Worship Preparation - August 3, 2025
Read the sermon text: 2 Peter 3:1-7
Read the sermon summary: Is God active in the world? Is the earth just a big rock hurtling through space without direction or end? In our passage for this Sunday, we see that this was one of the false teachings the churches were facing. False teachers were claiming God didn't intervene in the world, Jesus wasn't going to return, and that there wouldn't be a final end to this age. That the prophets foretold this would happen is actually evidence that we are in the last days and that things are coming to an end. In response to the false teachers, Peter argues that the Creation and the Flood demonstrate God's activity and involvement in the world, and concludes that God will intervene again, this time to rescue his people and to judge the wicked once and for all.
Read the following song lyrics in relation to the sermon:
It Was Finished Upon That Cross
Verse 1
How I love the voice of Jesus
On the Cross of Calvary
He declares his work is finished
He has spoken this hope to me
Though the sun had ceased its shining
Though the war appeared as lost
Christ had triumphed over evil
It was finished upon that Cross
Verse 2
Now the curse it has been broken
Jesus paid the price for me
Full the pardon He has offered
Great the welcome that I receive
Boldly I approach my Father
Clothed in Jesus' righteousness
There is no more guilt to carry
It was finished upon that Cross
Verse 3
Death was once my great opponent
Fear once had a hold on me
But the Son who died to save us
Rose that we would be free indeed
Verse 4
Death was once my great opponent
Fear once had a hold on me
But the Son who died to save us
Rose that we would be free indeed
Yes He rose that we would be free indeed
Free from ev'ry plan of darkness
Free to live and free to love
Death is dead and Christ is risen
It was finished upon that Cross
Ending
Onward to eternal glory
To my Saviour and my God
I rejoice in Jesus' victory
It was finished upon that Cross
It was finished upon that Cross
It was finished upon that Cross
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Jonny Robinson | Nigel Hendroff | Rich Thompson
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