1 Peter 1:22-2:3

Links to the scriptures and hymns used during this service are provided below.  Click on the hymn title to be taken to a page with sheet music.

Order of Service 

Call to Worship: Psalm 47

Hymns:

All Creatures of Our God and King

Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him

Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, it has always pleased you to extend grace toward your people, as rebellious as they have proven to be. You never ceased to exhort them to repentance and always led them by the hand of the prophets who brought your Word. Grant us grace today that your same Word may resound in our ears. By your Spirit subdue and so reign over our minds and affections, that being truly humbled, we give you the glory that your majesty is due, until the day we rejoice in your heavenly promise, which has been purchased for us by the blood of your only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

from John Calvin: Sermons on the Book of Micah

Hymn: Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

Scripture Readings:

Isaiah 40:1-8

Matthew 5:21-26

Affirmation of Faith: Grace Alone

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight. (Ephesians 1:7-8)

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. (Romans 5:15)

Pastoral Prayer

Hymn: O Word of God Incarnate

Sermon: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3

Closing Hymn: Doxology