Sermon Manuscript for Lord’s Day 9/12/2021

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Order of Worship—John 17.1-5

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

(Ps. 145:1-13) I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.  ² Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.  ³ Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.  ⁴ One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.  ⁵ On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.  ⁶ They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.  ⁷ They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.  ⁸ The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.  ⁹ The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.  ¹⁰ All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!  ¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,  ¹² to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.  ¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Hymn No. 28 To God be the Glory

Pastoral Prayer

Indeed, Lord, you have done great things! We ask, please pull back the veil of familiarity that we might behold your glory afresh, today. May we have eyes to see and ears to hear. May the thought of your amazing grace move us to genuine worship as we sing of your glory…as we hear your word…stir our hearts to praise.

Lord we also want to remember those who lost their lives 20 years ago. Please, Father, have mercy on the families and friends of those who lost loved ones. Help them through this tragedy. May they know the perfect peace that is only found in you. Woo them to the greatest act of love in all of history in the sacrifice and resurrection of your beloved Son. There will be tragedy and death in this life, but what we do with Jesus is the most important thing in our lives. Make yourself, known Lord!

For truly, you are holy, as we are about to sing. You are God and there is no other. No one is like. You are set apart from all other things. You are transcendent…above all things! You are perfect in all your ways. You are light and in you there is no darkness. May we have fellowship with you through the perfect work of your son.

Give us faith! We cannot please you any other way! We love, you Lord. Make much of your Son today in this service. Do with us as you please. We are yours. Glorify your name!

Hymn No. 68 Holy, Holy, Holy

(Heb. 9:22-28)  ²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.  ²³ Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.  ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.  ²⁵ Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,  ²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.  ²⁷ And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,  ²⁸ so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Hymn No. 252 Down at the Cross

Sermon—John 17:1-5

Hymn No. 438 Jesus, I my Cross Have Taken

Benediction

(Num. 6:24-26) ²⁴ The LORD bless you and keep you;  ²⁵ the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;  ²⁶ the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Next Week’s text: John 17:6-19