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Online Worship Service At Internet Church Of Christ For Week Of Sunday,
January 29, 2006 - Featuring The Topic "God Is Love (Deus Caritas Est)"
HTML page at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/worship012906.html
"He that loves not knows not God; for God is love." - 1 John 4:8
(KJCNT)
"And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is
love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him." - 1
John 4:16 (KJCNT)
Hello Beloved,
If you have the Holy Spirit of Jesus abiding within you, then you are
able to endure all trials, blessed with the peace which surpasses all
understanding. If not, you remain deprived of the many blessings the
Lord has waiting for you. If you have not yet accepted Jesus as your
personal Lord and Saviour, you have the opportunity to do that right
now by clicking => HERE! -
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Welcome
Welcome to the online worship service at Internet Church Of Christ.
Here is a good place to worship our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. You
are invited and are welcome at any time. Blessings to you in Him.
Opening Hymn
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Lyrics by Charles Wesley (1747); music is the hymn tune BEECHER, by
John Zundel (1870); MIDI file by Bill McGinnis, altered from an
existing Public Domain MIDI file. Everything here is Public Domain.
MIDI music file at http://patriot.net/users/bmcgin/lovdivb.mid
LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING - by Charles Wesley, 1747 -
Public Domain
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heav'n, to earth come down;
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown;
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter ev'ry trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into ev'ry troubled breast;
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find Thy promised rest;
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more Thy temples leave;
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.
Finish then Thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav'n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
Amen.
More songs like this at http://www.Christmusic.ws
Invocation
O Lord, we know that You are everywhere,
And nothing happens that You cannot see,
But even so, we pray that You will come
And join with us directly at this time.
We now will offer up our praise to You,
And we do much desire to have You here.
In Jesus' holy name we pray, Amen.
Declaration Of Faith
The Apostles' Creed
This historic affirmation of faith comes to us from the early
centuries of the Christian church.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost;
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven
And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy catholic church; *
The communion of saints;
The forgiveness of sins;
The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting.
Amen.
* Note: "catholic church" here means the entire body of
believers in Christ, not just one particular church.
Reading Of The Scriptures
1 John 4:7-21 - "God Is Love"
4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every
one that loves is born of God, and knows God.
4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because God
sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him.
4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us,
and
sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.
4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he
has given us of his Spirit.
4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to
be the Saviour of the world.
4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
dwells
in him, and he in God.
4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God
is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in
the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear:
because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.
4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love
God whom he has not seen?
4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God
love his brother also.
Source: 1 John 4:7-21 (KJCNT)
Teachings
"God Is Love (Deus Caritas Est)"
(Here is some beautiful "Ubi Caritas" music to get you in the Spirit.)
Ubi Caritas -
http://www.parrocchie.it/bari/santacecilia/midi/re10596m.mid
The new Pope begins on a beautiful note, with an inspired message on
the overwhelming importance of love. He considers the relationship
between love and justice, which we encounter most clearly as the
conflict between forgiveness and punishment; and he deals directly with
the difficult distinctions and relationships of sexual/erotic love
(eros), friendship/brotherly love (philia), and selfless/Godly love
(agape).
He also moves directly into the real world, as he boldly asserts the
need for Christians to work for justice in Public Life, saying,"Justice
is both the aim and the intrinsic criterion of all politics. Politics
is more than a mere mechanism for defining the rules of public life:
its origin and its goal are found in justice, which by its very nature
has to do with ethics. The State must inevitably face the question of
how justice can be achieved here and now. But this presupposes an even
more radical question: what is justice? The problem is one of practical
reason; but if reason is to be exercised properly, it must undergo
constant purification, since it can never be completely free of the
danger of a certain ethical blindness caused by the dazzling effect of
power and special interests."
This statement is of particular importance to me, as I find myself
being more-and-more led into active political involvement, and
wondering if this is the right thing for me to do.
So nobody can say he is afraid to take on difficult and important
subjects.
