Meditation for Worship

Why was Jesus Christ made flesh?

The prime cause was free grace. It was love in God the Father, to send Christ; and love in Christ that He came to be incarnate. Love was the intrinsic motive. Christ is God-man, because He is a lover of man. Christ came to us, out of pity and love. Not our deserts—but our misery, made Christ take flesh. Christ’s taking flesh was a plot of free grace, and a design of pure love. God Himself, though Almighty, was overcome with love! Christ incarnate, is nothing but ‘love’ covered with flesh! As Christ’s assuming our human nature was a master-piece of wisdom, so it also was a monument of free grace!

Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity

Sermon Notes, 6.19.11 PM

The Fruits of Fearing God
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Abe Stratton, Pastor of Youth and Young Adults
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Sermon Notes, 6.19.11 AM

The God Who Is Worthy To Be Feared
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Abe Stratton, Pastor of Youth and Young Adults
Download a PDF of Sunday’s notes here.

Meditation for Worship

The true fear of God is a child-like fear. Some of the Puritans used to call it a “filial fear.” It is a combination of holy respect and glowing love. To fear God is to have a heart that is sensitive to both His Godness and His graciousness. It means to experience great awe and a deep joy simultaneously when one begins to understand who God really is and what He has done for us. Therefore the true fear of God is not a fear that makes a person run away and flee from God. It is a fear that drives him to God. Love for God and fear of Him are, therefore, not at all incompatible. To think that they are is to fail to see the richness of the character of the God we worship.

P.J. Buys

Meditation for Worship

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

John 13:34–35, ESV