This Sunday at Christ's Fellowship Church
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Sermon Text: Luke 2:25-35
Preaching: Jay Jones
This Sunday's Music:
Joy to the World
Joy has Dawned
Sing We the Song of Immanuel
He who is Mighty
In Christ Alone
Sermon Text: Luke 2:25-35
Preaching: Jay Jones
This Sunday's Music:
Joy to the World
Joy has Dawned
Sing We the Song of Immanuel
He who is Mighty
In Christ Alone
What do we do when we worship?
Call to Worship
God calls His people to worship Him together. He has revealed Himself to us through His Word, and we are called to respond to Him in worship.
In light of the revelation of God in Scripture, we worship and ascribe to Him the glory due His name. We worship Him through singing, praying, hearing the Word read aloud, hearing the preaching of the Word, and giving.
Our Triune God calls us to worship Him, and it is our great joy and privilege to respond to this call each week together. For He alone is worthy of all glory, honor, and praise.
Singing
Psalm 5:11 says, “But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy…” Together, we rejoice and sing for joy, because Jesus is our refuge and He has redeemed us. As God’s redeemed people gather to worship Him together each week, we sing.
We sing because:
-God has commanded His people to sing (Psalm 47:6-7).
-God is worthy to be praised (Psalm 145:1-3).
-God has redeemed us and made us His own (Revelation 5:9-10).
-We are instructed to teach and admonish our brothers and sisters in Christ (Colossians 3:16).
At Christ’s Fellowship Church, we strive to sing Biblically rich, theologically sound, and congregationally singable songs that exalt God (Psalm 150:2), proclaim the Gospel (Psalm 96:1-3), and edify the body of Christ (Colossians 3:16).
Corporate Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon
As we gather every week, we confess our sins to the Lord. We acknowledge that even though we have been justified by faith alone in Christ alone, we still sin and we fail to meet God’s standard. We’ve done things that we should not do, and we have failed to do things that we should do.
We must look to Christ. He is our only hope. Jesus alone makes sinners acceptable before God. 1 John 1:9 gives us the promise: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Public Reading of Scripture
In 1 Timothy 4:13, the Apostle Paul instructed Timothy, to “devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching” The Church is to be devoted to the public reading of the Word of God. Hearing the Word of God read aloud every week is an important aspect of our worship, because as we hear the revelation of God from His Word, we are able to respond rightly to God through our prayers and praise
Pastoral Prayer
Before we hear God's Word preached, one of our Elders will pray. This prayer is a prayer on behalf of the church, lifting up requests for our congregation, the church universal, and our country.
This is also a prayer for illumination. We desire to see wonderful things in the Word of God.
Expository Preaching
Expository preaching is preaching that submits to the Word of God, and the point of the sermon is the point of the passage that is being preached. The preacher does not use the Word of God as his instrument, but rather, he is an instrument for the Word of God to use. As the preacher proclaims the truth of God’s Word, he seeks to faithfully interpret and explain the Scriptures in order that the Lost might come to faith in Christ and so that God’s people will be edified and equipped for ministry.
We seek to know what God has said in His Word in order that we may know Him more, obey Him, and worship Him rightly. Therefore, we preach expository sermons.
Christ Sends Us Out
At the end of every service, we want to acknowledge the wonderful joy and blessing that we have had in receiving the gospel together through the hearing and singing of the Gospel.
Having heard and sung the Gospel, we now have the awesome privilege to take the Gospel out of this place and into the world in which we live.
So, as we go, we are reminded of the truth of God’s Word.
God calls His people to worship Him together. He has revealed Himself to us through His Word, and we are called to respond to Him in worship.
In light of the revelation of God in Scripture, we worship and ascribe to Him the glory due His name. We worship Him through singing, praying, hearing the Word read aloud, hearing the preaching of the Word, and giving.
Our Triune God calls us to worship Him, and it is our great joy and privilege to respond to this call each week together. For He alone is worthy of all glory, honor, and praise.
Singing
Psalm 5:11 says, “But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy…” Together, we rejoice and sing for joy, because Jesus is our refuge and He has redeemed us. As God’s redeemed people gather to worship Him together each week, we sing.
We sing because:
-God has commanded His people to sing (Psalm 47:6-7).
-God is worthy to be praised (Psalm 145:1-3).
-God has redeemed us and made us His own (Revelation 5:9-10).
-We are instructed to teach and admonish our brothers and sisters in Christ (Colossians 3:16).
At Christ’s Fellowship Church, we strive to sing Biblically rich, theologically sound, and congregationally singable songs that exalt God (Psalm 150:2), proclaim the Gospel (Psalm 96:1-3), and edify the body of Christ (Colossians 3:16).
Corporate Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon
As we gather every week, we confess our sins to the Lord. We acknowledge that even though we have been justified by faith alone in Christ alone, we still sin and we fail to meet God’s standard. We’ve done things that we should not do, and we have failed to do things that we should do.
We must look to Christ. He is our only hope. Jesus alone makes sinners acceptable before God. 1 John 1:9 gives us the promise: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Public Reading of Scripture
In 1 Timothy 4:13, the Apostle Paul instructed Timothy, to “devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching” The Church is to be devoted to the public reading of the Word of God. Hearing the Word of God read aloud every week is an important aspect of our worship, because as we hear the revelation of God from His Word, we are able to respond rightly to God through our prayers and praise
Pastoral Prayer
Before we hear God's Word preached, one of our Elders will pray. This prayer is a prayer on behalf of the church, lifting up requests for our congregation, the church universal, and our country.
This is also a prayer for illumination. We desire to see wonderful things in the Word of God.
Expository Preaching
Expository preaching is preaching that submits to the Word of God, and the point of the sermon is the point of the passage that is being preached. The preacher does not use the Word of God as his instrument, but rather, he is an instrument for the Word of God to use. As the preacher proclaims the truth of God’s Word, he seeks to faithfully interpret and explain the Scriptures in order that the Lost might come to faith in Christ and so that God’s people will be edified and equipped for ministry.
We seek to know what God has said in His Word in order that we may know Him more, obey Him, and worship Him rightly. Therefore, we preach expository sermons.
Christ Sends Us Out
At the end of every service, we want to acknowledge the wonderful joy and blessing that we have had in receiving the gospel together through the hearing and singing of the Gospel.
Having heard and sung the Gospel, we now have the awesome privilege to take the Gospel out of this place and into the world in which we live.
So, as we go, we are reminded of the truth of God’s Word.