Week of April 23, 2012

Bringing the Sermon Home: The Law and the Promise, Gal. 3:15-29

What the law is for you depends on what you are toward the Law-giver.

• Why couldn’t the law give people the power to obey? Gal 3:21
• Why did the law imprison people under sin? Gal 3:22

A Great Sunday Together: Report from the Fish Fry

What a great day we shared in the Lord on Sunday!  God gave us good weather, great food, and wonderful fellowship.  Special thanks to all who worked so hard and served throughout the afternoon to make this happen.

Check out the church website or Facebook page later this week for photos from the afternoon. “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.” (1 Pet 1:22)

National Bible Bee

Registration for the 2012 National Bible Bee is now open.  The Bible Bee helps families to establish a life-long pattern of discipleship in God’s Word. All of the materials and events are designed to be enjoyable and family-centered as they encourage, recognize, and reward diligence in Bible study, Scripture memorization and prayer.

The National Bible Bee begins June 1^st as contestants learn to inductively study a designated book of the Bible through the Bible Bee’s exclusive “Sword Studies” and memorize Scripture with the help of their Bible Memory cards. Local Hosts provide encouragement, support and family activities for socializing and studying.

At the end of August, contestant families gather for the Local Contest, a time of demonstrating diligence, proclaiming God’s Word and celebrating together in Christ. The 300 top-scoring contestants from around the nation are then invited to compete in the National Competition which is held in the fall.

A number of GFC families will be participating this year.  Register by May 31 at www.BibleBee.org. Select Calvary Community Church with host Jennie Weed to be grouped with other GFC families.

Scripture Memory

“For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.” (Ps 95:3)

COMING UP

Wednesday, April 25, 7:00 PM
Men of Grace
Read Family Shepherds ch. 6-8
In the Church Gym

Sunday, April 29, 10:30 AM
Morning Worship

Grace Groups
Read chapter 5 in Shepherding a Child’s Heart and chapter 4 in the Parent Handbook

THIS WEEK IN FAMILY WORSHIP

Scripture Memory
Psalm 95:3

A Catechism for Boys and Girls
7. Q. In how many persons does this one God exist?
A. In three persons. (Mt 3:16, 17; Jn 5:23; 10:30; 14:9, 10; 15:26; 16:13-15; 1 In 5:20, 2 In 9; Rv 1:4, 5)

Baptist Shorter Catechism
7. Q. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A: There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory. (Matt 28:19, 2 Cor 13:14, Jn 10:30, Acts 5:3-4)

Week of April 9, 2012

Bringing the Sermon Home: Faith and the Resurrection Gal. 3:15-18

Text: Galatians 3:6-9

“…just as Abraham ‘believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness’? Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘In you shall all the nations be blessed.’ So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.”

Bringing the Sermon Home: Bewitched! Gal. 3:1-5

Foolishness leads to disastrous results!

• Where is your righteousness found?
• What are you depending on for your righteousness?
• In what ways might we wrongly attempt to supplement our faith with other things?
• How does faith work itself out in both justification and sanctification?
• How does faith “and” disparage Christ’s work?

Picnic Pictures
Check out the church website or Facebook page later this week for pictures from Sunday’s fun.

Scripture Memory Free Songs
Do songs help you and your children to memorize Scripture?  Covenant Life Church has produced more than a dozen free Scripture memory songs (ESV), all from the book of Galatians.  This week’s verse, Galatians 2:16 has a song you can use.  Visit www.tiny.cc/memorysongs.

Sermon recordings
If you or a family member sick or out of town, you can still hear the sermon.  We are gradually adding our archive of past sermons. The church website has the link to our SermonAudio page. www.gracefamilyinfo.org

Text: Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20 ESV)

Text: Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20 ESV)

Text: Galatians 2:17-21

“But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.”

Text: Galatians 2:11-16

Galatians 1:11-24

“For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. They only were hearing it said, ‘He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.’ And they glorified God because of me.”

Text: Galatians 1:6-10

“Do this and live,” the law demands,
But gives me neither feet nor hands.
A better word the gospel brings,
Bids me fly and gives me wings.

Referenced in this sermon is Thomas Chalmer’s essay, The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.  The article in it’s entirety is available for download here.

Galatians 1-6

Today’s message begins our study of Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians with an overview of the book.

“Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—and all the brothers who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” (Galatians 1:1-5 ESV)

Keeping the Main Thing, the Main Thing
Romans 1-4, Luke 24:44-49

Sunday’s message lays the foundation for our theme this year:

By God’s grace we will seek to believe, understand, dwell on, live, and proclaim the gospel in such a way that it permeates everything we are as individuals and as a church.

“Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel. The gospel is life-permeating, world-altering, universe-changing truth. It has more facets than a diamond. Its depths man will never exhaust.” -C.J. Mahaney