Call to Worship            

Psalm 53         selected verses                 

The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?

Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

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Prayer of Invocation

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Choral Praise                           

#55         To God Be the Glory​

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Psalm of Trust in the LORD

link     Psalm 115 (tune Trinity Hymn #116, For the Beauty of the Earth)

#731        Doxology

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Call to Confession ​

Isaiah 59:1-2

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Corporate Confession of Sin          

Psalm 51:5-9

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

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Silent Confession of Sin

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Assurance of Pardon

Isaiah 55:6-7

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

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Westminster Confession of Faith

Of God's Covenant with Man 7.1

The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension of God’s part, which he has been pleased to express by way of covenant.

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Pastoral Prayer

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Offertory

Psalm 76:11

‘Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared.’

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Sermon

"Jacob I Loved, Esau I Hated"

The Church and Election in the Sovereignty of God

Genesis 25:19-34

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Hymn of Response

#558         That Man Is Blest Who, Fearing God

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Benediction