{"id":339,"date":"2020-01-05T21:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T21:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/46.32.240.45\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=339"},"modified":"2020-01-05T21:39:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T21:39:35","slug":"a-christ-centred-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2020\/01\/05\/a-christ-centred-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christ Centred Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Sermon from St Andrews Church given by our visiting preacher Rev\u2019 Tony Sellers in the first Sunday after Christmas called &#8216;A Christ Centred Life. Recorded on  the 29\/12\/19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/291219_202001\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"40\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3 <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/291219_202001\/291219.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 4:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Romans 12 v 1-8<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"red\">A Living Sacrifice<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/font> Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/font> Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"red\">Humble Service in the Body of Christ<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/font> For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/font> For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/font> so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/font> We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/font> if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/font> if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.\n<br><br><br>\n<font color=\"red\">Luke 2 v 22-40<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"red\">Jesus Presented in the Temple<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>22<\/strong><\/font> When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>23<\/strong><\/font> (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, \u201cEvery firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord\u201d), \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>24<\/strong><\/font> and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: \u201ca pair of doves or two young pigeons.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>25<\/strong><\/font> Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>26<\/strong><\/font> It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord\u2019s Messiah. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>27<\/strong><\/font> Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>28<\/strong><\/font> Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>29<\/strong><\/font> \u201cSovereign Lord, as you have promised,\n    you may now dismiss your servant in peace.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>30<\/strong><\/font> For my eyes have seen your salvation,\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>31<\/strong><\/font>  which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>32<\/strong><\/font> a light for revelation to the Gentiles,\n    and the glory of your people Israel.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>33<\/strong><\/font> The child\u2019s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>34<\/strong><\/font> Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: \u201cThis child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>35<\/strong><\/font> so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>36<\/strong><\/font> There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>37<\/strong><\/font> and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>38<\/strong><\/font> Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>39<\/strong><\/font> When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><strong>40<\/strong><\/font> And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church given by our visiting preacher Rev\u2019 Tony Sellers in the first Sunday after Christmas called &#8216;A Christ Centred Life. Recorded on the 29\/12\/19. Download Mp3 HERE! 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