July 19: The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. –Genesis 2:7
That’s what Ephesians 2 tells us: “as for you, you were dead…” I was not sinking deep in sin far from the peaceful shore. I was sunk! The Master of the Sea did not hear my despairing cry; my lungs were full of water. The Master of the Sea left the peaceful shore to go down to the depths of my death to breathe life into me. What God does with Adam is what he does with all his people: he comes to us in our deadness in trespasses and sins, and he makes us alive. God is always the one who initiates. And it is completely by grace that he comes to us and he opens our eyes and our ears and he makes us alive. That’s the gospel!
Come hear it preached and enacted in the Supper with Jesus this Sunday.
The related hymns we’ll sing are:
O Father, You Are Sovereign
It is Well with My Soul
Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine
This Sunday is our community lunch. Use the contact page for more information.
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!