2023-01-29 3:00PM

• Providence Canadian Reformed Church
• Rev. K. Wieske

Liturgy

• Preservice Song: Hymn 5: 1, 2
• *Votum & Salutation
• *Opening Song: Hymn 5: 3, 4
• Profession of Faith: Hymn 1
• Prayer
• Reading of Scripture: Colossians 1, 2
• Song of Preparation: Psalm 16: 1-3
• Reading of the Text: Colossians 3:1-4
• Ministry of the Word: Dead to the World, Alive to God in Christ
• *Song of Response: Ps. 16: 4, 5
• Thanksgiving Prayer
• Offertory: Mustard Seed
• *Song of Closing: Ps. 73: 7-9
• *Benediction

Ministry of the Word: Dead to the World, Alive to God in Christ

• We are called to be dead to the world so that we are alive to Christ.
• Any religion or spiritual movement that seeks to make you "alive" is focused on earthly things.
• What is your mind set on?
• Being alive in Christ means being cut off from worldly influences.
• Christ's glory is the mystery of the gospel that is preached to us. Being alive in Christ is acknowledging Christ's glory.
• THe more we seek after worldly things, the more Christ will disappear from our lives.
• God calls us to look up to heaven; to look to the life ahead that we have with Him.