The Lord’s Day
January 3, 2010
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips
will praise You.
So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my
hands in Your name.
(Psalm 63:3, 4)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
100
Shout joyfully to the Lord,
all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before Him with joyful singing.
Know that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and
the sheep of His pasture.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.
Give thanks to
Him, bless His name.
For the Lord is good; His
lovingkindness is everlasting
And His faithfulness to all generations.
*Gloria
Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Psalm 98A (pages 5, 6)
Public
Confession
We know that
nothing is hidden from You—not our thoughts, not our words, not our steps. We
know also that we have sinned against You this past week. We have sinned on
purpose and we have sinned through ignorance. Forgive our many transgressions,
O Lord. Remember the One who gave
Himself for us. Enable us to live for His glory.
Words of Assurance John
3:14-16
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
Response Psalm 136B (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
What is the chief end of human life?
To know God by
whom men were created.
What reason do
we have for this statement?
Because God created us and placed us in this world
to be glorified in us. And it is indeed right that our life should be devoted
to His glory.
Why do we consider this our highest
good?
Because without it our condition is worse than that
of unbelievers. Therefore, we clearly see that nothing worse can happen to a
man than to live without God.
What is the true and right knowledge
of God?
We have the true and right knowledge of God when
we perceive our duty to honor Him.
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 Forever Settled in the Heavns No. 59
*Public Reading of the Word The
Gospel of John 10:22–42
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon The Simplicity of the Gospel 1 Corinthians 2
Sacrament of Baptism Terrel Anthony Bradley
Hymn I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art No. 18
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
*Hymn And Can It Be That I Should Gain No. 455
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
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