FOUNDATIONS
COLOSSIANS 3:15-17
“LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE”
PEACE WITH GOD, ROMANS 5:1
PEACE OF GOD, PHILLIPIANS 4:7
PEACE GIVEN BY JESUS, JOHN 14:27
PEACE OF ROME,
PEACE WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST,
SHALOM – A SENSE OF WELL BEING, HARMONY, WHOLENESS
RULE – UMPIRE
LIGHTFOOT, “WHERE THERE IS CONFLICT OF MOTIVES OR IMPULSES OR REASONS, THE PEACE OF CHRIST MUST STEP IN AND DECIDE WHICH IS TO PREVAIL.”
SPURGEON, “DO NOT FALL OUT WITH ONE ANOTHER. YOU ARE CALLED TO PEACE, FOR YOU ARE CARED FOR IN ONE BODY. DOES ONE HAND IN THE BODY FIGHT WITH ANOTHER HAND? DOES THE FOOT CONTEND WITH THE EYE? OF COURSE NOT, FOR THEY ARE IN ONE BODY, SO ARE YOU IN ONE BODY WITH ALL YOUR FELLOW CHRISTIANS.”
AND BE THANKFUL -
“LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL”
THE WORD OF CHRIST OR THE WORD ABOUT CHRIST?
EADIE, “THE WORD OF CHRIST IS THE GOSPEL, THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, OR THE TRUTH WHICH HAS CHRIST AS ITS SUBJECT. IN FACT, CHRIST IS BOTH THE GIVER OF THE ORACLE AND IT’S THEME.”
DWELL – TO BE AT HOME WITH …
ALL WISDOM - 2 IDEAS;
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF TRUTH
WISDOM IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE
TEACHING/ADMONISHING
“LET THE WORSHIP OF CHRIST FLOW”
LUTHER, “ I PLACE MUSIC NEXT TO THEOLOGY AND GIVE IT THE HIGHEST PRAISE.”
WORSHIP ENGAGES BOTH MIND AND EMOTIONS
WORSHIP INVOLVES A VARIETY OF MUSICAL STYLES
WORSHIP RISES ON THE WINGS OF THANKSGIVING
“LET THE NAME OF CHRIST LEAD”
THE IMPORTANCE OF NAMES
EXODUS 3:4-6, 13-15
LUKE 1:31, “ … AND YOU SHALL NAME HIM JESUS.”
ROMANS 10:13
REVELATION 22:4
THE MEANING OF HIS NAME,
LUKE 10:17, “AND THEY 70 RETURNED WITH JOY, SAYING, LORD EVEN THE DEMONS ARE SUBJECT TO US IN YOUR NAME.”
HE HAS GIVEN US HIS NAME
