Sunday Program

“Grace Alone”

Welcome

Call to Worship 1 Timothy 2:8 and 11-13

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel…. The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful- for he cannot deny himself.

“Promises”

Prayer of Invocation and Confession of Sin

Scripture Reading 1 Samuel 16:1-7

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ 3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” 4 Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.” 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

Confession of Faith The Westminster Larger Catechism Q 75

Question: What is sanctification?

Answer: Sanctification is a work of God’s grace, whereby they whom God hath before the foundation of the world chosen to be holy, are in time through the powerful operation of his Spirit, applying the death and resurrection of Christ unto them, renewed in their whole man after the image of God; having the seeds of repentance unto life, and all other saving graces, put into their hearts, and those graces so stirred up, increased, and strengthened, as that they more and more die unto sin and rise unto newness of life.

“The Lord Is My Salvation”

Pastoral Prayer and Prayer of Illumination

Sermon: Hebrews 13:17

“Leading in God’s Church”, Dr. Mike Campbell

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Ordination and Installation of New Elders and Deacons

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” (#139)

Benediction 1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Gloria Patri

Hebrews 13:17: Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

1. The Authority of Leaders

Verse 17a: Obey your leaders and submit to them

2. The Purpose of Leaders

Verse 17b: for they are keeping watch over your souls

Book of Church Order Preface: “It belongs to His Majesty from His throne of glory to rule and teach the Church through His Word and Spirit by the ministry of men.”

3. The Accountability of Leaders

Verse 17c: as those who will have to give an account

4. The Joy of Leaders

Verse 17d: Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.