The Lord’s Day
October 7, 2007
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 100
Minister: Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness;
Congregation: Come before Him with joyful singing.
Minister: Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
Congregation: We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Minister: Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.
Congregation: Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
Minister: For the Lord is good;
Congregation: His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.
*Gloria Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn All People That on Earth Do Dwell (inside front)
Psalm 100B (bulletin p. 1)
Public Confession
All: We make this confession so that our hearts might be made glad once again. Forgive our careless words, which lack grace. Forgive our sinful acts, which served only the flesh. Forgive us for closing our hearts to those in need, and for worrying too much about what we have and too little about what we should give.
Children: Dear Father in heaven, please forgive all our sins. Help us to learn and live by Your Word. And help us to honor our parents at all times so that we might please You.
Words of Assurance Romans 5:1, 2
Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
Response Lead Me, Lord (bulletin p. 6)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No. 731
*Declaring Our Faith The Larger Catechism (60, 61)
Can they who have never heard the gospel, and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in Him, be saved by their living according to the light of nature?
They who, having never heard the gospel, know not Jesus Christ, and believe not in Him, cannot be saved, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, or the laws of that religion which they profess; neither is there salvation in any other, but in Christ alone, who is the Savior only of His body the Church.
Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the Church?
All that hear the gospel, and live in the visible Church, are not saved; but they only who are true members of the Church invisible.
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 Law of God Is Good and Wise No. 150
*Public Reading of the Word 2 Corinthians 4
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Matthew 11:25-30
Hymn Come unto Me, Ye Weary No. 482
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn All Praise to Christ (inside back)
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation will please stand
+ Visitors: please see the note on the back of this bulletin
