This is the live webcast of the Sunday Church Service from Christian Fellowship Church, Bangalore
Summary
The service focused heavily on communal worship, encouraging the congregation to praise God joyfully and with one heart. The message emphasized that the Lord reigns over all, calling people to rejoice in His grace, mercy, and unchanging love. The core theme was exalting God's greatness and acknowledging His redemption.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
A call to rejoice in JesusThe congregation is invited to lift their voices and sing together, celebrating the unchanging mercy and perfect love of Jesus Christ.
The Lord reigns over allA song is led to focus the congregation's eyes on God's sovereignty and His power to melt the hills like wax.
A call to joyful shoutingAs the congregation remains standing, the speaker introduces a reading from Psalm 95 that calls for joyful shouting to the Lord.
A call to praise GodThe speaker begins by reading Psalms that call the earth to shout joyfully and serve the Lord with gladness because He is our great King.
Living under grace rather than lawThe speaker presents Romans 6:14 as a fundamental truth of the New Covenant, emphasizing that sin should not master believers because they are under grace.Romans 6:14
Finding courage in God's helpThe speaker introduces Hebrews 13:6 as a wonderful promise that because the Lord is our helper, we have no reason to fear what man can do to us.Hebrews 13:6
The danger of seeking only commandmentsRelying solely on following rules leads to legalism and self-deception, whereas believing God is our helper removes fear.
Evidence of God's pleasure and the gift of peaceUsing the account of the shepherds in Luke, the speaker explains that God's pleasure with a person results in peace, which is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
The danger of merit-based thinking and the loss of sensationBelievers must not approach God based on their own faithfulness but through Christ's righteousness, warning that a dead conscience is like leprosy where one loses all spiritual sensation.
How a dead conscience leads to deceptionA person who has suppressed their conscience for years can tell lies with a straight face, whereas a child's conscience immediately reveals the truth. This lack of sensation is a sad state that many people reach before being born again.
The resurrection and sensitivity of the conscienceWhen a person is born again, their dead conscience begins to live again, becoming more sensitive like a weighing machine that starts reacting to even the smallest weights as one grows in the Lord.
Responding to the conviction of the conscienceWhen the conscience acts as a referee and blows the whistle on pride or selfishness, we should not ignore it but instead repent and set things right. Ignoring this voice leads to a hardened, insensitive heart that can no longer grow.
How to handle agitation in your heartWhen someone's actions disturb your peace, do not speak while you are agitated, as you will likely say something foolish that you will regret.
A habit for knowing the BibleWhen you encounter an Old Testament quotation in the New Testament, stop and look up the original context to deepen your understanding of God's ways.
The necessity of forgiveness for disciplesTo be a disciple of Jesus, you must choose to forgive others and not hold their past mistakes against them, just as God chooses not to hold our sins against us.
