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We Give Glory to God
Call to Worship: “Philippians 2:4-8”
4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Hymn of Acclamation: “Holy, Holy, Holy”
Heber, 1826
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 were and are and evermore shall 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 power, 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.
We Mourn the Reality of Sin
Hymn of Confession: “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Robinson, 1758
Come, thou fount of every blessing;
tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never-ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it.
Mount of thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’ve come.
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God.
He to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
O, to grace, how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it!
Prone to leave the God I love!
Here’s my heart, Lord: Take and seal it.
Seal it for thy courts above.
Prayer of Confession
Eternal and merciful God,
you have loved us with a love beyond our understanding,
You have set us on paths of righteousness for your name’s sake; Yet, we have strayed from your way;
We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, through what we have done and what we have left undone, and we have wandered from your pathway.
As we remember your grace, O God, we praise you and give you thanks that you forgive us yet again.
Grant us now, we pray, the grace to die daily to sin, and to rise daily to new life in Christ, who lives and reigns with you,
In whose strong name we pray. Amen.
[Pause for a moment of silent confession]
We Celebrate Christ as Our Redeemer
Assurance of Pardon: “Titus 3:4-7”
4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Hymn of Redemption: “Jesus Paid it All”
Hall, 1865
I hear the Savior say: “Thy strength indeed is small”
Child of weakness, watch and pray, Find in me thine all in all.
Chorus
Jesus paid it all! All to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain;
He washed it white as snow.
Lord now indeed I find; thy power and thine alone
Can change the leper’s spots, And melt the heart of stone.
Repeat Chorus
And when before the throne, I stand in Him complete
Jesus died my soul to save my lips shall still repeat.
Repeat Chorus
O praise the One who paid my debt,
And raised this life up from the dead! (REPEAT)
Repeat Chorus
Reading: “Matthew 22:15-22”
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
Prayer for the Proclamation of God’s Word
Sermon: “Give to God What is God’s”
John Jones – Matthew 22:15-22
Main Point: As humans we bear God’s image, therefore we belong to God and should give him what is rightfully His – ourselves in their entirety.
We Respond to the Gospel
Hymn of Response: “He Will Hold Me Fast” Habershon & Merker, 1907;2013
When I fear my faith will fail
Christ will hold me fast
When the tempter would prevail
He will hold me fast
I could never keep my hold
Through life’s fearful path
For my love is often cold
He must hold me fast
Chorus:
He will hold me fast
He will hold me fast
For my Savior loves me so
He will hold me fast
Those He saves are His delight
Christ will hold me fast
Precious in His holy sight
He will hold me fast
He’ll not let my soul be lost
His promises shall last
Bought by Him at such a cost
He will hold me fast
Chorus
For my life He bled and died
Christ will hold me fast
Justice has been satisfied
He will hold me fast
Raised with Him to endless life
He will hold me fast
Till our faith is turned to sight
When he comes at last
Chorus
Commissioning of the Church
Hymn of New Creation: “Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery”
Matt boswell, Michael Bleecker and Matt Papa , 2013
Come behold the wondrous mystery
In the dawning of the King
He the theme of heaven’s praises
Robed in frail humanity
In our longing, in our darkness
Now the light of life has come
Look to Christ, who condescended
Took on flesh to ransom us
Come behold the wondrous mystery
He the perfect Son of Man
In His living, in His suffering
Never trace nor stain of sin
See the true and better Adam
Come to save the hell-bound man
Christ the great and sure fulfillment
Of the law; in Him we stand
Come behold the wondrous mystery
Christ the Lord upon the tree
In the stead of ruined sinners
Hangs the Lamb in victory
See the price of our redemption
See the Father’s plan unfold
Bringing many sons to glory
Grace unmeasured, love untold
Come behold the wondrous mystery
Slain by death the God of life
But no grave could e’er restrain Him
Praise the Lord; He is alive!
What a foretaste of deliverance
How unwavering our hope
Christ in power resurrected
As we will be when he comes
