"Christian Unity" \\ Sunday Service \\ September 5, 2021

[Music] greetings and salutations my brothers and sisters we want to welcome you to our online service right here at 3b escarpment road before we head over to the service today i want you to click on this link and share it with a family a friend or a co-worker and join us together as we worship the lord in the beauty of holiness god has something in store for you as we head over to the service now god bless you [Music] greetings everyone please take note of the following announcements for the week commencing sunday september 5 2021 our focus for september is the disciplined life let us be disciplined in our walk with christ [Music] we invite you to continue participating in our weekly prayer meeting on tuesdays at 7 pm on zoom and or power hour fasting on wednesdays at 12 noon on zoom for 3b bible study continues every wednesday at 7 30 p.m on zoom and youtube join us as we continue studying the world the escarpment road new testament church of god district women's ministry presents its missions project help us end period poverty from july 1 to september 30th you may support this project by donating sanitary products and placing them in containers provided at each local church or by making monetary contributions you may also give online at spuropen.com for more information you may contact your local women's ministry president or call our church office at 876-977-3221 help us in period poverty together we can in light of the limitations caused by covet 19 next week sunday september 12 and sunday september 19th we will maintain having one service which will be aired at 10 am on our youtube channel only service participants and or technical team will be accommodated in the sanctuary we invite everyone to join us on our youtube channel at 10 am although physically restricted let us remain spiritually connected and move forward with faith and power assured that god is with us brothers and sisters you are being called to duty as we recruit church workers for the year 2021-2022 we invite you to partner with our church to offer your services within or various ministry divisions including worship fellowship discipleship evangelism missions and more you may indicate your areas of ministry by completing or electronic recruitment form this form may be accessed in our whatsapp group or or youtube chat or you may send an email to wrote escarpmentroad3b at yahoo.com to request the form first corinthians chapter 15 verse 58 says always give yourselves fully to the work of the lord brothers and sisters we know that the last few months have been challenging the journey may seem unbearable but rest assured you are not alone we want to remind you that we care if there is anyone in our 3b family who has contracted the coronavirus or is affected by any other illness or is simply in need of spiritual support please reach out to our council members we are a family that cares you matter to us please take note of our weekly opportunities for worship and fellowship as projected on your screen look for the zoom meeting links in our whatsapp groups or send an email to escarpmentroot3b yahoo.com to receive the login details we extend best wishes to everyone celebrating birthdays and anniversaries this week may god continue to bless you richly [Music] and our thought for the week comes to us from first corinthians chapter 9 verse 24 and it says do you not know that in a race all the runners run but only one gets the prize run in such a way as to get the prize these are the notices have a blessed week [Music] oh give thanks unto the lord for he is good for his mercies are everlasting and his truth endures to all generation what an amazing pleasure and privilege it is to be in god's house this morning to lift up a hallelujah to say thank you lord for your blessings on me you know so oftentimes on a morning like this we take for granted the opportunity that we have to give praises on to our god this morning as we come it's so good to see all of you from wherever you are logging on we want to let you know that we are delighted to have you in worship today and we want you to just ensure that nothing stops your worship nothing hinders your worship that as you give a worship unto god you will not be afraid to clap your hands or stomp your feet or move your body or just give praises unto god today as you've come to give worship unto him let us worship the lord together in the beauty of holiness even as the worship team leads us into worship give unto him your best praise today god bless you and welcome today's worship come on let's continue to give god praise wherever you are in your living room in your bedroom if you're driving i just want you to raise your hand and say thank you lord thank you that i can see another new church here thank you that there is none like our god jehovah hallelujah [Music] there is none like you no one else can touch my heart like you do i could search for all eternity [Music] lord there is none like you come help me sing there is none like you [Music] there is none [Music] no one else can touch my heart like you do [Music] i could search is [Music] no one else can't touch my heart like you do [Music] i could search for all the eternity lord and fine [Music] i could search for all eternity there is no [Applause] [Music] [Music] hallelujah bless the lord surely there is none like you lord there is none like you lord god almighty it is a honor it is an honor to be in the present of you this morning lord god almighty while we worship you this morning lord we ask of you to receive our worship hallelujah as the psalmist said he that abideth under the shadow of the almighty god hallelujah he that abideth under the shadow of the almighty glory to god let us pray my god my god in you lord your god lord jesus as we come before you this morning we humble ourselves in the sanctuary online pass by lord under the sound of my voice lord god we humbled ourself lord i ask you this morning to crucify flesh and let the spirit of the living god reign glory to god hallelujah we are here to lift you up this morning we are here to worship you this morning we are here to honor you this morning lord god almighty out of the depths lord god out of the depths lord i cried lord jesus and you'll hear my voice lord god oh lord give an attentive ears to my prior to my supplication yes lord lord god as i present to you this morning the new council members mighty god who will take up office in this new church here lord god i pray almighty god that you lord our savior will impart in us your wisdom and your knowledge and your understanding lord you will sit in the midst of us lord god you will teach us almighty god you will let us do the purpose what you want to be done towards your kingdom in the name of jesus christ of nazareth lord god i put the schools in to your hands this new school year lord god all the schools almighty god lord god from the basic secondary all age high school and the territory institution in the name of jesus lord god we know it is not an easy task almighty god especially we are not going face to face right now so lord it is the continuation of virtual learning so almighty god i pray almighty god that you will intervene you almighty god oh lord jesus will touch the heart of these students almighty god you will awake the dead cells in the name of jesus you will bring those dead cells into the learning mode almighty god that they will learn lord god i bind and i crump the spirit of bada chaman i crump it in the name of jesus almighty god i pray lord god that the teachers lord and the principle will have the tolerance to deal with this another time but lord with your strength they will be able almighty god hallelujah glory to god lord god i pray for the front line workers the nurses and the doctors lord god the sick that