Covenant Protestant Reformed Church
83 Clarence Street, Ballymena BT43 5DR
Rev. Angus Stewart
Lord’s Day, 24 June, 2018
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind ...” (Rom. 12:2)
Morning Service - 11:00 AM - Rev. M. McGeown
Administration of the Lord’s Supper
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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Scripture Reading: Ephesians 3
Text: Ephesians 3:8
I. What They Are
II. Our Partaking of Them
III. The Preaching of Them
Psalms: 65:1-5; 116:13-19; 34:8-16; 117:1-2
Evening worship – 6.00pm - Rev. M. McGeown
Applicatory
Comprehending the Dimensions of Christ’s Love
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Scripture Reading: Ephesians 3
Text: Ephesians 3:17b-19
I. The Immensity of Christ’s Love
II. Our Comprehension of Christ’s Love
III. The Result of Understanding Christ’s Love
Psalms: 5:7-12; 23:1-6; 103:1-7; 63:1-8
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contact
Stephen Murray
If you desire a pastoral visit, please contact Rev. Stewart
or the elders
CPRC Website: www.cprc.co.uk • Live Webcast:
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Quotes to Consider
John Calvin: “And let us note also that St. Paul’s so doing was not a feigned modesty, after the manner of most men who will commonly say and, as it were, make a proverb of it, ‘Ho, I am the meanest and least able of men,’ and yet in so saying with their mouth, they do not cease to have their hearts puffed up with pride, insomuch that in very truth, if a man should answer them, ‘I believe it absolutely,’ they would grow hot with anger and would rather be found liars than give up their pride with which they are full. St. Paul did not use such subterfuges full of untruth, but protested truly what he really thought, accordingly as in another place to the Corinthians, he says he is not worthy to be named an apostle, because he had persecuted God’s church and withstood his truth” (Sermons on Ephesians, p. 245).
Charles Hodge: “The 'unsearchable riches of Christ' are the fulness of the Godhead, the plenitude of all divine glories and perfections which dwell in him; the fulness of grace to pardon, to sanctify and save; everything in short which renders him the satisfying portion of the soul” (Ephesians, p. 116).
Albert Barnes on Ephesians 3: “To know [the love of Christ]; to feel this; to have a lively sense of it, is one of the highest privileges of the Christian. Nothing will so much excite gratitude in our hearts; nothing will prompt us so much to a life of self-denial; nothing will make us so benevolent and so dead to the world … No one can attain to a full view of it. It had no limit. It was unlike anything which had ever been evinced before. It was love which led the Son of God to become incarnate; to leave the heavens: to be a man of sorrows; to be reviled and persecuted; to be put to death in the most shameful manner on a cross. Who could understand that? Where else had there been anything like that? What was there with which to compare it? What was there by which it could be illustrated? And how could it be fully understood? Yet ‘something’ of it might be seen, known, felt; and the apostle desired that as far as possible they should understand that great love which the Lord Jesus had manifested for a dying world.”
Announcements (subject to God’s will)
Rev. and Mary Stewart returned from the USA yesterday morning. We welcome Rev. and Larisa McGeown to our services today. Rev. Stewart will preach in Limerick today.
After a week of self-examination, confessing members in good standing are called to partake of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Your participation in the Lord’s Supper is in part a witness that you repent of your sins, you believe that Jesus Christ is your righteousness, and you desire to live a new and godly life. As this heavenly food can be taken to one’s judgment (I Cor. 11:28-30) and as the common reception of this food is a confession of doctrinal unity (Acts 2:42), the elders supervise the partaking of the sacrament. Visitors who are members of other denominations must request permission from the Council.
Congratulations to David and Kristin Crossett on the birth of their daughter, Grace Mae, born on Wednesday, 20 June, at 2.11 PM, weighing 7lbs 15oz.
Tuesday Bible Study at 11 AM will meet this week to consider the significance of the remaining stages in offering a bloody sacrifice in the Old Testament.
South Wales Lecture: Rev. McGeown will give a lecture on “The Development of God’s Covenant (2)” in Margam Community Centre on Thursday at 7:15 PM.
Men’s Bible Study will meet at the Kennedys on Saturday 30 June at 8 PM on Acts 2.
The Reformed Witness Hour broadcast next Lord’s Day (Gospel 846 MW at 8:30 AM) by Rev. Haak is entitled “Blessed Are the Merciful" (Matt. 5:7).
Offerings: General Fund: £592.00.