23 March 2014 — 10 AM Worship
| Scripture: | Exodus 20:3; Psalm 73 |
| Sermon: | “Deliverance From Idolatry” |
| Creedal Reading: | Shorter Catechism 45–46 [paraphrased into modern English] |
| 45 What is the first commandment? | |
| The first commandment is, “You shall have no other gods before me.” |
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| 46 What does God require in the first commandment? | |
| In the first commandment, God requires us not only to know and acknowledge him to be the only true God and to be our God; but also to trust, love, fear, worship, and serve him accordingly. |
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| 47 What does God forbid in the first commandment? | |
| In the first commandment, God forbids us to deny the true God as God; he forbids us to not trust, love, fear, worship, and serve the true God as God and as our God; and he forbids us to give to anyone or anything else that trust, love, fear, worship, and service that we owe to God alone. |
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| 48 What do these words “before me” in the first commandment especially teach us? | |
| These words “before me” in the first commandment teach us that God, who sees all things, notices and is greatly displeased by the sin of having any other god. |
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| Hymns: | TH 382 — “God Himself is With Us” |
| TH 512 — “I Lay My Sins on Jesus” | |
| Psalm 73:16–28 (Tune = Full Circle) | |
| Doxology: | TH 312:4 — Psalm 72:18–19 |
23 Mar 2014 — 3 PM Worship
| Scripture: | 1 Samuel 18 |
| Sermon: | “The Battle is the LORD’s (2)” |
| Hymns: | TH 363 — “We Gather Together” |
| TH 88 — “Psalm 138” | |
| TH 585 — “Take My Life” | |
| Doxology: | TH 312:4 — Psalm 72:18–19 |