Worship Preparation - January 29, 2023
Sunday, January, 29, 2023
Read the sermon text: Romans 8:18-30
Read the sermon summary: In our passage for this Sunday, Paul first encourages the believers by magnifying the glory which is to be revealed. This future glory is incomparably greater than our present sufferings. Then Paul gives believers promises to encourage them in the midst of their waiting and suffering. We see that 1) The Spirit intercedes for us, and 2) ultimately all things are working for our good. The basis, or ground, of this promise is God’s faithful work of salvation for his people. Believers can be assured that all things are working for their good because God not only chooses, but also calls, justifies, and glorifies his people. We see, then, that the God who draws people to himself, sovereignly brings them all the way home. There is not one point in the lives of God’s children in which he is absent or not sovereign. In preparation for the sermon consider the following questions: Using the text, what is this future glory of which Paul speaks? To whom do these promises apply? What is the logic of the sentence in verse 30? What are the tenses of the verbs?
Read the following song lyrics in relation to the sermon:
It Is Well With My Soul
When peace like a river
Attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot
Thou hast taught me to say
It is well
It is well with my soul
Chorus
It is well with my soul
It is well
It is well with my soul
Tho' Satan should buffet
Tho' trials should come
Let this blest assurance control
That Christ hath regarded
My helpless estate
And hath shed His own blood
For my soul
My sin O the bliss
Of this glorious tho't
My sin not in part but the whole
Is nailed to the cross
And I bear it no more
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord O my soul
And Lord haste the day
When the faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
The trump shall resound
And the Lord shall descend
Even so it is well
With my soul
Preaching: Jim Upchurch
Leading Music: Seth Hubler