Morning Worship Service

Prelude: Before the Throne of God Above Vikki Cook/arr. Colin Howland

Nicaea Brass

Behold him there! The risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless righteousness; the great unchangeable "I AM," the King of glory and of grace! One with himself I cannot die, my soul is purchased by his blood; my life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ, my Savior and my God.

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Call to Worship

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

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

O Divine Redeemer, great was your goodness in undertaking our redemption, in consenting to be made sin for us, in conquering all our foes. Great was your love in manifesting yourself alive, in showing your sacred wounds, that every fear might vanish and every doubt be removed. Great was your wisdom in devising this means of salvation; bathe our souls in rich consolations of your resurrection life. O God, pardon all our sins, known and unknown, felt and unfelt, confessed and not confessed, remembered or forgotten. Help us to be a holy, happy people, free from every wrong desire, from everything contrary to your mind. Grant us more and more of the resurrection life: may it rule us, may we walk in its power and be strengthened through its influence. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Invocation

Hymn 277: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Easter Hymn

text: Charles Wesley (1739)

Christ the Lord is ris’n today; Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say; Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia! Sing ye heav’ns, and earth, reply. Alleluia!

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Alleluia! Christ has burst the gates of hell; Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise; Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died, our souls to save; Alleluia! Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia! (continued)

Soar we now where Christ has led; Alleluia! Foll’wing our exalted Head; Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise; Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies; Alleluia!

Hail, the Lord of earth and heav’n! Alleluia! Praise to Thee by both be giv’n; Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now; Alleluia! Hail, the Resurrection, Thou! Alleluia!

Responsive Reading: Psalm 98

Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!
Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

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.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us and our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the prophets. And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. 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.

Hymn 274: Thine Be the Glory Maccabeus

Text: Edmond Budry (1884)

Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son;
endless is the vict’ry thou o’er death hast won.
Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
kept the folded graveclothes, where thy body lay.

Refrain
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son;
endless is the vict’ry thou o’er death hast won.

Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom.
Let the church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing,
for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting. (Refrain)

No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life;
ife is naught without thee; aid us in our strife.
Make us more than conqu’rors, thro’ thy deathless love:
bring us safe thro’ Jordan to thy home above. (Refrain)

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: This Joyful Eastertide arr. Dale Wood/Colin Howland

Nicaea Brass

Scripture Reading: Revelation 5:1–7

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” 6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

Sermon: The Lamb Who Was Slain Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 297: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Diadem

Text: Edward Perronet (1779), John Rippon (1787)

All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall, let angels prostrate fall;
bring forth the royal diadem, and crown...him,
crown him, crown him, crown him—and crown him Lord of all!

Crown him, ye martyrs of your God who from his altar call, who from his altar call;
extol the Stem of Jesse's rod, and crown...him,
crown him, crown him, crown him—and crown him Lord of all!

Ye seed of Israel's chosen race, ye ransomed of the fall, ye ransomed of the fall,
hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown...him,
crown him, crown him, crown him—and crown him Lord of all!

Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget the wormwood and the gall, the wormwood and the gall,
go, spread your trophies at his feet, and crown...him,
crown him, crown him, crown him—and crown him Lord of all!

Let ev'ry kindred, ev'ry tribe, on this terrestrial ball, on this terrestrial ball,
to him all majesty ascribe, and crown...him,
crown him, crown him, crown him—and crown him Lord of all!

O that with yonder sacred throng we at his feet may fall, we at his feet may fall!
we'll join the everlasting song, and crown...him,
crown him, crown him, crown him—and crown him Lord of all!

Benediction

Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 Charles-Marie Widor

Serving today:
Jared Cochrum, 9:00am platform
Rev. Gavin Lymberopoulos, 11:00am platform
Colin Howland, organist