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Welcome to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. “Cruciformity & Shalom in Israel” Sunday August 30, 2009 1. (a) Philippians 2:5-8, (b) 3:10-11; 2. Isaiah 53: 2-7. Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Red Hymnal # 482. 1. Am I a Soldier of the Cross? A follower of the Lamb?
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Welcome to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church “Cruciformity & Shalom in Israel” Sunday August 30, 2009 1. (a) Philippians 2:5-8, (b) 3:10-11; 2. Isaiah 53: 2-7
Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Red Hymnal # 482 1. Am I a Soldier of the Cross? A follower of the Lamb? And shall I fear to own His cause Or blush to speak His name?
Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Red Hymnal # 482 2. Must I be carried to the skies On flow'ry beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize And sailed thru' bloody seas?
Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Red Hymnal # 482 3. Are there no foes for me to face? Must I not stem the flood? Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God?
Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Red Hymnal # 482 4. Sure I must fight if I would reign ― Increase my courage, Lord! I'll bear the toil, endure the pain. Supported by Thy Word.
Scripture Reading 1 (a) Phil 2:5-8 5. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,*6. who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, *lit.THINK THIS WAY – LIKE JESUS
Scripture Reading 1 (a) Phil 2:5-8 7. but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, 8. he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.* *[ THINK THIS WAY! ]
Scripture Reading 1 (b) Phil 3:10 -11 10. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,* 11. if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *KJV: “conformed to His death” i.e., “cruciform”
King of Kings Red Hymnal # 77 King of kings and Lord of lords, Glory, Hallelujah! (X2) Jesus, Prince of Peace, Glory, Hallelujah! (X2) (Repeat whole verse)
Sha'alu shalom Yerushalayim Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
O Bless The Gifts O bless the gifts our hands have brought; And bless the work our hearts have planned Ours is the faith, the will, the thought; The rest O God is in Your hands.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen
Awake, O Israel Merla Watson
Chorus O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
1. Awake, O Israel, put off thy slumber And the truth shall set you free; For out of Zion comes thy Deliverer, In the year of jubilee.
Chorus O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
2. For in the furnace of much affliction, I have chosen thee; Behold, And so for iron I'll give thee silver And for brass I'll give thee gold.
Chorus O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
3. Thou art My chosen, for I have sought thee, Thou art graven on My hand; And I will gather all those that gather, They shall come back to their land.
Chorus O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! O, hallelujah, O, hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus”“conformed to His death”
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus”“conformed to His death” Isaiah 53:2-7 2. For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground;
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus”“conformed to His death” Isaiah 53:2-7 2. For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus” “conformed to His death” 3. He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity;
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus” “conformed to His death” 3. He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account.
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus”“conformed to His death” 4. Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases;yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus” “conformed to His death” 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities;
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus” “conformed to His death” 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus” “conformed to His death” 6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus”“conformed to His death” 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;
“Get the same mind . . . [as] Jesus”“conformed to His death” 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
CRUCIFORMITY & SHALOM IN ISRAEL Praying the Scriptures (Isaiah 53):
CRUCIFORMITY & SHALOM IN ISRAEL Praying the Scriptures (Isaiah 53): 1. Worship,adorationof Jesus on the Cross.
CRUCIFORMITY & SHALOM IN ISRAEL Praying the Scriptures (Isaiah 53): 1. Worship,adoration of Jesus on the Cross. 2.Commitment to be conformed to His death.
CRUCIFORMITY & SHALOM IN ISRAEL Praying the Scriptures (Isaiah 53): 1. Worship,adorationof Jesus on the Cross. 2.Commitment to be conformed to His death. 3. Repentance of all that is not cruciform in me.
CRUCIFORMITY & SHALOM IN ISRAEL Praying the Scriptures (Isaiah 53): 1. Worship,adoration of Jesus on the Cross. 2. Commitment to be conformed to His death. 3. Repentance of all that is not cruciform in me. 4. Trust,dependance on Him to conform me.
CRUCIFORMITY & SHALOM IN ISRAEL CRUCIFORMITY “Shaped by the Cross into the shape of the Cross”
CRUCIFORMITY— Various Uses of This Term Found in Architecture, Botany, Physics, etc., etc.
Cruciform Formation of Molecular Binding