the life of the resurrection .. My Friend

When Christ died on the cross to take away our sins, his resurrection confirmed to all he had finished the work

The resurrection also continued the gospel work, as he offereed his blood to God for our sins and ascended to the right hand of God to pray for us

The resurrection of Christ is also the life of the Christian. Because he lives we all live. What is more, this life is not any life, it is the very life of God in the heart of man.

What a gospel!

Pastor

See Christ the Victor raisedIn resurrection life,The mighty arm of God displayed,Who ends the strife.He is the Lord of all,Whose arm is shortened not;See devils’ flight, and Satan’s fall,And hell their lot.

The sting of death is sin,The power of law declares;But Jesus Christ the Son doth win,Our guilt He bears.Behold, ye sinners, now,And look to Christ alone;Behold the blood upon His brow – He did atone.

Immortal is my dress,Corruption fled away,Now robed in Him, yes, nothing less,In bright array.O death, where is thy sting?O grave, thy victory?The living Christ on mercy’s wingGrants peace to me.

Vernon Higham

Vernon Higham was a pastor emeritus in our church from 2003 to 2016. You can listen to his messages on wvhigham.org

welcome Sunday 12 April 2020

Tabernacle Cardiffwww.tabernaclecardiff.orgDewi Higham: 07776400543closcromwell@icloud.comMairi Higham: 07921132341Dear Friend - Welcome to Tabernacle Cardiff. We trust you will feel at home with us and be blessed in the worship of the Lord and as you hear the message of the saving gospel.

‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved’ Acts 16v31

keep in touchPlease keep in touch. We have online meetings throughout the week. Hope to see you there

We are mindful of you. Take care and God bless and keep you.

youtube and zoom meetings coming up Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (John 11v25)

9.30am Sunday / youtube online Sunday School

10.30am & 6.00pm Sunday Services / live video on youtube - Dewi Higham3.30pm Welsh Sunday Service / live video on youtube - Alun Higham

8.00pm Tuesday Fellowship and Prayer / online with zoom

7.30pm Wednesday Midweek Meeting / live video on youtube - Dewi Higham8.15pm Wednesday Welsh Bible Study / live video on youtube - Alun Higham

8.00pm Friday Fellowship and Prayer / online with zoom

11.00am Saturday Persian Meeting / online with zoom

morning opening prayerreading: 1 peter 1children story / announcements hymn 414 ‘Christ the Lord’main prayersermon: 1 peter 1v3hymn 446 ‘before the throne’closing prayer

‘lively religion’ 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

• When Christ died on the cross and rose from the grave he brought life to his people.

• We see this lively hope the new life and thoughts of glory

• We shall compare formal dead religion and true lively religion

formal religion • The hearts of those who are

unsaved and in the world and those who are unsaved and attend church are equally worldly

• We sometimes see in the man who occasionally comes to church a worldly lifestyle.

• We sometimes see in the man who comes often to church a worldly approach to religion.

• We also see in many a limited religion. You can see a religion of the mind, heart or will but without the soul.

lively religion • True and lively religion will

show in a gospel heart and a spiritual heart.

• We see in this man a spiritual response to the gospel. The sense of sin is also a mark of resurrection life. Belief in Christ is also resurrection life.

• We see in this man a spiritual response to the preaching of the Word. He responds to the calls to be gracious and holy

• This spiritual heart is also a heavenly heart that longs to be with the Lord.

• This lively religion and spiritual religion comes from the resurrection life of Jesus Christ

evening opening prayerreadings: luke 24v13-35announcementshymn 219 ‘come let us’main prayersermon: luke 24v32closing prayer

‘best sermon’ Luk 24:32  And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

One of the pastors said on a pastors whatsapp group just before the lockdown (when some churches were meeting with a smaller congregation and some churches had cancelled their meetings and were providing online messages) ..“remember that the best sermon in the world was preached to just two men” He was referring to this sermon of Luke 24.

scriptures • We see the Saviour approach

these two men and after speaking to them for some time, preached to them from the Word of God

• He brings attention to the importance of the Word of God in our services

• I am sure he spoke from the Bible about man’s duty to obey God, man’s fall into sin, the coming of the Messiah, the dying of Christ for sinners, the resurrection and the offer of the gospel to men

congregation • We see another important part

of church services, where these two men were together in fellowship. We also note that Christ joined them.

• We see them blessed by the preaching - which built them up and caused their hearts to burn within them.

presence • These burning hearts speak of

the presence of Christ. It also speaks of the presence of the Holy Spirit on the Word of God

• This burning heart can be traced to the glorious presence of the Son of God