is in the hospital i pray lord god that you will give them that strength and that energy lord god to help to deal with the issues to deal with the problem lord god even when the medication runs out in the name of jesus lord god even when the oxygen runs out you will provide lord god just as how lord you have blown the bretton adam and eve in the beginning in the name of jesus christ of nazareth lord god you will breathe afresh in their people lord god you will breed a fresh lord god in the atmosphere you will let this pressure lord god revitalize their system lord god the sick will be healed in the name of jesus right now in my spirit lord god i can feel it there are people getting healed right now lord god you're getting up off their bed in the name of jesus say that they want to go home hallelujah because you have intervened lord god because what you have made will never run out in the name of jesus your fresh anointing glory to god hallelujah i pray even for my pastor and his family that lord god you'll continue to strengthen them in the name of jesus and lord god i know lord god as the leader for the flock lord god i know we will see him and his family lord god within the coming week or next week lord jesus because he's strong and lord god you will receive the testimony the praises we will go up in the mighty name of jesus the victory is yours hallelujah it is all yours almighty god lord god strengthen us this day mighty god hallelujah glory to god lord god for those who lost dear loved ones wife and husband lord god brothers and sisters and mother mighty god i pray lord that you will send a comforter this morning lord god i pray that you will send that comforter lord jesus as the book of john said in the name of jesus when he go there will be a comforter lord that they could just rest in your arms and give you the praise almighty god so i thank you this morning jesus for all that you are doing almighty god lord god i put this service in your mighty hands lord god let your spirit rain down on us lord god let your spirit rain down on us almighty god through the windows and through the doors lord god your spirit will flow almighty jesus so we thank you lord this morning lord we thank you for encouraging our self lord jesus as the songwriter said encourage yourself in the name of jesus we shall encourage ourselves that you are who you are you are the i am the i am thus said the lord thy god as you lord jesus i've said unto joshua what you have said unto moses o god hallelujah jesus glory to god hallelujah thou shalt not be afraid nor dismay be strong and be courageous in the name of jesus turn not to the left nor to the right but wherever thou go thou shall prosper in the name of jesus so we trust in you because you said you will never forsake him lord jesus lord god he shall never fail hallelujah those are the encouraging word lord god you have said unto joshua in the name of jesus christ so we believe in you this morning as you have said it unto moses wherever he go hallelujah you will be here he will be strong lord god he will be good and of good courage and strength so lord almighty we believe and we trust in you lord god i give you thanks and i give you praise i give you the honor and i give you the glory so this morning lord god i just want you to breathe spirit of the living god breathe down on us this morning breathe down on us this morning as a praise team minister to unto you lord jesus i ask you to receive it in the name of jesus christ of nazareth ask you lord god when the musician play in the name of jesus god christ of nazareth lord god they will play and they will dance like moses dance in the name of jesus you are worthy to be lifted up almighty god and when the speaker come with the word lord god it will go through the atmosphere it will go throughout the air wave and throughout the world almighty god and it will touch the heart of someone this morning it will touch the soul almighty god and there will be one coming to your altar lifting up your name almighty god like when you have said unto moses place that servant that serpent upon the pole and whosoever shall looked up shall be saved and i believe this morning when we looked up in the name of jesus christ when we looked upon that serpent lord god we shall be saved when we looked up to the heaven went and by strength and my help cometh thus said the lord die god so this morning i want to give you thanks i want to give you praise i want to give you glory i want to give you honor all a majestic name belongeth unto you jesus jesus christ of nazareth mighty god we thank you this morning to be in the house of worship to be in the house of praise it's the best place we can ever be in this morning so glory to god it is done and it is finished thus said the lord thy god we trust in you receive it now our praise and our glory lord god you are to be honored you are to be glorified dominion and power belongs unto you in jesus name all men amen amen thank you lord lord hallelujah amen amen amen praise god good morning good morning good morning my name is margaret i will be reading the scripture this morning it will be coming from ephesians 4 verses 1 on to 16. here i go as a prisoner for the lord then i urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received be completely humble and gentle be patient bearing one another in love make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace there is one body and one spirit just as you were called to one o when you were called one lord one faith one baptism one god and father of all who is ever o all and through all and in all but to each one of us grace has been given as christ apportioned it this is why it says when he ascended on i he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men what does he ascended mean except that he also descended to the lower earthly regions he who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens in order to fill the wall universe it was he who gave some to be apostles some to be prophets some to be evangelists and some to be pastors and teachers to prepare god's people for works of service so that the body of christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the son of god and become mature attaining to the wall measure of the fullness of christ then we will no longer be infants tossed back and forth by the waves and blown air and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming instead speaking the truth in love we will in all things grow up into him who is the head that is christ from 16th and last from him the wall body joined and held together by every supporting ligament grows and builds itself up in love as each part does its work here ended a portion of god's holy word we honor it by saying amen praise god amen for a disciplined life we need god to lead us for him for this morning is him 335 he leadeth me [Music] wherever [Music] by his own is [Music] [Music] sometimes [Music] [Music] [Music] is faithful for lord i would clap thy hand i see sixteen [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] me [Music] is [Music] [Music] me [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah he leadeth me what a awesome song we can't do nothing at all without the lord leading us and we just need to know that and just put that in our spirits this morning that the lord our god almighty leaded us whether we like it or not i gotta lead good morning again welcome welcome welcome welcome i just said my name but let me repeat for those who were listening my name is margaret raw hunter and i will be doing the welcome this morning welcome to each and every one first and foremost let us stop a while whether in the car park the car whether in the living room or in church wherever you are let us give god a rose in welcome put your hands above our head and just worship the god who leads us hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord for leading us to all of this all kind of things that is happening it is the lord who is leading us and let us get that it's the lord that leader so we welcome the holy spirit and i am welcoming those of us are those of you who are online the first timers welcome welcome welcome if you're a first timer just type it in the chat that you're a first timer and one of our one of our k-player caprara ants our loving our loving members somebody will just give you a warm well command line welcome to the counselors and their family welcome to bishop peanuck our bono nunus pasta pinock and his family welcome welcome welcome god bless you rev and your family god bless you and we are happy and thankful to god for what he has been doing and continue to do in your life sir welcome to our praise and worship team who is always just clicking clicking clicking god blessing them welcome to the band my favorite group of persons you know the band the men the men i just love them they are always just here and doing their thing the faithful tech team also god bless you know god bless you not doing nothing nice and decent also welcome to the ushers who are online on a nominal even all the ushers big upon yourself welcome everybody online on the road in august stone in hermitage this is margaret hunter blessing up and welcoming you welcome to everyone in church god bless you and continue to have a wonderful day [Music] sing what a friend what a friend we have in jesus all our sins and grace [Music] it is [Music] is [Music] we should never be [Music] discouraged when [Music] some things we have not [Music] when we have a friend who's there [Music] with [Music] we should never be [Music] discouraged when we [Music] some things we have not because we have when we have a friend who cares [Music] oh what peace we often forfeit oh [Music] oh what peace we often forfeit oh what neil is [Music] we should never be [Music] discouraged when we take [Music] oh [Music] [Music] amen bless the lord good morning again everyone i am counselor you lee willis roberts and at this time i will be doing a special prayer for our children it is really good this morning to be back in the house of the lord to be worshiping with all of us and today is a very special day as we start the new church year and it's also a special day in the lives of our children as they prepare to go back to school as a new school year commences tomorrow and so i want for all of those who are online if you have a child in your home going to school i want you to place your hand on your child right now and if you don't have a child in your home that is not of school age i want you to think of a child i want you to remember a neighbor's child i want you to remember the children of jamaica because you know over a year and a half ago since the start of this pandemic we have been online and as a teacher i can tell you that it has been a very challenging challenging moment not only for teachers not only for parents but also for our children so as we send them back out to school tomorrow we want to present them to the lord one more time god has been a faithful god to us and we know that he will continue to be faithful to us so as we go to god in prayer we want to pray for health and strength and for protection as they go back to school psalm 127 verse 3-5 says lo children are an heritage of the lord and the fruit of womb is his reward as arrows are in the hand of a mighty man so are children of youth happy is the man that hath is quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate i know escarpment road family we have a number of children and we have a lot of children in jamaica today and they are craving for our prayers so let us pray at this time most righteous and eternal god our creator or provider or giver of life father this morning i give you thanks for your mercies and thank you for your grace lord we thank you this morning for our children not only our biological children lord but for all the children from escarpment road new testament church of god in our community overseas and in jamaica all over the world this morning we thank you for them lord and god right now we lift them up before you father god we pray mighty god that as they prepare to go back to school lord many of them lord jesus they were so excited lord wanting to go back to see their friends wanting to to meet their new teachers lord god almighty wanting to go face to face but lord we see what the world is experiencing not only here in jamaica and it forces us lord jesus to remain online lord remaining online is very challenging mighty god but god we know that there is hope in you there is open king jesus and there is hope in god lord we pray this morning that god almighty that father you will provide the necessary things lord jesus that they will need lord jesus to log on lord jesus to those classes mighty god father i pray that lord you will help them to be attentive mighty god i pray god almighty that god you will bless them even more than how lord jesus o god almighty you have blessed them last year lord your word tells us that god we can do all things mighty god through you who give us strength and so lord we are depending on you lord jesus you o god almighty have kept them and you are faithful enough lord jesus to keep them lord god as we continue online father god i pray in the name of jesus this morning the lord every single one of us mighty god will continue lord jesus remain prayerful lord jesus for our children i pray almighty god that you will give them wisdom lord jesus knowledge lord god almighty and understanding i pray god that you will give them the tolerance lord jesus father god and every obstacle lord god every challenge there jesus that they will face i pray in the name of jesus that you will give them the strength mighty god to overcome lord we pray for their health mighty god i pray god that you will give them this physical health i pray for their protection mighty god i pray that lord jesus that none of them lord jesus will come down lord jesus our be infected lord jesus to this with this virus lord god to the point that lord jesus they are unable to go online lord jesus and to continue their studies lord lord god almighty we remember lord jesus those children oh god who may have to go out lord jesus for orientation throughout this week god we pray for their protection as they travel on the road lord we pray god almighty that lord jesus that they will be aware of their surrounding god and they will be aware of what is happening god and lord jesus even though they are excited lord that lord jesus they will be careful god we thank you for them lord and we pray that god you will bless them continually we pray for their parents and their teachers lord god almighty lord i pray god that lord you will give the parents lord jesus the things that lord jesus the financial needs lord god that they will need lord god almighty or require lord jesus to make the necess necessary preparation for these children father i pray god almighty you know many of them lord jesus it is such a struggling struggling time for them because some would have lost their job but god almighty you are our provider and so this morning i know that god you lord jesus will take care of every situation this morning and so god we present them in your care no and we ask that mighty god at the end of this period lord god when they will go back face to face mighty god and evil lord jesus is we have to continue online at the end of this school year lord god almighty we will hear of the testimonies mighty god of ho lord jesus you continue to be faithful you continue to be through true and so god we just give you thanks as we look to you and as we anticipate your blessings in jesus name amen amen hallelujah blessed be the