July 5: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” –Genesis 1:31
Creation is commended for its goodness, but it didn’t do one thing to make itself good. In other words God commends himself on his perfect work in creating the world and being faithful to complete it until he says it was “very good.” That’s how it is with the lives of his people: we’ll hear: “Well done, good and faithful servant,” on the last day not because we were the cause of doing such good and faithful things, but because He who began a good work in us was faithful to complete it. That’s the gospel!
Come hear it preached and enacted in the Supper with Jesus this Sunday.
The related hymns we’ll sing are:
I Sing the Almighty Power of God
Lift High the Cross
For the Beauty of the Earth
Sunday school for children (on Acts and the Early Church) and adults (on Reformed eschatology) is up and running! Coffee and other treats are served at 9:15, teaching begins at 9:30, and we break to get ready for worship at 10:15.
Visitors are always welcome!