March 28, 2021

Welcome

Prelude
~God Calls Us to Worship Him~
Call to Worship

Pastor
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to
come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from
Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the
ruler of kings on earth.

Elder
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and
made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and
dominion forever and ever. Amen.

All
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on
account of him. Even so. Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”
says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the
Almighty.” Our King is coming! Let us worship him together in
Spirit and truth.

Hymn Rejoice, the Lord Is King (309)

Prayer of Worship

God Renews Us in Christ~

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 53

Elder
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the
arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a
young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or
majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should
desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their
faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we
esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Congregation
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our
iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and
with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid
on him the iniquity of us all.

Elder
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its
shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and
judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who
considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken
for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the
wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no
violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Congregation
Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring;
he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his
hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by
his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be
accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will
divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with
the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered
with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes
intercession for the transgressors.

We Corporately Confess Our Sin and Need

Elder
The gospel calls us to turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ. As
we offer ourselves to him in penitence and faith, we renew our
confidence and trust in his mercy.

All
O King enthroned on high, filling the earth with your glory: holy is
your name, Lord God almighty. In our sinfulness we cry to you and
ask you to take our guilt far away from us, and to cleanse our lips that
we may proclaim the praises of him who called us out of darkness
into his marvelous light, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

We Silently Confess Our Sins

New Testament Reading John 12:27-36

Hymn The King of Glory Comes (240)

~God Instructs Us with His Word~

We Listen to God Matthew 21:1-17

Sermon Who Do You Believe Jesus Is?

Song The Love of God (CCLI#251645)

The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled, And pardoned from his sin.

Refrain: Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and
strong! It shall forevermore endure—The saints’ and angels’ song.

When hoary time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure, All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—The saints’ and angels’ song.

Refrain

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky. Refrain: 2x’s

~God Receives Our Offerings and Requests~

We Worship God with Our Tithes and Offerings

We Bring Our Requests to God in Prayer

~God Blesses and Sends Us Out~

Song The Holy Heart (CCLI#251645)

The Holy Heart was broken, Sent from the Father’s side.
The Son of God forsaken, The holy sacrifice.

Refrain:
For me He was forsaken, For me He died alone.
My sin forever taken That I might be His own.

The Holy Lamb was stricken, Abandoned and alone.
He bore the world’s affliction; He bore it as His own. Refrain

And when my heart is broken, Torn by my sin and pride,
The Son of God now risen Will draw me to His side. Refrain: 2x’s

Benediction

Announcements

Postlude