Prelude: Fairest Lord Jesus arr. Frederick Swann

Call to Worship

Doxology Old Hundredth

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

Our God and Father, we praise you that your mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness! We confess that we are daily in need of your grace, for sin clings so closely that we can hardly do anything from a pure heart. We need your Holy Spirit to sanctify us by your Word and keep us from all manner of temptation and evil. Grant us the assurance that in Christ we are no longer slaves to sin, and that in him we are new creations. Lord, have mercy upon us, for the sake of your dear Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Colissians 1:13–14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Invocation

Hymn 381: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship Holy Manna

Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God;
will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the Word?
All is vain, unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down;
brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Brethren, see poor sinners round you slumb’ring on the brink of woe;
death is coming, hell is moving—can you bear to let them go?
See our fathers and our mothers and our children sinking down;
brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses’ sister aided him;
will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior—tell them that he will be found;
sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other too;
let us love and pray for sinners till our God makes all things new.
Then he’ll call us home to heaven, at his table we’ll sit down;
Christ will gird himself and serve us with sweet manna all around.

Responsive Reading: Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!

Gloria Patri Meineke

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into ­­heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayer of Intercession (concluding with The Lord’s Prayer)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Announcements

Psalm 93 Festal Song

The Lord reigns over all; he’s robed in majesty.
The Lord is robed and wears his belt of strength and dignity.

The world established stands unmoved, it shall endure.
From everlasting you are God, your throne is ever sure.

The floods have lifted up, Lord, lifted up their voice;
the floods have lifted up their waves and made a mighty noise.

The Lord, enthroned on high, more powerful is he
than thunder of the ocean’s waves or breakers of the sea.

Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; unchanging is your word.
And holiness adorns your house forevermore, O Lord.

Offering Prayer

(In person offerings may be made via the oak boxes. Give online at tenth.org/give or mail checks to:
1701 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103)

Offertory: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing arr. Michael Larkin

Chamber Choir

Scripture Reading: Psalm 94

O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! 2 Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! 3 O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? 4 They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. 5 They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage. 6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; 7 and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.” 8 Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? 9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? 10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge— 11 the Lord—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath. 12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law, 13 to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; 15 for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. 16 Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? 17 If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. 18 When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. 19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. 20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute? 21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. 22 But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. 23 He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Sermon: Christ Our Champion Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 311: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed Aurelia

Hail to the Lord’s Anointed, great David’s greater Son!

Hail, in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun!

He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free,

to take away transgression, and rule in equity.

He comes with comfort speedy to those who suffer wrong;

to help the poor and needy, and bid the weak be strong;

to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light,

whose souls, condemned and dying, were precious in his sight.

He shall come down like showers upon the fruitful earth;

and love, joy, hope, like flowers, spring in his path to birth;

before him on the mountains shall peace, the herald, go;

and righteousness, in fountains, from hill to valley flow.

O’er ev’ry foe victorious, he on his throne shall rest,

from age to age more glorious, all-blessing and all-blessed;

the tide of time shall never his covenant remove;

his name shall stand forever—that name to us is Love.

Benediction

Postlude

Serving today:
Travers Oliver, 9:00am platform
Rev. Carroll Wynne, 11:00am platform
Colin Howland, organist

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