The Lord's Day Service for Nov 19, 2023

Join us at 5pm for Holy Communion Service.  After Service we will have a time for fellowship, refreshments and catechism in the parlor. 

The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting
From our Catechism: To Be A Christian
Part II: Believing In Christ
The Apostles Creed, Part III

“the resurrection of the body”
114. What does Holy Scripture tell you about your body?
Holy Scripture tells me that my body, though tainted by sin, was created good, bearing the image of God and endowed with great dignity. Therefore, from the moment of conception to natural death, every human body and every human life should be cared for, protected, and loved. (Genesis 1:26–28; Psalm 139:7–18; Matthew 11:2–5; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; James 3:8–10)
115. Why will you die?
Because sin and death now corrupt this world, my body will de- generate and die. But, by the will of God, my soul will be with the Lord, and I will rise bodily from death when Jesus Christ returns to judge the living and the dead. (Genesis 2:15–17; 3:22–24; Psalm 82:7; Ecclesiastes 2:16; John 6:35–40; Romans 5:12–14; 1 Corinthians 15:13–28)
116. What is the resurrection of the body?
When the risen Lord Jesus returns to judge the earth, he will raise all the dead to bodily life. The wicked will then receive eternal condemnation, and the righteous eternal life in the glory of God. (Psalm 16; Ezekiel 37:1–14; Daniel 12:1–3; Matthew 25:31–34, 41, 46; John 5:25–29; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–17; Revelation 20:11–15)
117. What do you know about the resurrected bodies of believers?
They will be fully renewed and glorified in the image of Christ, per- fected after the manner of his own resurrected and ascended body. ( Job 19:25–27; John 11:23–27; 1 Corinthians 15:35–58; Philippians 3:20–21)

118. How should you live as you await the resurrection of your body?
Because I put my hope in God’s resurrection of my body, I should honor and care for it. I should refrain from any violence, disre- spect, or sin that would harm, demean, or violate either my body or the bodies of others. (Psalm 35:9–10; Matthew 25:35–45; Romans 6:5–14; 1 Corinthians 6:9–20; 1 John 3:1–3)

“and the life everlasting”

119. What do you know about the unending resurrected life of believers?
I know that it will be an eternal life of joyful fellowship with our triune God, together with all his saints and angels, singing his praises and serving him in the renewed creation. ( John 17:20–24; Revelation 7:9–17; 21:1–4; 21:22–22:5)
120. How should you live in light of this promise of unending life?
I should live in joyful expectation of the fullness of my trans- formation, soul and body, into the likeness of Christ. In the midst of suffering or in the face of hostility and persecution, I am sustained by the hope of a new heaven and earth, freed from Satan, evil, suffering, and death. (Psalm 21:1–7; John 14:1–7; Ro­ mans 13:11–14; 2 Corinthians 4:16–5:11; Philippians 3:7–21; 1 Peter 1:3–9; 5:6–11)