The Lord’s
Day
August 1,
2010
Depart
from me, all you who do iniquity,
for
the Lord has heard the voice of
my weeping.
(Psalm
6:8)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 98
O sing to the Lord a new
song, for He has done wonderful things,
His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.
The Lord has made known His
salvation;
He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of
Israel;
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Shout joyfully to the Lord,
all the earth;
Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.
Sing praises to the Lord with
the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout joyfully before the King, the
Lord.
Let the sea roar and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
before the Lord, for He is
coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Vast the Immensity, Mirror of Majesty No. 24
Public Confession
Heavenly
Father, have mercy upon us. We have sinned by disobeying Your Word, and we seek
the forgiveness that You promise to those who repent and turn to You in faith.
Do not count our transgressions against us, but forgive us, for the sake of
Your Son and our Savior, Jesus Christ. Restore us so that we might be at peace
with You.
Words of Assurance 1 John 2:1, 2
My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not
sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours
only, but also for those of the whole world.
Response The Lord’s Prayer (inside front cover)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] Fisher’s Catechism
What is it that constitutes the human nature, or nature of man?
A true body and a reasonable soul united together.
Of what was the body of man formed?
“Of the dust of
the ground”; hence God is resembled to a potter, and
man to the clay.
What should this teach us?
To remember we
are dust; to admire the condescension of the Son of God in coming to us and
assuming a human body; to consider that we are in God’s hand, as the clay is in
the hand of the potter; and that, in this our fallen state, we are to return to
the dust again.
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 O Word of God Incarnate No. 140
*Public Reading of the Word Romans 8:1–17
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon The Mission of the Church (continued)
(Acts 1:6–9; Mark 4:26–32)
Hymn How
Sweet and Awesome Is the Place No.
469
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn Rejoice, All People, Homage Give No. 73
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
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