name of the lord at this time i am going to move right into the time of worshiping with or tithes and offering can you imagine that in spite of what is happening around we still have something to give back to the lord isn't it that a blessing if you think that this is a blessing i want you to type in the chat even at this point blessed and highly favored hallelujah giving to be blessed this is what i want to encourage you this morning as you prepare to give malachi chapter 3 verse 10 says bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house test me in this day says lord almighty and see if i will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out such blessing that there will not be room enough to store it as we move into our new church here we have been blessed and blessed and more blessed and as we continue on this journey we are opening up our hearts to receive the blessing as we give giving is not just a sacrifice it is god's way of ritually introducing us into the flow of sowing and reaping that is the subcurrent of his creation participate in the harvest that god has for us by sowing your gift with him today when you give it's a two-way you are we are being blessed and those to whom we are pouring in their lives they are experiencing a blessing today so as we prepare our hearts to give i want us to give with a cheerful heart this morning there are so many things that we would like to do as a church but guess what we cannot do it without your financial help and we really really want to give god thanks for all those who have been faithful in giving and we want to encourage us that we just continue to be faithful to god at this time i'm going to remind you of our opportunities that we that we have we have our team member at the back a member of the finance team those who are here you can go to the back and you can use your debit or credit card to do your tides or make your offering pay your offerings and your tithe we have the usher system margaret council margaret who is here and she will be collecting from us and if you look at this screen there is opportunity for those who choose to give online the banking information is presented there on screen we know that we are in lockdown but once that is lifted on wednesday you can pass by and stop by the church office and you can leave your tides and offering there we also have the seed of faith box and you can sow a seed today and i'm sure when you sow and if you sow in the right way it is not by chance god cannot go back on his word we will receive so let us pray so heavenly father we give you thanks once more that lord you have given us the opportunity to give mighty god lord you have blessed us with talents skills creativity jobs and in spite of persons losing their jobs mighty god you are still providing for us so that god we can at least give back something to you and this is a way a way of saying thanks to you lord god we honor you this morning with our tithes and with our offerings and we pray mighty god that you will bless it in a very special way i pray god that you will bless every giver this morning i pray that lord jesus they will experience a new season in their lives this morning god almighty i pray this morning that their storehouse will not be empty we're standing upon your word this morning mighty god and we pray that lord jesus that god as we collect this offering this morning oh god almighty it will be used lord jesus to further your work here on earth mighty god i pray god almighty that lord you will multiply it mighty god in such a way that lord jesus we will just be awe by what you will continue to do in our lives mighty god and so lord we just give you thanks again and ask their jesus the lord as we give our gifts this morning you will accept it lord in jesus name amen [Music] [Music] oh [Music] please don't tear me down when you see my blessings please don't tear me down it was through my trial day i came out more than a [Music] please don't tear me down when you see my blessings please don't tear me down [Applause] [Music] persecuted and abundant never thought my life would last so long it seemed my hope was gone but then the father of creation spoke he said i'm with you my child so go through the fire go through the blood of god please don't tear me down [Music] when you see me smiling please don't tear me down when you see my blessings please don't tear me down it was through my trials yeah i came out more through jesus [Music] are you smiling this morning but i can certainly give you a reason to smile first chronicles 16 verse 25 says for great is the lord and greatly to be praised he also is to be feared above all gods and if you're missed in first chronicles and you only have a little blue bible you can get it again in psalms 96 verse 4 for great is the lord and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods hallelujah god is so amazing we have so much to be thankful for a lot of persons have died in the past year 4.5 million have died from coving alone jamaica's population is three million [Music] we could have all been gone but we are here we have life we're in our right minds even if we're sick we can still give thanks for something if you're hungry you may have something else or if you start to praise him you will be blessed and filled with the living water and the holy bread [Music] so we're gonna give him all the praise he deserves you deserve the glory and the honor [Music] lord we lift our hands in worship as we praise your holy name you deserve the glory [Music] lord we lift our hands in worship as we praise your holy name for you are great you don't miss so great there is no one else like you there is no one else like you you are miracles so great there is no one else like you [Music] lord there is no one else like you [Music] lord we lift our hands in worship as we praise your holy name you deserve the glory and the under lord we lift our hands in worship as we praise your holy name for you are great you do miracles so great there is no one else like you there is no one else like you you are great you do miracles so great there is no one else you don't fear there's one [Music] lift your praise to god today my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah belongs to you everybody sing my hallelujah [Music] let's take it from the top my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah [Music] belongs to you [Music] my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah belongs to you you deserved [Applause] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] you deserve it you deserve all of the glory all of the glory belongs to you and all the praise all the praise lord of the glory belongs to you all over the glory belongs to you and all the praise all the honor all the glory [Applause] belongs you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] so my hallelujah belongs to you all of my praise belongs to you [Music] all of my burden i give to you and all of my praise belongs to you hallelujah hallelujah let's just continue to give god the praise and the glory this morning he deserves all our praise and all our glory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah to your name jesus hallelujah we're just gonna continue to give god the praise and the glory this morning he said in his word psalm 145 says i will exalt you my god the king i will praise your name forever and ever every day i will praise you and extol your name forever and ever great is the lord and most worthy of praise his greatness no one can further can you testify of the greatness of god this morning our god is indeed great we're gonna sing holy holy lord god almighty we exalt his name this morning holy god almighty it's a privilege to worship you [Music] [Music] it's an honor just to send me for you with a grateful heart i lift my head to you