Westminster Evangelistic Ministries

As Christians, we have two great reasons to persevere in the faith- -1- Those who draw back from Christ face certain judgment, and -2- Those who do persevere will receive final blessing.

God calls His people to assemble together to draw near to Him in faith, to hold fast the confession of their hope, and to encourage one another to love.

Jesus Christ is Lord of the unseen world you will enter- trust Him as your guide.

In this second Q-A session week take a look at the fact that each of us should live before God with a good conscience informed by Scripture. The attached pdf gives white board information.

Jesus healed the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath giving him a taste of the healing rest of heaven. You and I must trust Christ to give us the healing rest of heaven.

After a short review of the ten lessons on this series, we took questions, wrote them on the white board, and began to attempt to answer. See the attached pdf for the review outline and the questions asked by the class.

Acts 11-19-26 shows how converts become disciples and are doers of the Word recognized as Christians.

Does Psalm 150 exhort us to accompany our singing with musical instruments- Perhaps the Psalm encourages the Old Testament saints to sing and give praise with the sounding of the sounding of the instruments in the temple worship- Listen and learn.

The hope of the Gospel is signified and portrayed in baptism with the washing of water and baptism is not fulfilled until we reach heaven and we are fully cleaned forever from all of our sin.

The pattern for our worship comes from the Temple -2 Cor. 6-16- rather than from Old Testament celebrations like the one led by Miriam -Exodus 15-20-. The former is guided and directed from heaven. The latter is conditioned by the culture. Our worship should connect us more closely to heaven rather than the culture around us.

Moses' trumpets, which were blown over the sacrifices, and David's, accompanying the Levitical choirs, harps point forward to Gospel preaching and Spirit filled singing, respectively. See Isaiah 58-1, Revelation 1-10, 4-1- along with Revelation 5-8-10, 14-1-3.

Hebrews shows you the inadequacy of the old system -1-4-. And so, Christ comes and lives out Psalm 40 -5-7-. He shows you His sufficiency by replacing the inadequate old system and sanctifying you -8-10-. Completing His work, Christ sits down as your King -11-14-. As your King, He writes His Law in your heart -15-16-. He also forgives you and reminds you that there is no need for any other sacrifice for sin -17-18-. Know the sufficient Christ.

This lesson seeks to show in part, the long OT history of Psalmody in Israel leading up to Paul-s statement in Colossians 3-16 along with why -psalms and hymns and songs- refer to the Old Testament Psalter.

Christ's blood settles God's dispute with you and makes you God's heir -verses 15-17-. Even the first covenant required blood for cleansing and forgiveness -verses 18-22-. Christ entered heaven on your behalf based on His blood -verses 23-24-. And so, Christ put away sin once for all at the end of the ages -verses 25-26-. Now He prepares to come a second time for ultimate salvation -verses 27-28-. Eagerly await Him -verse 28-.

Does Colossians 3-16 command Psalmody- No way, you say. But perhaps the text really does. Listen and see.

Where do we get the various elements of worship- This lesson shows how dome of them come from the synagogue and some of them come from the temple. Remember, -We are the temple of the living God- -1 Cor. 6-16-.

As the Apostle Paul teaches us, -We are the temple of the living God- Since this is the case, public worship is an entrance into the special gracious presence of God. We enter His presence in an orderly way. For this reason, we follow an orderly process for entering God's presence. We have an order of worship.

There are God mandated changes in worship over the course of the biblical history. Men and women are responsible to maintain the standards of worship ordained by God in the era in which they live. The attached pdf outlines the Biblical Transitions in worship.

Change is hard. Early Hebrew converts experienced this difficulty and many turned back to their old traditions and away from Christ. They failed to embrace the changes that lead to Christ. The text outlines these changes and exhorts us to embrace them.

The church gathered for worship is the special dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Therefore, worship is a special meeting with and encounter with God.