• Before Service Songs –
    • Ps. 149 Alternate (Not bad.)
  • Threefold Amen
  • *Votum & Salutation
  • *Song of Response – Ps. 46: 1, 2
  • Profession of Faith
  • Song of Response – Psalm 24: 1
  • Prayer
  • Reading of Scripture
    • Hebrews 9: 1-28
    • John 7: 25-39
  • Song of Response – Hymn 38
  • Reading of Lord’s Day 18 (focus Q&A 47, 48)
  • Ministry of the Word: The Two Natures of Christ
    1. Christ is in heaven for us
    • Jesus is a mediator for us.
    • Jesus is a Priest for us in heaven. Think of what a priest does and what their duties are in the Old Testament.
    • Because of Christ God views us as if we are already seated in heaven with God.
    1. Christ is on earth for us
    • "And surely I am with you to the end of all days".
    • "With respect to his divinity ... Christ is never absent from us" (LD 18).
    • Christ's divinity is beyond is humanity.
    • Why does this bring us comfort? All authority in heaven and on earth given to Christ to gather, defend, and preserve His church. He lives in us by his Holy Spirit.
  • *Song of Response – Hymn 47: 1, 2, 3
  • Thanksgiving Prayer
  • Offertory – Ministry of Mercy
  • *Song of Closing – Hymn 47: 4, 5
  • *Benediction