Worship: June 14th, 2020

Editors Note: Due to the current Coronavirus situation, the Session decided, as part of a continued ramp up to our familiar worship format, that there will be three services: one outdoor and two indoor for this Sunday.  

On Sunday, June 14th, Pastor Tony continued his sermon series in Ephesians: Grace to You. He reminded us our situation apart from Christ could not be worse…but our situation in union with Christ could not be better. 

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

Text: Ephesians 2:1-7

[1] And you were dead in the trespasses and sins [2] in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— [3] among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. [4] But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, [5] even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— [6] and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, [7] so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 

Worship Hymns:
Hymn of Adoration: # 76 Praise, My Soul, the King Heaven
Hymn or Spiritual Songs: # 457 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Hymn of Response: # 465 Marvelous Grace of our Loving Lord
Dismissal Hymn: # 353 I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord (5)

Additional Readings: The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q/A’s 29-32

Q. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.
Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
Q. 31. What is effectual calling?
A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.
Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.

Full Liturgy for June 14th, 2020 (PDF)

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

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