Service of the Word 9 th March 2014 SERMON 1 Keep Lifting up..

Service of the Word 9 th March 2014 Introduction 2 ‘L’ Plates ‘Keep Looking At’ ‘Keep Listening To’ ‘Keep Lifting Up’

Service of the Word 9 th March 2014 Introduction 3 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. Heb 13:15 We need to look at another sacrifice first.

Service of the Word 9 th March Sacrifice of the Lord 11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. v11-12 Sacrifice…once for all (Heb 7:27) 4

Service of the Word 9 th March Sacrifice of Lips ‘Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.’ v15 “Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.” Ex 23:13 5

Service of the Word 9 th March Sacrifice of Lips ‘From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise..’ Ps 8:2 Psalm 34:1 Psalm 51:15 Psalm 63:3,5 Psalm 71:23 Psalm 119:171 Hosea 14:2 ‘offer the fruit of our lips’ 6

Service of the Word 9 th March Sacrifice of Life ‘ And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.’ v16 “ ‘These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Matt 15:8 Romans 12:1 7

Service of the Word 9 th March 2014 Conclusion Once for ALL Sacrifice of the Lord Offer a Sacrifice of Lips Offer the Sacrifice of Life 8