Bible Readings:
Psalm 73
Romans 14:1 – 23
Sermon Outline:
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NKJV)
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Romans 11:36 (NKJV)
36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Psalm 73:25–26 (NKJV)
25 Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
26 My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
I Man’s chief end
II My supreme comfort
The Westminster Shorter Catechism (A. D. 1647)
1. What is the chief end of man?
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever.
The Heidelberg Catechism (1563 AD in German and Latin,
translated into Malay and Javanese in 1623 AD.
Still loved and used in Reformed Churches all over the world.)
1. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
That I am not my own,
but belong—
body and soul,
in life and in death—
to my faithful Saviour, Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,
and has delivered me from the tyranny of the devil.
He also watches over me in such a way
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven;
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.
Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
also assures me of eternal life
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.