Sunday LinkUp – 06November2022

CALL TO WORSHIP 

• OPENING CHORUSES

1. 1. 1. We Have Come Into His House
      2. He is Here
      3. Reach Out and Touch The Lord

• OPENING PRAYER

WELCOME

• Thanks for joining us.
• The theme for this week is the God who restores.  

CALL TO WORSHIP 

• Psalm 145:17-21
• ¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works. 
  ¹⁸ The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
  ¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
  ²⁰ The Lord preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
  ²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever.   

OPENING SONGS  

This is Your House

Arise

Thank You, Lord

SCRIPTURE READING

• 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 (NKJV)
• ¹³ But we are ^[a]bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through ^[b]sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, ¹⁴ to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our ^[c]epistle.   
• ¹⁶ Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts and ^[d]establish you in every good word and work.   

SPEAKING OF LIFE   

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CALL TO FELLOWSHIP

Interactive Sermon

• Luke 20:27-32,34-38 (NKJV)²⁷ Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, ²⁸ saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.  ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers.  And the first took a wife, and died without children.  ³⁰ And the second ^[g]took her as wife, and he died childless.  ³¹ Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven ^[h]also; and they left no children, and died.  ³² Last of all the woman died also.  ³³ Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”  ³⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.  ³⁵ But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.  ³⁷ But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’  ³⁸ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.”    

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Verse 12 … What do we know about the Sadducees?
2. Verse 28 … A reference to levirate marriage (see Deuteronomy 25:5-10).
3. Verses 29-33 … A hypothetical example.
4. Verses 34-36 … What about this passage stands out for you?
5. Verses 34-36 … What about the contrast of ages?
6. Verse 37 … What do you think is the point of verse 37?
7. Verse 38 … How does this verse tie in to the other verses?
8. What do you take away from this passage?
9. What about application?  A command to obey? … An exhortation to heed? … A warning to note? … A promise to claim?

SONG OF RESPONSE

My Creator King

CLOSING (& OFFERTORY) SONG

Throne of Praise

CLOSING PRAYER (including Prayer of Thanks for Offering)  

CLOSING COMMENTS

• Thanks for joining us.
• PLEASE NOTE … If anyone would like to donate to Grace Communion Jamaica, you can do so online by doing the following …
  • • by going to our website  (gracecommunionjm.org)
    • locating the DONATE button (on the right side of the home page)
    • clicking on said DONATE button
    • typing in the amount you’d like to donate (in US Dollars)

BENEDICTION

Numbers 6:24-26

• ²⁶ “The Lord bless you and keep you. 
• ²⁵ The Lord make His face shine upon you … and be gracious to you.   
• ²⁶ The Lord lift up His countenance upon you … and give you peace.” 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

I said a few weeks ago, I really believe we need to put together a DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM.  Now that our 2022 convention is behind us, I’d like to start … and I’d like your help in putting it together.  Some of the courses I have in mind … 

• Discipleship 101 … Essentials of the Gospel
• Discipleship 102 … The Gospel
• Discipleship 201 … Understanding the Gospel
• Discipleship 202 … ABC for New Believers

Next Sunday, come prepared to start developing Discipleship 101.