#5 - Jesus: God Comes Series

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#5 – Jesus

WORSHIP PLAN:

SONGS:

Last song before prayer: Something About That Name

Jesus....

The mere mention of His name can calm the storm, heal the broken, raise the dead.

At the name of Jesus, I've seen sin hardened men melted, addicts transformed.

The lights of hope put in the eyes of a hopeless child.

At the name of Jesus, hatred and bitterness turn to love and forgiveness, arguments cease.

I've heard a mother softly breathe His name at the bedside of a child delirious from fever, and watched... as that little body grew quiet, and fevered brow cooled.

I've sat the side of a dying saint. Her body wracked with pain, who in those final fleeting seconds summoned her last ounce of ebbing strength, just to whisper Earth's sweetest name.

Jesus...Jesus....

Emperors have tried to destroy it.

Philosophies have tried to stamp it out.

Tyrants have tried to wash it from the face of the Earth with the very blood of those who claimed it. Yet it still stands.

And there shall be that final day when every voice that has ever uttered a sound, every voice of Adam's race, shall raise in one mighty chorus to proclaim the name of Jesus.

For in that day, every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess, that Jesus Christ is truly Lord.

You see, it was not by mere chance that caused the angel one night, long ago to say to a virgin maiden: His name, His name shall be called Jesus....Jesus....Jesus.....

You know, there is something, something about that name........ (written by Gloria Gaither)

REPRISE: KINGS AND KINGDOMS SHALL ALL PASS AWAY…

PRAYER:

VIDEO: A MAN FELL IN A HOLE (available from www.bluefishtv.com)

That’s My King (from www.sermonspice.com)

I believe in God the Father Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth,

And in Jesus Christ

His Only Son, our Lord, who was

conceived by the Holy Spirit

born of the Virgin Mary

suffered for us and was

crucified, dead and buried

He descended into hell and

On the third day He rose again

He ascended into heaven where He is

Seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty

He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

Who inspired the Holy Scriptures,

Who by grace justifies us through faith alone

And who also sanctifies us

into the likeness of Jesus Christ

I believe in the Holy Christian Church,

The means of grace,

The resurrection of the Body

And Life Everlasting

AMEN!

READING:

One Solitary life

Nearly two thousand years ago in an obscure village, a child was born of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village where He worked as a carpenter until he was thirty. Then for three years He became an itinerant preacher.

This Man never went to college or seminary. He never wrote a book. He never held a public office. He never had a family nor owned a home. He never put His foot inside a big city nor traveled even 200 miles from His birthplace. And though he never did any of the things that usually accompany greatness, throngs of people followed Him. He had no credentials but Himself.

While He was still young, the tide of public opinion turned against Him. His followers ran away. He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was sentenced to death on a cross between two thieves. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth--the simple coat He had worn. His body was laid in a borrowed grave provided by a compassionate friend.

But three days later this Man arose from the dead--living proof that He was, as He had claimed, the Savior whom God had sent, the Incarnate Son of God.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone and today the risen Lord Jesus Christ is the central figure of the human race. On our calendars His birth divides history in two eras. One day of every week is set aside in remembrance of Him. And our two most important holidays celebrate His birth and resurrection. On church steeples around the world His empty cross has become the symbol of victory over sin and death.

This one Man's life has furnished the theme for more songs, books, poems and paintings than any other person or event in history. Thousands of colleges, hospitals, orphanages and other institutions have been founded in honor of this One who gave His life for us.

All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the governments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned have not changed the course of history as much as this One Solitary Life.