WORSHIP SERVICE - 4.28.2024
Isaiah 6:5
And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Lord God Almighty, as we gaze upon your holiness, we are left devastated by our sinfulness. We are lost in the uncleanness of our lips. Unimaginably selfish, utterly prideful, and crushingly unloving words have been spoken freely from our lips. At the same time, we often use our lips to say good things only so that we will be praised by others. We frequently fail to use our lips to say loving or truthful things. We live among those who also have unclean lips: we have been mocked, offended, and hated through the lips of others. We confess that we have often responded to these sins with spiteful anger.
The prophet cried, “Woe is me!” as his unclean lips were exposed in the light of your holiness. We come boldly to you because the woe that we deserve has been entirely poured out on your son, Jesus Christ. The sacrifice appointed to redeem or shameful lips was none other than the gruesome death of one whose lips were perfectly clean. When Jesus was angry, his lips remained pure, as his anger was expressed in ways that continued to fulfill your commandment to love you and others before himself. The very lips that spoke, “Father, forgive them,” that we might be saved, cried out in agony, “Father, why have you forsaken me?” so that we would not be forsaken. We are left in all at this unfathomable act of love.
Thank you, Father, that the cross stands empty now. Jesus is risen, and you have made us alive in him. Help us, Lord, to speak in light of this gospel muse. May we use our lips to speak the same grace and love that have been so richly lavished upon us. When we fail, Lord, help us to remember the words of forgiveness that have been so powerful guaranteed by the blood of Jesus. Help us to wait patiently for the day when our faith will be sight, the day our lips will finally and purely sin, “Hallelujah, what a Savior!”
“Take a few moments to personally confess your sins to the Lord.”
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
“Hear these words of assurance of pardon.”
Isaiah 6:6-7
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
PSALM 12 - WHERE ARE THE FAITHFUL?
I. INTRODUCTION
Psalm 12:1-8
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
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APPLICATION AND REFLECTION
In light of today's message....
- What did I learn about the gospel?
- How can I apply what I learned about the gospel to my life?
- With whom can I share the gospel this week?
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