Gospel Meeting 05/01/2014

William Horsburgh read selected verses from Psalm 147, then Hebrews 13 vs.1-25.
He concentrated his thoughts on verses 15-16.
15  By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
William had three headings;
1/ Praise God for Christ's sacrifice.
2/ Praise Christ as our sacrifice.
3/ Praise God because it is an acceptable sacrifice.
1/The many sacrifices in the Old testament from Cain and Able through Abraham and Isaac to the many sacrifices in the Tabernacle  and temple were all pointing forward to the sacrifice that Christ would make when He was crucified at Calvary, atonement in the Old Testament was a covering for sin that was repeated time and time again but Christ's one sacrifice took away sin. We need to come in faith and repentance. We need to keep going back to the cross and praising God for all the cross achieved.
 2/ Christ was our substitute He was an innocent victim who died in our place.
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
3/ We are priests we offer our sacrifice of praise, we magnify and glorify God by praising Him.
There is a cost and a responsibility with this but the rewards are incomparable