The Father Almighty. Mighty in works. Secret in purpose. Beneficent. Adopts children. Receives into Abba Father, all things are possible unto Mark Have we not all one Father? hath not one Hath the rain a Father? or who hath be- At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight. xiv. 36. John x. 30. Mal.ii. 10. Job. xxxviii 28. Mat.xi 25, 26. 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is Jas. i. from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. My Father giveth you the true bread from If any man serve Me, him will My Father And he that loveth Me shall be loved of My For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim John vi. 32. John xii. 26. Luke xxiv. 49. John xiv. 20, 21. Jer. xxxi.9. Rom. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall 2 Cor. be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Al-vi. 18. mighty. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear: but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. That which we have seen and heard declare fellowship we unto you, that ye may also have fellowship 1 John i. 3. Our care. with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Eph.ii. Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. For 18. through Him we both have access by one xviii. 14. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? Matt.x Father's and one of them shall not fall on the ground 29, 31. without your Father. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Helps the Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Ps.ciii. Lord pitieth them that fear Him. 13. Ps. A Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of needy. the widows, is God in His holy habitation. lxviii.5 The Lord preserveth the strangers: He reliev- cxlvi. 9 eth the fatherless and widow but the : the wicked He turneth upside down. Corrects His own. Sanctifies way of For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth; Prov. even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. iii. 12. Sanctified by God the Father, and preserved and saves. in Jesus Christ and called. Answers prayer. The Father Jude i. 4. vi. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy Matt. closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 19. John iv. 23. Eph.iii Thou shalt call me, My Father and shalt Jer. iii. not turn away from Me. But the hour cometh, acknow- and now is, when the true worshippers shall ledged- worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. and wor shipped. 14, 15. The promise of the kingdom. Fear not, little flock for it is your Father's Luke good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Then shall the King say unto them on His MINISTER AND CONGREGATION. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS. xii. 32. Matt. xxv.34 Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name. Luke xi. 2.--Doubtless Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; Thy name is from everlasting. Is. lxiii. 16.-But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father: we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and we all are the work of Thy hand. Is. lxiv. 8.—Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Ps. lxxxix. 26.—I will arise and go to my Father, and will say unto Him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before Thee. And am no more worthy to be called Thy son : make me as one of Thy hired servants. Luke xv. 18, 19.-Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. John xiv. 8.-My Father, Thou art the guide of my youth. Jer. iii. 4.-Thou shall guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. lxxiii. 24.-For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death. Ps. xlviii. 14.—For Thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Ps. xxxi. 3. THE LORD'S PRAYER. BENEDICTION.-1 Cor. i. 3. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. SING HYMN. CONGREGATION.—Amen. SCRIPTURE LESSON. EXTEMPORANEOUS PRAYER. SING HYMN. Sermon. Sing Hymn. Concluding Prayer. Benediction. The Order of Religious Worship. SING. CHANT ANTHEM or HYMN. BIBLICAL READINGS: THE FORTY-FIFTH God is a Sovereign Has His SERVICE. Subject: THE PURPOSES OF GOD. Minister. The Lord is King for ever and ever. Counsel is Mine, and sound wisdom: I am counsel. understanding; I have strength. Secret The secret things belong unto the Lord our thingsand God: but those things which are revealed bethings long unto us and to our children for ever, that revealed. we may do all the words of this law. Ps. x. 16. 1 Tim. vi. 15. Prov. viii.14. Duet. xxix. 29. 7. Acts inde- For He giveth not account of any of His Job. xxxiii. 13. His purposes are immutable. Eternal. Absolute. Wills the holiness of men. Deter mines our sonship. Our oneness in Christ. 24, 27. The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely Is. xiv. as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and His hand is stretched Is.xlvi. out, and who shall turn it back? Declaring 10. the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure : Known unto God are all His works from the Acts xv. 18. Eph. iii. 2. Ps. beginning of the world. According to the I1. Prov. There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that xix.21. shall stand. This is the will of God, even your sanctification. According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Having predestinated us unto the adoption Eph. i. of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, accord- 5. ing to the good pleasure of His will. That ye would walk worthy of God, who 1 Thes. hath called you unto His kingdom and glory. Having made known unto us the mystery of i. 12. Eph. i. 9, 10. |