The Lord’s
Day
July 5, 2009
From the end of the earth I call to Thee, when my heart is faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
(Psalm 61:2)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
95:1-6
O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,
And let those who hate Him flee before Him.
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God
and a great King above all gods,
In whose hand are the depths of the earth, the peaks of the mountains are
His also.
The sea is His, for it was He who made it, and His hands formed the dry
land.
Come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord
our Maker.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Psalm 98A (page 5)
Public Confession
O God, forgive
us for our destructive words. Forgive us for being selfish, rather than
rejoicing in Your mercy. In Christ, You have given us the gift of faith; help
us, therefore, to walk righteously through all our days.
Words of Assurance Hebrews
4:14-16
Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high
priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted
in all things as we are, yet without
sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that
we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Response Psalm 51E (facing page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] Our
Mediator
Do we need more
than what Christ provides?
Christ Himself
declares: “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to My Father but
by Me.” Why should we seek another intercessor?
What has our
Mediator taught us about prayer?
In following the
command of Christ we call on the heavenly Father through Christ, our only
Mediator, as we are taught by the Lord’s Prayer, being assured that we shall
obtain all we ask of the Father in His name.
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
Revelation of Jesus Christ 8, 9
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon The
Reverend Eric Costa
Hymn O
Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High! No.
155
Sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper+
*Hymn Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder No. 172
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
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