came out of
the town and made their way towards him. And then down at verse 39, many of the Samaritans from that
town believed in him because of the women's testimony. He told me everything I've ever done.
So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them and he stayed two days. And because
of his words, many more became believers. They said to the women, we no longer believe just because
of what you said. Now we have heard for ourselves and we know that this man really is the savior of
the world. Amen. This is God's word. So tonight, as we join together in worship, we are going to
do something that I hope will be helpful. So we as a church have been looking at what we've been calling
habits of a healthy church. And in God's providence, very appropriately, tonight we're thinking about
worship. And so thinking about the fact that a healthy church is one that worships God in spirit
and in truth. Now let me begin with the statement that all of us and all people everywhere are
worshipers. I was reminded of this this week. I heard about the story of a former football player in
England called Gavin Peacock, who has become a minister in the United States. He came back to
Newcastle. So Newcastle, the north of England. And he was invited to a high school to talk about his faith.
And he began using words borrowed from Paul from Acts chapter 17. He said,
young men and women from Newcastle, I can see that you are very religious. For as I walked along your
streets, I saw a t-shirt bearing this inscription, football is my religion. Newcastle United Football
Club is my God. Great way to start. It's both funny and profoundly sad, isn't it? But it identifies the
fact that we all the fact that we all worship. What do we mean by worship. Well, worship is anything we
build our life around. That could be a video game. That could be technology. That could be our money.
That could be achievement. We worship any person or object or thing when it drives our emotions.
When it shapes our thoughts. When it directs our behavior. When we find ourselves saying,
I couldn't imagine living without. Fill in the blank. We are all worshippers. In Scotland, we have been
invited as a nation to complete a census so that the government has lots of statistics. Whether a person
ticks the faith box or whether people tick the no religion box, we are all still worshippers. But the
vital question then is, who should we worship and how should we worship? And John chapter 4 helps us to
answer these vital questions. It's an amazing chapter in the Bible and it presents us with an amazing
Savior. Here we have the Lord Jesus. And this is probably the longest conversation that's recorded in the
Gospels. But it's a conversation not with a Jewish person. It's with a Samaritan, typically an enemy.
Not with a man, but with a woman. And not just a woman, but an immoral woman. And what does Jesus do?
Jesus brings really deep truth, really deep theology, leading this woman to trust in him as the Savior of the
world. So I hope through this chapter we will discover that true worship is to Jesus because he is truly God.
And true worship is through Jesus because he is the way to God. So let's begin by thinking about the
worship question. If you have your Bibles, you'll see that in verses 19 and 20 of John chapter 4,
we have the worship question. Here is one of the hot topics in their religious society.
What is the proper location to truly worship God? So you have the Samaritans. They had just the first
five books of the Bible. And so for them, the place to worship was Mount Gerasene in Deuteronomy 11.
That was where the blessings of God were called out over the people. In Deuteronomy 27, it became a place
where worship happened. But if you were a Jew, then Jerusalem was the center of worship. Since the time
of King David, there was that desire to connect the throne with worship. And then Solomon, of course,
built the temple in Jerusalem. So this was a really hot topic. Well, look at verse 21 and see the bold,
dramatic answer of Jesus to the question of where should they worship. Women, believe me,
a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Jesus is bringing the news that he is about to replace it with something new. Where is this new
worship center? Where is this new place where we can have access to God? We've already discovered in
John's gospel, Jesus saying, it's through me. John chapter 2 verse 19. Jesus said to them,
destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days. And he explains in verse 21,
the temple he had spoken of was his body. Jesus has come to replace the temple to fulfill what the
temple stands for. Here is the place where we meet with God. Not in a building, but in the person of
Jesus. Jesus as Messiah has taken the place of the temple. When is this going to happen?
It's here as well. Verse 21, Jesus says, a time is coming or the hour is coming. Now, if you were to
read through John's gospel, you would see that phrase many times. And in John's gospel, when Jesus
speaks about the time or the hour, he's speaking about his death and his resurrection and his return
to glory, taking the throne as king. And Jesus is saying, in those saving events, that is how we can have
access to God. That is how we can know God. Because of what Jesus has done.
We can probe the worship question deeper still. There's a question that Jesus asks. Let's call it
the husband question. Verse 16. He told her, go, call your husband and come back. And so we need to ask
ourselves, why does Jesus ask that question? What is he hoping to reveal as he asks that question?
