Good News Rejected, Good News Accepted
January 22, 2023
Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-2
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Invocation and The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn of Praise “O Worship the King” #10
Scripture Reading Matthew 25:31-46
Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon 1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Hymn of Assurance “God of Grace” HMA #39
Confession of Faith Westminster Shorter Catechism #60-62
- 60 How is the sabbath to be sanctified?
The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the publick and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.
- 61 What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.
- 62 What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath-day.
Pastoral Prayer
Choral Anthem “O Zion Haste”
Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
The Preaching of God’s Word “Good News Rejected, Good News Accepted”
Acts 13:42-52
Hymn of Response “Take My Life and Let It Be” #379
Benediction Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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