Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

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Loved In This Way

Loved In This Way

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

The love which God exhibits is vital, active, and powerful.  It is effective in every way.  Christ was in conversation with Nicodemus, who was a member of the separatist group which taught religion to the people of Israel.  They considered themselves to be greater in their spiritual, moral, and ethical behavior to the common people.  They were educated and educators in the Hebrew Scriptures as well as all the commentaries upon those Scriptures.  Christ shocked Nicodemus, who seems to have been a genuine enquirer, by saying, ‘you must be born again,’ indicating his need for spiritual transformation.  In the midst of His expounding of truth to Nicodemus, Christ uttered the words of our text.  This is a summary statement of the practical effects of the love of God.  He begins this statement with, ‘For God so loved the world,’ or ‘For God in this way loved the world.’  What follows will be the articulation of what that love has produced in real time.  It shows that the highest form of love is more than mere theorizing or profession ‘God in this way loved the world that He gave…’  This is vital, active, and powerful love.

Our Glorious Living God,
we rejoice at Your wondrous love.
We praise You that we see
the most powerful manifestation of it,
in the person and work of Christ.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
Preparing For Worship

Preparing For Worship

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9:30 am Service
10900 Huron Street
Northglenn, CO

Scripture: John 3:1-17

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Sermon: The Gift of God – Tomm Tice

  1. What is the motive for God’s gift?
  2. What is the value of God’s gift?
  3. What is the prupose of God’s gift?

Catechism: Westminster Shorter Catechism Question #99

What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?

The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but the psecial rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called the Lord’s Prayer.

1 John 5:14; Matthew 6:9-13

Worship

The First Noel
I Wonder As I Wonder
Silent Night

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