Pastor Joel E. Wood
Acts 7:35-43
Stephen’s Biblical Theology, Part 4: The Exodus and the Wilderness
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Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit “Jesus, Our Blessed Hope of Heaven”
GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP - Psalm 113:1-3
Leader: Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!
People: Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore!
Leader: From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Hymnal #32 “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
all I have needed thy hand hath provided -
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain]
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain]
REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW from Exodus 20:1-17 & N.T. corollaries, ESV
Leader: Honor your father and your mother.
People: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (Eph. 6:1)
Leader: You shall not murder.
People: Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 Jn. 3:15)
Leader: You shall not commit adultery.
People: Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent
has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Mt. 5:28)
Leader: You shall not steal.
People: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
Do your work quietly and earn your own living. (2 Th. 3:10,12)
Leader: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
People: Having put away falsehood,
let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor. (Eph. 4:25)
Leader: You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's.
People: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your
neighbor as yourself." (Gal. 5:14)
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON 1 Peter 1:3-4
Song “Use Me”
Chorus:
Use me Jesus use me
Take this life of mine and use me
Use me Jesus use me
Keep me by Your side and use me
All I want is to be with You
To ever please You in all I do
Teach me Father to learn Your ways
And walk with me each day [Chorus]
Mold me make me
What You would have me be
I only want to serve You faithfully
Help me Father to truly see
What You have for me [Chorus]
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PRAYER OF THE CHURCH - Elder Dean Abbott
Hymnal #48 “O Lord Most High, with All My Heart”
O Lord, thou Judge of all the earth,
to whom all vengeance doth belong,
arise and show thy glory forth,
requite the proud, condemn the wrong.
How long, O Lord, in boastful pride
shall wicked men triumphant stand?
How long shall they afflict thy saints
and scorn thy wrath, thy dreadful hand?
Be wise, ye fools and brutish men;
shall not he see, who formed the eye?
Shall not he hear, who formed the ear,
and judge, who reigneth, God Most High?
The Lord will judge in righteousness,
from him all truth and knowledge flow;
the foolish thoughts of wicked men,
how vain they are the Lord doth know.
That man is blest whom thou, O Lord,
with chast'ning hand dost teach thy will,
for in the day when sinners fall,
that man in peace abideth still.
Unless the Lord had been my help,
my life had quickly passed away;
but when my foot had almost slipped,
O Lord, thy mercy was my stay.
GOD’S WORD READ Acts 7:35-43 (Pew Bible, p. 915)
GOD’S WORD PREACHED
“Stephen’s Biblical Theology, Part 4: The Exodus and the Wilderness” - Pastor Joel E. Wood
PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER
All: Our Father 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 lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Hymnal #498 “Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners”
Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! lover of my soul;
friends may fail me, foes assail me,
he, my Savior, makes me whole.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah, what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
he is with me to the end.
Jesus! what a strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in him;
tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
he, my strength, my vict'ry wins. [Refrain]
Jesus! what a help in sorrow!
While the billows o'er me roll,
even when my heart is breaking,
he, my comfort, helps my soul. [Refrain]
Jesus! what a guide and keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
storms about me, night o'ertakes me,
he, my pilot, hears my cry. [Refrain]
Jesus! I do now receive him,
more than all in him I find;
he hath granted me forgiveness,
I am his, and he is mine. [Refrain]
Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & WARNING
Minister: The Lord be with you;
People: And also with you.
Minister: Lift up your hearts;
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
COMMUNION PRAYER
SERVING OF THE SUPPER
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Song “Across the Lands”
You're the Word of God the Father
From before the world began;
Ev'ry star and ev'ry planet
Has been fashioned by Your hand.
All creation holds together
By the power of Your voice.
Let the skies declare Your glory;
Let the land and seas rejoice.
Chorus:
You're the author of creation. You're the Lord of ev'ry man,
And Your cry of love rings out across the lands.
Yet You left the gaze of angels,
Came to seek and save the lost
And exchanged the joy of Heaven
For the anguish of a cross.
With a prayer You fed the hungry.
With a word You calmed the sea;
Yet how silently You suffered;
That the guilty may go free. [Chorus]
With a shout You rose victorious
Wresting victory from the grave;
And ascended into Heaven
Leading captives in Your way.
Now You stand before the Father,
Interceding for Your own;
From each tribe and tongue and nation
You are leading sinners home. [Chorus]
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Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below:
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
BENEDICTION
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