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Worship Guide for Sunday, August 30:
SING PRAISE TO THE LORD:
MEDLEY: NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD/ARE YOU WASHED
What can wash away my sins?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
For my pardon this I see:
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
For my cleansing, this my plea:
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Oh, precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow
No other fount I know;
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
This is all my hope and peace;
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all my righteousness;
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Oh, precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow
No other fount I know;
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Oh, precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow
No other fount I know;
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Nothing but the Blood: Words and Music by Robert Lowry (1876). Tune: PLAINFIELD; Public Domain;
Are You Washed in the Blood: Words and Music by Elisha Hoffman (1878). Tune: HAVE YOU BEEN TO JESUS FOR THE CLEANSING POWER; Public Domain.
CALL TO WORSHIP: “I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains… For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel” (Isaiah 44:22-23 ESV)
MY WORTH IS NOT IN WHAT I OWN
My worth is not in what I own
Not in the strength of flesh and bone
But in the costly wounds of love
At the cross
My worth is not in skill or name
In win or lose, in pride or shame
But in the blood of Christ that flowed
At the cross
I rejoice in my Redeemer,
Greatest Treasure, Wellspring of my soul!
I will trust in Him, no other;
My soul is satisfied in Him alone!
As summer flowers we fade and die
Fame, youth and beauty hurry by
But life eternal calls to us
At the cross
I will not boast in wealth or might
Or human wisdom’s fleeting light
But I will boast in knowing Christ
At the cross
I rejoice in my Redeemer,
Greatest Treasure, Wellspring of my soul!
I will trust in Him, no other;
My soul is satisfied in Him alone!
Two wonders here that I confess
My worth and my unworthiness
My value fixed – my ransom paid
At the cross
I rejoice in my Redeemer,
Greatest Treasure, Wellspring of my soul!
I will trust in Him, no other;
My soul is satisfied in Him alone!
Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Graham Kendrick; © 2014 GETTY MUSIC PUBLISHING (BMI) / MAKEWAY MUSIC (ADMIN BY MUSICSERVIES.ORG)
SWEETLY BROKEN
To the cross I look,
to the cross I cling
Of its suffering I do drink,
of its work I do sing
For on it my Savior,
both bruised and crushed
Showed that God is love,
and God is just
At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees,
And I am lost for words,
so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered!
What a priceless gift, undeserved life
Have I been given through Christ crucified
You’ve called me out of death,
You’ve called me into life
And I was under Your wrath,
Now through the cross I’m reconciled!
At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees,
And I am lost for words,
so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered!
In awe of the cross I must confess
How wondrous Your redeeming love, and
How great is Your faithfulness!
At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees,
And I am lost for words,
so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered!
Words and Music by Jeremy Riddle; © 2006 Vineyard Music; CCLI# 1291654
SCRIPTURE READING – ROMANS 3:9-12, 19-25a
I HAVE A SAVIOR
When my eyes are pulled away
from his glory and his grace
When this world captures my gaze,
I have a Savior
When my heart feels like a stone
and I’m unmoved by love you’ve shown
Whisper again what you’ve made known:
I have a Savior
Oh, glory, praise his name!
From heaven’s throne, he came to save!
His life, his love, his blood he gave!
I have a Savior!
Though sometimes I will forget
His gracious love on me is set
His blood has never failed me yet;
I have a Savior
I’m ‘prone to wander’ in this life;
Prone to stray from by your side
But my hope is sure in Christ;
I have a Savior!
Oh, glory, praise his name!
From heaven’s throne, he came to save!
His life, his love, his blood he gave!
I have a Savior!
Oh Hallelujah, Jesus Christ!
Redemption flowed down from your side
Counted righteous in your sight,
I have a Savior!
So, I’ll lift my voice and sing,
and live to glorify my King
Your steadfast love won’t quit on me;
I have a Savior
Your grace will safely bring us home,
and we will bow before your throne
Forever praise your name alone:
We have a Savior!
Oh, glory, praise his name!
From heaven’s throne, he came to save!
His life, his love, his blood he gave!
I have a Savior!
Oh Hallelujah, Jesus Christ!
Redemption flowed down from your side
Counted righteous in your sight,
I have a Savior!
Oh, praise his holy name!
We will never be the same
For God so loved us that he gave;
We have a Savior!
Words and Music by Cary Cox; © 2015 Indescribable Love Music
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea:
A great High Priest, whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on his hands
My name is written on his heart
I know that while in Heaven he stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart
When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see him there
Who made an end of all my sin
Because a sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on him and pardon me;
To look on him and pardon me
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise the One, risen Son of God!
Behold him there, the risen Lamb
My perfect, spotless righteousness
The great, unchangeable I AM
The king of glory and of grace
One in himself, I cannot die
My soul is purchased by his blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise the One, risen Son of God!
Lyrics by Charitie Lees Bancroft; Music by Vikki Cook ©1997 Sovereign Grace Music; Chorus by Shane Barnard, Waiting Room Music, True Bliss Music, River Oaks Music Company
PASTORAL PRAYER
HEAR GOD’S WORD PROCLAIMED
SERMON (Cary Cox): “True Defilement” (Mark 7:14-23)
Review –
Read the Text: Mark 7:14-23
I. It’s Not About Food (v14-19).
1. A Loaded Statement (14-15).
Calling the Crowd –
A ‘Pregnant’ Statement (Lane) –
Nothing defiles a person by going into them from outside; rather, what comes out of a person defiles
2. Private Explanation (17-19).
The scene – from public (crowd) to the disciples in the house (remember 4:10-12, 33-34, France)
(1) Food is Physical.
From hand-washing rituals to the subject of food –
Food goes into the stomach, not the heart –
A surprising teaching – contradicts the food laws in Leviticus?
What Jesus is doing – not contradicting Scripture, but showing it is now fulfilled
The coming of the kingdom of God and the King –
The true intention of the ceremonial law –
(2) That Means… (19c).
Mark’s statement – here is what Jesus is saying –
Food laws no longer binding –
1 Tim 4:3-5; Col 2:16-17
The separation of Jew and Gentile coming to an end – (Eph 2:14-16)
The early church would work out these implications – Acts 10-11
II. It’s About the Heart (v20-23).
1. The Real Problem (20-21a).
There is a kind of defilement that is much worse than being ceremonially unclean –
Ceremonial defilement pointed to a more serious defilement –
Sin in the human heart –
“Heart” –
From the heart, overflowing to our actions
2. True Defilement (21b-23).
Examples –
Jesus speaks of “evil” twice!
We must understand the true condition of man, as taught by the Word of God –
Understand the inability of religious ceremony to cleanse the heart –
The answer –
Application:
Ceremonies and our own efforts –
Admit our true condition –
Come to Jesus for true cleansing –
Set your hope on Christ!
SING IN RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD:
JUST AS I AM
Just as I am without one plea,
but that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
Just as I am and waiting not
to rid my soul of one dark blot;
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
Just as I am, though tossed about
with many a conflict, many a doubt;
Fightings within and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
Just as I am: poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
Words by Charlotte Elliott, (1836); Tune “WOODWORTH,” By William B. Bradbury, (1849)
Public Domain; CCLI #1291654
(Livestream Ends)
HEARING FROM THE BODY (Praises, Testimonies, Prayer Requests)
CORPORATE PRAYER
COMMUNION: The Bread and Cup
CLOSING SONG: THE DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674; Tune – OLD HUNDREDTH – by Louis Bourgeois, 1551
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