Worship: May 9th, 2021

On Sunday, May 9th, Pastor Tony continued his sermon series in Ephesians: Grace to You. He reminded us that the helmet of salvation concerns the assurance of our salvation and the confidence it brings for the battle.     

 

8:30 am Early Worship Service 
10:00 am Sunday School 

11:00 am Late Worship Service  
6:00 pm Evening Prayer & Study

 

Preaching: Rev. Tony Felich (Sermon Audio Page| Other Sermons) 

Text: Ephesians 6:14–17

[14] Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, [15] and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. [16] In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; [17] and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God…

Isaiah 59:15–17
[15] Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. [16] He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him. [17] He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head;

1 Thessalonians 5:8b
…Let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

Worship Hymns:
Hymn of Adoration: # 73 Rejoice, All People, Homage Give
Hymn or Spiritual Songs: # (Insert) O Church Arise!
Hymn of Response: # 320 Rejoice, All Ye Believers
Dismissal Hymn: # 320 Rejoice, All Ye Believers  (4)

Additional Readings: The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q/A’s 19-23

Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.

Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
A. God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a redeemer.

Q. 21. Who is the redeemer of God’s elect?
A. The only redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.

Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.

Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our redeemer?
A. Christ, as our redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.

Full Liturgy for May 9th, 2021 (PDF)

Sermons from the Exposition of Ephesians
(click on the link for the sermon page with audio) 

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