The Church Of Jesus Christ
Living Hope Restoration Branch
Independence, Missouri

“To Worship In Spirit And Truth”
Worship Service July 28th, 2019
Speaker Elder Rick Gard

Special Music
“Hallelujah, Hallelujah” as performed by Laurie Huseby
“How Gentle God’s Command” as performed by Laurie Huseby

Scripture References:
John 4~25-26, Genesis 7~23-25, Genesis 9~21-25, Matthew 22~35-39, Genesis 3~2-5, Hebrews 12~1-2

Shortcuts:
Special Music, “Hallelujah, Hallelujah” (00:10)
Call To Worship, Elder Scott Eastin (01:30)
Scripture Reading, Elder Rick Gard (03:41)
Special Music, “How Gentle God’s Command” Laurie Huseby (04:12)
Sermon Elder Rick Gard (06:39)

Sermon Focus Points
►To Worship in Spirit and Truth means to be doers of the word, not just hearers of the word.
►What is Zion? God’s people living in righteousness, no rich, no poor, no lonely, no discouraged, nobody dying of diseases we don’t even understand, a place with no sin and no sorrow.
►If we have given our life to God, how can we walk in fear?
►Our lives belong to God, to take or preserve at His will. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love and a sound mind.
►Do we act as a Christian when we are around others, or as hypocrites to what God has commanded us to do?
►If we truly love God, how could we ever break any of God’s commandments?
►Do we allow pride and impatience to stop us from living a Zionic life?
►When we focus on ourselves, and focus on how horribly the “world” has treated us, we are following the example of Satan.
►When we look to the glory of God, and seek to serve Him and seek to serve His people, then we follow the example of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
►Do we accept things in our society as normal, even when those things are an abomination to God?
►God can work with our flaws and imperfections, and when we allow God to work within us, we must give the glory to God.
►Do we think more of ourselves than we think of God or our fellow man?
►Our choice is straight forward: We can follow the lies of Satan and receive death, or we can follow God and receive the promise of eternal life.
►We must rise up as a church of God, and be done with lesser things.

Overall Time: 36:03