God's Word, a Sound System and a Crusade - Part V (Sunday morning)

We awoke this morning to a breezy, sunny Sunday morning.  We had slept like babies!  God has already blessed us "far more abundantly than all that we can ask or think" (Ephesians 3:20)  with the opportunity to see His work in another culture, in another language.  One can't help but be reminded that the church here on earth is one in Christ even though there are a multitude of local congregations and denominations spread across the entire globe.

A great joy for Bob Sunday morning before church was having the opportunity to sit with 14 year old Gabriel and read a sermon in Spanish by John Piper on Romans 3:19-26--Jesus is Precious Because He Removes Our Guilt ("Jesús es Precioso Porque Elimina Nuestra Culpa").  What can be more precious than soaking in these truths:

First, all human beings are personally accountable to God for their sin (v. 19).
Second, the resulting guilt of man and righteous indignation of God can't be made right by works of the law (v. 20).
Third, God, on his own initiative, set about to accomplish our justification by grace and offer it as a free gift (vv. 21–24).
Fourth, the way he did this was by sending his Son, Jesus, to redeem us by his death and to demonstrate the righteousness of God (vv. 24–26).
Finally, this gift of justification, the removal of our guilt and God's wrath, comes only to those who trust in Jesus (vv. 22, 25–26).

After a simple breakfast (of rice and beans and fruit) and a quiet time, we made our way to Iglesia Las Esquinas for Sunday Moning services. To be continued . . .