Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church Worship Service - January 30, 2022

Sermon Begins: 44:20

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 January 30, 2021

Order of Worship
Theme: The life of a disciple is not and easy path, there are trials and temptations, suffering and at times even persecution.

Welcome & Call to Worship
“For All the Saints” #767
“I Love to Tell the Story” #444
Prayer & Children’s Story
“I Know Whom I Have Believed” #527
“Teach Me O Lord” p13 Hymns & Songs
Offering - “Faith of our Fathers” #404
Responsive Reading - PeaceMaker’s Pledge see insert
Congregational Prayer
Hearing God’s Word
“Why Do Bad Things Happen To God’s People”- Pastor Whitney
Responding to God’s Word
“When The Roll is Called up Yonder” #774
Benediction and Postlude

"Why Do Bad Things Happen to God’s People"
30th in our series the Book of 1 Peter

I. Commendable to God - 1 Peter 2:19-20
A. The problem of suffering for disciples of Jesus Christ
1. The moral order of the universe calls for justice to be done
2. We need to understand the mercy and patience of our Lord - 2
Peter 3:9
a. God’s will is that all come to saving faith in Christ
b. He gives every individual every moment to the day of his last
breath the opportunity for salvation
B. Our Conscience toward God - 1 Timothy 1:5
1. The good conscience holds as its standards God’s Perfect law of
liberty
2. Sincere faith trusts that God standard is the only righteous
standard of justice and truth
II. The Long Term View - Psalm 37:1-3
A. What we cannot always see is the end of the account, that God
brings every man into judgment, no one escapes
B. The assurance that justice will be served - Psalm 37:9-17
1. We live in a just universe, God’s justice will prevail and no one will
escape from it.
2. The Laughter of God
C. For the disciple of Jesus Christ we have this promise - Romans
8:28-29
1. Everything which comes into our lives is used by God for our
spiritual betterment
2. Our character is more important to the Lord than our comfort

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