The Lord’s
Day
November 22,
2009
Upon You I have leaned from before my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of
You.
(Psalm 71:6)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 98:1–3
Oh sing to the Lord
a new song, for He has done marvelous things!
His right hand and His holy
arm have worked salvation for Him.
The Lord
has made known His salvation;
He has revealed His
righteousness in the sight of the nations
He has remembered His steadfast love and faithfulness to
the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Hallelujah! Hallelujah! No. 10
Public Confession
O
Lord, pardon our iniquity, for it is great. Cause us to repent and turn away
from all our transgressions so that sin may not become a stumbling block to us.
Give us a steadfast heart and an obedient spirit; make us worthy of Your name
as we rejoice in righteousness. We ask this for Christ’s sake. Amen.
Words of Assurance Hebrews 10:12–14
Christ, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, “sat down at
the right hand of God,” waiting from that time onward “until His enemies be
made a footstool for His feet.” For by one offering He has perfected for all
time those who are sanctified.
Response Psalm 51E (facing page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No. 731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Canons of Dordt: Article 15
What are we to believe concerning
those not elected by unto eternal salvation?
Left in the common misery into which, by their own
fault, they have plunged themselves, some were not given saving faith and the
grace of conversion. Instead, they were left under the judgment of God to be
condemned and punished for their unbelief and for all their other sins.
By what term is this doctrine known?
This is the decision of reprobation, which does
not make God the author of sin, but rather its fearful, irreproachable, just Judge
and Avenger.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading Psalm 5
Give ear to my words, O Lord;
Consider my groaning.
Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God,
For to You do I pray.
O Lord, in the morning You
hear my voice;
In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
Evil may not dwell with You.
The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
You hate all evildoers.
You destroy those who speak lies;
The Lord abhors the
bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
But I, through the abundance of Your steadfast love, will enter Your house.
I will bow down toward Your holy temple in the fear of You.
Lead me, O Lord, in Your
righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before me.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction;
Their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Make them bear their guilt, O God;
Let them fall by their own counsels;
Because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they
have rebelled against You.
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
Let them ever sing for joy, and spread Your protection over them, that
those who love Your name may exult in You.
For You bless the righteous, O Lord;
You cover him with favor as with a shield.
*Hymn O Jehovah, Hear My Words No. 51
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*Public Reading of the Word The
Gospel of John 7:25–52
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Psalm 19 Mr. Andrew
vonderLuft
Hymn The Heavens Declare Your Glory, Lord No. 138
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
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