BULLETIN 12.18.2022
WORSHIP GUIDE (Coming Soon)

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 105:1-3, Responsively

Minister:
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
All:
Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!
Minister:
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
All: Amen!

§PRAYER OF INVOCATION

§PSALM Lord, I Will Worship You #101B

~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~

SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 23
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder

Having debated the religious authorities in chapters 21 and 22, Jesus now denounces the scribes and Pharisees, pronouncing seven woes upon them, and concluding with a lament for Jerusalem’s unbelief.

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Our Father in heaven, please grant us willing hearts and minds that we would worship you and honor you in sincerity and truth. We have heard your Word and are ashamed of how easily we behave like the hypocrites of our Savior’s day. We mourn the reality of indwelling sin that stains our desire to love you and serve you with a true and right zeal. Forgive us when we ‘preach, but do not practice what we preach.’ Forgive us for laboring to make the outside neat and tidy while the inside remains black and ugly. We know that we are helpless creatures without your Spirit. Please grant him to us, your weak children, and help us to love and serve you with every fiber of our being. These things we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Psalm 32:5
Minister:
I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
All: Amen.

CONFESSION OF FAITH Westminster Confession of Faith 8.1-2 Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder

What does the Bible teach us about Christ our Mediator?

1. It pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and man, the Prophet, Priest, and King, the Head and Savior of his church, the Heir of all things, and Judge of the world: unto whom he did from all eternity give a people, to be his seed, and to be by him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.

2. The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance and equal with the Father, did, when the fullness of time was come, take upon him man’s nature, with all the essential properties, and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin; being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance. So that two whole, perfect, and distinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion. Which person is very God, and very man, yet one Christ, the only Mediator between God and man.

~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 Jordan
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder

PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER

§HYMN All Praise to You, Eternal Lord #303

THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., pastor
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 11:1-5
Sermon Title: The Righteous Branch

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

§HYMN God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen #314

§THE BENEDICTION John 3:16

Minister: Now may the God who loves you, and gave his Son for you, be pleased to bless you with all the riches that are found in Christ Jesus
All: Come Quickly, Lord Jesus! Amen!

§THE GLORIA PATRIA