Evening Worship Service

Prelude: Adagio e Dolce from Sonata II, BWV 527 Johann Sebastian Bach

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 441: Jesus Shall Reign Duke Street

Jesus shall reign where’er the sun does his successive journeys run;
his kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more.

To him shall endless prayer be made, and praises throng to crown his head;
his name, like sweet perfume, shall rise with every morning sacrifice.

People and realms of every tongue dwell on his love with sweetest song;
and infant voices shall proclaim their early blessings on his name.

Blessings abound where’er he reigns; the pris’ner leaps to lose his chains,
the weary find eternal rest, and all the sons of want are blest.

Let every creature rise and bring peculiar honors to our King,
angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud amen!

Prayer of Confession

Righteous Father, we praise you that Christ is the solid rock on which we stand. We desire no other foundation, and know of no one else upon whom we can surely depend. Yet, our Father, we confess that our loyalty is so often divided. We try to serve both you and money; we say we love you yet cling to the world’s values; we take care of ourselves but ignore our neighbors. In your mercy take away our hypocrisy. May your Spirit work love into our hearts, so we might devote ourselves fully to you and your purposes for our lives. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 John 5:11–12

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Doxology Tallis’ Canon

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture Reading: Genesis 16:1–15

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. 5 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. 7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction. 12 He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.” 13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” 14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Hymn 565: All for Jesus! Wycliff

All for Jesus! All for Jesus! All my being’s ransomed pow’rs:
all my thoughts and words and doings, all my days and all my hours.

Let my hands perform his bidding, let my feet run in his ways;
let my eyes see Jesus only, let my lips speak forth his praise.

Worldlings prize their gems of beauty, cling to gilded toys of dust,
boast of wealth and fame and pleasure; only Jesus will I trust.

Since my eyes were fixed on Jesus, I’ve lost sight of all beside;
so enchained my spirit’s vision, looking at the Crucified.

O what wonder! how amazing! Jesus, glorious King of kings,
deigns to call me his beloved, lets me rest beneath His wings.

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, Christians, Join to Sing arr. Gilbert Martin

Chamber Choir

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 29

Question: How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
Answer: We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.

Sermon: God’s Love For Hagar Rev. John

Hymn 474: Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow! Lenox

Blow ye the trumpet, blow! The gladly solemn sound
let all the nations know, to earth’s remotest bound;

Refrain

The year of jubilee is come; return, ye ransomed sinners, home; return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

Jesus, our great High Priest, has full atonement made;
ye weary spirits, rest; ye mournful souls, be glad: (Refrain)

Extol the Lamb of God; the sacrificial Lamb;
redemption through his blood throughout the world proclaim: (Refrain)

Ye slaves of sin and hell, your liberty receive;
and safe in Jesus dwell, and blest in Jesus live: (Refrain)

Ye who have sold for naught your heritage above,
receive it back unbought, the gift of Jesus’ love: (Refrain)

The gospel trumpet hear, the news of heav’nly grace;
and, saved from earth, appear before your Savior’s face: (Refrain)

Benediction

Postlude:

Serving this evening:
Rev. Gavin Lymberopoulos, platform
Aaron Patterson, organist

Sermon Notes