The Lord’s Day
July 3, 2011
Rescue
me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaks deceit
and
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
(Psalm 144:11)
Prelude
Apostolic
Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 68:1-3
Let
God arise, let His enemies be scattered,
And
let those who hate Him flee before Him.
As
smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax
melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before God.
But
let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
Yes,
let them rejoice with gladness.
*Gloria Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Stand Up, O God, Be Present Now No. 71
Public
Confession
Being reminded of our struggles
with sin, we ask for forgiveness. And we ask for mercy regarding our sinful
speech and thoughts. Pardon our sinful attitudes and actions; and enable us to rejoice
in our Savior.
Words of
Assurance Titus 3:4-7
When the kindness of God
our Savior and His love for
mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in
righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and
renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus
Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs
according to the hope of
eternal life.
Response Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode (facing page)
Prayer for
the Tithe and Offerings
Collection
of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No. 731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] Fisher’s Catechism
Our Standards
declare that God
executes His decrees in the works of creation and providence. What does it mean
to say that God “executes” His decrees?
To say that God
executes His decrees means that He brings them to pass so that what He purposed from eternity
is realized.
Can the decrees of God be
defeated or fail to be executed?
The decrees of God cannot
be defeated, nor can they fail to be executed, because the counsel of the Lord shall stand and He will do all His
pleasure.
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 How Shall the Young Direct Their Way? No. 148
*Public Reading of the Word Acts 25:1–22
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon
Hymn When I
Survey the Wondrous Cross No. 252
Sacrament of the
Lord’s Supper
*Hymn O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire No. 161
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
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