The Lord’s
Day
June 20, 2010
Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; save me because
of Your lovingkindness.
(Psalm 6:4)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
140:12, 13
I know that the Lord
will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.
Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The upright will dwell in
Your presence.
*Gloria
Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn All
Praise to God (facing
page)
Public Confession
Heavenly Father, please have mercy on us and
forgive our transgressions. Forgive our sinful words and attitudes; forgive our
selfishness and ill-treatment of others. Forgive us for the sins we have
committed against those in our own homes. And please teach us to forgive as we
have been forgiven—all for the honor of our blessed Savior.
Words of Assurance Psalm
5:4–7
You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; no evil dwells with
You. The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do
iniquity. You destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. But as for me,
by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house, at Your holy temple I
will bow in reverence for You.
Response Psalm 51E (following
page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring
Our Faith[†] Fisher’s Catechism
Our Catechism states that there are
three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and
these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory. Why
has this article of our holy religion been so much opposed by adversaries in
every period of the church?
The devil and
his instruments have opposed it because they know it is the primary object of
our faith and worship; it not being enough for us to know what God is, as to His
essential attributes, without knowing who He is, as to His personality,
according as He has revealed Himself in His Word, to be Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost.
What is the
meaning of the word Trinity, which is commonly used in expressing this
doctrine?
It signifies the same with Tri-unity, or three in
one; that is, three distinct persons, in one and the same individual or
numerical essence.
Is it
reasonable to require a belief of what we cannot understand?
It is not at
all unreasonable in matters that are entirely supernatural; but, on the
contrary, it is the highest reason we should believe what God says of Himself.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive
Reading Psalm
91
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of
the Almighty.
I will say to the Lord, “My
refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the
deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek
refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
You will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies
by day;
Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays
waste at noon.
A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you.
You will only look on with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
For you have made the Lord,
my refuge, even the Most
High, your dwelling place.
No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent.
For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your
ways.
They will bear you up in their hands, that you do not strike your foot
against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and cobra, the young lion and the serpent you
will trample down.
“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has
known My name.”
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in
trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.”
“With a long life I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation.”
*Hymn Show Me Mercy, O God (following)
*Public Reading of the Word Romans
2
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon The Doctrine of the Church: An Overview
Matt.
16:13ff.; 1 Cor. 3:10, 11
Hymn The Church’s One Foundation No. 347
Sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper+
*Hymn Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation No. 342
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation will please stand
+ Visitors: please see the note on the
back of this bulletin