Apr 26, 2020
Romans 14:7-9
7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies
to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and
if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether
we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died
and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the
living.
The theme of this morning’s service can be found in the very first
verses we hear from the Gospel Invitation: “we are His people and
the sheep of His pasture” (Psalm 100:3). We’ll sing from Psalm 23
that Jehovah is our shepherd and that His house will be our home
(My Shepherd Will Supply My Need—Psalm 23), while Psalm 1
reminds us that Christ will preserve and bless His flock
(Blessed Are All They—Psalm 1). The final verse of Not
What My Hands Have Done confesses, “I live because He lives,”
right along with Paul in Romans 14 (“whether we live or whether we
die, we are the Lord's”). This truth enables us to identify with
the description of the righteous man in Psalm 112: “he shall not be
afraid … his confidence upon the Lord is stayed” (Alleluia! How
Blest The Man—Psalm 112). Given all this, we end the service
with the words of yet another psalm: “Unto Him, your God, O Zion,
joyful hallelujahs sing!” —Henry C. Haffner
Key Words: None, Lives, Dies, Himself, End,
Lord
Keystone Verse: Whether we live or die, we are the
Lord’s. (Romans 14:8)