04-12-2015 Sunday Evening Bulletin.pub

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The Lord’s Day Evening April 12, 2015 Six O’clock

Welcome and Announcements Prelude Dear heavenly Father, what a mind-centering, heart-encouraging, soul-liberating joy it is to begin this day by remembering your forgetfulness. You promise never again to remember our sins against us. You will never deal with us according to our sins or reward us according to our iniquities (Psalm 103:10), for on the cross, you dealt with Jesus according to our sins and rewarded him according to our iniquities on the cross. But that’s not all, gracious Father. Because the gospel is true, you now deal with us according to Jesus’ righteousness and reward us according to his perfect obedience. We are fully and eternally accepted in Jesus. What an exchange. What a salvation. What a God. No sacrifice for our sins remains to be offered. You are fully satisfied with Jesus’ work on our behalf. It’s not cliché; it’s revolutionary to be able to affirm, “Jesus paid it all .” Our hope, joy and peace are summarized perfectly in this bold affirmation from the Heidelberg Catechism: Question: Question How are you right with God? Answer: Answer Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God’s commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though I am still inclined toward all evil, nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me. All I need to do is to accept this gift of God with a believing heart. (Heidelberg Catechism, Question and Answer 60) Father, thank you for such a legal, lavish, life-giving salvation. Rescue us in those delusional moments when we forget your forgetfulness, when we act as though Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins wasn’t enough, when we think there is something more we can do to

gain your acceptance and enjoy your favor. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ great and gracefull name.

Call to Worship .................................................................. Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

Invocation ......................................................... Dr. Sean Michael Lucas Hymn 380 ...................................... Father, Again in Jesus’ Name We Meet (to the tune of eventide)

Grace Moment ........................................................... Mary Ann Rogers Hymn 32 ........................................................ Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Children will be dismissed to 4 Corners on last verse.) Prayer of Illumination Scripture Reading....................................................... Nehemiah 13:1-9 Sermon ............................................................Dr. David Hatten Jussely “The Roots and Fruits of Spiritual Slippage” Hymn 457 ........................................ Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Benediction Postlude

April 12, 2015 6:00 p.m. Presbyterian Church in America Hattiesburg, Mississippi