Parable of the Unmerciful Servant<\/p>\n
(The words for hymns and bible reading follow the order of service.)<\/p>\n
Welcome & Intimations <\/p>\n Call to Worship MP445 Lord the light of your love<\/p>\n 1 Lord, the light of Your love is shining, Chorus: Shine, Jesus, shine, 2 Lord, I come to Your awesome presence, 3\u00a0 As we gaze on Your kingly brightness JP 169 : My God is so big Romans 14 : 1 \u2013 4\u00a0 New International Version Matthew 18:21-35 New International Version MP 619 : Such love<\/p>\n 1 Such love, pure as the whitest snow; 2 Such love, stilling my restlessness 3 Such love springs from eternity; MP 673 There is a redeemer<\/p>\n 1 There is a Redeemer, Chorus: Thank You, O my Father, 2 Jesus, my Redeemer, 3 When I stand in glory Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (The words for hymns and bible reading follow the order of service.) Welcome & Intimations Dedication of offering Call to Worship MP445 Lord the light of your love All age address Prayer & Lord\u2019s Prayer … Continue reading
\nDedication of offering
\nCall to Worship
\nMP445 Lord the light of your love
\nAll age address
\nPrayer & Lord\u2019s Prayer
\nJP 169 : My God is so big
\n<\/em>Moderators Video \u2013 info for next week
\n<\/em>Introduction to Reading
\nReading Romans 14: 1 – 4
\n<\/em>Reading Matthew 18 : 21 \u2013 35
\n<\/em>MP 619 : Such love
\nSermon
\nVideo Amazing Grace <\/em>
\nIntercessions
\n<\/em>MP 673 There is a redeemer
\nBenediction<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Create in me a pure heart, O God
\nRenew a steadfast spirit within me
\nDo not cast me from your presence
\nOr take your Holy Spirit from me.
\nRestore to me the joy of your salvation
\nand grant me a willing spirit to sustain me<\/p>\n
\nin the midst of the darkness, shining;
\nJesus, Light of the World, shine upon us;
\nset us free by the truth You now bring us –
\nshine on me, shine on me.<\/p>\n
\nfill this land with the Father’s glory;
\nblaze, Spirit, blaze,
\nset our hearts on fire.
\nFlow, river, flow,
\nflood the nations with grace and mercy:
\nsend forth Your word, Lord
\nand let there be light.<\/p>\n
\nfrom the shadows into Your radiance;
\nby Your blood I may enter Your Brightness;
\nsearch me, try me,\u00a0 consume all my darkness –
\nshine on me, shine on me.<\/p>\n
\nso our faces display Your likeness,
\never changing from glory to glory;
\nmirrored here, may our lives tell Your story –
\nshine on me, shine on me.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nMy God is so big, so strong and so mighty
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nHe made the trees
\nHe made the seas
\nHe made the elephants too<\/div>\n
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do<\/div>\n
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nMy God is so great, so strong and so mighty
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nThe mountains are his
\nThe rivers are his
\nThe skies are his handy works too<\/div>\n
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nThere’s nothing my God cannot do
\nFor you<\/div>\n
\n<\/strong>Accept the one whose faith is weak,\u00a0without quarrelling over disputable matters.
\nOne person\u2019s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
\nThe one who eats everything must not treat with contempt\u00a0the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge\u00a0the one who does, for God has accepted them.
\nWho are you to judge someone else\u2019s servant?\u00a0To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Then Peter came to Jesus and asked,
\n\u201cLord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me?\u00a0Up to seven times?\u201d
\nJesus answered, \u201cI tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times”.
\n\u201cTherefore, the kingdom of heaven is like\u00a0a king who wanted to settle accounts\u00a0with his servants.\u00a0As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold\u00a0was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay,\u00a0the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold\u00a0to repay the debt.
\n\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cAt this the servant fell on his knees before him.\u00a0\u2018Be patient with me,\u2019 he begged, \u2018and I will pay back everything.\u2019\u00a0The servant\u2019s master took pity on him, cancelled the debt and let him go.
\n\u201cBut when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.\u00a0He grabbed him and began to choke him.
\n\u2018Pay back what you owe me!\u2019 he demanded.
\n\u201cHis fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him,
\n\u2018Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.\u2019
\n\u201cBut he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
\nWhen the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
\n\u201cThen the master called the servant in.
\n\u2018You wicked servant,\u2019 he said, \u2018I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.\u00a0Shouldn\u2019t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?\u2019
\nIn anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
\n\u201cThis is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nsuch love weeps for the shame I know;
\nsuch love, paying the debt I owe;
\nO Jesus, such love<\/p>\n
\nsuch love, filling my emptiness;
\nsuch love, showing me holiness;
\nO Jesus, such love.<\/p>\n
\nsuch love, streaming through history;
\nsuch love, fountain of life to me;
\nO Jesus, such love.<\/p>\n
\nJesus, God’s own Son,
\nprecious Lamb of God, Messiah,
\nHoly One.<\/p>\n
\nfor giving us Your Son,
\nand leaving Your Spirit
\ntill the work on earth is done.<\/p>\n
\nname above all names,
\nprevious Lamb of God, Messiah,
\nO for sinners slain;<\/p>\n
\nI will see His face,
\nand there I’ll serve my King for ever
\nin that holy place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"