Romans 5:6-8
(Leader) For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
(Congregation) but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
God’s everlasting love for us is displayed through the cross of Jesus.
Curt Brown, Worship Leader, Directs Music Team
1. Everlasting God (Brenton Brown) we will wait upon the Lord…
Danny Adams, Pastor for Children’s Ministry
2. How Deep the Father’s Love for Us (Townend) …I will boast in Jesus Christ; his death and resurrection
3. Stronger (Hillsong) sin is broken you have saved me…
4. Come Praise & Glorify (Sovereign Grace) You are the God who saves! *NEW SONG
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music & Biblical Education
Before the offering we will be praying for the building and advancement of God’s Kingdom through the gospel in the following local churches:
U.S.— Brandywine Grace Church, Lead Pastor Kenny Lynch, in Downingtown, PA, and is part of our family of churches with Sovereign Grace.
Abroad— Arche Church, Lead Pastor Christian Wegert, in Hamburg, Germany, and is part of our family of churches with Sovereign Grace.
(break) Children are dismissed to childcare & grace4kids
Message: Don’t Reject Jesus—Agree with Him
Text: Mark 12:18-27
Ian McConnell, Pastor for Preaching & Vision
Prepared a Place (Sovereign Grace) By grace I will be able to join the jubilee…
Curt Brown, Worship Leader, Directs Music Team
*NEW SONG
Come Praise & Glorify
Words & Music by Tim Chester & Bob Kauflin
Verse 1
Come praise and glorify our God The Father of our Lord
In Christ He has in heav’nly realms His blessings on us poured
For pure and blameless in His sight He destined us to be
And now we’ve been adopted through His Son eternally
Chorus
To the praise of Your glory To the praise of Your mercy and grace
to the praise of Your glory You are the God who saves
Verse 2
Come praise and glorify our God Who gives His grace in Christ
In Him our sins are washed away Redeemed through sacrifice
In Him God has made known to us The myst’ry of His will
That Christ should be the head of all His purpose to fulfill
Verse 3
Come praise and glorify our God For we’ve believed the Word
And through our faith we have a seal The Spirit of the Lord
The Spirit guarantees our hope Until redemption’s done
Until we join in endless praise To God, the Three in One
Music by Bob Kauflin, words by Tim Chester © 2011 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI)
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1 John 1:5-9
(Leader) This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
(Congregation) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
(Leader) If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
(Congregation) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Our sin is great, but God’s grace and forgiveness through Jesus is greater!
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music and Biblical Education
1. Come Christians, Join to Sing (Traditional) On that triumphant day He took our sins away!
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music and Biblical Education
2. Beneath the Cross (Getty) For hands that should discard me hold wounds which tell me come…NEW SONG
3. What a Savior (Sovereign Grace) …Poured out Your blood so we praise You…
4. Christ Is Risen (Maher) O Church, come stand in the light / The glory of God has defeated the night!
Tom Horton, Pastor for Family Care
Before the offering we will be praying for the building and advancement of God’s Kingdom through the gospel in the following local churches:
U.S.— Covenant Fellowship Church, Lead Pastor Jared Mellinger, serving in Glen Mills, PA, and is part of our family of churches with Sovereign Grace.
Abroad— We will also be praying for Fernando Impang who is the pastor at a Sovereign Grace church in Bohol, Philippines.
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Message: Don’t Reject Jesus—Surrender
Text: Mark 12:13-27
Ian McConnell, Pastor for Preaching & Vision
Take My Life (Here Am I) (Traditional/Chris Tomlin) Here am I, all of me. Take my life, it’s all for Thee
Jesus Thank You (Sovereign Grace) …the Father’s wrath completely satisfied
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music & Biblical Education
NEW SONG
Beneath the Cross
By Keith & Kristen Getty
Beneath the cross of Jesus
I find a place to stand,
And wonder at such mercy
That calls me as I am;
For hands that should discard me
Hold wounds which tell me, “Come.”
Beneath the cross of Jesus
My unworthy soul is won.
Beneath the cross of Jesus
His family is my own—
Once strangers chasing selfish dreams,
Now one through grace alone.
How could I now dishonor
The ones that You have loved?
Beneath the cross of Jesus
See the children called by God.
Beneath the cross of Jesus—
The path before the crown—
We follow in His footsteps
Where promised hope is found.
How great the joy before us
To be His perfect bride;
Beneath the cross of Jesus
We will gladly live our lives.
Colossians 1:15-20
(Leader) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
(Congregation) For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
(Leader) And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
(Congregation) For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
The High King of heaven came down to earth to save us!
Curt Brown, Worship Leader, Directs Music Team
1. Your Love O Lord (Praise & Worship) …I will lift my voice to worship you my King
Tom Horton, Pastor for Family Care
2. Be Thou My Vision (Traditional) …high King of heaven my treasure Thou art
3. O Sacred King (Matt Redman) You’re the God of holiness yet you welcome souls like me…
4. The Cross Has Said It All (Matt Redman) Son of God shed precious blood; who can comprehend this love? *NEW SONG
Danny Adams, Pastor for Children’s Ministry
Before the offering we will be praying for the building and advancement of God’s Kingdom through the gospel in the following local churches:
U.S.— Seven Mile Road Church which is located in the Far Northeast part of our city, and where Ian McConnell, Pastor for Preaching & Vision at Grace, is preaching Sunday morning.
