Afternoon Worship Service

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Prelude: Brother James's Air arr. Evelyn R. Larter Tom Jackson, violin; Bob Yang, piano

Call to Worship: Psalm 111:1-2

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.

Doxology Lasst Uns Erfreuen

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; alleluia, alleluia!
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Invocation

Hymn 55: To God Be the Glory To God Be the Glory Text: Fanny Crosby (1875)

To God be the glory, great things he has done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the life-gate that we may go in.

Refrain
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father thro' Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he has done!

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood!
To ev'ry believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus forgiveness receives. (Refrain)

Great things he has taught us, great things he has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. (Refrain)

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.

Scripture Reading: John 10:22–42

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.

Multilingual Prayer

Hymn 62: Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise Wesley
Text: The Psalter (1912)

Sing to the Lord, sing his praise, all you peoples, new be your song as new honors you pay;
sing of his majesty, bless him forever, show his salvation from day to day.

Tell of his wondrous works, tell of his glory, till through the nations his name is revered;
praise and exalt him, for he is almighty; God over all let the Lord be feared.

Vain are the heathen gods, idols and helpless; God made the heav'ns, and his glory they tell;
honor and majesty shine out before him, beauty and strength in his temple dwell.

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Give unto God most high glory and honor, come with your off'rings and humbly draw near;
in holy beauty now worship Jehovah, tremble before him with godly fear.

Make all the nations know God reigns forever; earth is established as he did decree;
righteous and just is the King of the nations, judging the people with equity.

Let heav'n and earth be glad; waves of the ocean, forest and field, exultation express;
for God is coming, the Judge of the nations, coming to judge in his righteousness.

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: Fairest Lord Jesus arr. Mark Hayes Bob Yang, piano

Sermon Passage: Jeremiah 4:19–22

19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Crash follows hard on crash; the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are laid waste, my curtains in a moment. 21 How long must I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 “For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”

Sermon: How to Do Good Joe Park

Hymn 538: More about Jesus Would I Know Sweney Text: Eliza E. Hewitt (1887)

More about Jesus would I know, more of his grace to others show;
more of his saving fullness see, more of his love who died for me.

Refrain
More, more about Jesus, more, more about Jesus,
more of his saving fullness see, more of his love who died for me.

More about Jesus let me learn, more of his holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be, showing the things of Christ to me. (Refrain)

More about Jesus in his Word, holding communion with my Lord;
hearing his voice in ev'ry line, making each faithful saying mine. (Refrain)

More about Jesus on his throne, riches in glory all his own;
more of his kingdom's sure increase; more of his coming, Prince of Peace. (Refrain)

Benediction

Postlude: Fantasie No. 4: Allegro Georg Philipp Telemann Tom Jackson, violin

Sermon Notes