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, October 18, 2020
• Call to Worship: Psalm 46 Geneva Bible
• Hymn of Exultation: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
• Prayer of Adoration
• Faith Confession: Westminster Larger Catechism (1647)
• Minister's Question Number 70: What is Justification?
• Congregation: Justification is an act of God’s free grace unto sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth
and accounteth their persons righteous in his sight; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but only for
the perfect obedience and full satisfaction of Christ, by God imputed to them, and received by faith alone.
• Corporate Confession of Sin (Martin Bucer's 1539 Littergy):
• Public Confession of Sins: Make confession to God the Lord, and let everyone acknowledge with me his sin and iniquity:
Almighty, eternal God and Father, we confess and acknowledge unto You that we were conceived in
unrighteousness and are full of sin and transgression in all our life. We do not fully believe Your Word nor follow
Your holy commandments. Remember Your goodness, we beseech You, and for Your Name's sake be gracious
unto us, and forgive us our iniquity which, alas, is great Amen.
• Congregation: I, a poor sinner, acknowledge before you, my God and Creator, that I have terribly and in many ways sinned
against you, not only outwardly, but much more with inward blindness, unbelief, doubts, despondency, impatience
pride, covetousness, envy, hatred, malice, and other sinful affections, as you, my Lord and God, know well, and I
cannot deeply enough deplore. But I repent of these things, and am sorry for them, and heartily ask you for mercy,
for the sake of your beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen. (Early Lutheran Liturgical Confiteor-Palatinate, Germany)
• Assurance and Absolution of Sins: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you
all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Word I announce the grace of God to all of you, and in the stead
and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Lutheran Book of Concord Liturgical Absolution of Sin)
• Hymn of Promise: Heaven's Gift
• Offering | Offertory | Prayer
• Ministry of Prayer
• Ministry of the Word: Reverend Philip George
• Reformation Series: Call On The Name of the LORD: "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
Joel 2:32
• Message: "I Will Restore" - Joel 3:1-8; Ephesians 1:1-10
• Benediction
• Parting Hymn: These Great Things
• Call to Worship: Psalm 46 Geneva Bible
• Hymn of Exultation: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
• Prayer of Adoration
• Faith Confession: Westminster Larger Catechism (1647)
• Minister's Question Number 70: What is Justification?
• Congregation: Justification is an act of God’s free grace unto sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth
and accounteth their persons righteous in his sight; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but only for
the perfect obedience and full satisfaction of Christ, by God imputed to them, and received by faith alone.
• Corporate Confession of Sin (Martin Bucer's 1539 Littergy):
• Public Confession of Sins: Make confession to God the Lord, and let everyone acknowledge with me his sin and iniquity:
Almighty, eternal God and Father, we confess and acknowledge unto You that we were conceived in
unrighteousness and are full of sin and transgression in all our life. We do not fully believe Your Word nor follow
Your holy commandments. Remember Your goodness, we beseech You, and for Your Name's sake be gracious
unto us, and forgive us our iniquity which, alas, is great Amen.
• Congregation: I, a poor sinner, acknowledge before you, my God and Creator, that I have terribly and in many ways sinned
against you, not only outwardly, but much more with inward blindness, unbelief, doubts, despondency, impatience
pride, covetousness, envy, hatred, malice, and other sinful affections, as you, my Lord and God, know well, and I
cannot deeply enough deplore. But I repent of these things, and am sorry for them, and heartily ask you for mercy,
for the sake of your beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen. (Early Lutheran Liturgical Confiteor-Palatinate, Germany)
• Assurance and Absolution of Sins: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you
all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Word I announce the grace of God to all of you, and in the stead
and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Lutheran Book of Concord Liturgical Absolution of Sin)
• Hymn of Promise: Heaven's Gift
• Offering | Offertory | Prayer
• Ministry of Prayer
• Ministry of the Word: Reverend Philip George
• Reformation Series: Call On The Name of the LORD: "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
Joel 2:32
• Message: "I Will Restore" - Joel 3:1-8; Ephesians 1:1-10
• Benediction
• Parting Hymn: These Great Things