2-27-22 Worship Folder
ORDER OF WORSHIP
2-27-22
Greeting
Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-2, Responsive Reading
Pastor: Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Congregation: Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Invocation
* Hymn # 118 “Come, Sound His Praise Abroad”
Call to Confession James 1:5-8
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon James 1:18
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
* Hymn # 629 “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
* Old Testament Scripture Reading:
Prophets: Ezekiel 15 (Jerusalem the Useless Vine)
And the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything! Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.”
* Pastor: This is the Word of our God.
* Congregation: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever.
Affirmation of Faith Westminster Shorter Catechism, Questions and Answers 17-18
Q. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
Q. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called Original Sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
Pastoral Prayer
* Hymn # 662 “As the Hart Longs for Flowing Streams”
Tithes and Offerings
* Hymn # 585 “Take My Life and Let It Be”
Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
* Prayer of Thanksgiving
Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark
* Prayer for Illumination
* Sermon Text Mark 11:12-26
On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.” And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching. And when evening came they went out of the city. As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in
prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
* Pastor: Thus far the reading of God’s holy Word. And may God add His blessing to the reading of His Word.
* Congregation: Thanks be to God!
Sermon Title: “Figs & Faith” Pastor Michael Mock
Sermon Outline: Following
Prayer for Transformation
Lord’s Supper: A Fruitful Table
* Eucharistic Hymn # 304 “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”
* Benediction
* Departing Hymn # 740 “Threefold Amen”
Amen, amen, amen.
Sermon Outline:
Sermon Text: Mark 11:12-26 “Figs & Faith”
Christ the King has come to upend trouble-makers and uphold reverential faith in God.
The King Upends Trouble-makers (vv. 12-21)
The State of the Nation
Warning (Jeremiah 7)
What of Israel Now?
Exorcising Israel
Application
The King Upholds Faith in God (vv. 22-26)
Faith Hopes in God (vv. 22-23)
Faith Trusts through Prayer (v. 24)
Faith Forgives Sinners (vv. 25-26)
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