The Lord s Day May 21, 2017 10:30 AM We welcome you to worship today. It is a privilege to have you as our guest. As you enter the sanctuary, begin to worship quietly with personal prayer. Please turn off your cell phone and turn your thoughts toward God. We prepare for worship Take a moment and meditate on this as you prepare for worship Worship is the activity of the new life of a believer in which, recognizing the fullness of the Godhead as it is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ and his mighty redemptive acts, he seeks by the power of the Holy Spirit to render to the living God the glory, honor and submission which are his due. Robert G. Rayburn Prelude I Am His Child Moses Hogan Richard Auffarth, Trumpet Gloria Hague, Director of Music *Call to Worship (responsive) We praise our great God Psalm 104:1-4, 33, 35b (ESV) Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD! *Hymn No. 58 O Splendor of God s Glory Bright Winchester New O Splendor of God s glory bright, from light eternal bringing light, O Light of light, light s living Spring, true Day, all days illumining: Come, very Sun of heaven s love, in lasting radiance from above, and pour the Holy Spirit s ray on all we think or do today. And now to thee our pray rs ascend, O Father, glorious without end; we plead with Sovereign Grace for pow r to conquer in temptation s hour. Confirm our will to do the right, and keep our hearts from envy s blight; let faith her eager fires renew, and hate the false, and love the true. O joyful be the passing day with thoughts as pure as morning s ray, with faith like noontide shining bright, our souls unshadowed by the night. Dawn s glory gilds the earth and skies, let him, our perfect Morn, arise,
2 *Invocation the Word in God the Father one, the Father imaged in the Son. We embrace Christ our Savior Confession of Sin (unison) based on Malachi 3:1-4 O Lord God, who among us can endure the day of your coming? Who among us can stand when you blaze before us in all your terrible holiness? We confess, O Sovereign God, that we have sinned. We have not loved you above all, and thus we have found it the more difficult to love our neighbors, who bear your image. Purify us from all unrighteousness. Pour upon us your refiner s fire; wash us by your Holy Spirit. By your grace alone make us acceptable again in your sight that we might stand with you in the blazing holiness of Jesus, our Lord, in whom we pray. Amen. Assurance of Pardon (responsive) Hebrews 10:19-23 (ESV) Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. *Confession of Faith (unison) Westminster Larger Catechism, Q. 36 Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace? The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, 1 who, being the eternal Son of God, of one substance and equal with the Father, 2 in the fullness of time became man, 3 and so was and continues to be God and man, in two distinct natures and one person, for ever. 4 1 1 Tim. 2:5 2 Jn 1:1, 14; 10:30; Phil. 2:8 3 Gal. 4:4 4 Lk 1:35; Rom. 9:5; Col. 2:9; Heb. 7:24, 25 *Hymn No. 646 Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts Quebec Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, thou fount of life, thou light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts we turn unfilled to thee again. Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; thou savest those that on thee call; To them that seek thee thou art good, to them that find thee all in all. We taste thee, O thou living bread, and long to feast upon thee still; We drink of thee, the fountain-head, and thirst our souls from thee to fill. Our restless spirits yearn for thee, where er our changeful lot is cast; Glad when thy gracious smile we see, blest when our faith can hold thee fast. O Jesus, ever with us stay, make all our moments calm and bright; Chase the dark night of sin away, shed o er the world thy holy light. Old Testament Reading Zechariah 12:10-13:9 (ESV) Him Whom They Have Pierced 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives
3 by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves. 13 On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. Idolatry Cut Off 2 And on that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. 3 And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD. And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies. 4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, 5 but he will say, I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth. 6 And if one asks him, What are these wounds on your back? he will say, The wounds I received in the house of my friends. The Shepherd Struck 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. 8 In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. 9 And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, They are my people ; and they will say, The LORD is my God. Aisquith Life and Opportunities The Prayers of God s People and the Lord s Prayer (in unison) We respond in gratitude for God s blessing *The Doxology (Hymnal, pg. 731) and Prayer of Dedication God s Tithes and Our Offerings The Offertory Wonder, Love, and Praise arr. Widmar Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heav n, to earth come down! Fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter ev ry trembling heart. Come, Almighty, to deliver; let us all thy life receive; suddenly return and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. Finish then thy new creation, pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee! Changed from glory into glory, till in heav n we take our place, til we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder love and praise. Musical Interlude After the Offertory, children grades 1-4 may recess for Children s Church through the side door, or may remain with their families.
4 We hear God speak Scripture Reading Matthew 17:1-13 (Pew Bible pg. 694) The Transfiguration 17 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. 5 He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him. 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, Rise, and have no fear. 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead. 10 And the disciples asked him, Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come? 11 He answered, Elijah does come, and he will restore all things. 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands. 13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist. Sermon The King s Adulation Pastor Bell We respond to God s grace *Hymn No. 2 (vv. 1, 2, 5, 6) O Worship the King Lyons O worship the King all glorious above, O gratefully sing his power and his love; Our shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavillioned in splendor and girded with praise. O tell of his might, O sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space. His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In you do we trust, nor find you to fail; Your mercies how tender, how firm to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. O measureless Might! Ineffable Love! While angels delight to hymn you above, The humbler creation, though feeble their lays, With true adoration shall lisp to your praise. *Benediction and Three-Fold Amen (Hymnal, pg. 740) Danish Postlude Voluntary Travers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Those who are able, please stand.
5 Our thanks to trumpeter Richard Auffarth for his participation today. Impact is again collecting empty inkjet cartridges to raise funds for the trip to Peru. There is a box on the steel racks in the kitchen where you can drop them off. TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY NEXT SUNDAY This Week at Aisquith 10:30 AM Worship Children s Church (grades 1-4) No Youth Activities tonight 10:30 AM Men s Bible Study No Youth Bible Study tonight! No Choir practice tonight! No Sunday School (Memorial Day weekend) 10:30 AM Worship No Youth Activities tonight Coming Soon June 13-16 th PCA General Assembly in Greensboro, NC Saturday, June 24 th Impact Yard Sale July 21-30 th Impact trip to Peru with our missionaries the Rockwells Sunday, August 20 th Impact Pot Luck Supper Rev. Robert E. Bell, Pastor Manse: 410-444-5111 Rev. John E. Ceselsky, Assistant Pastor Home: 410-836-6655 Mrs. Gloria Hague, Director of Music Mobile: 443-467-0146