Order of Worship – November 17, 2024, 10 am & 5 pm
*Indicates to stand up
10 am service
Pre-Service Song: 121A: I Lift My Eyes Up to the Hills
*Call to Worship
*Votum and Salutation
*Song: 167: Jesus, Where'er Your People Meet
Prayer
Law of God
Song: 137:1,3,4: By Flowing Streams in Babylon
Scripture Reading: Hosea 11:1-11
SERMON
Text: Hosea 11:1-11
Title: For I Am God And Not Man
Theme: The LORD's story of His prodigal people.
1. The LORD had shown such tender love for Ephraim.
2. The LORD couldn't let such ingratitude go unpunished.
3. The LORD is stirred with holy compassion.
4. The LORD will yet call His sons home.
*Song: 103C:1,2,4: Come, My Soul, and Bless the LORD
Prayer
Offerings: 1. Budget 2. Eternal Life Mission
*Doxology: 412: Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word
*Benediction
Sermon questions
1. Give three descriptions of God's 'parental' love.
2. How should wandering children be affected by God's love?
3. How is God's difference from man revealed here?
4. What does Christ have to do with prodigals 'coming home'?
5 pm service
Pre-Service Song: 168: Father, Again in Jesus' Name We Meet
*Call to Worship
*Votum and Salutation
*Song: 29B: Now unto Jehovah, Ye Sons of the Mighty
Prayer
Scripture Reading: John 17
Song: 67A: O God, to Us Show Mercy
Scripture Reading: Ephesians 1:1-14
SERMON
Text: Canons of Dort 1:7
Title: Election Defined
Theme: God chose persons to salvation in Christ from eternity.
1. A choice of persons no more deserving than others.
2. A choice “in Christ”.
3. A choice “to the praise of His glorious grace”.
*Song: 448: Union with Thee
Prayer
Offerings: 1. Budget 2. Eternal Life Mission
*Confession of Faith: Apostle's Creed
*Doxology: 158:1,6: All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night
*Benediction
Sermon questions
1. List 4 descriptions of those whom God chose.
2. What does it mean that we were chosen “in Christ”?
3. How does Jesus' prayer in John 17 express this?
4. How should God's purpose of election effect your life?