And I think here Jesus is probing to help the women to see her longing.
She seems to be someone who is longing for security. She has had five husbands. Now she's living with
another man. It could be that she is longing to find her meaning and her identity in a particular
relationship. So we can say this woman clearly is a worshiper, but she has chosen the wrong object of
worship. Choosing another person rather than the living God. Now there's a wonderful little phrase
in John chapter 4 verse 4, where we read, now Jesus had to go through Samaria, or Jesus must go through
Samaria. And that's not John saying there was only one road, there was only one way that Jesus had to go.
He had to go through Samaria. This is God's plan for Jesus. That he would come to this well at this
point to meet this woman, to show her her sin, to reveal her need, and to bring her the love of God and
the hope of God. That was his plan. The Father's plan, the Father's timing. To show her the longing in her
heart that just wasn't being met. And to show that he can meet it. Now how does he do that? He does that,
we can talk about the water question. So we've had the location question, the husband question. There's a
water question that begins in verse 7. Here is Jesus, fully God and fully human, sitting at a well in the
heat of the heat of the day, and he asks because he is thirsty, will you give me a drink? But as the
conversation moves on, he goes from his own thirst, to her thirst and her longing, to then show that
Jesus is the answer to that longing. And he does that, because he speaks of himself as the one who brings
living water. Verse 10. If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink,
you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. That's a wonderful phrase.
The Old Testament prophets spoke about living water. In Jeremiah 2, God uses that image of himself
to speak of the goodness and the grace that he would have provided for his people, but his people chose to
follow idols, broken cisterns. Ezekiel chapter 36, there is the image of this water that washes sin.
In Ezekiel 47, there's this wonderful picture of water flowing out from the temple and bringing life as it goes.
Jesus comes bringing life from God. And so this whole conversation is in one sense Jesus saying to the
women, you are worshipping, but your God is too small. You have been and you will be disappointed.
Come to me. Come to me. Come to me and be satisfied. Come to me and find eternal life.
This conversation reminds us that true worship is to Jesus because he is God and he gives eternal life.
And true worship is through Jesus because he gives access to God and he sends the Spirit.
Just before we move on, it's really good for us to be able to learn from Jesus here in the sense that we have
a model in this conversation. What do we see Jesus doing? We see Jesus pulling down cultural barriers.
speaking to a Samaritan, speaking to a Samaritan, speaking to a woman, speaking to someone known
for being a sinner. Why? Because of his desire to share good news. Because he wanted to show the love
of God to this woman. And isn't that something that we have so many opportunities to do here in our city?
21st century Edinburgh, as Keith was already praying, we're a multicultural city.
And we too have this invitation to cross barriers to share good news.
But you know, it's good for us as well to learn from this woman.
To learn to put God first.
Maybe especially for young people, it's important to learn to put God first.
Not sport, not our achievements, not our hobbies.
All of those things, they come and they go.
We're invited to aim for eternal joy to worship the God of the universe.
I think there are lessons for us in our families as well.
For us as parents perhaps.
To reflect,
is worship
a key value in my house?
Is the legacy that I want to pass on to my children
the legacy of faith?
As much as we want them to be happy and successful,
to have a good education,
do we want them to know and to worship and to love the living God?
Through knowing Jesus.
And there is certainly lessons for us from this woman
as local churches.
As we gather as two different churches,
where is our joy found?
Where is our satisfaction found?
We're invited as the people of God
to find it in the worth of Jesus.
Worship is about worth.
To recognize he is the son of God.
He is the savior of the world.
He is our mediator.
He pleads our cause.
He prays for us.
He is our friend who's always with us.
And to find our joy in the work of Jesus.
To never move away from the cross.
To realize our forgiveness,
our eternal life,
our adoption,
our justification.
All of those found in his work for us
in dying and then rising
to forgive us and give us new life.
So that's the worship question.
What I want us to do now
is to spend a few minutes
looking at verses 23 and 24
and this phrase that comes up
two times
about worshipping
in spirit and in truth.
Let me read
verse 24 for us.
God is spirit
and his worshippers
must worship
in the spirit
and in truth.
Now,
there is an important question
we need to ask ourselves
and it's this one.
Which spirit
is John's gospel talking about?
Is this
spirit with a capital S,
the Holy Spirit?
Or is this spirit
with a little s?
