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WELCOME TO NOCBC

Working together to extend God’s kingdom (Isaiah 54:2).

March 6, 2022

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Blessed Assurance

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Blessed assurance

Jesus is mine

O what a foretaste

Of glory divine

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Heir of salvation

Purchase of God�Born of His Spirit

Washed in His blood

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This is my story

This is my song�Praising my Savior

All the day long

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Perfect submission

Perfect delight�Visions of rapture

Now burst on my sight

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Angels descending

Bring from above�Echoes of mercy

Whispers of love

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This is my story

This is my song�Praising my Savior

All the day long

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Perfect submission

All is at rest�I in my Savior

Am happy and blest

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Watching and waiting

Looking above�Filled with His goodness

Lost in His love

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This is my story

This is my song�Praising my Savior

All the day long

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Welcome

We’re glad you’re here!

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Sunday Morning English Fellowship

  • Every Sunday: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
  • Refreshments, Bible Study, Discussion
  • Build Friendships, Grow in Christ
  • Enter side door from parking lot, first room on right.

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NOCBC

Attn: Julia Cheng

3413 Continental Dr.

Kenner, LA 70065

Giving

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Prayer

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Speak O Lord as we come to You�To receive the food

Of Your holy word�Take Your truth, plant it deep in us�Shape and fashion us

In Your likeness

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That the light of Christ

Might be seen today�In our acts of love

And our deeds of faith�Speak O Lord and fulfill in us�All Your purposes for Your glory

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Teach us Lord full obedience�Holy reverence, true humility�Test our thoughts and our attitudes�In the radiance of Your purity

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Cause our faith to rise�Cause our eyes to see�Your majestic love and authority�Words of power that can never fail�Let their truth prevail over unbelief

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Speak O Lord and renew our minds�Help us grasp the heights

Of Your plans for us�Truths unchanged

From the dawn of time�That will echo down

Through eternity

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And by grace we’ll stand

On Your promises�And by faith we’ll walk

As You walk with us�Speak O Lord till Your church is built�And the earth is filled with Your glory

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SERMON

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Being a Christian of Noble Character

Acts 17:10–15

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Being a Christian of Noble Character

  1. Foster noble character

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Acts 17

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did

also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

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Being a Christian of Noble Character

  1. Foster noble character
  2. Receive the truth with great eagerness

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Acts 17

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did

also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

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Being a Christian of Noble Character

  1. Foster noble character
  2. Receive the truth with great eagerness
  3. Examine the Scriptures every day

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Acts 17

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did

also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

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Being a Christian of Noble Character

  1. Foster noble character
  2. Receive the truth with great eagerness
  3. Examine the Scriptures every day
  4. Commit fully to the cause of Christ

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Acts 17

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did

also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

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Acts 17

13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as

soon as possible.

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Being a Christian of Noble Character

  1. Foster noble character
  2. Receive the truth with great eagerness
  3. Examine the Scriptures every day
  4. Commit fully to the cause of Christ

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The Oxford Martyrs

Hugh Latimer

Nicholas Ridley

Thomas Cranmer

(d. 1555, 1556)

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Luke 22:19–21: “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

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1 Corinthians 11:27–29: So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and

drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

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1 Corinthians 11:23–25: For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in

remembrance of me.”

25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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Christ Is Mine Forevermore

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Mine are days that God has

numbered

I was made to walk with Him

Yet I look for worldly treasure

And forsake the King of kings

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But mine is hope in my

Redeemer

Though I fall His love is sure

For Christ has paid for

every failing

I am His forevermore

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Mine are tears in times of

sorrow

Darkness not yet understood

Through the valley I must

travel

Where I see no earthly good

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But mine is peace that flows from

heaven

And the strength in times of need

I know my pain will not be wasted

Christ completes His work in me

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Mine are days here as a stranger

Pilgrim on a narrow way

One with Christ I will encounter

Harm and hatred for His name

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But mine is armor for this battle

Strong enough to last the war

And He has said He will deliver

Safely to the golden shore

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And mine are keys to Zion city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found

its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

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Come rejoice now O my soul

For His love is my reward

Fear is gone and hope is sure

Christ is mine forevermore

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And mine are keys to Zion city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found

its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

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Closing Prayer

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Share your faith!