October 23 2022 Worship

 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

HYMN: The Wonderful Cross

 

CONFESSION, HYMN: Just As I Am………………………….Red 592

 

CHILDREN COME FORWARD: HYMN: Jesus Loves Me…..Red 595

GREETING, KYRIE- spoken 

 

HYMN: Amazing Grace……………………………………..…...Red 779

 

PRAYER: Almighty God, gracious Lord, we thank you that your Holy Spirit renews the church in every age. Pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep them steadfast in your Word, protect and comfort them in times of trial, defend them against all enemies of the gospel, and bestow on the church your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

 

Jeremiah 31:31-34 The prophet identifies with his people in this anguished prayer following the onslaught of the Babylonians and the destruction of Jerusalem. The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt--a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the LORD," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.

Romans 3:19-28 The conclusion of this letter to a young minister offers a final perspective on life from one who is now facing death. Though others have let him down, Paul is sure of his faith in the Lord, who has stood by him and lent him strength. Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For "no human being will be justified in his sight" by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus. Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. 

 

HYMN: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God…………Vs. 1,2,4……Red 504

 

Luke 18:9-14 At the time of Jesus, Pharisees were regarded as exceptionally religious persons, and tax collectors were treated as outcasts. In this parable Jesus contrasts the two in a surprising way to make a point about approaching God in humbleness. Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."

 

APOSTLES’ CREED, SERMON

 

HYMN: Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service………………..Red 712

 

TITHES & OFFERINGS:

 

PRAYERS

 

LORD’S PRAYER

 

BLESSING Christ has run the good race of faith and finished the course.

May you run with perseverance the race set before you. Amen. Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. Amen.

 

HYMN: My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less …………………Red 597

Go in peace to love God and serve your neighbor. Thanks be to God.

 

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