Worship Order - Morning
~ Morning Worship Service ~
February 23, 2020
Preaching: Rev. Lou Veiga, Senior Pastor
Theme: New Creation in Jesus Christ
Vow and Salutation
Call to Worship: Psalm 148:1-6
Prayer of Invocation and Adoration
Hymn of Adoration: #115 "All Creatures of Our God and King"
God's Law: Colossians 3:5-10
Prayer of Confession
God's Gospel Promise: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
"Gloria Patri":
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.
Prayer of Thanksgiving & Supplication/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 of Preparation: #470 "How Vast the Benefits Divine"
Reading of God's Word: Matthew 3:1-17
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon: "Jesus' Baptism and Anointing"
Prayer of Application
Offering and Prayer
"Doxology" #733
Hymn of Response: #518 "Christ, of All My Hopes the Ground"
Benediction
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The congregation is encouraged to be seated a few minutes early to prepare their hearts and minds
to meet with the Lord.
~SERMON~
"Jesus' Baptism and Anointing"
Matthew 3:1-17
Teaching: John baptized Jesus at the Jordan in order to fulfill all righteousness; and God himself highly distinguished Jesus.
Main Points:
1. John baptized Jesus in the Jordan in order to fulfill all righteousness.
2. God the Father baptized Jesus with the Holy Spirit to affirm Jesus' righteousness.
3. Jesus' baptism depicts a new creation in Him.
