Loosening the Bonds - Sunday Worship - 04/23/23

Loosening the Bonds
Fullness of Joy - 1 Peter 1:17-23, Luke 24:13-35

In 1 Peter 1:17-23, Peter is keen to point out just what has been done for us—about the lengths Christ went for us and the cost that was paid, about the new start that has been given, and the new life that this affords.

The new creation that we have become is one of loving responders to the grace within us. We are not free to hate because of the obligation this new life has laid upon us. We are not free to hold grudges because we have been born anew of imperishable seed, Peter argues. We are set free to love, genuinely and deeply, not out of obligation or routine.

The bonds have been loosed, so we can remember who we were, give thanks to the God who loved us into life, and love one another with a powerful transforming love. It is a high calling, but a deep privilege and joy.

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0:00 - Prelude
1:09 - Call to Worship
5:20 - Opening Music
15:32 - Offertory Introduction
18:48 - Offertory
21:57 - Pastoral Prayer
25:57 - Scripture Reading
30:10 - Sermon
51:55 - Communion
1:04:16 - Closing Song
1:09:15 - Benediction
1:10:30 - Postlude

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