Service Program

“To the Cross I Come”

Welcome

Call to Worship John 13:31-35

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

“Jesus Paid It All”

Prayer of Invocation

Scripture Reading Mark 15:21-39

And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. 29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Confession of Faith Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 27

Q. 27: What was Christ’s humiliation?

A: Christ’s humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

“How Deep The Fathers Love for Us”

Prayer of Praise, Thanksgiving, and Illumination

Sermon: “Jesus Sat Down”, Dr. Mike Campbell

Hebrews 10:11-14

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Silent Confession of Sin

“O Sacred Head Now Wounded”

Communion

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (#324)

Benediction 2 Corinthians 13:14

[Now may] the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Gloria Patri

Hebrews 10:11-14:

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Sermon Introduction:

John 13:34: A new commandment… to… love one another

1. Jesus’ Sacrifice is Finished

John 19:30: “It is finished.”

Verse 11: And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Verse 4: For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Verse 12: But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.

Isaac Watts – “At the Cross”: Was it for crimes that I have done He groaned upon the tree?”

2. Jesus’ Sacrifice is Triumphant

Verse 12b: He sat down at the right hand of God.

Ephesians 1:22: And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church.

Verse 13: waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

3. Jesus’ Sacrifice is Efficacious

Verse 14: For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

The Heidelberg Catechism Q 60: "the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me"