Trinity:
Date: August 3, 2003
Theme: Behold What Manner Of Love!
– 1 John 3:1-9
– ( Pastor John Ude )
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: TLH, p. 15 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 411 st. 1-4: From Eternity, O God 
TLH 411 st. 5-7: From Eternity, O God
TLH 305 : Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness
TLH 463 : For All the Saints
TLH 313 st. 1: O Lord, We Praise Thee
Scripture Readings:
1 John 3:10-23
Mark 8:1-9
Theme: Behold What Manner Of Love!
1 John 3:1-9
3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. (ESV)