July 31, 2005

Morning Meeting

• Hymn 68 – Thy name we bless, Lord Jesus

• Scripture:

  • Matthew 1:21
  • Philippians 2:10
• Hymn 152 – Thy name we love, Lord Jesus
• Prayer
• Hymn 77 – Jesus! O name divinely sweet!

• Scripture:

  • John 1:35 to 39
  • John 18:1 to 9
• Breaking of Bread
• Hymn 28 append. – There is no other name than Thine

• Prayer

  Children’s Meeting – Gordon Burgess

EG Hymn 367 – When He cometh, when He cometh, Prayer Deuteronomy 34:1–12 • Moses got a good view of all the land God was going to give Israel. Then He died; God probably put him to sleep, somewhat in the way a parent would put their child to sleep. Nobody but God knows where Moses was buried. It says in verse 7 that Moses was fully strong; why could He not go into the land? • Numbers 20:7–11—God said that since Moses disobeyed, he couldn’t go into Canaan. Also, Moses represented the law, and the law can never get you into heaven.

Reading Meeting

Hebrews 5:1–14 • This part of Hebrews compares the Lord Jesus’ Priesthood with the Aaronic Priesthood. • What is the difference between gifts and sacrifices? Sacrifices were obligatory, but gifts were not. When the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies, he first went in with the censer of incense, giving God a sweet smelling savour; that was a gift. Then he brought the blood in; that was a sacrifice. In God’s eyes, a gift was more precious because it was given of one’s own free will, not like a mandatory sacrifice. Nowadays, we don’t offer sacrifices; our one sacrifice has been completed. We can offer gifts; the sacrifice of praise, for example (this is not a sacrifice, but a gift). Verse 1 makes it sound like it is both “gifts for sin” and “sacrifices for sin”. It really means “gifts” and “sacrifices for sin”. • Other “Christian” religions ordain men in things pertaining to God. They deny the Christian priesthood and the liberty of the Holy Spirit. God is the only One who can ordain Priests. • V. 3 – On the Day of Atonement, Aaron was supposed to take two goats and offer one for himself and the other for the people. This was a sacrifice for sins. The Lord Jesus came to take away the sin of the world. Sin is the root problem, while sins are the behaviour of the nature. We cannot kill our sinful nature, but God reckons it as dead, and so must we. • Vv. 1–4 —the Aaronic Priesthood: 1. His person v.1 –taken from among men 2. His work v. 1 –things pertaining to God 3. His personal experience v. 2 –compassed with infirmity 4. His appointment v. 4 –called of God B2 Hymn 395 – O Lord, in Thee our eyes behold Prayer