Order of Worship 10-18-2020

Call to Worship ​Psalm 111:1

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Invocation

Hymn of Praise​​“God of the Ages”​HMA #40

Scripture Reading​Malachi 3:1-5

Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon  1 John 1:8-9

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Hymn of Assurance  ​“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”​ ​#178

Confession of Faith​​Westminster Shorter Catechism #34-36

Q. 34 ​What is adoption?

A.​Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.

Q. 35​What is sanctification?

A.​Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.

Q. 36​What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?

A.​The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.

Pastoral Prayer​

The Preaching of God’s Word ​“Are You About the King’s Business?”

​​​​​Mark 11:12-19

Hymn of Response​“Come, All Christians, Be Committed” ​ ​#455

Benediction ​Numbers 6:24-26

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.