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G R A C E C O M M U N I T Y

Presbyterian Church, PCA ORDER FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD

January 26, 2020 10:30 AM

Reflection:

“Paul’s cause was just and his words about Ananias were true [23:3], but

when the apostle learned that his retort had dishonored the office of

God’s high priest, he humbly repented for the way he had spoken those

words. Paul’s sudden reversal from prophetic wrath to repentant respect

calls us to be counter-cultural, reflecting instead our Lord Jesus’ calm

endurance when He Himself was struck for speaking truth (John 18:19-

23).” Dennis Johnson

Prelude

Welcome

——————WORSHIP IN PRAISE——————

Silent Preparation

Doxology

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, Amen.

Call to Worship...................................................................2 Corinthians 2

Thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession,

and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved

and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death,

to the other a fragrance from life to life.

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Hymn of Adoration................................................Holy, Holy, Holy (#100)

Prayer of Adoration

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Hymn of Preparation..........................From Depths of Woe (Psalm 130)

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——————WORSHIP IN CONFESSION AND PARDON——————

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession

Words of Comfort and Promise...........................................from 2 Cor 5

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we

might become the righteousness of God.

Hymn of Response..................................Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder

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Confession of Faith................................................The Belgic Confession*

Ruling Elder Andrew Caudal

Elder: What do you believe about the work of God? People: We believe that God—who is perfectly merciful and also

very just—sent His Son to assume the nature in which disobedience had been committed, in order to bear in it the punishment of sin by His most bitter passion and death.

Elder: And what do you believe about the work of Jesus Christ? People: We believe that Jesus Christ presented Himself in our

name before His Father, to appease His wrath with full satisfaction by offering Himself on the tree of the cross and pouring out His precious blood for the cleansing of our sins, and the prophets had predicted.

Elder: Why did he endure all this? People: He endured all this for the forgiveness of our sins. Elder: What comfort does this give you? People: We find all comforts in His wounds and have no need to

seek or invent any other means to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect forever.

*During the sixteenth century the churches in the Netherlands were exposed to the most

terrible persecution by the Roman Catholic government. To protest against this cruel

oppression, and to prove to the persecutors that the adherents of the Reformed faith were

not rebels, as was laid to their charge, but law-abiding citizens who professed the true

Christian doctrine according to the Holy Scriptures, this confession was prepared in the

year 1561 and stands as one of the best symbolical statements of Reformed doctrine.

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——————WORSHIP AND THE MEANS OF GRACE——————

The First Reading of God’s Word....................................Psalm 106:16-23

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The Second Reading of God’s Word...............................Acts 22:22-23:11

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Reader: This is the Word of God.

People: Amen!

Prayer of Consecration

We offer an optional Children’s Church for children 4 years old through 1st

grade. If you choose to have your children participate, you may dismiss them for

CC as we sing the hymn printed below. Please know we welcome and encourage

your children to remain with you during the sermon. However, in CC they will be

hearing from the same text that the sermon is based upon, so you may discuss the

message as a family after church if you wish to do so.

Hymn of Preparation..................May the Mind of Christ My Savior (#644)

Hearing from God’s Word...............................................Acts 22:22-23:11

Rev. Kyle Oliphint Truth Rejected

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THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER Please see instructions on the inside back cover of your bulletin

Use the quotes below to help focus your heart and mind on this celebration: “I hope what you find in yourself by daily experience, will humble you—but not

discourage you.

For if our Physician is almighty—our disease cannot be desperate. Our sins are

many—but His mercies are more. Our sins are great—but His righteousness is

greater. When our sins prevail, remember that we have an Advocate with the

Father, who is able to pity, to pardon, and to save to the uttermost!

It is better to be admiring the compassion and fullness of grace which is in our

Savior—than to dwell and pore too much upon our own poverty and vileness.”

John Newton

“The salvation of Jesus humbles us profoundly – we are so lost that he had to

die for us. But it exalts and assures us mightily — we are so valued that he

was glad to die for us. Because we are sinners totally accepted by grace, we

have both the humility and the boldness necessary to serve others for their

sake, not ours.” Tim Keller

“For just as sin, addiction, and misery typically go together, so do confession,

healing, and the long process of redemption. We need redemption not just from

our sins and addictions but also from their miseries - particularly those miseries

that occasion more sin and deeper addiction. As all recovering sinners know, this

process of healing and liberation, this ‘conversion unto life,’ this set of lessons to

teach us how to dance again will prove to be as cunning, baffling, powerful, and

patient as addiction itself.” Cornelius Plantinga

“That same Jesus who once died for sinners, still lives at the right hand of

God, to carry on the work of salvation which He came down from heaven to

perform.

He lives to receive all who come unto God by Him, and to give them power to

become the sons of God.

He lives to hear the confession of every heavy-laden conscience, and to grant,

as an almighty High Priest, perfect absolution.

He lives to pour down the Spirit of adoption on all who believe in Him, and to

enable them to cry, Abba, Father!

He lives to be the one Mediator between God and man, the unwearied

Intercessor, the kind Shepherd, the elder Brother, the prevailing Advocate,

the never-failing Priest and Friend of all who come to God by Him.

He lives to be wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption to all His

people—to keep them in life, to support them in death, and to bring them

finally to eternal glory.” J.C. Ryle

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Communion Hymns

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness (#520) – Nikolaus von Zinzendorf

1. Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness

My beauty are, my glorious dress;

’Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,

With joy shall I lift up my head.

2. Bold shall I stand in Thy great day;

For who aught to my charge shall lay?

