As I’m sure you can tell from the large lapse between dates,
it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I can only blame it on pure laziness;
putting things in my life ahead of using this blog as a missions tool.
So here’s what we did Sunday, April 7, 2014 at our church.
Opening hymn: Amazing Grace
Devotional: Galatians 6:1-10- Meeting the needs of others.
Sunday School: Acts 20- Paul is winding up his mission trip
in Asia.
Hymns: All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name
Love
Lifted Me
Each
Step I Take
Prayer Requests: For our country, government, and schools
Sermon: Zechariah 3:1-10
Zechariah
was given 10 visions, this chapter deals with the 4th. Differing
from the first 3, this vision has actors that need no interpretation as it
literally explains itself. There is Joshua- the High Priest, Jesus- the angel
of the Lord (notice the capital L- this refers to a theophany- an interaction
with the pre-incarnate form of Jesus Christ with man), Satan, and his other
angels.
3:1-3 As the
vision begins Joshua is standing in front of Jesus. Here, Joshua is filthy-
literally covered with the wages of sin- a symbolic image of the iniquity of
the nation of Israel at the time. Jesus is standing in as our defender as Satan
stands at his side, our accuser. What happens in the vision is a picture of
what God does for us. Jesus is our advocate and defender representing us at the
throne of God- rebuking Satan, casting him into the lake of fire.
* It is
important to note that Satan cannot condemn us for sins that Jesus Christ died
for. From the moment that we ask Jesus to enter our heart and cleanse us of our
sins there can be no condemnation. See Romans 3:25.
* We will
one day be judged, but only on those sins we committed after salvation, but it
is important to know that once we are saved by Jesus, we are always saved.
3:4-5 The day that
Jesus saved us, he gave us new clothes, the clothes of saints also seen in
Romans 12:1-2 and Revelations 19
3:8-10 The BRANCH in
this passage is symbolic of Jesus and is a vision of him speaking in a future
event- Seven years after the tribulations.
Closing hymn: Are You Washed In The Blood
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