Sermon 1-1-12 covenant service 2 kings 23:1-3
1 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple of the LORD with the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the LORD. 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the LORD—to follow the LORD and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.
What’s the scoop on Josiah
Grandpa and father were bad kings
Finds book of law.
Renews the covenant
[With heart and soul]
Covenant principles – vs what a friend we have in Jesus
Greater and lesser power
What each will do
Blessings and cursings
Methodists often start the year with - Wesley covenant service
Wesley says that the first service was held on Monday 11 August 1755, at the French church at Spitalfields in London, with 1800 people present.
He has been at this revival thing for 17 years…..
Wesley found the service rich and meaningful, as expressed in his Journal: "Many mourned before God, and many were comforted" (April 1756); "It was, as usual, a time of remarkable blessing" (October 1765); "It was an occasion for a variety of spiritual experiences ... I do not know that ever we had a greater blessing. Afterwards many desired to return thanks, either for a sense of pardon, for full salvation, or for a fresh manifestation of His graces, healing all their backslidings" (January 1, 1775).
In London these services were usually held on New Year's Day. Around the country the Covenant Service was conducted
whenever John Wesley visited the Methodist Societies.
To consider a covenant with God is to agree that we are
Not simply going to continue to do what we have been doing
Changing
Pursuing faithfulness
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