Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church Worship Service - April 24, 2022

Sermon Begins: 42:12

Sermons by Pastor David Whitney, Senior Instructor of Institute on the Constitution and pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Arnold, MD.

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SUNDAY April 24, 2022

Order of Worship
Theme: As disciples of Jesus Christ we are promised that we will be persecuted for righteousness sake. When we are we are, according to Jesus in the 8th Beatitude, we are blessed.

Welcome & Call to Worship
“Rejoice The Lord is King” #370
“He Lives” #368
Prayer & Children’s Story
“Wonderful Words of Life” #406
“My Shepherd is the Lord” Hymns & Songs p11
Offering - “It is well with My Soul” #705
Responsive Reading - Christ the Redeemer #379
Congregational Prayer
Hearing God’s Word
“The Hidden Benefit to Suffering”- Pastor Whitney
Responding to God’s Word
“If My People Will Pray” #803
Benediction and Postlude

"The Hidden Benefit to Suffering"
42nd in our series the Book of 1 Peter

I. Christ Suffered on Our Behalf - 1 Peter 4:1
A. Jesus is our Substitutionary atonement - 2 Corinthians 5:21
1. Given that the wages of sin is death and that all men are sinners
2. Our salvation could only be obtained by the death of a perfect sinless sacrifice in our stead.
B. Prepare yourself for the battle that will come
1. Have the same mind as Jesus - Luke 22:41-44
2. It could be the will of God that we suffer - 1 Peter 3:17
C. The link between suffering and ceasing from sin
1. No longer living for the flesh - 1 Peter 4:2
2. But now living for the will of God
D. Time is limited - we now live in a whole new way - Psalm 90:12

II. Reflections on Our Past Pre-christian Life - 1 Peter 4:3-4
A. How much time we wasted - Joel 2:25
B. Doing the will of the Gentiles rather than the will of God
1. Lasciviousness
2. Lusts
3. Excess of wine
4. Revelings
5. Banquetings
6. Abominable idolatries
C. The world thinks you strange because you repented
1. Christians are saints not sinners - 1 Corinthians 7:7-9
2. Such were some of you - 1 Corinthians 6:11
3. They speak evil of you, hating those who repent and turn from evil doing - Matthew 5:10

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