proclaiming lord you reign [Applause] proclaiming lord [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] lord we reign [Music] it's a privilege to worship [Music] [Music] proclaim the lord [Music] lord [Applause] [Music] prayer [Music] father [Music] great are you lord reign are you lord great are you lord sing greater you lord [Music] oh god we give you praise we give you glory great are you ready [Music] [Music] this morning great are you lord great are you lord are you we're gonna do that again [Applause] [Music] oh lord we worship you are you lord [Music] how great the wine [Music] let's take my soul god [Music] how great [Applause] [Music] very much this is the day that the lord has made so what do we do we rejoice and be glad in it thank god for these dedicated praise and worship singers despite of kovid we are here to worship amen yes there are so many questions that come to us that we do not have a clue as far as the answers are concerned but we can rest assure that god is still alive and well [Music] yes he is eternal he exists before time and i'm glad to know that we know him as a personal lord and savior i want to greet you all in the sanctuary and those of you who are online and listening overseas i also want to recognize the existence of bishop pinock his wife and their family god bless you bishop yes we hope for your speedy recovery and i know for sure and as much as you are not here in body but you are very much here in spirit so if any one of you in the sanctuary if you recognize a spirit without a body that's the bishop spirit how about that give the lord a big round of applause hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah yeah thank god for these consecrated singers that the lord has blessed the church here at escarpment road with yes god is a good god do you believe that i say god is a good god you know the hearts of many are afraid but we need not be afraid because of a god is with us he is referred to as jehovah he's here he's there and he is everywhere give him a hand clap if you please thank god we have the assurance from the very words of jesus himself i will never leave you nor forsake you today we want to focus on christian unity christian unity back to the passage that was read earlier ephesians chapter 4 begin reading at the first verse i therefore the priest of the lord beseech you that he walk worthy of the vocation that's a christian lifestyle wherewith you're called with all loneliness and the meekness with long suffering for bearing one another in love this is how we must walk the christian walk endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace we often pray god make us one am i right oh lord help us to be one but i have news for us we are already one one in christ jesus we have been a created one made one even before we were conceived in my mother's womb god knew us before and we have been one so hear what paul's saying endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace now you'll agree with me that one cannot keep what he or she doesn't have so the fact of the matter is we are one so paul says keep it endeavoring and the word endeavoring here means make every possible effort to keep the unity the unity of the spirit this one spirit that emanates from god this one spirit that came from god that we all have once we have accepted the lord jesus christ as a person and savior can i have an amen in the house endeavoring make every possible effort to keep the unity yes the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace peace must be that belt around us keep us together demonstrating that sense of oneness and you know peace is a powerful word you know jesus said my peace i leave with you my peace i give unto you i believe peace is somewhat like tranquility it's ease it's relaxation it's a good feeling it was paul who said let the peace of god rule your heart and even that great um chapter of isaiah's prophecy that great messianic prophet he said his name shall be called wonderful counselor the mighty god the everlasting father and the prince of peace so we have the peace in our hearts jesus in the sermon on the mount he said blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of a god endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace let us keep this unity let us demonstrate the sense of unity some people see unity as just a noun something to talk about but i believe in the the verb version of it to keep the peace is to do something it's like love ir notice that in the bible the word love is mentioned as a noun and also as a verb but more often mentioned as a verb it goes therefore to say that love is something that we do more than something we talk about and the apostle paul tells us what love is he said it yes first corinthians 13 read it for yourself what is love as a matter of fact it was jesus who said then we'll know that your mother's heaven when you have loved one to another then will men know that we are indeed one when we demonstrated that sense of peace the sense of love hallelujah one scripture said i think jesus himself said why call me lord lord and you do not do the thing that i commanded you to do endeavoring to keep the unity there must be an effort in this thing you know are you with me and then he goes on to tell us the basis for our oneness or the basis for our unity he did it here in two groups of church two group of three he said there is one body one spirit even as you are called in one hope one hope of your calling one body which bodies is the body of jesus christ we all belong to that same body i've overheard people say to me what body do you belong to but i know what they want that what they are what they are talking about they are thinking of your church affiliation your denomination but this verse is talking about that sense of oneness we belong to jesus christ the church is the body of christ we are indeed one so based on this there is a basis for our unity one church in the 16th chapter according to the mat the gospel of saint matthew jesus says they are up on this rock peter's confession i will build my churches no he didn't say churches upon this rock i'll build my church one church a multiplicity of denomination but one church on the church that jesus spoke about comprises all those who were washed in the blood of the lamb yes those in whom the spirit of the lord dwells one body one spirit the same holy spirit and you notice that the word spirit here is capitalized even as they are called on in one hope one hope we all embrace the same hope what is hope i believe hope is positive expectation that of looking forward to something beautiful something enjoyable something good something that gives you a chill a sacred string thrill for that matter one hope of your calling the shaman wrote my hope is built to nothing less than jesus blood and righteousness not hope in our money and our in our education these are all good god has blessed us with these and more but these can fail but when we put our hope in jesus christ and realize that we do have this hope then all shall be well it was david or in the psalm it says hope thou in god what a challenge one hope things may be falling apart around us questions we have no answer but when we know that the hope is steadfast in jesus christ we can smile in the midst of the storm hallelujah i think of jew who said do god say me although god allowed me to be slain yet will i trust him yet will i hope in him for i know that my regime is alive it doesn't matter what you're going through my sister my brother my fellow preachers we have that hope this hope is steadfast and sure yes this is one of the pieces for our human our oneness our unity in christ one body one spirit one hope master of the tempest is raging but we can say peace be still hallelujah hallelujah then he goes on to say one lord one lord we owe our