I don't claim to understand all of this yet, but I'm working on it. And
just because the Pope said it, I don't necessarily believe it, being a
Christian Universalist Protestant as I am. Nevertheless, he obviously
is a brilliant thinker, and he didn't get to be Pope because God hated
him. Therefore I give great respect to any of his official messages,
particularly this first one in his administration. It is clear,
however, that the Pope considers love to be "the most important thing,"
as I do also. So he is starting off in exactly the right direction, as
far as I'm concerned.
May the Lord help each of us as we study the first Papal Encyclical
from the new Catholic Pope, who is leader of more Christians than any
other person in the world.
Source: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/
documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est_en.html
Exhortation
"Take this day, and live it for the Lord."
Take this day, and live it for the Lord;
In everything you do, give praise to Him.
The Lord is mighty, merciful and just.
He gives us all the strength we ever need.
We have no reason ever to complain,
For we are His, and He is in control.
William McGinnis
Public Domain
Prayer For You
"Go Ahead And Give Yourself To Christ"
NOTE: When you read this prayer, try to imagine hearing my voice as I
speak it to you. In this way, the prayer is reactivated, and it
the same as if I were actually praying for you at that moment.
(Just like television prayers are reactivated when you watch
them, although the videotape may have been shot years before.)
Perhaps you are a Christian even now,
You go to church and try to do your best,
You try to put His teachings in your life,
But still you do not feel that He is yours.
You do not feel the closeness that you crave.
If this is you, then say this prayer with me:
* * *
O Lord, I want you closer in my life,
I want you more to be a part of me.
I want the best relationship with you,
That anyone on earth could ever have.
I know that, "as we give, we shall receive,"
And so I now do give myself to you,
In full completeness, holding nothing back.
I'm yours, so you may use me as you will,
And take whatever things you want from me.
And now that I did give myself to you,
I pray that you will give yourself to me,
As bridegroom gives himself to his new bride.
In Jesus' holy name I pray, Amen.
by William McGinnis
Public Domain
Holy Communion
A ceremony for Holy Communion is available to you HERE! -
http://patriot.net/~bmcgin/pearl-holycommunion.html
If you are alone, you will needed to be both "Leader" and "Assembly,"
as described in the ceremony.
How To Find A Real, Live Church
An online church is better than no church at all; but it is even better
for most Christians to actually belong to a real, live church, with
real, live people. Then, you can have your real church PLUS your online
church, so you gain the benefits of both. You can find a church for
yourself by clicking HERE! -
http://patriot.net/~bmcgin/findachurch.html
Closing Hymn
"Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind"
Words by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1872; music by Frederick C. Maker,
1887 (hymn tune REST). The MIDI sequence is Public Domain, by a person
unknown to me, obtained from DigitalHymnal.org
=> Play The Music!
MIDI music file at http://patriot.net/users/bmcgin/rest.mid
Public Domain - Free To Use Without Restriction - more like this at
http://Christmusic.ws and http://DigitalHymnal.org
Please also see http://hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh358.sht
This is one of my very favorite hymns, truly an inspired work of
highest spiritual and artistic merit, in both lyrics and music. I love
it!
DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND
by John Greenleaf Whittier
Public Domain
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways!
Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard
Beside the Syrian sea
The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them, without a word,
Rise up and follow thee.
O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with thee
The silence of eternity
Interpreted by love !
With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of thy call,
As noiseless let thy blessing fall
As fell thy manna down.
Drop thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm!
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Words by John Greenleaf Whitter, from his poem "The Brewing Of Soma,"
as published in his book, THE PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM, AND OTHER POEMS,
published by J. R. Osgood and Company, 1872.
You can see and read the book, THE PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM, AND OTHER
POEMS, at the Questia online library, by clicking => HERE!
Please note that this poem appears, unmarked, as verses within the
larger poem, "The Brewing Of Soma," and that this page is absolutely
faithful to the original in its content and format. Various hymnals
have modified it for various reasons, but this is the authentic
original text, complete, as published.
Blessings to you! May you thrive and prosper in everything you do.
Benediction
_____________________________________________________________
"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in
all ways. The Lord be with you all." (2 Thessalonians 3:16 RSV)
_____________________________________________________________
Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord!
This worship service is now completed. Go in peace.
Rev. Bill McGinnis
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