Bible Verse for Sunday Service January 9, 2022
Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
Announcements:
This week’s announcements remind us of announcements past, those made last week. Our deacons will be meeting on January 13 to make nominations for church offices, and planning the budget that we will discuss at the annual meeting and potluck on January 23. And, a Gideons’ representative will report on their work on January 30th.
Sermon:
Pastor returned to Matthew, 4:1-11, to exhort us to properly handle temptation. Our text describes Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness after the Holy Spirit alighted on him when John the Baptist baptized him in the Jordan.
From this passage, Pastor reminded us that temptation is a certainty. Christ successfully resisted Satan’s temptation, showing that He would not sin. In the world we battle our flesh and the devil. We are tempted by appeals to our flesh, our pride and our desires. In battling this temptation, we must allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, and the use the resources that we have in God’s Word. In this we must always remember that Christ feels for us, and forgives us.
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