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Sep 01, 2024

"From Gospel Milk to Gospel Meat"

Passage: Hebrews 5:11-6:3

Preacher: Pastor Tony Phelps

Series: Hebrews: Jesus is Superior

Category: Hebrews

Summary:

Main Text - Hebrews 5:11-6:3, OT Reading - Psalm 119:9-16, NT Reading - Hebrews 5:7-6:3,

Detail:

LIVING HOPE OPC ORDER OF WORSHIP

for Sunday, September 1st, 2024 at 10:45 AM

Opening Song – O Church Arise

Gospel Greeting – To the church of God . . . with all the saints . . . Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.        2 Cor. 1:1b-2

Call to Worship Hymn – Trinity Psalter Hymnal 100A – Shout to the Lord, All the Earth

Call to Worship – The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!    Psalm 99:1-3

Prayer of Adoration & Invocation

Hymn of Praise – NTH 6 – O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord

Reading of the Law – Luke 10:25-28

(Silent Confession of Sin)

General Confession of Sin – Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out our transgressions. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquity and cleanse us from our sin. For we know our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. Against you, you only, have we sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Purge us with hyssop, and we shall be clean; wash us and we shall be whiter than snow. For you have promised, O Father, that if we confess our sins, you will be faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness – by the blood of your Son, Jesus. Restore to us the joy of your salvation by the power of your Holy Spirit.  And enable us, by your grace, to walk in the light of your Gospel, and to show fellow sinners the way of repentance; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.        Romans 6:23

Exhortation to Give – Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.  2 Corinthians 9:7-8

Collection with Prayer (Offertory: NTH 562 – All to Jesus, I Surrender)

Doxology – NTH 731

Pastoral Prayer

Medley – NTH 644 – May the Mind of Christ, My Savior / NTH 662 – Lord, Take My Life

Scripture Readings – OT: Psalm 119:9-16 / NT: Hebrews 5:7-6:3

Sermon – An Exposition of Hebrews 5:11-6:3: “From Gospel Milk to Gospel Meat”

Gospel milk is for spiritual babes, but Gospel meat for the spiritually mature:

1. Spiritual maturity is hindered by spiritual dullness. (Hebrews 5:11-12)

2. Spiritual maturity is moving on from Gospel milk to Gospel meat. (Hebrews 5:13-14)

3. Spiritual maturity is built on foundational doctrines – but God alone grants that maturity. (Hebrews 6:1-3)

Prayer of Application

Hymn of Response – NTH 181 – We Come, O Christ to Thee

Benediction – Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

 

 

Announcements – Week of 9/1/2024

1. There will be NO Drop-in Prayer and Sunday school on Sunday, September 1st. Drop-in Prayer and Sunday School will both resume September 8th.

2. Prayer for Revival – On Tuesday morning, September 3rd, Pastor Phelps will be leading prayer here at the church from 8:00 – 8:45 AM. All are welcome!

3. We will celebrate the Lord’s Supper next Sunday, September 8th.

4. Wednesday evening Bible Study and Kids’ Club resumes Wednesday, September 11th.

5. Fall 2024 Machen Singles Conference – Sept 27th - Sept 30th, 2024 – Register online at machen.org to go enjoy fellowship and biblical teaching with other reformed singles in the mountains of western Virginia! For more information, see the included information in the bulletin. Limited to the first 40 registrants.

6. Ladies Bible Studywill be starting a new study on the book of Titus this Fall. This will take place at the church at 10 AM on the first and third Thursday mornings of the month. The Fall dates include 10/3, 10/17, 11/7, 11/21. Please use the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board or talk to Andie Batten if you plan to attend. All women are welcome! Childcare will be provided! 

7. Women in the Word: a WORKshop – an event to help women study Scripture in a way that is informed, reasoned, and reverent – strengthening both those who teach and those who study on their own. Jennie Fitch, a DiscipleMakers campus worker, will teach on “Finding Lasting Joy: Studies in Philippians.” The event is held at Calvary PCA Church in Willow Grove, PA on October 25th & 26th. (Registration ends September 25th!) For more information and to register use this link: womeninthewordworkshop.org.