Sermon: "“The Promise of His Coming”"

May 4, 2020, livestream service

Scripture Reading of Praise Psalm 134

Pastor: Lift up your hearts!
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord!

Prayer of Invocation

Hymn (stand) “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” Trinity 173

Passage of Confession Matthew 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”

Personal Silent Prayer of Confession (kneel)
Corporate Prayer of Confession (All Together):
Our Father, forgive us for thinking small thoughts of You and for
ignoring Your holiness and power. Lord Jesus, forgive us when
we forget that You rule the nations and You rule our lives. Holy
Spirit, we offend you by open and hidden sin, and in squandering
your gifts. O Triune God, we confess that our blindness to Your
glory has resulted in shallow confession, tepid conviction, and only
mild repentance. Have mercy upon us, let us not presume on Your
patience, and restore us for Christ’s sake. In His strong and precious
Name, Amen.
Assurance of Pardon (stand) John 6:37
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”

Pastor: Our sins are forgiven through Christ.
Congregation: Thanks be to God!

Hymn (stand) “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” Cantus 358

The Nicene Creed ad 381
Pastor: Christian, what do you believe?
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all
worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten,
not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and
was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made
man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered
and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the
Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of
the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick
and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who
proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the
Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge
one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection
of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The 1689 Baptist Catechism AD 1677-89
Question 116: What do we pray for in the fifth petition of the
Lord’s Prayer?
Answer: In the fifth petition, which is, “And forgive us our debts, as
we forgive our debtors,” we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would
freely pardon all our sins; which we are rather encouraged to ask,
because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.

q 117: What do we pray for in the sixth petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
a: In the sixth petition, which is, “And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil,” we pray that God would either keep us from
being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.

q 118: What does the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
a: The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, “For Thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen,” teaches us to
take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers
to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him; and in
testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say AMEN.

Hymn (stand) “Bless Now the Man” Ps. 1 Cantus 2

The Reading of the Universal Word (stand)

Old Testament Isaiah 13:9-11
Congregation: Thanks be to God!

New Testament Philippians 3:17-21
Congregation: Thanks be to God!

Pastoral Prayer (sit)


Preaching of the Word
“The Day of the Lord” 2 Peter 3:10-13

Hymn (stand) “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” Cantus 322-3

Gloria Patri (stand) Cantus 436

Benediction (stand)