Meaning our heart,
our inner self.
And you will find,
so we read from the
newest version of the NIV
and it speaks about
the Holy Spirit.
But you will find
other versions of the Bible
and they will speak about
our inner self,
the spirit.
Now,
I would suggest
that as we read
John's gospel
and as we hear
Jesus,
those two are linked.
They cannot be separated.
Let me take you
to one place.
John chapter 3
verses 5 to 8.
Here's a previous conversation
Jesus has with a man
called Nicodemus.
And there he says
to Nicodemus,
no one can enter
the kingdom of God
unless they are born
of water
and the spirit.
There,
the Holy Spirit.
And then in verse 8,
the wind blows
wherever it pleases,
you hear its sound
but you cannot tell
where it comes from
or where it is going.
So it is
with everyone born
of the Spirit,
the Holy Spirit.
So that's a great image.
Edinburgh has many things.
One thing it certainly is,
it's a windy place.
We feel its effects
but we don't see it.
And Jesus uses that image
to say,
that's how the Spirit works.
It works in our hearts.
You can't see the Spirit
but you see his effects
as he transforms lives,
giving life in the kingdom of God.
And so,
in a very real sense,
true worship
is only possible
with the Holy Spirit.
In John chapter 4,
back to our chapter,
in verse 10,
Jesus speaks about
the gift of God.
And it's really interesting then
to look at the book of Acts
and to discover
that both Jesus
and the church
use that phrase
to speak of the coming
of the Holy Spirit.
Acts chapter 1 and 2,
Acts chapter 8 and 10,
the gift of God
refers there
to the Holy Spirit
who will come
to live in the hearts
of his people.
So when God is living
in our hearts,
that's when we can
and we will
truly worship.
So,
worship in the Spirit
and truth
absolutely makes sense
because we cannot
truly worship
without God
transforming our hearts.
But it's also true
to say
that worship
in Spirit
and truth works.
Makes sense.
Talks about
our real self,
our inner self.
In other words,
to truly worship God,
we cannot just go
through the motions.
and we know that
from how Jesus talks
because we often see
Jesus in the Gospels
being so critical
of the people
that were acting
as if they were
really religious,
but their hearts,
Jesus said,
are far from me.
Being religious,
but no real love
for the one true God.
Jesus has some
of his strongest words
of criticism
for those.
Now,
there's a Puritan
by the name of Stephen Charnick
and he had two images
to speak about this,
this worship
that's just
going through the motions.
He said,
it's like actors
in a stage play.
Perhaps we haven't
been to the theater,
but we can think about
television
or movies.
We watch
an actor
play a role
and we know
that's just a performance.
That's not the real them.
And so it is
if we're singing
the songs,
if we're turning up
in church,
but our hearts
are not really in it.
Charnick had another image.
He said,
imagine a graveyard
and imagine
a beautiful statue
at the head
of a grave.
So much skill
and so much beauty,
but under the surface
there is death.
And the point is
there is no
faking it
with God.
It becomes clear
in Scripture
that God hates
false worship.
And he sees our heart,
so he sees
false worship.
And what he wants
is worship
in spirit
and in truth.
So where does this
kind of true worship
come from?
Well,
it comes,
first of all,
as a gift of God
because it comes
from the Holy Spirit.
So we are to ask
God
for the spirit
of worship.
We are to ask
God
for the Holy Spirit
to change
our hearts.
To ask the Spirit
to show us
and to show us
again
the wonder,
the glory
of the Lord Jesus.
So it comes
from God's gift.
But this true worship
also comes
from our gaze.
It comes from us
choosing to look
to Jesus.
To look to Jesus
to see
his glory.
Here is God
in the flesh.
Here is Jesus,
the Son of God,
displaying
his great love,
God's great love
to the world.
Here is Jesus
bringing us
the grace
of God.
God's great love.
Because one thing
that the Bible
always invites us
to do
is to identify
with,
not the hero
in the story,
but in this case
the woman
in this story.
Because when we
are honest,
all of us
are guilty
of false worship.
All of us
have that habit
to make idols
that we set up
in our hearts.
All of us
stand deserving
of the judgment
of God.
All of us
stand in need
of God's grace
to understand
that for us
to enjoy
living water,
Jesus
must drink
the cup
of God's wrath
for us
at the cross.
So that's
worship
in the spirit
or worship
in spirit,
but the full phrase
worship in spirit
and in truth.
