Notes from Sunday's Sermon

A person's relationship to Christ can be judged by his relationship to Christ's Church. What is so special about the church? Every Christian should have a high view of the church because the church is the bride of Christ. He loves His bride very much and we should love one another and be faithful to Him.

In the OT the temple was a microcosm of heaven and earth. The building of the tabernacle happened in 7 acts; the building of the temple was patterned after the creation.... God spoke, and it came into being. The temple was the center of life in the OT. We are God's temple We meet with God in a special way in the temple. This implies that what temple was to ancient Israel, the church should be to God's people.

Three aspects of the churchlife in which we are blessed when we participate are in her 1) worship, 2) mission and 3)community. This is a sketchy summary; if you want more details, go to www.trinity-pres.net and click on pastor's page, sermons. Enjoy and be blessed. It was a great sermon!

GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN!!!

Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God' he whose word cannot be broken formed thee for his own abode; on the Rock of Ages founded what can shake thy sure repose? With salvation's walls surrounded, thou mayst smile at all thy foes.

See, the streams of living waters, springing from the eternal love, well supply thy sons and daughters, and all fear of want remove; who can fain, while such a river ever flows their thirst t-assauge? grace which, like the Lord, the giver, never fails from age to age.

Round each habitation hov'ring, see the cloud and fire appear for a glory and a cov'ring, showing that the lord is near; thus deriving from their banner light by night and shade by day, safe they feed upon the manna which he gives them when they pray.

Savior, if of Zion's city I, through grace, a member am, let the world deride or pity, I will glory in thy name; fading is the worldling's pleasure, all his boasted pomp and show; solid joys and lasting treasure none but Zion's children know.