The Lord’s Day
February 14, 2010
Let the peoples
praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
(Psalm 67:5)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 125
Those who trust
in the Lord are as Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved but abides forever.
As the mountains
surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds
His people from this time forth and forever.
For the scepter
of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, so that the
righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good and to
those who are upright in their hearts.
But as for those
who turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord
will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.
Peace be upon
Israel.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn O Worship the King No. 2
Public Confession
Heavenly
Father, please cause us to be grieved by our sin, but confident in Your
unfailing promise of pardon. We confess that we have sinned in our speech and
thoughts. We ask that You would forgive us and cause us to speak words of truth
only and dwell on that which is pure. We have sinned in our neglect of
responsibilities. Again, we ask for forgiveness and diligence in pursuit of
righteousness.
Words of Assurance Romans
3:21-24
But now apart
from the Law the righteousness
of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through
faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a
gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.
Response Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face (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
Is Christ’s
crucifixion upon the cross of particular significance, or could He have been
executed in some other way?
Paul says that
Christ hung upon a tree to take our curse upon Himself and free us from it. For
that kind of death was itself cursed.
Is not an affront put upon the Son of
God when the Scripture says that He was cursed even in the eyes of God?
By no means; since by being cursed He abolished
it, and yet He did not cease to be blessed in order that He might bring that
blessedness to us.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading Psalm 24
The earth is the Lord’s, and
all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
And who may stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face—even
Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts, He is the
King of glory.
*Hymn Fairest Lord Jesus No. 170
*Public Reading of the Word The
Gospel of John 13:20–38
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Covenant Theology:
The
Covenant of Works (part 2)
Gen. 2:18–3:24; Prov. 30:19; Matt. 10:16
Hymn By Grace I’m Saved, Grace Free and Boundless No. 456
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Hymn How Vast the Benefits Divine No.
470
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation will please stand
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