So let's think
about that.
What does that
talk to us about?
Well,
there was a leading
tech CEO,
a chief executive,
who said
a couple of years
ago,
I believe in God,
but each person
has to define
that
on their own.
Now I wonder
if we recognize
that attitude
in our society.
Everybody is free
to make up
their own truth,
including
the freedom
to make up
our truth
about God.
Again,
let me speak
to the boys
and girls
for just
a moment.
Thinking about
your life
compared to
somebody old
like me,
one of the things
that's very different
is you have
so much choice.
So I grew up
in the days
when television
had four channels
and then there was
five,
whereas you live
in the day
of Netflix
and Amazon Prime
and Disney Plus.
I remember
having a range
of cereal
to choose from
in our local
supermarket
that probably
ran to
12,
15 boxes.
You have
a whole aisle.
We had
Lego sets
that were just
bricks.
Until the
early 90s
when Space
Lego came
and changed
the world,
you have
every kind
of Lego
imaginable.
Choice is nice.
Choice is good.
But here's one
thing from God's
Word.
We are not
free
to choose
what we think
God is like.
We do not
get to make up
what God is like.
We need
the Bible
to teach us.
We need
God
to reveal
himself
and that's
what he's
done
in the Word
of God
and through
his Son.
But what happens
when people try
and worship
without God's
Word?
Well,
one thing
that certainly
happens is that
people invent
God in our
image.
Let me have
a God
that suits
our times.
Let me have
a God
that suits
my feelings
or
instead of
worship being
all about
God and
his glory,
it becomes
all about
me.
There needs
to be
worship
in truth,
by which we
mean worship
that lines up
with God's
revelation
of himself.
We find
that in
the Bible
and we
find that
in his
Son,
the Lord
Jesus.
And John's
Gospel has
already told
us that.
John chapter
1,
verse 18,
no one has
ever seen
God,
but the
one and only
Son who
is himself
God,
and is in
the closest
relationship
with the
Father,
has made
him
known.
And then
we saw
in John
chapter 2,
Jesus is
how we
come to
truly meet
with God.
And then
here in
chapter 4,
we find so
many indicators
that Jesus
is God
because only
God can
give the
gift of
eternal life,
and that's
what Jesus
says he
has come
to do.
And look
at the very
end of this
conversation,
look at
verse 25
and verse
26.
The women
said,
I know
that Messiah
called Christ
is coming,
when he
comes,
he will
explain
everything
to us.
Then
Jesus
declared,
I,
the one
speaking
to you,
I am
he.
Two things
to notice.
There is
Jesus
explicitly
saying,
I am
Messiah.
I am
the king
God
promised
to send.
One who
would rule
forever,
one who
would save
his people.
But Jesus
does more
than that.
when Jesus
says,
I am
he,
he is
deliberately
claiming
the Old
Testament
name of
God.
He is
saying,
I am
your God
and I
am
your
savior.
And so
any
worship
that is
in truth
must
understand
that
about
Jesus.
So
worship
in truth
is worship
to
Jesus
because he
is truly
God.
and it
is worship
through
Jesus
because he
is the
only way
to God.
And so
there is a
challenge
for us
individually,
there is a
challenge for
us as
churches
to worship
by the book,
to worship
according to
the Bible
and to
worship
the God
who is
revealed
in the
Bible
at a time
when truth
is relative
for so
many,
when truth
is disliked
by so
many.
We must
stay
faithful.
So to put
this whole
phrase together
as we're
called to
worship in
spirit and
truth,
for true
and not
false
worship,
we need
both a
true vision
of God,
revelation,
and a
true love
for God.
New heart
as the
Spirit's
working in
us.
We need
the truth
of the
Bible
and we
need to
treasure
the God
of the
Bible.
We need
to know
Jesus as
Lord and
to love
him.
as
Lord.
And in
this we
need to
pray.
We need
to pray
for ourselves.
We need
to pray
for our
churches.
We need
to pray
for our
preachers.
And
we need
to pray
for our
city and
for the
nations of
the world
that we
would see
worship in
spirit and
in truth.
One last
thing to
say.
as the
story moves
from
conversation
back to
the town
and then
back to
Jesus.
One last
lesson.
Worship
involves
head,
heart and
hands.
It involves
truth,
it involves
love and
it involves
action.
