“who is like you, o lord, among the gods? who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in...

“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?”

Exodus 15:11   

Come into this house, magnify the Lord

Lift up holy hands, our hearts in one accord

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise

(repeat)

Come Into This HouseGary Oliver

Sing a melody, sing unto the Lord

He has given us a song and a sword

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise

Worthy of honor and glory

Worthy of power and praise

Worship and bow down before him

Exalt His name today

Come into this house, magnify the Lord

Lift up holy hands, our hearts in one accord

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.

Sing a melody, sing unto the Lord

He has given us a song and a sword

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise

Worthy of honor and glory

Worthy of power and praise

Worship and bow down before him

Exalt His name today

Come into this house, magnify the Lord

Lift up holy hands, our hearts in one accord

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.

He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.

“Come Into This House” by Carman and Gary Oliver© 1991 CMI-HP Publishing (Admin. by Word Music Group, Inc.) / Lehsem Music, LLC (dba Lehsem Songs)CCLI License #503207

Leader: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

People: For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

Responsive Call To WorshipPsalm 47 

Leader: He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

People: He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.

Responsive Call To Worship

Leader: God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

People: Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

Responsive Call To Worship

Leader: For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!

People: God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

All: The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!   

Responsive Call To Worship

Lord, You are good

And Your mercy endureth forever.

Lord, You are good

And Your mercy endureth forever.

You Are GoodIsrael Houghton

People from every nation and tongue,

From generation to generation,

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!

We worship You for who You are.

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!

We worship You for who You are.

You are good!

Lord, You are good

And Your mercy endureth forever.

Lord, You are good

And Your mercy endureth forever.

People from every nation and tongue,

From generation to generation,

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!

We worship You for who You are.

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!

We worship You for who You are.

You are good!

You are good all the time,

All the time, you are good

(repeat several times)

Lord, You are good

And Your mercy endureth forever.

Lord, You are good

And Your mercy endureth forever.

(repeat)

People from every nation and tongue,

From generation to generation,

We worship You

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

We worship You for who You are

(repeat)

For who You are…

For who You are…

You are Good!

“Lord You are Good” by Israel Houghton© 2001 Integrity's Praise! MusicCCLI License #503207

What does it mean to be saved?

Isn’t it more than just a prayer to pray?

More than just a way to heaven?

What does it mean to be His?

To be formed in His likeness?

Know that we have a purpose:

Say So Israel Houghton

To be salt and light

In the world, in the world

To be salt and light in the world!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

Say so, say so!

(repeat)

Oh, that the church would arise

So that we would see with Jesus’ eyes

We could show the world heaven

Show what it means to be His

To be formed in his likeness

Show them they have a purpose:

To be salt and light

In the world, in the world

To be salt and light in the world!

(repeat)

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

Say so, say so!

(repeat)

I am redeemed! I am redeemed!

I am redeemed! I am redeemed!

I am redeemed! Say so, say so, say so!

(repeat)

To be salt and light

In the world, in the world

To be salt and light in the world

(4x)

Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up!

Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up!

Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up,

Rise up, rise up!

(repeat)

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

Say so, say so!

“Say So” by Israel Houghton and Michael Gungor© 2006 Vertical Worship Songs / New Breed Extended / Integrity's Praise! Music / Sound Of The New Breed (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)CCLI License #503207

Holy Father, we have sinned times without number. We are guilty of pride and unbelief. We neglect to seek you in our daily lives. Our sins and shortcomings present us with lists of accusations, but we thank you that they will not stand against us, for all have been laid on Jesus who bled for us.

Confession of Sin

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, deliver us from every evil habit, every interest of former sins, everything that dims the brightness of your grace in us and prevents us from delighting in you.  In Christ’s Name we pray, for your glory and honor. Amen.

Confession of Sin

Silent time for personal confession

Westminster Confession of Faith Shorter Catechism

Q. 87. What is repentance unto life? A. Repentance leading to life is a saving grace, by which a sinner having truly realized his sin and grasped the mercy of God in Christ, turns from his sin with grief and hatred and turns to God with full resolve and effort after new obedience.   

MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDSKIRK FRANKLIN

You don’t have to worry

And don’t you be afraid

Joy comes in the morning

Troubles they don’t last always

For there’s a friend named Jesus

Who will wipe your tears away

And if your heart is broken

Just lift your hands and say:

“Oh! I know that I can make it;

I know that I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

“With Jesus I can take it;

With Him I know I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

You don’t have to worry

And don’t you be afraid

Joy comes in the morning

Troubles they don’t last always

For there’s a friend named Jesus

Who will wipe your tears away

And if your heart is broken

Just lift your hands and say:

“Oh! I know that I can make it;

I know that I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

“With Jesus I can take it;

With Him I know I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

So when your tests and trials

They seem to get you down

And all your friends and loved ones

Are nowhere to be found

Remember there’s a friend in Jesus

Who will wipe your tears away

And if your heart is broken

Just lift your hands and say:

“Oh! I know that I can make it;

I know that I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

“With Jesus I can take it;

With Him I know I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

“I know that I can make it;

I know that I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

“With Jesus I can take it;

With Him I know I can stand.

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!”

No matter what may come my way,

My life is in Your hands!

(repeat)

“My Life Is In Your Hands” by Kirk Franklin© 1996 Lilly Mack Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)CCLI License #503207

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Ezekiel and the Christian Doctrine of God

Jan. 5th The Old Testament in the NewJan. 12th God’s PresenceJan. 19th God’s Holiness

Jan. 26th God’s Righteousness

In the Parlor

Congregational Meeting7 p.m. Wednesday January 15

• Members vote on elder and deacon candidates

• 2013 review of God’s Faithfulness

All are welcome

Scripture Reading Luke 8:4-15

4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 

Scripture Reading

7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God,

Scripture Readingbut for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy.

Scripture Reading But these have no root; they believe for a

while, and in time of testing fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

Isaiah 61 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;

the whole earth is full of his glory!”

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 ¶ And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

9 ¶ And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

“ ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;

keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

10 Make the heart of this people dull,

and their ears heavy,

and blind their eyes;

lest they see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears,

and understand with their hearts,

and turn and be healed.”

11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”

And he said: “Until cities lie waste

without inhabitant, and houses without people,

and the land is a desolate waste,

12 and the LORD removes people far away,

and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

13 And though a tenth remain in it,

it will be burned again,

like a terebinth or an oak,

whose stump remains

when it is felled.”

The holy seed is its stump.

1) Captivated by Holiness

“ In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. “

“The glory of God is the manifestation of his holiness. God's holiness is the incomparable perfection of his divine nature; his glory is the display of that holiness. "God is glorious" means: God's holiness has gone public.”

John Piper

And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;

the whole earth is full of his glory!” vs 3

2) Convicted of Sinfulness

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” vs 5

Applications:

1) Capture His Beauty in Creation

2) Capture His Holiness in the Gospel

3) Capture His Presence in Communion

"Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you — majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?”

Exodus 15:11

“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.”

Micah 7:18

"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth.

4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

5 ¶ "To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?.....9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.”

Isaiah 46: 3

Applications:

1) Capture His Beauty in Creation

2) Capture His Holiness in the Gospel

3) Capture His Presence in Communion

“And one called to another and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!’”

Isaiah 6:3