“Gospel Grace part V” Sunday Worship Service (9:30 AM in Church and 9:45 AM Live Stream)

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October 18, 2020

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Announcements, Sermon Topics

You are invited to experience, view or listen to our Sunday morning sermon in one of 5 ways.
1) Participate in our onsite worship service in the Church which begins at 9:30 AM, SUNDAY at 3757 Mill Street.
2) Watch live on the church Facebook page at 9:45 AM, SUNDAY by going to: facebook.com/srcmarion  There are announcement slides and music at the start of the stream while we wait for the right time to join the service in progress.  Please “like” our Facebook page for future notifications.
3) Watch the same recording later on Facebook at a time more convenient for you: facebook.com/srcmarion
4) Watch the same recording later on our newly created YouTube channel. Just type in “Second Reformed Church of Marion” when you go to youtube.com  Or you can click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo3ZNP8OgRarSQXfqzGcn-Q
5) Listen to the audio recording and see sermon outline on our church website: sermons.srcmarion.org

Title: The Life of the Age to Come

Text: John 5: 19-29

Theme: The free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

  1. Eternal life as a  ______________   ______________.
    1. Eternal life is a present now in Christ
    2. Those possessing this life experience its effects in some measure
  2. Eternal life as a new  ______________  of  ______________
    1. An attempt to describe how far reaching is this passing from death to life
    2. How do we experience eternal life in our present lives?
  3. Eternal life as a  ______________   ______________.
    1. Humans were created as souls with bodies; Sin killed both.
    2. Three reasons glorified souls are incomplete without glorified bodies.

Questions for Further Study:

The NT has many references to eternal life beside the one we have in John 5.  See for example Matthew 19:27-30; Romans 6:1-14; 8:18-25; I Corinthians 15; II Corinthians 5; Galatians 2:20;  Ephesians 2:4-7; Hebrews 12:22-24; I Peter 1:3-8; I John 1-5; Revelation 7:9-17; 21-22.  Additionally, every Scripture that speaks of living out the Christian faith & life describes living out the eternal life in our life here.

Here are some OT Scriptures describing eternal life, or the experience of eternal life:  Psalm 16:11; 17:15; Isaiah 2:1-5; 11:1-16; 35:1-10; 65:17-25; Jeremiah 31; Ezekiel 36:22-37:28; 40:1-48:35.Hosea 14; Joel 3; Amos 9:11-15; Micah 4:1-5:15; Zephaniah 3:9-20; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 9:14-17; 10:6-12; 14:1-21.  What does the presence of so many Scriptures dealing with eternal life tell us?

What does eternal life look like in everyday practice as to our outlook on life, our work ethic, our treatment of others, our willingness to endure hardship & press on?

Why is eternal life in Christ be qualitative as well as quantitative?  Put otherwise, why must it be more than simply living forever?  Genesis 3:22-24