Covenant Protestant Reformed Fellowship
Ballymena
Rev. Angus Stewart
Lord’s Day, 4 June, 2006
"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises
unto thy name, O most High: to shew forth thy lovingkindness in
the morning, and thy faithfulness every night" (Psalm 92:1-2)
Morning Service - 11:00 AM
Christ’s Melchizedekian Priesthood (3)
Two Implications of the New Messianic Order
Hebrews 7:11-14
I. The Imperfection of the Levitical Priesthood
II. A Change of the Law
Psalms: 145:1-8; 46:7-11; 141:1-5; 40:5-9
Evening
Service - 6:00 PM
Imitators of God
Ephesians 5:1-2
I. The Meaning
II. The Manner
III. The Possibility
Psalms:
106:1-7; 47:1-9; 8:1-7; 103:11-17
For audio cassettes of the worship services, contact the bookstore.
CPRF website: www.cprf.co.uk
Quote to Consider:
John Owen: "The apostle takes it here for granted that God designed a ... state of perfection, unto the church; and that as unto its worship as well as unto its faith and obedience. We find, by the event, that it answered not the divine wisdom and goodness to bind up the church, during its whole sojourn in this world, unto a worship so carnal, burdensome, so imperfect, so unsuited to express his grace and kindness towards it, or its sense thereof. And who can but pity the woeful condition of the present Jews, who can conceive of no greater blessedness than the restoration of this burdensome service? So true is it what the apostle says, the veil is upon them unto this present day; yea, blindness is on their minds, that they can see no beauty but only in things carnal: and like their forefathers, who preferred the bondage of Egypt, because of their flesh-pots, before all the liberty and blessings of Canaan; so do they their old bondage-state because of some temporal advantages it was attended withal, before the glorious liberty of the sons of God" (Hebrews, vol. 5, p. 419).
Announcements (subject to God’s will):
The May issue of the Beacon Lights is on the back table today.
The Steering Committee will meet Monday at 7 PM at the manse.
Membership Class meets this Tuesday at 6:30 PM at the Murrays.
On Thursday morning, Rev. Stewart is scheduled to speak in the Harryville Primary School assembly.
Everyone is invited to a barbecue at the manse this week Friday, 9 June. Please come at 6:30 PM or as soon as you can thereafter.
The Reformed Witness Hour next Lord’s Day, 11 June (8:30-9:00 AM, on Gospel 846MW) is entitled "Come Let Us Build" (Nehemiah 2:11-20).
A second offering this morning will be taken for our building fund.
Upcoming Lectures: "The 2 Witnesses of Revelation 11," S. Wales, Fri., 23 June. "Covenant Baptism," Limerick, Wed., 4 July.
Last Week’s Offerings: General Fund - £829.06. Donations: £20 (C. R. News), £10.
PRC News: Rev. Slopsema declined the call to Kalamazoo PRC. Rev. Dale Kuiper’s surgery for prostate cancer went well. The cancer was contained in the prostate and has not spread. This June, Prof. Hanko will have served 50 years in the ministry of the Protestant Reformed Churches. We give thanks to God for his faithful labours over the years in the U.S. and the British Isles.