Pastor M. Connor Underseth
“Freedom in Christ”
Galatians 5:1-6
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GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP – Isaiah 12:3-6
Leader: With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in
that day:
People: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.”
Leader: “Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.”
People: “Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,”
All: “For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Trinity Hymnal #535 “O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus”
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free;
rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
is the current of thy love;
leading onward, leading homeward,
to thy glorious rest above.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread his praise from shore to shore;
how he loveth, ever loveth,
changeth never, nevermore;
how he watches o'er his loved ones,
died to call them all his own;
how for them he intercedeth,
watcheth o'er them from the throne.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of ev'ry love the best:
'tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
'tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
and it lifts me up to glory,
for it lifts me up to thee.
REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW from Exodus 20:1-17 & N.T. corollaries, ESV
Leader: Honor your father and your mother.
People: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (Eph. 6:1)
Leader: You shall not murder.
People: Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 Jn. 3:15)
Leader: You shall not commit adultery.
People: Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Mt. 5:28)
Leader: You shall not steal.
People: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. Do your work quietly and earn your own living. (2 Th. 3:10,12)
Leader: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
People: Having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor. (Eph. 4:25)
Leader: You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's.
People: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Gal. 5:14)
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Galatians 2:20
Trinity Hymnal #648 “My Jesus, I Love Thee”
My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine;
for thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
I love thee because thou hast first loved me,
and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.
I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
I'll love thee in life, I will love thee in death;
and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath;
and say, when the death-dew lies cold on my brow:
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright;
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow:
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH Elder Mike Ewing
Psalm 29:1-11 “You Sons of the Gods” (BOPFW, tune: Trinity Hymnal #38)
You sons of the gods, give the LORD as His right,
Ascribe to the LORD both great glory and might.
And unto the LORD’s name its glory accord;
In splendor of holiness worship the LORD.
The LORD’s voice is over the waters abroad;
And thunder proceeds from the glorious God.
Above the great waters the LORD from His height!
The LORD’s voice of splendor! The LORD’s voice of might!
The voice of the LORD splits the cedars in two;
The LORD shatters trees that in Lebanon grew.
Then Lebanon’s hills and Mount Sirion reeled
When He made them skip like young calves in the field.
The LORD’s voice in flashes of lightning exclaims,
The places it strikes all burst out into flames;
The voice of the LORD makes the wilderness quake;
The LORD makes the desert of Kadesh to shake.
The LORD’s voice induces the deer to give birth,
And strips bare the forests that cover the earth;
But inside His temple all things will exclaim,
And everything found there will “Glory!” proclaim.
The LORD ruled as King as the floodwaters raged,
And still shall the LORD rule throughout every age.
The LORD will the strength of His people increase;
The LORD gives His people the blessing of peace.
GOD’S WORD READ – Galatians 5:1-6
GOD’S WORD PREACHED – “Freedom in Christ” by Pastor M. Connor Underseth
PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Songbook #110 “King of Glory”
Christ, the newborn King of glory,
Born in a stable, bound for the throne.
Come and worship, come adore the
Almighty Rock, the Cornerstone.
Chorus: Lift your hands to him in worship.
Lift your voice to him and sing,
“Hosanna in the highest, hosanna to the
king!”
Christ, the living King of glory,
Never changing, ever the same.
All of hist’ry is his story,
Constant love, unfailing name. [Chorus]
Christ, the risen King of glory,
Saints acclaim him, angels sing.
Where, O grave, is now thy vict’ry,
Where, O death, is now thy sting? [Chorus]
Christ, the coming King of glory,
Gone to prepare a place for his own.
Ev’ry knee shall bow before the
Unblemished lamb upon his throne. [Chorus]
Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
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.
SERVING OF THE SUPPER
Song “We Will Feast in the House of Zion”
We will feast in the house of Zion
We will sing with our hearts restored
He has done great things we will say together
We will feast and weep no more
We will not be burned by the fire
He is the Lord our God
We are not consumed by the flood
Upheld protected gathered up
In the dark of night before the dawn
My soul be not afraid
For the promised morning oh how long
Oh God of Jacob be my strength
Every vow we’ve broken and betrayed
You are the faithful one
And from the garden to the grave
Bind us together bring shalom
Joshua Moore, Sandra McCracken
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