Post Tenebras Lux

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! 

Psalm 95:6

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Introit                                              

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*                                                        #79

“My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me?”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                            

Westminster Shorter Confession #27-29

Trinity Hymnal p.871

Preparation for Confession of Sin                           Isaiah 55:7

...let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Confession of Sin

Assurance of Pardon                                    Isaiah 53:4-5

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Hymn of Assurance*                                                   #290

“Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise”

Giving of Tithes and Offerings                        

Prayer of Response

Scripture Reading*                      

        Psalm 2

Matthew 5:13-20

Doxology*                                            #732 (Tallis Canon)

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

“Post Tenebras Lux”

Philippians 2:12-18

Communion                

Hymn of Affirmation                                               #598

“Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”

Benediction*                                                 Numbers 6:24-26

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.   

Response*                                                                            #342

verse  5

“Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation”

Laud and honor to the Father,

Laud and honor to the Son,

Laud and honor to the Spirit,

Ever Three and ever One,

One in might, and One in glory,

While unending ages run.

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

Postlude*