Pastor Joel E. Wood
Acts 7:44-50
Stephen’s Biblical Theology, Part 5: The Tabernacling Tabernacle
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTROIT “Just As I Am”
SUE C. SMITH, TRAVIS COTTRELL, DAVID E. MOFFITT
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Welcome and Announcements
Introit “Just As I Am”
CALL TO WORSHIP – Colossians 3:1-4
Leader: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
People: Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
Leader: For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
People: When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
All: Praise be to God!
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Trinity Hymnal #274 “Thine Be the glory”
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu'ring Son;
endless is the vict'ry thou o’er death hast won;
angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
kept the folded grave clothes where thy body lay.
Refrain:
Thine be the glory, risen conqu'ring Son;
endless is the vict'ry thou o’er death hast won.
Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
let the church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing;
for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting. [Refrain]
No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life;
life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife;
make us more than conqu'rors, thro' thy deathless love;
bring us safe thro' Jordan to thy home above. [Refrain]
REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW from Exodus 20:1-17 & N.T. corollaries, ESV
Leader: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
People: This is the great and first commandment. (Matt. 22: 37-38)
Leader: God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods before me."
People: For although there may be so-called "gods" in heaven or on earth…yet for us there is one God. (1 Cor. 8:5-6)
Leader: You shall not make for yourself an idol.
People: What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. (2 Cor. 6:16)
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON Ezekiel 36:26-27
Trinity Hymnal #565 “All for Jesus”
All for Jesus! All for Jesus!
All my being’s ransomed pow'rs:
all my thoughts and words and doings,
all my days and all my hours.
Let my hands perform his bidding,
let my feet run in his ways;
let my eyes see Jesus only,
let my lips speak forth his praise.
Worldlings prize their gems of beauty,
cling to gilded toys of dust,
boast of wealth and fame and pleasure;
only Jesus will I trust.
Since my eyes were fixed on Jesus,
I’ve lost sight of all beside;
so enchained my spirit’s vision,
looking at the Crucified.
O what wonder! how amazing!
Jesus, glorious King of kings,
deigns to call me his beloved,
lets me rest beneath His wings.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH. Elder Brad Tidwell
Reception of New Members
Psalm 7:1-9 “O Lord, My God, I Take Refuge” (Book of Psalms for Worship)
O LORD, my God, I take refuge in You;
O save me from all those who have pursued.
Lest they should tear me like lions with prey;
With none to rescue, they’d drag me away.
O LORD my God, if my hands were unjust,
Harming my foes or my friends in their trust,
Let my pursuer come near and surround,
Trampling my life in the dust of the ground.
LORD, rise in anger, and be my defense
Against my enemy’s rage so intense;
Rise, bring the judgment that You have decreed.
Let peoples come and with You gathered be.
Come back to rule over them from on high.
The LORD will judge as the nations draw nigh.
My cause is right, LORD, O vindicate me;
Judge me as You my integrity see.
O let the evil of wicked men cease,
And all the righteous establish in peace;
God who is righteous examines and finds
All of the depths of men’s hearts and their minds.
GOD’S WORD READ Acts 7:44-50
GOD’S WORD PREACHED “Stephen’s Biblical Theology, Part 5: The Tabernacling Tabernacle” 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.
Trinity Hymnal #253 “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood”
There is a fountain filled with blood,
drawn from Immanuel's veins;
and sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
lose all their guilty stains:
lose all their guilty stains,
lose all their guilty stains;
and sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
that fountain in his day;
and there have I, as vile as he,
washed all my sins away:
washed all my sins away,
washed all my sins away;
and there have I, as vile as he,
washed all my sins away.
E'er since by faith I saw the stream
your flowing wounds supply,
redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die:
and shall be till I die,
and shall be till I die;
redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die.
Then in a nobler, sweeter song
I'll sing your pow'r to save,
when this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue
lies silent in the grave:
lies silent in the grave,
lies silent in the grave;
when this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue
lies silent in the grave.
Dear dying Lamb, your precious blood
shall never lose its pow'r,
till all the ransomed church of God
be saved, to sin no more:
be saved, to sin no more,
be saved, to sin no more;
till all the ransomed church of God
be saved to sin no more.
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 of Thanksgiving: “Just As I Am”
SUE C. SMITH, TRAVIS COTTRELL, DAVID E. MOFFITT
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Just as I am without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot.
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Chorus:
I come broken to be mended.
I come wounded to be healed.
I come desp’rate to be rescued.
I come empty to be filled.
I come guilty to be pardoned
By the blood of Christ, the Lamb.
And I'm welcomed with open arms, praise God,
Just as I am.
Just as I am I would be lost,
But mercy and grace my freedom bought.
And now to glory in Your cross,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come. [Chorus]
I come as I am.
Praise God, just as I am.
Just as I am
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:
THE BENEDICTION
