1 Peter 2:11-17
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 145:1-9
Hymns:
Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord!
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: There Is No Name So Sweet on Earth
Affirmation of Faith: Solus Christus, Christ Alone
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. (Colossians 1:15-18)
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. (1 Timothy 2:5-6)
Scripture Readings:
Jeremiah 29:4-14
Matthew 5:11-16
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn: Redeemed
Sermon: 1 Peter 2:11-17
Closing Hymn: Doxology