Sunday, May 10
As stewards of God’s words and works, it is with delight that we have the opportunity to gather as His people in worship by way of a reminder of the truth, power, and goodness of the sacred Scriptures. May we gather in His name and for His glory as we endeavor to make much of Christ through scripture, prayer, song, and the preaching of His Word. We look forward to gathering together this Lord’s day – For Christ, to God’s Glory, and Man’s Joy!
Order of Service
Preservice
Praise the Lord (Psalm 150)
Welcome/Announcements
Read the Word / Pray the Word
Acts 10:1-33
(Erroll Dietz)
Sing the Word
Reading: Psalm 96:1-4, 10-12
Across the Lands
The Solid Rock
Reading: Luke 18:10–14
Not In Me
Grace
Preach the Word
Christ Makes Clean | Acts 10:1-33
(Manny Pereira)
Hymn of Response / Closing
The Church’s One Foundation
Benediction
This Sunday’s Sermon
Christ Makes Clean | Acts 10:1-33 | Manny Pereira
Christ is truly Lord of all nations and Savior of the world, and this had to be brought home in the church before she could go global. The apostolic witness had not yet crossed the dividing wall of separation between Jew and Gentile. The church had to formally realize, beginning with Peter, that Christ’s blood which ratified the New Covenant opens salvation to the nations. This passage is saturated in symbolism. That which was unclean before God is made clean by Christ, but only through faith in the received Word of the Cross.
Featured Song
Today’s Song Lyrics
Praise the Lord (Psalm 150)
Verse 1
You made the starry host;
You traced the mountain peaks.
You paint the evening skies with wonders.
The earth, it is Your throne
From desert to the sea.
All nature testifies Your splendor.
(Chorus)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord;
Sing His greatness all creation.
Praise the Lord, raise your voice,
You heights and all you depths
From furthest east to west.
Let everything that has breath
Praise the Lord.
Verse 2
You reached into the dust;
With love Your Spirit breathed.
You formed us in Your very likeness.
To know Your wondrous works,
To tell Your mighty deeds,
To join the everlasting chorus.
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 3
Let symphonies resound;
Let drums and choirs ring out.
All heaven hear the sound of worship.
Let every nation bring
Its honors to the King:
A roar of harmonies, eternal.
(Chorus 2)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord;
Sing His greatness all creation.
Praise the Lord, raise your voice,
You heights and all you depths
From furthest east to west.
You distant burning stars,
All creatures near and far,
From sky to sea to shore,
Sing out forevermore.
Let everything that has breath
Praise the Lord.
Words & Music: Matt Boswell, Matt Papa © 2020 Getty Music Hymns and Songs / Getty Music Publishing / Love Your Enemies Publishing / Messenger Hymns (Capitol CMG Publishing / www.capitolcmgpublishing.com); UBP CCLI License #249042
Across the Lands
Verse 1
You’re the Word of God the Father
From before the world began.
Every star and every planet
Has been fashioned by Your hand.
All creation holds together
By the power of Your voice.
Let the skies declare Your glory,
Let the land and seas rejoice!
(Chorus)
You’re the Author of creation,
You’re the Lord of every man,
And Your cry of love rings out
Across the lands.
Verse 2
Yet You left the gaze of angels,
Came to seek and save the lost,
And exchanged the joy of heaven
For the anguish of a cross.
With a prayer You fed the hungry,
With a word you calmed the sea,
Yet how silently You suffered
That the guilty may go free.
(Repeat chorus)
Verse 3
With a shout You rose victorious,
Wresting victory from the grave,
And ascended into heaven
Leading captives in Your way.
Now You stand before the Father,
Interceding for Your own.
From each tribe and tongue and nation
You are leading sinners home.
(Repeat chorus)
Words & Music: Keith Getty, Stuart Townend © 2002 Thankyou Music Ltd (Capitol CMG Publishing / www.capitolcmgpublishing.com); UBP CCLI License #249042
The Solid Rock
Verse 1
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
(Chorus)
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
Verse 2
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the vale.
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 3
His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 4
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
(Repeat Chorus)
Words: Edward Mote, 1824; rev. John Rees, 1826, alt.; Music: William Bradbury, 1864 © Public Domain
Not In Me
Verse 1
No list of sins I have not done,
No list of virtues I pursue,
No list of those I am not like
Can earn myself a place with You.
O God, be merciful to me!
I am a sinner through and through.
My only hope of righteousness
Is not in me, but only You.
Verse 2
No humble dress, no fervent prayer,
No lifted hands, no tearful song,
No recitation of the truth
Can justify a single wrong.
My righteousness is Jesus’ life.
My debt was paid by Jesus’ death.
My weary load was borne by Him,
And He alone can give me rest.
Verse 3
No separation from the world,
No work I do, no gift I give
Can cleanse my conscience, cleanse my hands,
I cannot cause my soul to live.
But Jesus died and rose again.
The pow’r of death is overthrown!
My God is merciful to me,
And merciful in Christ alone.
My righteousness is Jesus’ life.
My debt was paid by Jesus’ death.
My weary load was borne by Him,
And He alone can give me rest.
Words & Music: Eric M. Schumacher, David L. Ward © 2012 Hymnicity (Hymnicity / www.hymni.city); UBP CCLI License #249042
Grace
Verse 1
Your grace, that leads this sinner home
From death to life forever
And sings the song of righteousness
By blood and not by merit.
(Chorus)
By grace I am redeemed,
By grace I am restored;
And now I freely walk into
The arms of Christ, my Lord
Verse 2
Your grace, that reaches far and wide
To every tribe and nation,
Has called my heart to enter in
The Joy of Your salvation.
Verse 3
Your grace that I cannot explain,
Not by my earthly wisdom:
The Prince of Life without a stain
Was traded for this sinner.
Verse 4
Let praise rise up and overflow,
My song resound forever;
For grace will see me welcomed home
To walk beside my Savior.
Words & Music: Jonny Robinson, Niki Shepherd, Rich Thompson © 2016 Getty Music Publishing / Jonny Robinson Music / Little Life Lines Music / Rich Thompson Music; UBP CCLI License #249042
The Church’s One Foundation
Verse 1
The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
She is His new creation,
By water and the Word.
From heav’n He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
Verse 2
Elect from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation:
One Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
Verse 3
‘Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
Verse 4
Though with a scornful wonder,
Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distressed,
Yet saints their watch are keeping,
Their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song!
Verse 5
Yet she on earth hath union
With God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won;
O happy ones and holy!
Lord give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee.
Words: Samuel J. Stone, 1866; Music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1864 © Public Domain
