11 Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. 12 I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.
Acts 13:26-33a
26 “Brothers—you sons of Abraham, and also you God-fearing Gentiles—this message of salvation has been sent to us! 27 The people in Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus as the one the prophets had spoken about. Instead, they condemned him, and in doing this they fulfilled the prophets’ words that are read every Sabbath. 28 They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.
29 “When they had done all that the prophecies said about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the dead! 31 And over a period of many days he appeared to those who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people of Israel.
32 “And now we are here to bring you this Good News. The promise was made to our ancestors, 33 and God has now fulfilled it for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus.
Acts 13:33b-37
This is what the second psalm says about Jesus:
‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.’
34 For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’ 35 Another psalm explains it more fully: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’ 36 This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed. 37 No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.
J. G. Greenbough
Few of the historical figures of the world have been formed in a bigger mold. In spite of his sins, awful blunders, and moral falls, he stands out in huge bulk as one of the world’s masterminds; a far-seeing statesman, a gifted thinker and poet, a brilliant soldier, a man of charming personality and winsome attractiveness, a man of infinite patience and unwearyingly energy, and every inch a king. If he had been a vain man, what a loud story he would have told of his own mighty doings and conquests of difficulties; how loftily he would have carried himself among his throngs of courtiers and flatterers. David the king, poet, soldier, genius, in one line just kneels down, strips himself of all those special gifts and distinction which makes a man bulk large in the eyes of his fellowmen, and takes his place with the rest of us, saying, “If we have any greatness at all, it is the gentleness of God that gives it to us.”
Acts 13:38-43
38 “Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. 39 Everyone who believes in him is made right in God’s sight—something the law of Moses could never do. 40 Be careful! Don’t let the prophets’ words apply to you. For they said,
41 ‘Look, you mockers,
be amazed and die!
For I am doing something in your own day,
something you wouldn’t believe
even if someone told you about it.’”
42 As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue that day, the people begged them to speak about these things again the next week. 43 Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.
1 John 4:15
All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
Isaiah 53:2
My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
Feb 7, 2021 Drive In Service
So Loved - Matthew West
Some say they are just nothing
but some words upon a page
in a dusty old bible
at a back road revival
or a Sunday school lesson
from childhood days
yeah and some say
they’re just numbers
just some numbers on a sign
3:16, they don’t mean a thing
we see it all the time
but the world pays no mind
well, all I can tell you
is what it means to me
these are the numbers of my hope
these are the words that set me free
they tell the story of a Savior
who gave His life for me
and with all that is within me
I believe
For God so loved,
so loved the world
He gave His one and only Son
for God so loved
My daddy was a preacher
who made who I am
told me Jesus wants to reach you
and Jesus did through Billy Graham
I heard him talking through that TV
He said come just as I am,
so I came
Now in my life I’ve failed and fallen
I have drifted far and wide
I have wandered from my calling
I’ve believed that devil’s lies
But I never have forgotten the truth
that pulled me from the Bottom
from the day I joined that Prodigal Parade
For God so loved,
so loved the world
He gave His one and only Son
for God so loved
All who believe
will never die
but you will have eternal life
for God so loved
Hallelu,
Hallelujah
You sent your one and only Son
For God so loved
Every Life’s defining moment
is the moment you decide
what will you do with Jesus?
will you let Him change your life?
It’s an open invitation
calling out to everyone
it don’t matter where you’ve been
it don’t matter what you’ve done
hear that still small voice calling,
it’s calling you to come
and if these words wash over you,
your new life has begun,
your new life has begun
your new life..
For God so loved,
so loved the world
He gave His one and only Son
for God so loved
All who believe
will never die
but you will have eternal life
for God so loved
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - Chris Tomlin
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures
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My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
Will be forever mine.
You are forever mine.
Galatians 1:11-12
11 Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. 12 I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.
Acts 13:26-33a
26 “Brothers—you sons of Abraham, and also you God-fearing Gentiles—this message of salvation has been sent to us! 27 The people in Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus as the one the prophets had spoken about. Instead, they condemned him, and in doing this they fulfilled the prophets’ words that are read every Sabbath. 28 They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.
29 “When they had done all that the prophecies said about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the dead! 31 And over a period of many days he appeared to those who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people of Israel.
32 “And now we are here to bring you this Good News. The promise was made to our ancestors, 33 and God has now fulfilled it for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus.
Acts 13:33b-37
This is what the second psalm says about Jesus:
‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.’
34 For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’ 35 Another psalm explains it more fully: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’ 36 This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed. 37 No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.
J. G. Greenbough
Few of the historical figures of the world have been formed in a bigger mold. In spite of his sins, awful blunders, and moral falls, he stands out in huge bulk as one of the world’s masterminds; a far-seeing statesman, a gifted thinker and poet, a brilliant soldier, a man of charming personality and winsome attractiveness, a man of infinite patience and unwearyingly energy, and every inch a king. If he had been a vain man, what a loud story he would have told of his own mighty doings and conquests of difficulties; how loftily he would have carried himself among his throngs of courtiers and flatterers. David the king, poet, soldier, genius, in one line just kneels down, strips himself of all those special gifts and distinction which makes a man bulk large in the eyes of his fellowmen, and takes his place with the rest of us, saying, “If we have any greatness at all, it is the gentleness of God that gives it to us.”
Acts 13:38-43
38 “Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. 39 Everyone who believes in him is made right in God’s sight—something the law of Moses could never do. 40 Be careful! Don’t let the prophets’ words apply to you. For they said,
41 ‘Look, you mockers,
be amazed and die!
For I am doing something in your own day,
something you wouldn’t believe
even if someone told you about it.’”
42 As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue that day, the people begged them to speak about these things again the next week. 43 Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.
1 John 4:15
All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
Isaiah 53:2
My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.