The Lord’s Day
May 17, 2009
As is Your name,
O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand
is full of righteousness.
(Psalm 48:10)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
106:1–5
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His
lovingkindness is everlasting.
Who can speak of
the mighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can show forth
all His praise?
How blessed are
those who keep justice, who practice righteousness at all times!
Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people;
Visit me with
Your salvation,
That I may see
the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may
rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory
with Your inheritance.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Psalm 98 (pp.
4, 5)
Public Confession
O God, knowing that Christ shed His blood for us,
we ask You to forgive our many transgressions. Forgive our wicked thoughts and
our hateful words. Forgive our lack of charity toward one another. And forgive
our lack of zeal for righteousness.
Words of
Comfort and Assurance Isaiah
53:4, 5
Surely our
griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed
Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our
transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our
well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.
Response Psalm 136B (facing page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Atonement
What did Jesus
Christ do as our High Priest?
Jesus Christ presented
Himself in our name before His Father, to appease His wrath with full
satisfaction by offering Himself on the cross and pouring out His blood for the
cleansing of our sins.
What is written
in Scripture?
Scripture says
that “the chastisement of our peace” was placed on the Son of God and that “we
are healed by His wounds.” He was “led to death as a lamb” and “numbered among
sinners”; He was condemned as a criminal, though Pilate had declared that He
was innocent.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive
Reading Psalm
67
God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His
face to shine upon us
That Your way may be known on
the earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise
You.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy;
For You will judge the
peoples with uprightness and guide the nations on the earth.
Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise
You.
The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses
us.
God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.
*Hymn With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring No. 88
*Public Reading of the Word 2
John
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon The Beginning of Solomon’s Reign 1 Kings 1 (cont’d)
Hymn Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured No. 429
Sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper+
*Hymn O Lord,
by Grace Delivered No. 626
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
* Congregation will please stand
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