The Lord’s Day
March 7, 2010
Sing to God, sing praises to His name; lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,
Whose name is the Lord, and
exult before Him.
(Psalm 68:4)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 146:1, 2
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the
Lord while I live;
I will sing
praises to my God while I have my being.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Hallelujah,
Praise Jehovah No. 110
Public Confession
The knowledge
of Your forgiveness fills our hearts with peace, O God. Forgive us, therefore,
for our destructive words. Forgive us for being selfish, rather than rejoicing
in Your mercy. In Christ, You have given us the gift of faith, yet we sometimes
doubt Your promises; forgive us, Father, for such offenses. Help us to walk
righteously through all our days.
Words of Assurance Hebrews 4:14-16
Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high
priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted
in all things as we are, yet without
sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that
we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Response Searcher of Hearts (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
How should we define saving faith?
Saving faith
is a sure and steadfast knowledge of the paternal goodwill of God toward us, as
He declares in the gospel that for the sake of Christ He will be our Father and
Savior.
Do we
conceive faith of ourselves, or do we receive it from God?
Scripture teaches that faith is the
special gift of God, and our experience confirms this teaching.
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 Let Children
Hear the Mighty Deeds No. 364
*Public Reading of the Word The
Gospel of John 15:1–15
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Covenant Theology:
The
Covenant of Grace (part 2)
Genesis
12, 15, 17
Hymn Thou Who Wast
Rich beyond All Splendor No. 230
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Hymn The God of
Abraham Praise No. 34
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
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