A Baptism Like No Other

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                                                     

Call to Worship*                                                         

I 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*                                                    

#59

“Forever Settled in the Heavens”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                            

Westminster Shorter Catechism #19-20

Trinity Hymnal p. 870

Preparation for Confession of Sin                 

Psalm 15:1-3

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend...  

Confession of Sin

Assurance of Pardon                                        

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.            

Hymn of Assurance*                                                 

#283

“Alleluia! Alleluia!”

Giving of Tithes and Offerings                                         

Prayer of Response

Scripture Reading*                      

2 Kings 4:38-44

Hebrews 9:11-28

Doxology*                                     

#733

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below;

Alleluia, alleluia!

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,

Alleluia, alleluia!

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

Reception of New Members

Prayer of Intercession

Preaching of God’s Word                        

Pastor Scott Edburg

“A Baptism Like No Other”

Luke 3:21-38

Communion

Hymn of Affirmation                                               #307

“Nothing But the Blood”

Benediction*                                               

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.    

Response*                                                                              

#642  (Verse 5 only)

 High King of heaven, my victory won,

May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s sun!

Heart of my own heart whatever befall,

Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Postlude*