A Gospel Dilemma

This is the day that the LORD has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Introit                                                          Choir

“Pennant”

Call to Worship*                                          1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Hymn of Praise*                                                      #100

“Holy, Holy, Holy!”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                            

Westminster Shorter Catechism

#96-97

Trinity Hymnal p.876

Preparation for Confession of Sin              Jeremiah 2:9a, 13

Therefore I still contend with you, declares the LORD...for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. 

Confession of Sin

Assurance of Pardon                                Psalm 37:23-24

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.

Hymn of Assurance*                                                   #257

“Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted”

Giving of Tithes and Offerings                        

Prayer of Response

Scripture Reading*                      

        Psalm 130

1 Peter 1:13-25

Doxology*                                                                     #731

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Taken from “Trinity Hymnal Revised Edition”, ©1990 Great Commission Publications, Inc. Used by permission.

Prayer of Intercession

Preaching of God’s Word                 Pastor Scott Edburg

“A Gospel Dilemma”

Philippians 1:18b-26

Communion

Hymn of Affirmation                                               #243

“Praise the Savior Now and Ever”

Benediction*                                             2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Response*                                                                              #57

verse 1a & 4b

“Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah, O My Soul”

Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,

O my soul, Jehovah praise;

I will sing the glorious praises

Of my God through all my days.

Over all God reigns forever,

through all ages he is King;

Unto him, your God, O Zion,

Joyful hallelujahs sing.

Taken from “Trinity Hymnal Revised Edition”, ©1990 Great Commission Publications, Inc. Used by permission.

Postlude*