Christ the King Presbyterian Church - Vero Beach, FL

Doxology- A word of praise from the people to God

Benediction - A word of blessing from God to the people

Doxology-Common-Traced back to Protestant- Anglican Priest 1670's

Doxology-Gloria- 1500's in English-1100's in Latin, 200's in Greek, tied back to the time of Ezra-Nehemiah, back to David

Each book of Psalm - end in Doxology

Ties us back to the entire history of God's people

The Law Does Not Save, Not Does Religious Practice.

It is all about Christ, his death secures our salvation, our obedience-imperfect as it is, points to our salvation by Christ. Our confidence is not in our work, but his. Our work points to our faith, but it is not the basis of our salvation

Four Words For Our Vocabulary:

Redemption-Effect A ransom By The Paying Of A Price Resulting In The Freedom Of One Formerly Enslaved

Substitution - To Take The Place Of

Imputation - To count the actions/benefits of someone else's activity to me

Propitiation - To Satisfy The Justice Of God

God Hates All Sin Because it robs him of Glory and because it robs the simmer of gladness

How does God's propensity for Mercy square with God's Need For Justice?

God manifests his mercy by his justice in Christ on the cross

The basis of your acceptance with God will be the basis of your acceptance of people. If it is anything other than the finished work of Jesus it will be a flase righteousness

The false righteousness of race (ethnicity)

The false righteousness of moral code

The false righteousness of religious practice

What will remove divisions between people? What in this world will bring peace and unity?

Something else - outside of us

What is wrong with the world - the right answer is I am

A Picture of Sadness, A Prospect For Hope, A New Pattern For Ministry

Unrighteousness flows out of ungodliness, and God responds by withdrawing his restraining hand, 'Giving Over" the person to :Have It Your Way", Human Beings Are Made To Worship, we will worship something, Ungodliness results in the disintegration of human society, marriage reflects the mystical union between Christ and the Church, Sexual Sin reflective of the disintegration, but the Polite Sin of Covetousness is the bottom of the barrel.

The Tragedy Of Sin

The Fundamental Problem - Sin, The Universality of It, The Pervasive Nature of It

Getting Clear In My Head-What Does God Think of Me

Chilling words - The Wrath of God Is Revealed....The Backdrop is the Good News - The Good News Becomes Intensely Good News When Applied To Ourselves

The Wrath of God - What is it, Where is it revealed, How is it revealed, Why is it revealed

God's wrath is not a temper tantrum, it is not unpredictable. It is God's Holy revulsion of His Being to all that is wrong

What Good Will Come From This

God's Wrath - Part of the vocabulary of the gospel

We are happy that there is someone home in the universe who cares about what is right and has the power to do something about it

We are fearful when we realize that we are also unrighteous by oursleves