allegiance to the god and father of the lord jesus christ the one who spoke the world inter-existent god did not have any engineer on earth or scientists or constructors or architect hear your spoke and it was done one lord that's our lord give him a hand please hallelujah hallelujah one lord one lord and that is the lord the god of heaven the one who causes the sun to shine the one who spoke the heavenly bodies out there in space place them in order no collision that's our god that's our god somebody will say that of holy god hallelujah one lord one faith and this word faith is not talking about belief or trust now belief in god are trusting god it it it speaks from the whole body of truth which is the gospel the one that jesus preached and the one that he passed on to his disciples one faith one body of truth what is the faith what jesus taught and was passed on to his apostles and that faith we still embrace and what is the content of the faith i mean what jesus taught love forgiveness demonstrating unity yes caring for the needy these are all embodied in the faith that was handed down to the saints one faith including his death his resurrection and the promise of his second coming paul under the inspiration of the holy spirit he writes the titus he said looking for that not just hope but that blessed hope and what does the word blessed mean it means happy joyful hope hallelujah we embrace the hope now and in the hereafter one lord one faith one baptism the word baptism here could mean the fact that we have been plunged and placed under the order of jesus christ it could mean water baptism it could mean the baptism of the holy spirit but each of these are all of them become the basis for our unity that that this is these are what we stand on this church is built on a physical foundation and what we are seeing here is the foundation is the basis for our sense of oneness my sister and i are one because we share the same parent we are one we may quarrel with me first but the fact of the matter we are still one amen i have a younger brother he is now going to be with the lord and we will fight sometime because we boys i used to be caught up in a few fights at school and all that sort of thing and um i hit him and boy i i didn't he didn't have the courage to respond by using his face so he found a can and he he threw it at me and hit me on the forehead blow it still my mother saw it and she started to cry oh boy you guys is off the same branch you were friends from the same brush are you gonna kill yourself was right that should not have been because we are one and that didn't cancel our oneness that of our being united blood relationship but that should not be that was wrong and even though we are one sometimes we we slip up hurt one another but we know the biblical instruction if you hurt your body hurt your sister go and make it right amen the bible has a lot to say about forgiveness don't pretend as if well all israel when all is not well can i have an amen one lord one faith one baptism one god and father of all my daddy is your daddy my father is your father my papa is the europa one god and father of all of us we talk about the triune godhead not triggers as a matter of fact in the book of genesis it says that god created and the hebrew word for god is the word elohim and in the greek it's a plural noun speaks of the plurality of the godhead elohim father son and holy ghost together as one god and we see expression of the triune godhead in not only in the old testament but in the new testament as well one god who is this god the god of the universe you know i was in the office there meditating a little and god dropped something when i spit i said you know something god is not poor you know god is not poor if all the wealth that is in this little island of wars from negril to point from a rock a buster to halligan upon if that was all that god owns on the planet he would be a multi maybe trillionaire let alone he owns the whole world and this world is a rich world except that the wealth has not been evenly distributed this is the god we serve hallelujah i know always believe that god's people must be blessed because we have a blessed god a rich god a powerful god a loving god as far as i'm concerned within the the context of the holy scripture there is no scarcity in heaven and we're told to pray let your will be done on earth and it is in heaven and all you have to do get close to him cash in and receive from me just do what he tells us to do when it comes to money and to have friends just do what the bible says you know i think of paul and james james was a biological brother of jesus christ paul says faith cometh by hearing are you with me hearing the word of god that's right we're those faith it is impossible to please god that you shall live by faith right but james in the book that bears his name and the book of james is considered the book of practical christianity james does not contradict paul when he says faith without works is dead so when you hear the word you believe it you must demonstrate it because unless you practice what the word of god says you'll be left out in the cold so it's not a matter of doing oh my goodness i wish some christian would even do 10 of what they know within the context of the holy book are you with me not only be hearers of the world but be doers also god is love god knows love hallelujah and god did not stand heaven and say i love a lost undying world no he did something about it what did he do he sent jesus christ to die on the cross to redeem sinful man give the lord a handler [Applause] one god and father of all who is above all this speaks of god's transcendence he is above all else he is the king of the universe the king of the earth it wasn't nebuchadnezzar maybe he felt so our bell saucer god is the boss hallelujah one god and father of all and who is above all i often tell people that i i i don't look up to men because we are all failures are susceptible to failure so i i don't look up the man i relate to man on a horizontal lever straight across we're on the same level whether your skin darker light or whatever whatever pigmentation comes in between whether we call came from the northern part of the global or southern or eastern or western we are all one goddess men all men of one blood that is your europe blood group as other other other black men and my blood group as a white man it can work in terms of transfusion amen so i communicate with my colleagues everybody on earth on a horizontal level but when it comes to god what level vertical i look up to him because to him i owe my allegiance put your hands together and give the lord a hand clip hallelujah to the lamb of god love the church say hallelujah i want to hear you showed hallelujah in the house one god and father of all who is above all and someday jesus is going to come back and he's going to take hero things you believe that i'm glad we will be in that number will you be there if you're not sure i will leave what i have on will for you oh hallelujah to the lamb of god one god and father of all who is above all and true all in other words he works for us because we are one above all and through all of us plural all and in you all so he's above us we look up to him he works through us in ministry not by my nor by power but by his spirit said the lord of hosts that's how we operate or should operate under the authority of the holy ghost and that is why the early church the apostles they were forced to reckon with because they received the baptism in the holy ghost and the holy ghost represented jesus christ jesus said if i go i will send you another comforter and when that mighty outpouring came upon them in that upper room oh hallelujah they were um they were dangerous they turned the word upside down somebody said yes he works to us and in