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Worship at Good Shepherd on April 3, 2022

Worship service at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Rogers, Arkansas, on April 3, 2022.

Covenant/Testament: A Biblical concept seldom considered

There’s a concept in the Bible that many modern-day Christians fail to grasp and understand; and it’s found throughout the Bible, from beginning to end. That concept is covenant or testament and, particularly, those covenants or testaments established by God for the benefit of man.

You will see the Son of Man at God’s right hand

Jesus warned his enemies - the Jewish high priests, elders and scribes - that though they rejected Him now, they would one day see Him seated at the right hand of God the Father in heaven and coming in the clouds of glory to be their Judge. And the same warning applies to those who reject Him today!

Do you partake of Jesus through faith?

How can one eat Jesus’ flesh and drink His blood? The Jews did not grasp Jesus’ meaning, nor do many in our day. Jesus is not indicating that Christianity is some kind of cult in which the faithful literally eat human flesh and drink human blood.

What do we need to do to be saved?

Satan’s most effective weapon is whispering into the sinner’s ear, “You need to do something for your salvation."

Walk as Children of the Light

The Scriptures admonish us, as children of the light who have come to a knowledge of the truth, to walk in the light of God's Word and continue trusting in our crucified and risen Savior. And, rather than joining together in the unfruitful works of darkness, we are called upon to expose and reprove these works for what they are.

How did God create man?

How did God create man? The Bible answers that question for us when it says: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Gen. 1:26-27).

Are you in the depths of woe and despair?

Are you in the depths of woe and despair? Well, we all have good cause to be! Think about it; we are sinful human beings living in a sinful world and about to stand before the LORD God, a holy and righteous God who created all things good and who hates sin, wickedness and rebellion against Him and His Word.

Noah lived by faith in God’s promises

Even though a flood like that of which God warned was unheard of in Noah’s day, Noah believed the LORD and prepared an ark, warning others around him to repent of their wickedness and turn back to the LORD. By so doing, Noah forsook the present world and became an heir of the righteousness of God which is by faith.

Enoch translated into heaven

At the relatively young age of 365, Enoch was taken directly, without seeing death, to be with the LORD God in heaven. Enoch was translated; that is, changed from a temporal, earthly existence to an eternal, heavenly one.