Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church Worship Service - August 14, 2022

Sermon Begins: 37:50

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 August 14, 2022

Order of Worship
Theme: When the wrath of God is revealed, God is more than able to protect and shield His saints from that wrath.

Welcome & Call to Worship
“And Can It Be” #347
“The Church’s One Foundation” #401
Prayer & Children’s Story
“As the Deer” #548
“Teach Me O Lord” pg#13 in Hymns & Songs
Offering - “Sanctuary” #655
Responsive Reading - A Lamp and a Light #472
Congregational Prayer
Hearing God’s Word
“If God Be Against You”- Pastor Whitney
Responding to God’s Word
“Just A Closer Walk” #564
Benediction and Postlude

"If God Be Against You"
3rd in our series the Prophet Zephaniah

I. The Hand of the Lord Against - Zephaniah 1:4
A. If the Lord is against you, it doesn’t matter who is for you
1. God’s decree of judgment against Judah - Zeph. 1:2-3
2. Knowing the terror of the Lord - 2 Corinthians 5:11
B. Corollary is - Romans 8:31-35
1. In the midst of God’s judgment His own people can be protected through the calamity; eg. Noah, Israel in Egypt
2. The tribulation saints - Revelation 12:13-16

II. God in His Wrath Will Cut Off the following - Zephaniah 1:4-6
A. The idol of their fertility cult - Baal
1. The idol of our day appears to be the anti-fertility cult
a. Abortion, Euthanasia and global depopulation
b. The shot that kills millions if not billions
2. The destruction of all idols is promised
B. The leadership of idolatrous worship
1. They present themselves as indispensable ones
2. Destroyed so completely their names will be blotted out
C. Those engaged in the Idolatry of the stars and planets
1. This does not condemn astronomy
2. Rather is it those that believe the celestial bodies have an impact upon our lives here on earth
D. The “Christian” syncretists who mixed with other pagan beliefs
1. All astrology is condemned - Deuteronomy 18:9-14
2. Molech worship involved burning children to death
E. Those who turn back from the Lord
1. Apostates who appeared to be Christians at the start
2. Secularists who lost their passion for the Lord - Rev. 2:4

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