WORSHIP TOGETHER

GATHERING

WELCOME AND CALL TO WORSHIP

REVELATION 7:9-12 AND 4:8

I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice,

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying,

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Therefore, beloved, let us worship the LORD together.

BEHOLD OUR GOD

Who has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at his voice;
All creation rises to rejoice.

Behold our God, seated on his throne;
come, let us adore him!
Behold our King, nothing can compare;
come, let us adore him!

Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of his words?
Who can teach the One who knows all things?
Who can fathom all his wondrous deeds?

Behold our God, seated on his throne;
come, let us adore him!
Behold our King, nothing can compare;
come, let us adore him!

Who has felt the nails upon his hands,
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man?
God eternal, humbled to the grave;
Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign!

Behold our God, seated on his throne;
come, let us adore him!
Behold our King, nothing can compare;
come, let us adore him!

You will reign forever! You will reign forever!

You will reign forever! (Let your glory fill the earth!)
   [repeat]

Behold our God, seated on his throne;
come, let us adore him!
Behold our King, nothing can compare;
come, let us adore!

Behold our God, seated on his throne;
come, let us adore him!
Behold our King, nothing can compare;
come, let us adore him!

Words/Music: Ryan & Meghan Baird; © 2011 Sovereign Grace Worship; CCLI License 11029770

MINISTRY MOMENT

PULPIT SEARCH COMMITTEE

Dan Dykstra

PASTORAL PRAYER

GIVING

REJOICE IN ALL YOUR WORKS (PSALM 104)

Every mouth that cries for food,
every lung that yearns for breath,
every eye that searches through the dark for light;
All creation looks to You
for its breath and for its food—
from the goodness of Your hand we’re satisfied!

Every tree that thirsts for rain,
every bird that seeks its nest,
every heart that waits in hope to be made glad;
All creation looks to You
for its breath and for its food—
from the goodness of Your hand we’re satisfied!

Oh rejoice in all Your works
King of Heaven, King of Earth!
Every creature You have made declares Your praise!
We rejoice in all You’ve made
God of all-sustaining grace!
With the mountain, sky, and sea, we sing Your praise!

May the pond’rings of my heart
and the song upon my lips
with the chorus of creation join in praise;
To the God who made all things,
to the Spirit who sustains,
to the Son who over all creation reigns!

Oh rejoice in all Your works
King of Heaven, King of Earth!
Every creature You have made declares Your praise!
We rejoice in all You’ve made
God of all-sustaining grace!
With the mountain, sky, and sea, we sing Your praise!

Words/Music: © 2014 Wendell Kimbrough; CCLI License 11029770

SERMON

1 PETER 1:13–21

¹³ Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴ As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, ¹⁵ but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, ¹⁶ since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” ¹⁷ And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, ¹⁸ knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. ²⁰ He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you ²¹ who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

LIVING AS … OBEDIENT CHILDREN

1. Obedient

2. Children

OLD TESTAMENT READING

ISAIAH 53:2–11 (NLT)

My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.

But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.

In silent prayer, let us reflect upon God’s grace to us in Christ.

MAN OF SORROWS

Man of Sorrows! What a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned he stood,
Sealed my pardon with his blood:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was he.
Full atonement! Can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was he to die,
“It is finished!” was his cry;
Now in heav’n exalted high:

Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When he comes, our glorious King,
All his ransomed home to bring,
Then anew this song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Words/Music: Philip Bliss, 1875; Arr. Will Milks; PD; CCLI License 11029770

THE GOODNESS OF JESUS

Come you weary heart now to Jesus;
Come you anxious soul now and see.
There is perfect love and comfort in your tears—
Rest here in His wondrous peace.

Oh the goodness, the goodness of Jesus!
Satisfied—he is all that I need!
May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days
In the goodness of Jesus.

Come find what this world cannot offer;
Come and find your joy here complete.
Taste the living water, never thirst again—
Rest here in His wondrous peace.

Oh the goodness, the goodness of Jesus!
Satisfied—he is all that I need!
May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days
In the goodness of Jesus.

Come and find your hope now in Jesus;
He is all he said he would be.
Grace is overflowing from the Savior’s heart—
Rest here in His wondrous peace.

Oh the goodness, the goodness of Jesus!
Satisfied—he is all that I need!
May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days
In the goodness of Jesus.

Words/Music: Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Michael Farren, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson; © 2018 CityAlight Music; CCLI License 11029770

BENEDICTION