you one god and father of all who is above all and through us all and in you all so not only is he above us not only that he works for us but he also dwells in us during the old testament peter they were not they were not possessed with the holy spirit the anointing would come upon them to perform tasks as god would direct them but since pentecost he has come to dwell within us jesus said when he is coming shall be like a well of water in you springing up into everlasting life does this sound good give the lord a hand club one god and father who is above all and through all and in you all and he said but unto one of us is giving grace according to the measure of the gift of christ wherefore he said when he ascended upon high he led captivity captors and he gave gifts to men now that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower paths of the earth this is unless all by to him he that ascended is the shame also that he that descended rather is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fulfill all things oh he came down he finishes work and he's gone up and then he also gave men and women to the church as gifts not the gifts of the spirit now that's not what he's talking about and he gave some a better rendering is he gave some to be apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some past the teacher in the greek the pastor teaches ling together so the apostles the prophets the evangelists the pastor teacher these are not gifts of the spiritual they are gifts to the church god places these men and women in the church as gift you ladies you bless us with your anointed singing you're a gift to this church and in your life you will have spiritual gifts so the apostle is a gift how come god placed him in the church to service the church apostles prophets i don't have time to go in detail as to how each of these perform and their responsibility and the purpose for god plagues and the apostles and prophets and evangelists and teachers in the church is for the perfecting a better word here is for the maturing because we will not reach perfection in this life until when our bodies are redeemed so we grow in grace continually we grow into maturity and for this purpose god places these men and women in the church for the perfecting of the saints verse 12 for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of christ what does the word edifying or edification suggest well to bless the church to give the church a sense of hope to settle the church to help the church to know the reason for their faith and the ability to defend their faith you said earnestly content for the faith strive you may need to put up resistance to stand up for what you believe for the perfecting of the saints for the work for the edifying of the body of christ till we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of god unto perfect man this is the final seed onto the measure of the fullness of the stature of the fullness of christ that we henceforth be no more tossed and throw with every wind of doctrine so when we sit on the apostles of those whom god has pleased and the church has gift to serve us stabilizing us so we just run here and run there amen amen we are being settled i think was one scripture said oh somebody said a rolling stone gather no mouse here there everywhere the reason why some people move around like nomad is because they don't settle and discipline themselves to stay one place and learn the way of god the situation geographical whatever we you know necessitate you're moving but don't move and because it's a matter of your being unstable stay in your church and get grounded in the world paul went through a lot of struggles judaism gnosticism but he said none even what he suffered none of those things moved him for he was persuaded and that beyond the shadow of adult that god is able to keep him what god has committed to him until then so my brothers and sisters my colleagues let us stand hash in the faith and live to demonstrate to the world that we are together we are together in one you know that you remember that chorus we are together who come and sing it ladies come let's hear those nice voices again [Music] just praising the lord we are together again on the one accord [Music] just praising the lord we are together again praising the lord we are together again oh [Music] again [Music] everybody now we are together oh something good is going to happen sometimes [Applause] come on everybody [Applause] [Applause] something good is going to happen good we are together again something good is [Applause] hallelujah i want to hear your show some hallelujah in the house hallelujah [Music] that's what unity is all about these ladies are united that's what they were they sing together they are one amen hallelujah god bless you so we close this section and we move into the next phase and that is the communion service but if there is one here who would like special prayer maybe for yourself or some family member some neighbor somebody you know maybe overseas or here in jamaica that is hurting could you come and represent them we just pray i should pray for them is there one for you i am praying for you i am praying [Applause] for you i am praying [Music] i'm praying [Music] for you i am praying for you i am [Music] somebody is overseas if you can stand you stand as i pray this prayer for us here as well as for those of you who are overseas or wherever you're listening from let us pray father we are living in a complex world since kovid the world has never been the same trouble on every hand men's heart of failing them for fear brother god we know you're there you're here you're everywhere and the corvid virus is not in charge oh god your eyes run towards the entire globe we are still waiting on you lord for some answers why why why you have not forsaken earth of course not you remain the loving god as you have been eternity past and those in this country those in this congregation who are hurting others time lord and that you have mandated us to pray we pray for them may you reach them lord at the point of their need touch their sick bodies we know there's no distance and prayer there's anybody hurting now your situation is beyond that which the doctors can address in the name of the crucified and the risen christ i release the healing power that was purchased on calvary [Music] by jesus christ that hurting mother that hurting father that hurting teenage girl that's hurting teenage boy lord those are the workplace lord sometimes discrimination [Music] jealousy carnality lord in the name of jesus christ of nothing here at the escarpment road church we believe for them and we claim the victim some they are confused hallelujah hallelujah multiplicity of thoughts and ideas lord but i pray for a sense of direction in the name of jesus christ of nazareth we know that there is a land and no weapon that is formed against your children shall prosper never tongue that shall rise up against your people lord we demolish them in the name of jesus because this is and has always been our heritage lord those who are without christ and listening to this service i pray that the holy spirit the holy spirit that convicting power lord right as we pray will touch their hearts lord and that they will surrender and bow at the feet of jesus confess their sins and be saved for time and eternity pray for our bishop pinocchio to be the recovery lord pray first family those are the 3b family who are absently for your blessing lead them guide them protect them i pray in the name of jesus christ of nazareth and we all say amen now we're gonna switch and observe the communion the holy communion who like for the councilman to position yourselves as we move into this aspect of our service i would just like to read a family passage the well-known passage paul writes for i