Abroad— Kingdom Life Church, Lead Pastor Cedric Moss, church planting in Nassau, Bahamas, and is part of our family of churches with Sovereign Grace.
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Message: Jesus Turns the Tables
Text: Mark 11:27-12:12
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music & Biblical Education
I Stand Amazed (Traditional) …You took my sins and my sorrows
Curt Brown, Worship Leader, Directs Music Team
*NEW SONG
The Cross Has Said It All
Words & Music by Matt Redman
Verse 1
The cross has said it all,
The cross has said it all.
I can’t deny what You have shown,
The cross speaks of a God of love;
There displayed for all to see,
Jesus Christ, our only hope,
A message of the Father’s heart:
“Come, my children, come on home.”
Chorus
As high as the heav’ns are above the earth,
So high is the measure of Your great love;
As far as the east is from the west,
So far have You taken our sins from us
Verse 2
The cross has said it all,
The cross has said it all.
I never recognized Your touch
Until I met You at the cross.
We are fallen, dust to dust;
How could You do this for us?
Son of God she’d precious blood;
Who can comprehend this love?
Bridge
How high, how wide, how deep
How high, how wide, how deep,
How high!
One hundred and twenty years ago today the Prince of Preachers, C.H. Spurgeon, entered into the joy of his Master. In honor of one of my dead heroes, here is one of my favorite extensive quotes.
“He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. There is such a fullness in Christ that He alone is the believer’s all. The true saint is so completely satisfied with the all-sufficiency of Jesus that he thirsts no more – except it be for deeper draughts of the living fountain. In that sweet manner, believer, shalt thou thirst; it shalt not be a thirst of pain, but of loving desire; thou wilt find it a sweet thing to be panting a fuller enjoyment of Jesus’ love. One in days of yore said, “I have been sinking my bucket down into the well full often, but now my thirst after Jesus has become so insatiable, that I long to put the full well itself to my lips and drink right on.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Morning & Evening
Morning of October 6th
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Psalm 8:1-9
(Leader) O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
(Congregation) When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
(Leader) You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
(Congregation) O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music and Biblical Education
1. Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Traditional) From all that dwell beneath the skies / Let the Creator’s praise arise!
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music and Biblical Education
2. How Great Is Our God (Chris Tomlin) And all will see…
3. Saving One (Starfield) And Heaven can’t contain the glory of the Son…
4. High Above All Things (Sovereign Grace) …Your passion / To give all nations / Gladness and joy in Jesus Christ!
Tom Horton, Pastor for Family Care
Before the offering we will be praying for the building and advancement of God’s Kingdom through the gospel in the following local churches:
U.S.— Cornerstone Community Church, Lead Pastor Bill Curry, serving in the Kensington section of our city.
Abroad— Covenant Life Church Addis Ababa, Lead Pastor Mo Tegene, serving in Ethiopia, and is part of our family of churches with Sovereign Grace.
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Message: What Disciples Do because of What Jesus has Done
Text: Matthew 22:34-40; 28:16-20
Ian McConnell, Pastor for Preaching & Vision
Let Your Kingdom Come (Sovereign Grace) …So that everyone might know Your name!
Rob Chisholm, Pastor for Music & Biblical Education
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Titus 3:3-7
(Leader) For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
(Congregation) But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us…
(Leader) not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit…
(Congregation) whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
God’s goodness and loving kindness through Jesus Christ our Savior has changed our lives forever!
Curt Brown, Worship Leader, Directs Music Team
1. God Over All (Sovereign Grace) …by your grace I now draw near.
Ian McConnell, Pastor for Preaching &Vision
2. You Alone Can Rescue (Matt Redman) …you are the God who saves us!
3. I Stand Amazed (Traditional) …for all your goodness I will keep on singing
4. Stronger (Hillsong) …sin is broken you have saved me *NEW SONG
Danny Adams, Pastor for Children’s Ministry
Before the offering we will be praying for the building and advancement of God’s Kingdom through the gospel in the following local churches:
U.S.— Calvary Chapel, Lead Pastor Joe Focht which is located in the Far Northeast section of Philly.
Abroad— Lord’s Grace Church in Seoul, South Korea, lead pastor Songhwan Kang. Lord’s Grace Church is a part of our family of churches in Sovereign Grace Ministries.
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Message: Jesus Restores Our Barren Lives part 2
Text: Mark 11:12-25
Ian McConnell, Pastor for Preaching &Vision
Jesus Lord of Heaven (Phil Wickham) your love has no bounds…
Curt Brown, Worship Leader, Directs Music Team
*NEW SONG
Stronger
Words & Music by Hillsong
There is love that came for us
Humbled to a sinner’s cross
You broke my shame and sinfulness
You rose again victorious
Faithfulness none can deny
Through the storm and through the fire
There is truth that sets me free
Jesus Christ who lives in me
Chorus
You are stronger! You are stronger!
Sin is broken
You have saved me
It is written
Christ is risen
Jesus You are Lord of all
No beginning and no end
You’re my hope and my defense
You came to seek and save the lost
You paid it all upon the cross
Bridge
So let Your name be lifted higher
Be lifted higher be lifted higher
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