Service Program

Prelude

Welcome

Call to Worship Colossians 3:12-17

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Prayer of Invocation

“His Mercy Is More"

Scripture Reading Luke 6:32-36

“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Confession of Faith The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hades. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

“Be Still My Soul”

Pastoral Prayer

“The Solid Rock” (#526)

Prayer of Illumination

Sermon: “Showing Mercy", Dr. Mike Campbell

Jude 22-23

And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

Silent Confession of Sin

“I Shall Not Want”

Communion

Benediction Hebrews 13:20-21

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen

Gloria Patri

Jude 22-23:

And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

Sermon Introduction:

Verse 3b: to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints

1. A Heart of Mercy

Verse 22: And have mercy on those who doubt;

Verse 23b: to others show mercy

Luke 6:36: Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Galatians 6:1a: Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:24-25: And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth….

2. A Sense of Urgency

Verse 23a: save others by snatching them out of the fire

Verse 7: just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline….”

3. A Hatred of Sin

Verse 23b: to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh