The Lord’s Day
September 9, 2007
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-3
Minister: O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,
Congregation: Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Minister: Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,
Congregation: Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Minister: For the Lord is a great God
Congregation: And a great King above all gods.
*Gloria Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Come, Let Us Sing unto the Lord No. 16
Public Confession
All: Again this day, O Lord, we appear before You to make confession of our sin. We are reminded again of Your abundant mercy to us in Christ. You have caused us to persevere another week. And now we acknowledge our sin in Your presence.
We will not seek to hide our transgressions, for we believe that You know all things. Forgive our wicked thoughts. Help us to vanquish such thoughts by filling our minds with principles of righteousness.
Forgive our ill-chosen words. Teach us to master our tongues so that our speech edifies and comforts.
Forgive our complacency regarding matters of our faith. Stir up in us a love for all that is true and good.
Children: Thank You for loving us, dear God. Help us to live without sin so that we might please You.
Words of Assurance 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 24
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.
Response My Faith Looks Up to Thee (inside front)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No. 731
*Declaring Our Faith The Larger Catechism (51, 52)
What was the estate of Christ’s exaltation?
The estate of Christ's exaltation comprehends His resurrection, ascension, sitting at the right hand of the Father, and His coming again to judge the world.
How was Christ exalted in His resurrection?
Christ was exalted in His resurrection in that, not having seen corruption in death (of which it was not possible for Him to be held), and having the very same body in which He suffered, with the essential properties thereof (but without mortality, and other common infirmities belonging to this life), really united to His soul, He rose again from the dead the third day by His own power; whereby He declared Himself to be the Son of God, to have satisfied divine justice, to have vanquished death, and him that had the power of it, and to be Lord of quick and dead: all which He did as a public person, the head of His church, for their justification, quickening in grace, support against enemies, and to assure them of their resurrection from the dead at the last day.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading Proverbs 13:19-25
Desire realized is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.
He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Adversity pursues sinners,
But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,
But it is swept away by injustice.
He who withholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
But the stomach of the wicked is in need.
*Hymn God, in the Gospel of His Son No. 141
*Public Reading of the Word 1 Corinthians 16
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Matthew 10:28-33
Hymn O Sacred Head Now Wounded No. 247
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing No. 384
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation will please stand
+ Visitors: please see the note on the back of this bulletin