One of the
things the
Bible says,
all of life
is worship.
It's not
just what we
do here,
it's what we
do out
there.
It's how we
live our
lives.
And look
with me
very briefly
at this
woman's
story.
Verse 28.
Amazing.
Having gone
to the
effort in
the heat
of the
day to
go and
get water.
Verse 28.
Then leaving
her water
jar, the
woman went
back to
the town.
She'd
found better
water.
She'd
found living
water.
What does
she do?
She comes
back to
the town.
She freely
confesses
her sin.
Come see
me, a man
who told
me everything
I've ever
done.
She points
her town to
Jesus.
Could this
be the
Messiah?
And so
because of
her, the
town began
to go out
to meet
with Jesus.
And look
at the
impact of
her worship.
Verse 39.
Many of
the Samaritans
from that
town believed
in him because
of the
woman's
testimony.
He told
me everything
I've ever
done.
Look at
verse 42.
They said
to the
woman,
we no
longer
believe just
because of
what you
said.
Now we've
heard for
ourselves and
we know
that this
man really
is the
saviour of
the world.
So because
she testifies
that Jesus
is the
saviour,
many more
come to
trust in
Jesus too.
Here's a
woman who's
doing Romans
12.
She's presenting
her body as a
living sacrifice.
This is her
spiritual worship.
She shares
what she knows
of Jesus so
others might
come to
hear and
believe.
Friends,
this is a
wonderful
chapter from
God's word
reminding us
that Jesus
has come as
saviour of
the world.
And we will
shortly share
the Lord's
supper to
remind us of
the cost of
our salvation.
Jesus has
come so we
would know
the truth and
that truth
would set
us free.
Jesus has
come to
give the
spirit that
spirit might
live inside
us, fill us
with love
and joy in
for Jesus
that we
would share
with others
so that all
of our life
would be
worship,
that we
would recognise
truly Jesus
is worthy
of all glory
and that we
want others
to know the
same.
May that be
true of you,
may that be
true of me,
may that be
true of the
churches that
we represent
as we come
to recognise
that a
healthy church
must always
worship in
spirit and
in truth.
Now let me
close with a
brief word of
prayer before
we come to
the Lord's
supper.
Lord, our
God, we
thank you for
this wonderful
chapter of the
Bible and for
the way it
reveals to us
the heart of
the Lord
Jesus.
Thank you that
he was willing
to spend time
with this
woman that
everybody else
was happy to
ignore.
Thank you that
her country
and culture,
that her
lifestyle was
no barrier
to her
receiving good
news and
living water.
Lord, we
pray that
you would
help us
to value
Jesus so
much that
we would be
looking for
opportunities to
take that good
news to
others.
Lord, we
pray that your
spirit would be
at work in
our hearts,
constantly
changing it,
filling our
hearts with
more and more
love for
Jesus.
us.
We pray
that you
would give
us that
desire to
read and
to study and
to hear your
word being
preached so
that our
worship would
be in line
with your
revelation,
with your
truth.
Lord, we
pray that you
would give to
our churches
this true
worship.
Protect us
from false
worship that's
just going
through the
motions and
doing our
duty.
Protect us
from false
worship and
not truly
teach what
the Bible
says.
Help us,
we pray,
for our own
sake and for
the sake of
the city
around us and
for the nations
of the world.
We pray in
Jesus' name.
Amen.
Now, we
come to
share together
the Lord's
Supper.
The Lord's
Supper is
for all those
who have put
their trust in
Jesus as
Lord and
Saviour,
those who are
members of
God's church,
and those who
are aware of
their constant
need of
God's grace.
Before we
share, I
want to
read together
words that
you'll see up
on the screen
from Ezekiel
chapter 36.
Ezekiel
chapter 36,
and we'll
read verse
25 to
27,
where we
read,
I will
sprinkle clean
water on
you, and
you will be
clean.
I will
cleanse you
from all
your impurities
and from
all your
idols.
I will
give you a
new heart
and put a
new spirit
in you.
I will
remove from
you your
heart of
stone and
give you a
heart of
flesh, and
I will put
my spirit
in you and
move you to
follow my
decrees and
be careful to
keep my
laws.
Jesus came
to establish
the new
covenant.
Through his
life,
death,
and
resurrection,
and by
sending the
Holy Spirit.
