SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE
MAY 16/17, 2026
{LX 647-20}
DECLARATION
For
[we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
{ Rom 1:16-17 KJV}
CALL TO WORSHIP BLESSED REDEEMER -#12
Sabbath Meditations
"BAMIDAR" (In the Wilderness)
Numbers 1:1-4:20, Hosea 1:10-2:20-22, Romans 15:1-7
In the wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month in the second year from the Exodus from the land of Egypt, Adonai spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting saying, (2) “Do a head count of all the community of Bnei-Yisrael by their families and their ancestral house, with a total of every male one by one. {Num 1:1-2 TLV}
SUNDAY MESSAGE
"THE EXCELLENCE OF LOVE"
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
OPENING PRAYER
Wondrous Creator of the Universe, Almighty GOD, with humble hearts we gather on this Holy day to Worship and grow through Your Word, as recorded in Holy Scripture. By Your Will open our ears and souls and give us understanding of our roles to the intent of Your Message. Grant us courage and boldness of Your ways and Will, thru Jesus the Christ, our King, AMEN.
MESSAGE
1Co 13:1-13 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. (2) If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. (3) And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
LOVE. What does this word even mean? Most languages on this Earth can articulate a reasonable, concise, and accurate diorama of their speech, and it's relation to an act of love, deep and not superficial. Here in the Western world, the word LOVE can apply to many differing applications to the same object, leaving the receiver of the message to guess to which definition to use; "is it LOVE?, or perhaps LOVE?, or maybe even LOVE! Which one is it? I LOVE you, sweetheart, or Whoa, I LOVE that steak!, or even, don't you just LOVE the smell of newly mowed hay?" Or the air following a rain storm?
Oswald
Chambers (1874—1917) was a Scottish evangelical Bible teacher and
military chaplain. Some would describe Chambers as an evangelical
mystic. He has become most well-known through books of his teachings
that were compiled and published by his wife after his death. His
most well-known book is the devotional classic My
Utmost for His Highest.
Oswald
Chambers was born in 1874 in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of a Baptist
pastor. When he was 15, his family moved to London. There, he and his
father went to hear Charles
Spurgeon
preach. Oswald was touched by the message, and, while walking home,
he and his father stopped under a street lamp and young
Oswald
gave his heart and life to Christ.
Why am I telling you about the 43 year old preacher who after his death, set the world a-light when his loving wife, a professional stenographer, compiled all of Oswald's spoken works, that she had recorded over many years...WHY? Because it is true and brings high glory to our Lord, and His Lord, Jesus Christ!
Chambers became a master untangler of complex Biblical WORD SALADS; able to separate ingredient from ingredient giving everyone an organized
and precise accounting of the Bible's original meaning, while staying true to the scribe's founding intent. That is why we invite his insightful rendering from his own message, the record provided by his wife:
"Love One Another"
Oswald Chambers writes: Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we don’t know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that this sovereign preference be for Himself (see Luke 14:26); "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
Initially, when “the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit” (Romans 5:5), it is easy to put Jesus first. But then we must practice the things mentioned in (2 Peter 1) to see them worked out in our lives.
The first thing God does is forcibly remove any insincerity, pride, and vanity from my life. And the Holy Spirit reveals to me that God loved me not because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so. Now He commands me to show the same love to others by saying, “…love one another as I have loved you” (John 15:12). He is saying, “I will bring a number of people around you whom you cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to them, just as I have exhibited it to you.” This kind of love is not a patronizing love for the unlovable— it is His love, and it will not be evidenced in us overnight. Some of us may have tried to force it, but we were soon tired and frustrated.
“The Lord…is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish…” (2 Peter 3:9). I should look within and remember how wonderfully He has dealt with me. The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me to go into the world to love others in the same way. I may get irritated because I have to live with an unusually difficult person. But just think how disagreeable I have been with God! Am I prepared to be identified so closely with the Lord Jesus that His life and His sweetness will be continually poured out through Me? Neither natural love nor God’s divine love will remain and grow in me unless it is nurtured. Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline. (2 Kings 13-14)
Wisdom from Oswald Chambers: The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a hells-fire truthfulness with regard to God’s Word.
Let me add here, divorced from Chambers essay, a child instinctively and deeply grasps the impact of love, or the lack thereof. Children are very keen to know and sense the real deal. In the earliest teachings from our Lord Jesus, having faith as a child, believing as a child, embracing as a child is a huge key to all of us, at any age, opening the door in grasping the awesome majesty of God's Holy Universe and HIS view of LOVE.
We sincerely appreciate the wisdom of the writings of Pastor Chambers shared in this message, Amen
Lets go back NOW and pick up where we detoured to visit with Pastor Oswald Chambers:
(1Co 13:4-13) (4) Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, (5) does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, (6) does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; (7) bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
(8) Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. (9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part; (10) but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
(11) When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. [Most child like things I disposed of, however, my beautiful and loving Bride could perhaps cite a few childish mannerisms that I still embrace...] (12) For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. (13) But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love, and DEARLY BELOVED, THIS IS The Excellence of LOVE! His name is JESUS.
CLOSING PRAYER
You O' Lord are the Creator, we are the Created! You are God, we are Your people! You are our Father and we are Your children. ABBA, oh beloved Father ABBA, hallowed be thy name, we bow before You Almighty God. Grant us, THANK YOU for YOUR LOVE, as we pray, special blessings abound for those who receive YOUR love and give YOUR love and yearn for additional opportunities to share YOUR love with all who may cross our path...all in the name and glory of The Author of LOVE, Jesus the Christ, Amen and AMEN!
DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, Ye heaven-ly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Amen
THE LORD'S SUPPER
THE LORD'S PRAYER
EXIT HYMN O' PERFECT LOVE #16
BENEDICTION: Num 6:24-26 The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'AMEN
Christ go with you now...until we meet again
Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then
It really doesn't matter what the weather...
Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...
Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!
THE CALL
If you have never invited Jesus to be your Lord and savior, or, if you have in the past yet remain unsure of salvation and forgiveness of sin, Please pray with me now: Lord Jesus I need to fill a hole in my life that follows me where ever I go. I am a long-time Sinner and I CONFESS and REPENT of all my sins. I believe that You JESUS are the Lord, that you were hung on a cross and died. I believe that you were raised back to life by God, Your Father, ascended into heaven and presently sit at the right hand of The Almighty. Please come into me, clean me, take me and make me Yours and let me serve from this day forward and forever, Thank-You Jesus, AMEN
If you sincerely prayed with me, your salvation has been assured. {Rom 10:9 KJV} -That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Waste no time in finding like minded folks, to fellowship with, who also know the lord Jesus. Be introduced to a church that preaches the BIBLE. Email me. Let us help you begin a journey that you will never tire of; the discovery of the Majesty, Beauty and loving Power of Jesus the Christ. Welcome to the family!
Chaplain Gary
SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE Rom 1:16-17; 1Cor 13:1-13; Luk 14:26; Rom 5:5; 2 Pet 1:, 3,9; Jn 15:12;2 Kings 13-14; Num 6:24-26
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