Theme: “Here I Stand, A Fortified Bronze Wall”
1. When suffering rebuke for God’s sake
2. When standing alone on God’s Word
3. When being delivered by God’s salvation
(Pastor John Hein)
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Hymns:
TLH 266: O God, Our Lord, Thy Holy Word
Bulletin Hymn to the tune of TLH 360
Scripture Readings:
Colossians 1:21-29
Matthew 16:21-26
Sermon Theme:
“Here I Stand, A Fortified Bronze Wall”
1. When suffering rebuke for God’s sake
2. When standing alone on God’s Word
3. When being delivered by God’s salvation
Jeremiah 15:15-21 (15) O LORD, You know; Remember me and visit me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke. (16) Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. (17) I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation. (18) Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, As waters -4 that fail? (19) Therefore thus says the LORD: “If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them. (20) And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; And they will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you; For I am with you to save you And deliver you,” says the LORD. (21) “I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.” (NKJVTM)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.