And now
for those of
us who are
in Christ,
we have the
spirit living
in us,
so that we
have a
new heart
and a
new power
to obey
the commands
of God.
Now
through this
new covenant,
our sins
are forgiven,
and the
spirit of
God is
given to
us to
help us
live in
trust and
obedience.
As we
share the
Lord's
Supper,
it is a
reminder of
the cross
of Jesus
that secures
for us all
the benefits
of the
new covenant.
covenant.
And also,
the Lord's
Supper is a
beautiful
reminder of
our unity
as the
body of
Christ.
That as we
share the
Lord's
Supper
today,
let's
remember that
this is a
taste,
a first
taste of
the feast
to come
in eternal
glory.
So let
me explain
for the
sake of
our
visitors
how we
have been
receiving
Lord's
Supper
recently.
So you'll
be directed
to come
down from
the back
row by
row,
and you'll
see there
are bread,
there's bread
and wine
and little
cups on
either side.
If you
can take
one of
each,
take them
back to
your seat,
hold on
to them,
and we'll
eat and
we'll drink
together,
and then
when we're
finished you
can just
leave your
little cups
on the
pews and
we will
collect them.
So again,
as we
prepare to
do that,
we will
sing.
We have
a hymn
to help
us to
reflect
as we
come to
collect the
elements of
the Lord's
Supper,
when I
survey the
wondrous
cross,
and as
we begin
to sing,
you'll
be
directed
to
come
down
if
you're
sharing
the
Lord's
Supper
with
us.
Amen.
When I
surveyed
the
wondrous
cross,
on which
the
Prince
of
glory
died,
my
riches
gained,
I count
love,
and
poor
contempt,
all
know
my
pride.
Forbidden,
Lord,
that I
should
boast,
save
in the
death
of
Christ
my
God.
Oh,
the
vain
things
that
charm
emuls,
I
sacrifice
them
to
His
blood.
See
from
His
head,
His
hands,
His
feet,
sorrow
and
love
flow
mingled
out.
Did
earth
such
love
and
sorrow
made
or
thorns
composed
so
rich
a
crown?
Were
the
whole
realm
of
nature
mine,
there
were
a
present
far
too
small.
Love
so
amazing,
so
divine,
demands
my
soul,
my
life,
my
all.
Amen.
j
oh
I
thank you
here,
bye.
Amen.
Let me read for us from 1 Corinthians chapter 11, verse 23.
These words of institution.
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you.
The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread and gave thanks.
Let's take a moment to pray together.
Lord, it is true that we're the whole realm of nature ours.
That would be an offering far too small.
As we consider the work of Jesus, your Son, the Holy One, on the cross.
Taking our sin on himself.
Suffering spiritual agony as he felt forsaken by his Father.
Taking on himself the just judgment of God for our sin.
Though he knew no sin.
That we might be declared righteous.
That we might be forgiven.
That we might have new life.
That we might be adopted into the family of God.
Lord, we are so thankful for what this bread and wine represents to us.
The life-giving, sacrificial love of the Lord Jesus.
And may we be conscious of his help and his presence and his grace.
As we gather at his table.
We pray in Jesus' name.
Amen.
So the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread.
And when he'd given thanks, he broke it and said,
This is my body, which is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
So let's eat together to remember.
Amen.
And in the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying,
This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this whenever you drink it in remembrance of me.
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
So let's drink to remember and to proclaim.
And now our closing hymn is the hymn,
In Christ Alone.
And then afterwards, Jacob will come and we will receive the benediction from him.
So let's stand and let's sing God and Saviour.
Amen.
In Christ alone.
In Christ alone my hope is found.
He is my life, my strength, my soul.
This cornerstone, this solid ground
From through the fiercest rod and store
What high so low, what best so peace
When fears are still, when striving cease
My Comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless pain
This gift of love, this righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on the cross as Jesus died
The rest of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness sway
Then burning forth in glorious day
Off from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin curse has lost His grave on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first Christ in final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of land, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I stand
This is the word of God
In 2 Corinthians chapter 13, verse 13
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Again, everybody for gathering together to worship
So encouraging two invitations
One that was planned
Come and share some food with us
We're looking forward to that
But also
Wednesday
From 6 o'clock till 7 o'clock
We have a praise and prayer event
We love to have people gather
To worship and to pray with us
For one another and for our city
So if you have an hour on Wednesday
Please join us
Thank you
.
Thank you.