O r d e r o f W o r s h i p
Worship ~ April 17, 2022
2 PM CT
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
§GREETING, SALUTATION, AND VOTUM
Our help is in the name of the Lord, maker of heaven and Earth. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
~WORSHIP IN PRAISE~
§CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 145:1-3, 21 (Responsively)
Minister:
I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
All:
Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
Minister:
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.
All:
My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
All: Amen!
§PRAYER OF INVOCATION
§PSALTER I Will Extol You, O My God #145C
~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~
SCRIPTURE LESSON Isaiah 53
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
Elder: The Word of the Lord!
All: Praise be to God!
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Our God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you for the hope of the resurrection. Though you were pleased to crush your Son for our sakes, you were also pleased to accept his sacrifice and raise him from the dead. Though we often fail to honor your Son and serve him as Lord, we thank you that you forgive us for our transgressions and sins. Therefore, holy God, forgive us and bless us as your adopted children we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Luke 24:44-47
Minister: Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
All: Amen.
CONFESSION OF FAITH The Larger Catechism Q51-52
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
Q. 51. What was the estate of Christ's exaltation?
A. The estate of Christ's exaltation comprehendeth his resurrection, ascension, sitting at the right hand of the Father, and his coming again to judge the world.
Q. 52. How was Christ exalted in his resurrection?
A. Christ was exalted in his resurrection, in that, not having seen corruption in death (of which it was not possible for him to be held), and having the very same body in which he suffered, with the essential properties thereof (but without mortality, and other common infirmities belonging to this life), really united to his soul, he rose again from the dead the third day by his own power; whereby he declared himself to be the Son of God, to have satisfied divine justice, to have vanquished death, and him that had power of it, and to be Lord of quick and dead: all which he did as a public person, the head of his church, for their justification, quickening in grace, support against enemies, and to assure them of their resurrection from the dead at the last day.
~WORSHIP IN GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING~
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
OFFERING
§DOXOLOGY
~WORSHIP AND THE MEANS OF GRACE~
PRAYER NEEDS OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
The Country of Malaysia
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER
§HYMN Christ the Lord is Risen Today #360
THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., Pastor
Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:1-15
Sermon Title: Two Responses to the Empty Tomb
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
§HYMN Worship Christ, the Risen King! #369
§THE BENEDICTION Hebrews 13:20-21
Minister: Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
All: Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen!
POSTLUDE