The Lord’s
Day
December 6,
2009
Second
Sunday of Advent
Prelude
Lighting
of the Advent Candle Psalm
45:1–7
My heart
overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; my tongue is the
pen of a ready writer. You are fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured
upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever. Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, in Your splendor and Your majesty!
And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let Your right
hand teach You awesome things. Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under
You; Your arrows are in the
heart of the King’s enemies. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter
of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and
hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy
above Your fellows.
Musical Offering Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding
(text on facing page)
*Call to Worship Psalm
37:5–7
Commit your
way to the Lord,
Trust also in
Him, and He will do it.
He will bring
forth your righteousness as the light,
And your
judgment as the noonday.
Rest
in the Lord and wait patiently
for Him;
Do not fret
because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out
wicked schemes.
*Gloria
Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn The Advent of Our God (page 5)
Public Confession
O Lord, we confess that our words, at
times, have been unkind and lacking in wisdom. We have spoken in haste and
without knowledge. Our actions have sometimes been selfish and lacking in
charity. We have not always considered others as more important than ourselves.
We seek Your forgiveness, therefore, O God, and we take comfort in Your
promises. We thank You for our salvation, which You have freely provided in
Your Son.
Words of Assurance Ephesians 1:5-8
He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His
grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches
of His grace which He lavished on us.
Response Praise Jehovah (following)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe
and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Canons of Dordt: Christ’s Satisfaction
How is God’s justice related to our
redemption?
God’s justice
requires that the sins we have committed against His infinite majesty be
punished with both temporal and eternal punishments. We cannot escape these
punishments unless satisfaction is given to God’s justice.
How has that
satisfaction been provided?
God in His
boundless mercy has given us as a guarantee His only begotten Son, who was made
to be sin and a curse for us, in our place, on the cross, in order that He
might give satisfaction for us.
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 The
Gospel of John 8:31–59
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon The Promise of Peace Isaiah 11:1–10
Hymn Comfort, Comfort Ye My
People No. 197
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn O God, Your Judgments Give the King No.
312
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
* Congregation will please stand
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