Knowing Christ and Making Christ Known
A CONGREGATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (PCA)
Order for the Worship of God on This Lord’s Day, Sunday, September 27, 2020
• Call to Worship: Hebrews 6:7-12 ESV
• Hymn of Exultation: My Times are in Thy Hand
• Prayer of Adoration
• Faith Confession: Westminster Confession of Faith. chapter 10, Of Effectual Calling, paragraphs 3-4.
• Minister's Question: Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ, through the Spirit, (Luke
18:15–16, Acts 2:38–39, John 3:3, 5, 1 John 5:12, Rom. 8:9) who worketh when, and where, and how He pleaseth:
(John 3:8) so also are all other elect persons who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the
Word. (1 John 5:12, Acts 4:12) But what of the non-elect who apparently respond to the ministry of the word?
• Congregation: Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, (Matt. 22:14) and may
have some common operations of the Spirit, (Matt. 7:22, Matt. 13:20–21, Heb. 6:4–5) yet they never truly come unto
Christ, and therefore cannot be saved: (John 6:64–66, John 8:24) much less can men, not professing the Christian
religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light
of nature, and the laws of that religion they do profess. (Acts 4:12, John 14:6, Eph. 2:12, John 4:22, John 17:3) And, to
assert and maintain that they may, is very pernicious, and to be detested. (2 John 9–11, 1 Cor. 16:22, Gal. 1:6–8).
• Call to Confession: Acts. 4:10-12 ESV
• Corporate Confession of Sin: If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of
God that he has borne concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.
Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has
borne concerning his Son. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever
has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Everyone who goes on ahead and
does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father
and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give
him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked work - 1 John, 5:9-12; 2 John 9-11 ESV
• Gospel Reading of Assurance: Ephesians 2.8-13 ESV
• Hymn of Promise: I Love to Tell the Story
• Offering | Offertory | Prayer
• Ministry of Prayer
• Ministry of the Word: Reverend Philip George
• Summer Series: WASTED YEARS “I will restore to you the years.” - Joel 2:25 ESV
• Message: “Restorations"” - Joel 2:25-27 ESV
• Benediction
• Parting Hymn: Revive Us Again
• Call to Worship: Hebrews 6:7-12 ESV
• Hymn of Exultation: My Times are in Thy Hand
• Prayer of Adoration
• Faith Confession: Westminster Confession of Faith. chapter 10, Of Effectual Calling, paragraphs 3-4.
• Minister's Question: Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ, through the Spirit, (Luke
18:15–16, Acts 2:38–39, John 3:3, 5, 1 John 5:12, Rom. 8:9) who worketh when, and where, and how He pleaseth:
(John 3:8) so also are all other elect persons who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the
Word. (1 John 5:12, Acts 4:12) But what of the non-elect who apparently respond to the ministry of the word?
• Congregation: Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, (Matt. 22:14) and may
have some common operations of the Spirit, (Matt. 7:22, Matt. 13:20–21, Heb. 6:4–5) yet they never truly come unto
Christ, and therefore cannot be saved: (John 6:64–66, John 8:24) much less can men, not professing the Christian
religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light
of nature, and the laws of that religion they do profess. (Acts 4:12, John 14:6, Eph. 2:12, John 4:22, John 17:3) And, to
assert and maintain that they may, is very pernicious, and to be detested. (2 John 9–11, 1 Cor. 16:22, Gal. 1:6–8).
• Call to Confession: Acts. 4:10-12 ESV
• Corporate Confession of Sin: If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of
God that he has borne concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.
Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has
borne concerning his Son. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever
has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Everyone who goes on ahead and
does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father
and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give
him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked work - 1 John, 5:9-12; 2 John 9-11 ESV
• Gospel Reading of Assurance: Ephesians 2.8-13 ESV
• Hymn of Promise: I Love to Tell the Story
• Offering | Offertory | Prayer
• Ministry of Prayer
• Ministry of the Word: Reverend Philip George
• Summer Series: WASTED YEARS “I will restore to you the years.” - Joel 2:25 ESV
• Message: “Restorations"” - Joel 2:25-27 ESV
• Benediction
• Parting Hymn: Revive Us Again