Fully absolved through these I am

From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3. When from the dust of death I rise

To claim my mansion in the skies,

Ev’n then this shall be all my plea,

Jesus hath lived, hath died, for me.

4. Jesus, the endless praise to Thee,

Whose boundless mercy hath for me—

For me a full atonement made,

An everlasting ransom paid.

5. O let the dead now hear Thy voice;

Now bid Thy banished ones rejoice;

Their beauty this, their glorious dress,

Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness.

Behold the Lamb – Stuart Townend/Keith and Kristyn Getty

1. Behold the Lamb who bears our sins

away, slain for us: and we remember:

The promise made that all who come in

faith find forgiveness at the cross.

So we share in this Bread of life,

And we drink of His sacrifice,

As a sign of our bonds of peace

Around the table of the King.

2. The body of our Savior, Jesus Christ,

Torn for you: eat and remember

The wounds that heal, the death that

brings us life, paid the price to make us

one. So we share in this Bread of Life,

And we drink of His sacrifice

As a sign of our bonds of love


3. The blood that cleanses every stain of

sin, shed for you: drink and remember

He drained death's cup that all may enter

in to receive the life of God.

So we share in this Bread of Life,

And we drink of His sacrifice,

As a sign of our bonds of grace


4. And so with thankfulness and faith

We rise to respond: and to remember

Our call to follow in the steps of Christ

As His body here on earth.

As we share in His suffering,

We proclaim: Christ will come again!

And we'll join in the feast of heaven


Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us (#599) – Dorothy Thrupp/William Bradbury

1. Savior, like a shepherd lead us,

Much we need Thy tender care;

In Thy pleasant pastures feed us,

For our use Thy folds prepare.

Blesséd Jesus, blesséd Jesus!

Thou hast bought us, Thine we are. (2x)

2. We are Thine, Thou dost befriend us,

Be the guardian of our way;

Keep Thy flock, from sin defend us,

Seek us when we go astray.


Hear, O hear us when we pray. (2x)

3. Thou hast promised to receive us,

Poor and sinful though we be;

Thou hast mercy to relieve us,

Grace to cleanse and power to free.


Let us early turn to Thee. (2x)

4. Early let us seek Thy favor,

Early let us do Thy will;

Blessed Lord and only Savior,

With Thy love our bosoms fill.


Thou hast loved us, love us still. (2x)

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———————WORSHIP IN GRATITUDE——————

Offertory......................................................Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul

Closing Hymn..............................................................And Can it Be (#455)

Benediction

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We will provide the final numbers for 2019 and keep you updated with

your generosity in 2020 in this space soon. In the meantime, please see

the announcement on page 12, entitled State of the Church Address.

Various Bible Reading Plans are available on our website.

Go to gcpcfw.org and click on the Bible Reading Plans page and choose

one that best suits you and your family.

Your Weekly Devotions: We provide you a small, printed booklet as

your bulletin with the hope that you will use it in your devotional time in

the week ahead. Consider reviewing the passages used in various parts of

our service, reading the context and studying the intent. Choose a

different hymn to sing or meditate on daily. Review the passage the

sermon was based on alongside the notes you took. Read next week’s

passage (below) that the sermon will be based on as a way of preparation.

Remember that we try to provide you access to the upcoming bulletin by

mid-week to enhance your preparation for next week.

Allow this morning’s service to catapult you into a week where God

continues to feed you His truths from our corporate worship service and

access next week’s service to help you prepare for our upcoming

corporate worship service.

Next Week’s Passage:

• Preaching: Acts 2:22-23:11

Nursery Volunteers (please arrive by 10:15)

• Today: Ryan and Amy Lutz

• Next week: Adolph and Linda Makia

▪ 2/9: Glenn and Fran Mayo

▪ 2/16: James and Kristen McClure

▪ 2/23: William and Joanna McMahan

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Student Ministries of Grace:

• Roots Discipleship Ministry: our covenant ministry to our students continues this

Wednesday, January 29th.

• SIGNUP AND DEPOSITS ARE DUE THIS MORNING for RYM Summer

Camps.

We are planning to attend the following RYM summer camps this year:

Middle School RYM Camp at Alasso Ranch - June 1-5, 2020 (6th-9th grade)

High School RYM Camp at YMCA of the Rockies - June 14-20, 2020 (9th

grade - Class of 20) Please let Andrew know if your student is interested in

attending, and hand him the deposit check. See your emails for more

information.

Guys of Grace:

• Men’s Bible study continues this Wednesday, January 29th. For more information

please contact Sean Henry at [email protected] or 678-438-5720.

• Save the date for a Guys of Grace retreat April 24-25. More details and sign-ups to

come soon, but for now we hope you'll mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Missions of Grace:

• Please note that the trip dates for next year’s Reynosa Missions Trip July 25-31,

2020. More details to come soon! Please contact John Rohde at

[email protected] if you have any questions about the trip.

State of the Church Address—Sunday, February 2nd, 9:30am

• Sunday morning, February 2nd at 9:30 we will review God’s faithfulness to our

church in 2019 and how we are seeking to be faithful to Him in the plans we are

making for 2020. This is always an encouraging meeting as the Deacons summarize

our budget from 2019 and present to you the approved budget for 2020. Please plan

to attend. It will be in Westminster Hall during the Sunday School hour. All

communing members are invited, as well as guests.

Financial Peace University Class

• Our deacons are offering the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Class lead

and taught by Jerry Hames. Class start date will be either Feb 11th or 18th.

Classes will be Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm at the church. Send an email to

[email protected] if interested.

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