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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Worldwide Word of Rebuke and Worldwide Plan of Mercy [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 17–18]

Why must all self-made, self-sustained plans ultimately fail? Isaiah 17–18 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-one verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that any plan made apart from dependence upon God and obedience to God will fail because the Lord will wait until the ripe time, then devastate man with but a word. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, May 15. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Romans 15:1–7 then PRAY until just after 8 p.m.

▫Children’s Catechism for May 19. Q93 What is the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill. [CC 93 Simply Explained: “Why the 6th Commandment Is 6th”]

▫Shorter Catechism for May 19. Q32 What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them. [WSC 32 Simply Explained: “Legal, Relational, and Moral Benefits of Union with Christ”]

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