​The Goodness of Jesus
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Come you weary heart now to Jesus
Come you anxious soul now and see
There is perfect love and comfort in your tears
Rest here in His wondrous peace
 
O the goodness, the goodness of Jesus
Satisfied, He is all that I need
May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days
In the goodness of Jesus
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Come find what this world cannot offer
Come and find your joy here complete
Taste the living water, never thirst again
Rest here in His wondrous peace
 
Come and find your hope now in Jesus
He is all He said He would be
Grace is overflowing from the Saviour's heart
Rest here in His wondrous peace

​*7/23/2023* COLLEGE/pre-COLLEGE Life Group guide

 
Westminster Catechism Question #12:
What are the decrees of God?
 
*Answer:
God’s decrees are the wise, free, and holy decisions from the purposes of his will.1 By them, from all eternity and for his own glory, he has unchangeably foreordained everything that happens in time,2 and particularly those things that involve angels and human beings. 
 

1) Purpose of His will

a.     even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love (EPHESIANS 1:4)
b.     In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will. (EPHESIANS 1:11)
c.     Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! (ROMANS 11:33)
d.     What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” (ROMANS 9:14-15)
e.     So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. (ROMANS 9:18)

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2) Everything that happens in His time

a.     for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. (ACTS 4:27-28)
b.     What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— (ROMANS 9:22-23)
c.     The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. (PSALM 33:11)
 
 
 
Spend a moment with the holy Spirit. Pray for one another.
 
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18)
 
…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7)

*6/25/2023* COLLEGE/pre-COLLEGE Life Group guide

 
 
 
Westminster Catechism Question #10:
What are the individual, personal qualities that belong to the three persons of the Godhead?
 
*Answer:
From all eternity, the Father begets the Son;1 the Son is begotten by the Father,2 and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.3
 
1.    5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? 6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.” // 8 But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. (HEBREWS 1:5-6, 8)
 

1. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. // 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. (JOHN 1:14, 18)

 

1. “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. (JOHN 15:26); And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” (GALATIANS 4:6)

 
Spend a moment with the holy Spirit. Pray for one another.
 
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18)
 
…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7)
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​Westminster Catechism Question #9:
Is there more than one God?
 
*Answer:
Three persons are in the one God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Although they are differentiated by their own individual, personal qualities, these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance and equal in power and glory.
 

1. For there are three that testify. (1 JOHN 5:7)

 

1. And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (MATTHEW 3:16-17)

 

1. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (MATTHEW 28:19)

 

1. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 CORINTHIANS 13:14)

 

1. I and the Father are one. (JOHN 10:30)

Pray for one another.