Cornerstone Free Church Worship Service - August 25, 2024

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 25, 2024

Order of Worship

Theme: God calls all sinners to repentance. Violations of the eighth commandment can be done in many devious ways. Our Lord sees and decries these as wickedness.

Welcome & Call to Worship
“Immortal Invisible God Only Wise” #33
“Since Jesus Came into my heart” #503
Prayer & Children’s Lesson
  “Micah 6:8” see insert
  “Blessed is the Man” pg. 1 Hymns and Songs
Offering - “Blessed Assurance” #572
Responsive Reading - #798 Honor and Thanksgiving
Congregational Prayer
Hearing God’s Word
“Justice at the Checkout”- Pastor Whitney
Responding to God’s Word
“Soon and Very Soon” #757
Benediction and Postlude

“Justice at the Checkout”
35th In our series the Prophet Micah

I. The Immoral Woman - Proverbs 7:4-27
* a. Promising pleasure, she brings destruction and death
* 1. Her seductive lies seduce the fools to follow her
* 2. Her paths lead to death and hell
* B. The link between sexual immorality and child sacrifice  

II. Understanding The Problem of Rampant Inflation - Micah 6:8
* A. To do Justly we must do so according to Gods’ perfect standard of justice - Exodus 20:15 God given property rights
* B. The message from the Lord - Micah 6:9
* 1. The name of the Lord is His character - righteous, just and holy
* a. He will bring judgment on the unrepentant
* b. The wise understand and repent of sin
* 2. Hear the message of the Rod of God - Isaiah 10:5-6
* C. The Lord’s rebuke against fraudulent financial transactions 
* 1. The Wealth of some was obtained by fraudulent methods - these are “the treasures of wickedness”
* a. The short measure, the lying scales, the cheating weights are all methods of fraud - Amos 8:5-6
* b. God hates such fraud - Lev 19:36; Pro 20:10
* c. Money is stored labor, to steal money or to debase it is to steal someone’s labor
* d. When money is created out of thin air, the creator did no work to gain that money
* e. God rebukes a society which tolerates fraud
* 2. The violence of the powerful against the weak
* 3. The lies and deceit practiced by the wicked

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