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Worship Service Check-In: http://www.immanuelpalatine.org/checkin

Worship Service Check-In: http://www.immanuelpalatine.org/checkin

Note: Due to technical difficulty, this recording ends at just over 33 minutes into the live-stream. Pending a successful YouTube recovery effort, The worship service can be viewed in its entirety on our Facebook page, at this link: https://www.facebook.com/Immanuelpalatine When the shadow of a bird in flight comes near to us, we don’t help the bird fly, but we do indeed marvel at how effortless it seems. God in the Old Testament Reading uses the wings of an eagle to teach the Israelites how He rescued them from Egypt. Of what greater magnitude it was for Jesus, crucified and buried with our sins! And He rescued us without our lifting a finger! Now, in the Gospel, He sends us out with that Good News to all who will listen that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 10:7). Again, most assuredly, we have done nothing, yet “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

When the shadow of a bird in flight comes near to us, we don’t help the bird fly, but we do indeed marvel at how effortless it seems. God in the Old Testament Reading uses the wings of an eagle to teach the Israelites how He rescued them from Egypt. Of what greater magnitude it was for Jesus, crucified and buried with our sins! And He rescued us without our lifting a finger! Now, in the Gospel, He sends us out with that Good News to all who will listen that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 10:7). Again, most assuredly, we have done nothing, yet “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

When the shadow of a bird in flight comes near to us, we don’t help the bird fly, but we do indeed marvel at how effortless it seems. God in the Old Testament Reading uses the wings of an eagle to teach the Israelites how He rescued them from Egypt. Of what greater magnitude it was for Jesus, crucified and buried with our sins! And He rescued us without our lifting a finger! Now, in the Gospel, He sends us out with that Good News to all who will listen that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 10:7). Again, most assuredly, we have done nothing, yet “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Jesus has not come to calm the world but to lead us into battle. That battle is inside of us—the call to take up the cross, to deny self, and to follow Jesus. He has already won the victory over death and the devil, and now He works to sanctify us in this truth. While this might appear to be surrender, it is the only path to finding our lives and keeping them to everlasting life. We are bearers of this message to the world and accompanied with the promise that Christ is working in us and through us to make the Gospel known. Yet in the midst of this, we are encouraged that the smallest good work will not be overlooked by the Father, and those redeemed by Christ have a heavenly reward awaiting their faithful believing and living.

Jesus has not come to calm the world but to lead us into battle. That battle is inside of us—the call to take up the cross, to deny self, and to follow Jesus. He has already won the victory over death and the devil, and now He works to sanctify us in this truth. While this might appear to be surrender, it is the only path to finding our lives and keeping them to everlasting life. We are bearers of this message to the world and accompanied with the promise that Christ is working in us and through us to make the Gospel known. Yet in the midst of this, we are encouraged that the smallest good work will not be overlooked by the Father, and those redeemed by Christ have a heavenly reward awaiting their faithful believing and living.

Jesus has not come to calm the world but to lead us into battle. That battle is inside of us—the call to take up the cross, to deny self, and to follow Jesus. He has already won the victory over death and the devil, and now He works to sanctify us in this truth. While this might appear to be surrender, it is the only path to finding our lives and keeping them to everlasting life. We are bearers of this message to the world and accompanied with the promise that Christ is working in us and through us to make the Gospel known. Yet in the midst of this, we are encouraged that the smallest good work will not be overlooked by the Father, and those redeemed by Christ have a heavenly reward awaiting their faithful believing and living.

Today is the fifth Sunday in a month. That means we all come together in an all-church, single-service weekend. Today's message, On the mountain, Jesus commissions His followers in the single name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, revealing the mystery of the Trinity and promising His abiding presence as we go into the world.

The arrival of the Holy Spirit is a day of celebration. This is a day to rejoice in promises kept and anticipate greater things to come. Today’s festival is a bridge for the church. It connects the commemoration of the life of Christ (through Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter) to the season centered on our life in Christ, beginning with Pentecost. The festival’s signature red color reminds us of the fiery arrival of the Spirit, the Spirit’s ongoing work as the heartbeat of Christ’s church, and the blood shed by believers past and present as they proclaim the crucified, risen, and ascended Christ.

The arrival of the Holy Spirit is a day of celebration. This is a day to rejoice in promises kept and anticipate greater things to come. Today’s festival is a bridge for the church. It connects the commemoration of the life of Christ (through Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter) to the season centered on our life in Christ, beginning with Pentecost. The festival’s signature red color reminds us of the fiery arrival of the Spirit, the Spirit’s ongoing work as the heartbeat of Christ’s church, and the blood shed by believers past and present as they proclaim the crucified, risen, and ascended Christ.

The arrival of the Holy Spirit is a day of celebration. This is a day to rejoice in promises kept and anticipate greater things to come. Today’s festival is a bridge for the church. It connects the commemoration of the life of Christ (through Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter) to the season centered on our life in Christ, beginning with Pentecost. The festival’s signature red color reminds us of the fiery arrival of the Spirit, the Spirit’s ongoing work as the heartbeat of Christ’s church, and the blood shed by believers past and present as they proclaim the crucified, risen, and ascended Christ.

Worship Service Check-In: http://www.immanuelpalatine.org/checkin