Worship and Communion

Presider: Tunde Adebola; Guitar: David Won; Keyboard: Chris Kelly

Hymn: My Savior's love (#224);Come just as you are (#321); Pass me not O Gentle Savior

Scripture reading: Psalm 103

Special Song: Grace Martin

Message by Pastor Mark Moran on 1 John 1:6-9.

The Lord's communion was instituted by our Lord Jesus.

Three questions:
1) What does John mean to say God is light?
2) What does it mean to have true fellowship with God and with others?
3) How can we enter into such fellowship?

1) God is light (5)

God is holy and pure. In him there is no darkness at all. Darkness is the absence of light. When light shines darkness disappears. So is the spiritual realm. His absense is darkness.

2) True fellowship (6-7)

We cannot have fellowship with him and at the same time walk in darkness.

Our status with Christ depends only on his grace and unchanging.

Our fellowship with God and with one another depends on us walking in light.

Anything we do on our own belongs to darkness.

To John fellowship with one another and with God are not separable. The problem with our fellowship with one another is a sympton of the problem in our fellowship with God. Eph 4:3-5, "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spriti through the bond of peace." So allow Jesus to purify us from our sins.

3) Confess our sins (8-9)

Love one another, as I have loved you. So if one does not love one another as Jesus has loved us, he is already sinning. But if he confesses his sins, he forgives him of his sins. Jesus' promise is enough.

The action: confess all of our sins, especially the sin of not loving one another as Jesus has loved us. Then we can participate in the communion service.

Hymn: Create in me a clean heart

Pastor Ron prayed, "Our Heavenly Father! Thank you for Jesus whose body was borken and whose blood was shed for our sins."

Bible reading: Matthew 26:26-30

This is the Lord's table; all who accept Jesus as the Lord and Savior are invited to the table.

Read Scripture: 1Co 11:23-29
"Do this in remembrance of me." "Examine yourself before receiving the grace of Jesus' forgiveness."

Now come and take bread and the cup, proclaiming the Lord's death until he comes.

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