Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
2 Chronicles 6:14
O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart.
* Apostolic Greeting
Reserved for Ministers
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 1
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Matthew 6:1-4
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
We Confess Our Faith
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;1 the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Eternally triune and perfect God, we confess that we have often done things in order to please people rather than to please you. Forgive us. Cause us to long to walk in such a way so as to please you and to one day hear you say to us, "Well done good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Master." Do this by the power of your exalted Son who lives and reigns in us by his Spirit to your glory.
Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Psalm 130:2-4
O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word - Acts 2:14-36
Sermon: Know for Certain, Jesus Has Been Made Lord and Christ
Speaker: Elder James Schwacofer
* Hymn of Response:
(517) I Know Whom I Have Believed
(TP, Trinity Psalter Hymnal)
Congregational Prayer (Followed by the Lord's Prayer)
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
Closing Doxology
Deuteronomy 32:3-4
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God! “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.”