Liturgy Mark 9.

2-8, Kingston 30/04/23

Call for worship - John 1.14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling

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among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one

and only Son, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth.

The eternal, incarnate, omnipotent, glorious Christ; and

wonder of wonders of His fullness we have all received;
and grace, upon grace, upon grace. It would be one
thing for Christ to come into the world and reveal
Himself; it’s quite another for Him to take up residence
in us, isn’t it?
We do not worship a Christ who is apart from us, or
outside of us; but we worship a Christ who is inside of
us. And we are the recipients of grace, upon grace, upon
grace.

Let’s bow in prayer 1.

We are deeply grateful for the clarity with which the

Word of God speaks to us on these matters, and so
thankful, Lord, that You have given us such revelation,
so that we don’t have endless questions that are
unanswered, speculations, fears; that You have revealed
Yourself in words that are simple enough for a child to
understand, clear to us, and yet beyond comprehension.
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How could we ever understand that You would step
inside Your creation, pure eternal being would make
Himself a part of those who are becoming; that You
would, the Creator, become part of Your creation?

How could we ever comprehend that in Christ would be

all the fullness of deity bodily, and Christ would come
to live in us, and we would be complete in Him, and
receive from Him all the fullness, and grace upon grace.

This is the wonder of our salvation. This is the

motivation for our worship. And may we lift up our
hearts in true worship as we celebrate this day, we pray
in Christ’s name. Amen.

Sing 1

Sing 2 and offerings.

Bible reading – Mark 9.2-8.

Sermon.

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Sing 3
Let’s Pray 3
Father, we thank You for the manifestation of the glory
of Christ in this incredible account. When we think
about where in the Scripture, we go to go behind the
curtains, to go into the other world, as it were to go into
the eternal kingdom, to get beyond our mortality, to get
beyond our humanity, to get beyond space and time, the
glimpses are rare, they’re rare.

We see them in the visions of the prophets. We see them

in the visions of John in the apocalypse. We see it here
in a unique way as if we were standing there with Peter,
James and John to see the revelation of who Christ
really is and to be reminded again that the departure,
including His death, is part of the plan to be
accomplished at Jerusalem.

We are reminded how the eternal kingdom is real. We

thank You that we had this glimpse behind the scenes.
We really can't wait to wake up and embrace it in its
fullness to see the glory of Christ in your Second
Coming.

In the meantime, Lord, we honour You. Thanks,

because You took Your beloved apostles there to be
eyewitnesses, and thus did John say, "We beheld His
glory, the glory as the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth." And the record stands of the

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unveiled Christ, our Lord, and our Saviour. We bow to
Him, our Lord and God, Redeemer, and King. Amen.