主後 2011/11/27主日崇拜

主後 2011/11/27主日崇拜
Joint Worship together with Grace Baptist Church

Worship in Song:
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
O Come, O Come, Emanuel
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Worship in the Word:
Anticipating Jesus: Advent in the Old Testament - The Child Grew---Filled with Wisdom

Led by Pastor Bob Flack

Bible versions:
Luke 2: 39-52
39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.
42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.
43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.
44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.
45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[f]
50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

Proverbs 2:1-6
1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Exploring Christmas through Proverbs
What This Series Is All About:
Christ-Centered Bible Study
Looking Beyond the Holidays to Christ's Returning

What Proverbs Is All About: WisdomT
he Meaning of Wisdom
The Necessity of Wisdom:
Personally
For Our Leader
The Fountain of Wisdom:
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Jesus: Wisdom in Real Life
Perfection Developed
Wisdom Displayed
Spirit-Driven

How Proverbs Points Us To Jesus
Jesus Is What We Lack
Jesus Gives What We Lack
Jesus Brings What We Lack

Worship in Song: The Stand


Note: Today four sisters were baptized. They are: Ma Shaojun, Sun Xiuxiang, Luo Guizhen, and Liu Yijie. Praise the Lord!