by Pastor Joel E. Wood
“Gospel Context"
Acts 17:16-21
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July 6, 2025
9:30a Service
Welcome and Announcements
GREETING &
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 103:8, 10, 22
Leader: The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
People: He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Leader: Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion.
People: Bless the Lord, O my soul!
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Hymnal #457 “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above; praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, mount of God's unchanging love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I'm come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wand'ring from the fold of God: he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be;
let that grace now, like a fetter,
bind my wand'ring heart to thee. Prone to wander – Lord, I feel it – prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.
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 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)
Leader: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
People: Let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. (Jam. 5:12)
Leader: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
People: There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. (Heb. 4:9-10)
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION ASSURANCE OF GRACE Romans 3:23-24
Hymnal #461 “Not What My Hands Have Done”
Not what my hands have done
can save my guilty soul;
not what my toiling flesh has borne can make my spirit whole.
Not what I feel or do
can give me peace with God;
not all my prayers and sighs and tears can bear my awful load.
Thy work alone, O Christ,
can ease this weight of sin;
thy blood alone, O Lamb of God, can give me peace within.
Thy love to me, O God,
not mine, O Lord to thee,
can rid me of this dark unrest,
and set my spirit free.
Thy grace alone, O God,
to me can pardon speak;
thy pow'r alone, O Son of God,
can this sore bondage break.
No other work, save thine,
no other blood will do;
no strength, save that which is divine, can bear me safely through.
I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
and with unfalt'ring lip and heart, I call this Savior mine.
This cross dispels each doubt;
I bury in his tomb
each thought of unbelief and fear, each ling'ring shade of gloom.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH Elder Brad Tidwell
Psalm 96:1-8 “O Sing a New Song”
O sing a new song to the LORD; All earth sing to the LORD.
Sing to the LORD, and bless His name; “He saves!” each day proclaim.
His glory to all nations show;
His deeds let peoples know.
The LORD is great, great praise He’s due. He’s feared above all gods.
For peoples’ gods mere idols are;
The LORD the heavens made.
Before Him honor, majesty,
And strength and splendor dwell.
O families of earth, ascribe
All glory to the LORD.
All strength ascribe unto the LORD; Give glory due His name.
Come to the LORD, into His courts,
And bring an offering.
GOD’S WORD READ Acts 17:16-21
GOD’S WORD PREACHED “Gospel Context” by 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.
Song “How Deep the Father's Love for Us”
How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss.. The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One Bring many sons to glory.
Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders.
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice Call out among the scoffers.
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished;
His dying breath has brought me life. I know that it is finished.
I will not boast in anything:
No gifts, no pow’r, no wisdom.
But I will boast in Jesus Christ:
His death and resurrection.
Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer.
But this I know with all my heart:
His wounds have paid my ransom.
Stuart Townsend
© 1995 Thankyou Music
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Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
Minister: Christian, what do you believe?
All: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will 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.
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
Approach the Table for the Lord’s Supper Prayer of Thanksgiving
Song “In Christ Alone”
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song; This cornerstone, this solid ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm,
What heights of love, what depths of peace, When fears are stilled, when strivings cease! My comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness, Scorned by the ones He came to save; Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain; Then bursting forth in glorious Day, Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine,
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand!
Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend
© 2001 Thankyou Music
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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:
THE BENEDICTION Postlude