receive of the lord that which also i delivered unto you that the lord jesus christ the same night in which he was betrayed he took bread and when he had given things he break it and said take e this is my body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me after the same man also took the cup and when he had stopped saying this cup is the new testament in my blood this do he as often as he drink it in remembrance of me the communion service is first a memorial service when we come together the lord steve we are saying in loving memory of our lord and savior jesus christ who departed this life over 2000 years ago there's another aspect to the communion service that of fellowship we look back to the cross we celebrate that great sacrifice and when we come together we come to fellowship as a family yes being one united in christ and then also there's a futuristic aspect to it we do this until he comes so we commemorate we celebrate and we hope we look forward to that great day when he returns to take us to be with him hallelujah let us pray father we thank you for being with us thank you for the redemption that we have experienced through the shed blood of jesus christ for our sins and that which was validated that transaction through his resurrection i now dedicate these symbols lord the one representing your broken body and the other representing the blood that flowed from your head your hands your side and your feet in the name of the risen christ i declare these symbols sacred in your name lord and i also pray lord whoever partake of it that they would reach out and receive healing for he was wounded for our transgressions for he was bruised for our indicators that your sis meant for peace was upon him and because of the stripes he born is back healing has already been provided bless us individually bless us collectively in the name of our lord and savior jesus christ we pray and we see amen [Music] those of you joining us online please get your emblem and join with us as we partake together take your cup take your loaf [Music] and [Music] thank you very much the body of our lord jesus christ was broken on calvary for us over 2000 years ago and in sacred memory of that event we [Music] now eat in honor of him [Music] [Music] [Music] so we eat together as we fellowship [Music] [Music] i am it was [Music] we eat all of it and so are we thankful and then he took the cup hallelujah the fruit of the van you see as often as you drink you do it in sacred memory of me we now drink together to his glory [Music] thank you [Music] i think of the time in the future when we meet together the mars supper of the lamb will you be there yes we shall be there by the grace of god let us pray father we thank you for this moment this family of fear once again we thank you for jesus thank you jesus for having come to a world and you finish your work when you pass it on to the apostles and till it has reached us may we be faithful lord to our commitment may we continue law to liberal lies within the context of this legacy that you have left behind in the name of the father in the name of the son in the name of the holy spirit we pray amen amen bless the lord bless the lord hallelujah hallelujah we want to thank bishop baker for delivering such a powerful word christian unity we are together again it's a reassurance and a confirmation that we are together in the house of the lord i would just like the congregation to stretch their hands towards bishop baker and ask the lord god to bless him and continue to give him long life in the name of jesus christ as i now quote the benediction let us all raise our right hand may the lord god cause his face to shine upon us may the lord god be gracious unto us may the lord god lift up his countenance and may the lord god give you peace in jesus name amen and amen go with the lord hallelujah praise team [Music] oh [Music] [Music] for he is worthy to [Music] [Music] the god of my souls my salvation be exalted [Music] [Music] i will call upon the lord [Music] [Music] [Music] they should be exhausted [Music] [Applause] and let the god of my salvation [Music] [Music] oh [Music] there's only one there's only one [Music] there's only one [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] greetings everyone please take note of the following announcements for the week commencing sunday september 5 2021 our focus for september is the disciplined life let us be disciplined in our walk with christ we invite you to continue participating in our weekly prayer meeting on tuesdays at 7 pm on zoom and or power our fasting on wednesdays at 12 noon on zoom our 3b bible study continues every wednesday at 7 30 pm on zoom and youtube join us as we continue studying the word the escarpment rule new testament church of god district women's ministry presents its missions project help us end period poverty from july 1 to september 30th you may support this project by donating sanitary products and placing them in containers provided at each local church or by making monetary contributions you may also give online at spuropen.com for more information you may contact your local women's ministry president or call or church office at 876 seven seven three two two one help us in period poverty together we can in light of the limitations caused by covet 19 next week sunday september 12 and sunday september 19th we will maintain having one service which will be aired at 10 am on our youtube channel only service participants and or technical team will be accommodated in the sanctuary we invite everyone to join us on our youtube channel at 10 am although physically restricted let us remain spiritually connected and move forward with faith and power assured that god is with us brothers and sisters you are being called to duty as we recruit church workers for the year 2021-2022 we invite you to partner with our church to offer your services within our various ministry divisions including worship fellowship discipleship evangelism missions and more you may indicate your areas of ministry by completing or electronic recruitment form this form may be accessed in our whatsapp group or or youtube chat or you may send an email to escarpmentroad3b yahoo.com to request the form first corinthians chapter 15 verse 58 says always give yourselves fully to the work of the lord brothers and sisters we know that the last few months have been challenging the journey may seem unbearable but rest assured you are not alone we want to remind you that we care if there is anyone in our 3b family who has contracted the coronavirus or is affected by any other illness or is simply in need of spiritual support please reach out to our council members we are a family that cares you matter to us please take note of our weekly opportunities for worship and fellowship as projected on your screen look for the zoom meeting links in our whatsapp groups or send an email to escarpmentroot3b yahoo.com to receive the login details we extend best wishes so everyone celebrating birthdays and anniversaries this week may god continue to bless you richly and our thought for the week comes to us from first corinthians chapter 9 verse 24 and it says do you not know that in a race all the runners run but only one gets the prize run in such a way as to get the prize these are the notices have a blessed week [Music] so you stayed until the end what a pleasure it was having you we are so grateful that you stayed and we hope and pray that you were blessed richly by god's word and ministry here at 3b we want you to subscribe to our youtube channel remember to continue to like and share and we look forward to seeing you next week as you come and bring someone with you as we continue to worship god together god bless you and enjoy the rest of the day [Music] you

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