Ballymena
Rev. Angus Stewart
Lord’s Day, 4 July, 2004
"Honour and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are his sanctuary"
(Psalm 96:6)
Morning
Service - 11:00 AM
Glorious Things Spoken of the Church (2)
Psalm 87:4-7
I. The Place of our Birth
II. The Place of our Springs
Psalms: 122:1-9; 106:43-48; 67:1-7; 46:4-9
Evening Service - 6:00 PM
Worship the Lord
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 13; Psalm 45
I. Who He Is
II. Our Marriage to Him
III. The Worship We Bring Him
Psalms: 96:6-11; 107:1-9; 21:1-6; 45:6-11
For audio cassettes of the worship services, contact the bookstore.
CPRF web site: www.cprf.co.uk
Quotes to Consider:
John Gill on Psalm 87:4-6: "... many persons in those several
countries, [will] be born again of water and of the Spirit, of the
corruptible seed of grace, by the ministry of the word; who because
they should be regenerated ... in Zion, therefore are said to be born
there; and besides, being born again, they are admitted members of
Zion, and to all the privileges of Zion, as true-born Israelites; and
are brought up there, are nourished with the sincere milk of the word,
and nursed with the breasts of Gospel ordinances there administered;
and so Zion, or Jerusalem the Gospel church, is truly the mother of
them all, Gal. 4:26."
Herman Witsius: "... it is necessary for every one who acknowledges
Christ as his Lord, to renounce Satan, the world, sin, and even
himself, that he may belong to none but Christ. It is absolutely
impossible to serve at the same time two masters that are so contrary
to one another, and the one of whom, at least, justly demands the
submission of the whole man. Whoever belongs to Christ, doth not
belong to Satan; he is rescued from his tyranny. ‘In time past,’ but
only in time past, he ‘walked according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.’
He doth not belong to the world; he is ‘delivered from this present
evil world,’ and he has learned that ‘the friendship of the world is
enmity with God’ (The Apostles’ Creed, vol. 1, pp. 359-360).
Announcements:
With joy and thankfulness to God, the Steering Committee heard and
approved the confession of faith of Cherith Crossett. If there are no
lawful objections, her public confession of faith will take place on
the Lord’s Day, 18 July.
The Beacon Lights is available today for subscribers. The new issue
includes a short biography of Rev. Stewart, which is also on the CPRF
web site, entitled "Speaking Personally."
Sean Courtney’s new e-mail address is <www.cprfaudiostore.co.uk>.
Rev. & Mary Stewart travel to south Wales this week Friday. Rev.
Stewart will give a lecture on Friday on "Predestination." Remember to
keep this and all of our evangelism efforts in your prayers.
Web site additions: Several new "Articles" and "Quotes" are now
on-line, including "The Rage for the Psalter in France," "Is the
Apocrypha Canonical?" "The Most Common Baptist Question," "The
Friendlier Face of Rome?," "Presbyterian Moderator Ought to be
Disciplined" and "Of Dipping" (John Owen).
The Reformed Witness Hour next Lord’s Day, 11 July, (8:30-9:00 AM, on
Gospel 846MW) is "Priorities in Marriage, Part 1" (Eph. 5:22ff.).
Last week’s offerings: £552.80
PRC News: Rev. Terpstra (Holland, MI) declined the call from Faith.