4-3-22 Worship Folder

ORDER OF WORSHIP

4-3-22

Greeting

Call to Worship Psalm 118:28-29

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

Invocation

* Hymn Supplement pg. 18 “O Church, Arise”

Call to Confession 1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Pardon 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

* Hymn # 246 “Man of Sorrows! What a Name”

* Old & New Testament Scripture Reading:

Law: Exodus 19:1-6 (Israel at Mount Sinai)

Wisdom: Psalm 118:19-24 (Open the Gates of Righteousness!)

Epistles: Ephesians 2:11-22 (One in Christ)

* 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 27-28

Q. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

A. Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

Q. Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?

A. Christ’s exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.

Pastoral Prayer

* Hymn # 100 “Holy, Holy, Holy!”

Tithes and Offerings

* Hymn # 432 “We Give Thee But Thine Own”

We give Thee but Thine own, whate’er the gift may be:

All that we have is Thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from Thee.

* Prayer of Thanksgiving

Sermon Series: Guest

* Prayer for Illumination

* Sermon Text 1 Peter 2:1-12

* 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: “Stately Citizens” Rev. Chaplain Ben Hoemann

Sermon Outline: Following

Prayer for Transformation

Lord’s Supper: For the Citizen’s Journey

* Eucharistic Hymn, Hymn Supplement pg. 1 “In Christ Alone”

* Benediction

* Departing Hymn # 727 “Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy Righteousness”

Lead me, Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness, make Thy way plain before my face.

For it is Thou, Lord, Thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety.

Sermon Outline:

Sermon Text: 1 Peter 2:1-12 “Stately Citizens”

Christ calls, confirms, and completes our heavenly citizenship.

The Call to Citizenship (vv. 9-10)

History

Exodus 19:5-6

Hosea 2:23

Nature

Purpose

Application

Heavenly

Earthly

The Corrections of Citizenship (vv.11-12)

Inward (v. 11)

Outward (v. 12)