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Presbyterianism 101: A Diligent Record Kept

Rev. Dr. Joel E. Wood

Sunday, February 16, 2025

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Pastor Joel E. Wood

“Presbyterianism 101: A Diligent Record Kept”

Acts 15:1-35

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February 16, 2025

9:30a Service

Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit

GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

People: Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore!

Leader: From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!

PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING

Trinity Hymnal #100 “Holy, Holy, Holy!”

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee
perfect in pow'r, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW

Honor your father and your mother.

People: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF GRACE

Song “Just As I Am”

Just as I am without one plea

But that Thy blood was shed for me,

And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am and waiting not

To rid my soul of one dark blot.

To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Chorus: I come broken to be mended.

I come wounded to be healed.

I come desp’rate to be rescued.

I come empty to be filled.

I come guilty to be pardoned

By the blood of Christ, the Lamb.

And I'm welcomed with open arms,
Praise God. Just as I am.

Just as I am I would be lost,

But mercy and grace my freedom bought.

And now to glory in Your cross,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

I come broken to be mended.

I come wounded to be healed.

I come desp’rate to be rescued.

I come empty to be filled.

I come guilty to be pardoned

By the blood of Christ, the Lamb.

And I'm welcomed with open arms,
Praise God. Just as I am. Just as I am.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

Psalm 108 “God Spoke in Holiness”

God spoke in holiness: “I will exultant stand;

I’ll measure Succoth’s valley and apportion Shechem’s land.

For Gilead is Mine; Mine are Manasseh’s fields;

Yes, Ephraim My helmet is; My scepter Judah wields.”

“In Moab I will wash, My shoe on Edom throw;

I will above Philistia with shouts of triumph go.
O who will bring me to the city fortified?

O who is he that to the land of Edom will me guide?”

Have You not cast us off, O God, in Whom we boast?

Will You no more, O God, go out in battle with our host?

Against the foe give help; no help can man bestow.

In God we’ll gain the victory, for He’ll tread down our foe.

GOD’S WORD READ Acts 15:1-35
GOD’S WORD PREACHED “Presbyterianism 101: A Diligent Record Kept”
by Pastor Joel E. Wood

Prayer Of Application & The Lord’s Prayer

Trinity Hymnal #257 “Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted”

Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
see him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
yes, my soul, 'tis he, 'tis he!
'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
by his Son God now has spoken:
'tis the true and faithful Word.

Tell me, ye who hear him groaning,
was there ever grief like his?
Friends thro' fear his cause disowning,
foes insulting his distress;
many hands were raised to wound him,
none would interpose to save;
but the deepest stroke that pierced him
was the stroke that Justice gave.

Ye who think of sin but lightly
nor suppose the evil great
here may view its nature rightly,
here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed,
see who bears the awful load;
'tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.

Here we have a firm foundation,
here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
his the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
who on him their hope have built.

Trinity 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.

COMMUNION PRAYER

Approach the Table for the Lord’s Supper

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Song “Come unto Jesus”