The Lord’s Day
February 7, 2010
Let the nations
be glad and sing for joy;
for You will
judge the peoples with uprightness and guide the nations on the earth.
(Psalm 67:4)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 115:14–18
May the Lord give you increase, you and your
children.
May you be
blessed of the Lord, Maker of
heaven and earth.
The heavens are
the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He
has given to the sons of men.
The dead do not
praise the Lord,
Nor do any who go down into silence;
But as for us, we
will bless the Lord from this
time forth and forever.
Praise the Lord!
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord No. 6
Public Confession
We make this
confession without reservation, O God, knowing that You will hear us and
forgive our sins. Forgive us for straying from the path of righteousness and for
using our words to tear down as we sometimes spoke without patience and
charity. Forgive us for our lack of compassion, kindness, and long-suffering. Help
us to live every day for Your glory.
Words of Assurance John
1:10–13
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did
not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive
Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children
of God, even to those
who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the
flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Response Here, O My Lord, I See
Thee Face to Face (facing page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No. 731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Catechism of the Church in Geneva
When we declare that Jesus Christ was “conceived
of the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary?,” what do we mean?
We mean that He was formed in the womb of the
virgin, of her substance, to be the true seed of David, as had been foretold by
the Prophets, and that this was effected by the miraculous and secret agency of
the Spirit without human connection.
Why
was it necessary for Christ to assume our nature?
It was
necessary that the disobedience committed by man against God should be expiated
also in human nature; nor could He in any other way be our Mediator to make
reconciliation between God and man.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading The Law of God
Then God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out
of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.”
For us there is but one God, the Father, from whom
are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are
all things, and we exist through Him. (1 Corinthians 8:6)
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall
not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord
your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but
showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My
commandments.”
Little children, guard yourselves from idols. (1
John 5:21)
“You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will
not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.”
“Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who art in
heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.’” (Matthew 6:9)
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and
do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do
any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or
your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made
it holy.”
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the
people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested
from his works, as God did from His. (Hebrews 4:9, 10)
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in
the land which the Lord your God
gives you.”
Children, be obedient to your parents in all
things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. (Colossians 3:20)
“You shall not murder.”
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another;
for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, “You shall not
commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not
covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Romans 13:8, 9)
“You shall not commit adultery.”
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let
the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
(Hebrews 13:4)
“You shall not steal.”
Let him who steals steal no longer; but rather let
him labor, performing with his own hands what is good, in order that he may
have something to share with him who has need. (Ephesians 4:28)
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth,
each one of you, with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
(Ephesians 4:25)
“You shall not covet.”
Do not let immorality or any impurity or greed
even be named among you, as is proper among saints. (Ephesians 5:3)
*Hymn The Heavens
Declare Your Glory, Lord No. 138
*Public Reading of the Word The
Gospel of John 13:1–19
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Covenant Theology:
The
Covenant of Works (part 1)
Gen. 1:26; 2:15–17; Rom. 5; 1 Cor. 15:22;
Gal. 2:15–17
Hymn Fountain of
Never-Ceasing Grace No. 519
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Hymn Thy Works, Not
Mine, O Christ No. 524
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
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