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Christian Israelite Church

20th December 2015

God rest ye Merry Gentlemen

God rest ye merry, gentlemen

Let nothing you dismay

Remember, Christ, our Saviour

Was born on Christmas day

To save us all from Satan's power

When we were gone astray

O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy

O tidings of comfort and joy

From God our Heavenly Father

A blessed Angel came;

And unto certain Shepherds

Brought tidings of the same:

How that in Bethlehem was born

The Son of God by Name.

O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy

O tidings of comfort and joy

The shepherds at those tidings

Rejoiced much in mind,

And left their flocks a-feeding

In tempest, storm and wind:

And went to Bethlehem straightway

The Son of God to find.

O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy

O tidings of comfort and joy

Hark the Herald Angels Sing Hark, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new born King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled, Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new born King.

Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb, Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity, Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new born King. Hail the Heavenly Prince of Peace, Hail the Son of righteousness, Light and Life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more need die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth, Hark, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new born King.

Special Presentation - Paul

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed

be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive

every one that is indebted to us. And lead us

not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11: 2-4

Luke 3:1-18

The voice of one

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius

Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea,

and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his

brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the

region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch

of Abilene,

2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the

word of God came unto John the son of

Zacharias in the wilderness.

3 And he came into all the country about Jordan,

preaching the baptism of repentance for the

remission of sins;

4 As it is written in the book of the words of

Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one

crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of

the Lord, make his paths straight.

Luke 1:76-80 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the

Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to

prepare his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the

remission of their sins, 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the

dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the

shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of

peace. 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and

was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto

Israel.

5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain

and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked

shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall

be made smooth;

6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Isaiah 40:1-8

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,

that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is

pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand

double for all her sins. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare

ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a

highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and

hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made

straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all

flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD

hath spoken it. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All

flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the

flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the

spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is

grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of

our God shall stand for ever.

The Warning

7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to

be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who

hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of

repentance, and begin not to say within

yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I

say unto you, That God is able of these stones to

raise up children unto Abraham.

9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the

trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not

forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the

fire.

10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall

we do then?

11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath

two coats, let him impart to him that hath none;

and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and

said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that

which is appointed you.

14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him,

saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto

them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any

falsely; and be content with your wages.

“Is this the Christ?”

15 And as the people were in expectation, and all

men mused in their hearts of John, whether he

were the Christ, or not;

16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed

baptize you with water; but one mightier than I

cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not

worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the

Holy Ghost and with fire:

17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly

purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his

garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire

unquenchable.

18 And many other things in his exhortation

preached he unto the people.

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HYMN NO. 68 Come, O ev’ry one that thirsteth, To the living waters come; From the rock the fountains bursteth, Come and drink while yet there’s room. Lift your eyes to yonder mountain, See the stately Lebanon; See the heav’nly crystal fountain Flowing from Jehovah’s throne. Come, and purchase milk and honey, Come, and purchase heav’nly wine; Come, although you have no money, Join yourselves to Christ the Vine. He that drinks of this sweet river, And eats of the living tree, His terrestrial body never Will to death become a prey.

Away in a Manger

Away in manger, no crib for a bed

The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet

head

The stars in the bright sky looked down

where He lay

The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes

But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes

I love Thee Lord Jesus, look down from the

sky

And stay by my bedside till morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay

Close by me forever and love me, I pray

Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care

And take us to Heaven to live with Thee

there.

The First Noel

The first Noel, the angels did say,

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields

where they lay,

In fields where they lay, keeping their

sheep,

On a cold winter’s night, that was so deep.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

They looked up above and there saw a star,

As it shone in the east, but beyond them afar,

And to the earth it gaveth great light,

And so it continued both day and night.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

The star drew nigh unto the north-west,

Over Bethlehem paused and there it did rest,

And there upon high it did hover and stay,

Right over the place where Jesus lay.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

Thanks for coming to

A thought for the week…

“And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”

Luke 3:6

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