by Pastor Joel E. Wood

Jesus Christ: The Focus of Redemption

Colossians 1:18-20

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9:30a Service

 

Welcome and Announcements

GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!

People: I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Leader: For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

People: Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!

Hymnal #100 "Holy, Holy, Holy”

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee
perfect in pow'r, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF GRACE

Hymnal #662. “As the Hart Longs for Flowing Streams”

As the hart longs for flowing streams,
So longs my soul for Thee O God.
My soul does thirst for the living God;
When shall I come to see Thy face?

My tears have fed me day and night,
While men have said, “Where is your God?”
But I recall as my soul pours dry,
The days of praise within Thy house.

Why do I mourn and toil within,
When it is mine to hope in God?
I shall again sing praise to Him;
He is my help, he is my God.

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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH  Elder Brad Tidwell

Psalm 33:1-5 "With Gladness in the Lord”

With gladness in the LORD,

O let the righteous sing!

For when the upright give Him praise,

It is a fitting thing.

So give the LORD your thanks,

With harp your music raise;

And with a ten-stringed instrument,

Sing out to Him your praise.

And as you sing and play,

Your skillfulness employ.

O sing a new song unto Him;

With shouts express your joy.

For upright is the word

The LORD has given us,

And all the works that He has done

Were done in faithfulness.

For He seeks righteousness,

And all that’s just and fair;

The LORD’s love is throughout the earth,

Abundant everywhere.

GOD’S WORD READ Colossians 1:18-20

GOD’S WORD PREACHED.   “Jesus Christ: The Focus of Redemption” 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.

Hymnal #422 “’Twas on That Night When Doomed to Know”

'Twas on that night when doomed to know
the eager rage of every foe,
that night in which he was betrayed,
the Savior of the world took bread;

And after thanks and glory giv'n
to him that rules in earth and heav'n,
that symbol of his flesh he broke,
and thus to all his foll'wers spoke:

"My broken body thus I give
for you, for all. Take, eat, and live.
And oft the sacred rite renew
that brings my saving love to view."

Then in his hands the cup he raised,
and God anew he thanked and praised,
while kindness in his bosom glowed,
and from his lips salvation flowed.

"My blood I thus pour forth," he cries,
"to cleanse the soul in sin that lies;
in this the covenant is sealed,
and heav'n's eternal grace revealed.

"With love to man this cup is fraught;
let all partake the sacred draught;
through latest ages let it pour,
in mem'ry of my dying hour."

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. 

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

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 pow’r of Christ in me;

From life's first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny.

No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man,

Can ever pluck me from His hand;

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the pow’r of Christ I'll stand!

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Trinity Hymnal #731  “Doxology”

Praise God from whm 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