When we sing together as the

Church, we are showing how we are

a congrega�on of living stones. Our

singing is an audible expression of

the bonds we share...We are forged

together by our singing together...So

when you sing, look around.

Encourage others with what you are

singing, and expect to be encouraged

by the fact that there are others

singing with you and to you; you are

not alone. A church that sings

together - across genera�ons,

standing side by side, pu�ng

community unity before personal

preferences - is making a powerful

and a�rac�ve statement to those

who yearn for community more

authen�c than can be enjoyed online

and friendship deeper than is found

in coun�ng your Facebook friends.

-from Sing by Keith & Krystyn Ge�y

Come, Christians, join to sing. Alleluia! Amen! Loud praise to Christ our King. Alleluia! Amen! Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice; Praise is his gracious choice. Alleluia! Amen! Come, lift your hearts on high; Alleluia! Amen! Let praises fill the sky; Alleluia! Amen! He is our Guide and Friend; to us he'll condescend; His love shall never end: Alleluia! Amen! Come, praise the risen Lamb. Alleluia! Amen! He died to ransom man. Alleluia! Amen! On that triumphant day, he took our sins away; Death could not bid him stay. Alleluia! Amen! Praise yet our Christ again. Alleluia! Amen! Life shall not end the strain. Alleluia! Amen! On heaven’s blissful shore, his goodness we’ll adore; Singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”

All:

Right Side:

Left Side:

All:

Text: v. 1, 2, 4—Christian H. Bateman, 1843 , v. 3— Kevin Hartnett, 2006

Tune: MADRID — Traditional Spanish Melody

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Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

Jesus: The True and Better Adam

Underline this thought:

assurance, peace, access to

God, knowledge that He is

our Father, and strength to

overcome tempta�on all

depend on this—the Son of

God took our flesh and

bore our sins in such a way

that further sacrifice for sin

is both unnecessary and

unintelligible. Christ died

our death, and now in His

resurrec�on He con�nues

to wear our nature forever,

and in it He lives for us

before the face of God. He

could not do more for us

than He has done; we need

no other resources to

enable us to walk through

this world into the next.

You and I need a Savior

who is near us, is one with

us, understands us. All of

this the Lord Jesus is. Fix

your gaze on this Christ

and your whole Chris�an

life will be transformed.”

- Sinclair B. Ferguson,

In Christ Alone: Living

the Gospel Centered Life

Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, and Michael Bleeker, 2013

Jesus: True God of True God

Hark the herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King!

Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled"

Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies;

With th’angelic host proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem."

Hark! The herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King!"

Christ by highest heav'n adored, Christ the everlasting Lord!

Late in time behold Him come, offspring of the Virgin's womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail the incarnate Deity,

Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.

Hark! The herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King!"

Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings, Ris'n with healing in His wings.

Mild He lays His glory by, born that man no more may die,

Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth.

Hark! The herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King!"

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Text: Charles Wesley, 1739 (alt. George Whitefield) Tune: MENDELSSOHN— Felix Mendelssohn, 1840

Jesus: Our Saving Substitute

I. Children

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of glory died,

My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

II. All

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast

Save in the death of Christ, my God.

All the vain things that charm me most,

I sacrifice them to His blood.

III. Children and Choir

See, from His head, His hands, His feet,

Sorrow and love flow mingled down.

Did e’er such love and sorrow meet

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

IV. All

Were the whole realm of nature mine,

That were a present far too small.

Love so amazing, so divine,

Demands my soul, my life, my all.

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Text: Isaac Watts, 1707 Tune: HAMBURG—Gregorian chant/arr. Lowell Mason, 1824

The Incarna�on means that

God suffered, and that Jesus

triumphed through suffering.

That means that Jesus now has

an infinite power to comfort.

Have you been betrayed?

Have you been lonely? Have

you been des�tute? Have you

faced death? So has he! Some

say, "You don't understand. I

have prayed to God for things,

and God ignored my prayer."

In the garden of Gethsemane

Jesus cried out, "Father ... may

this cup be taken from

me" (Ma�. 26:39) and he was

turned down. Jesus knows the

pain of unanswered prayer.

Chris�anity says God has been

all the places you have been;

he has been in the darkness

you are in now, and more.

And, therefore, you can trust

him; you can rely on him,

because he knows and has the

power to comfort, strengthen,

and bring you through.

When God showed up in Jesus

Christ, he was not a pillar of

fire, nor a tornado, but a baby.

There is nothing like a baby.

Even young children have their

own agenda and can run from

you. But the li�le babies can

be picked up, hugged, kissed,

and they're open to it, they

cling to you. Why would God

come this �me in the form of a

baby, rather than a firestorm

or whirlwind? Because this

�me he has come not to bring

judgment but to bear it, to pay

the penalty for our sins, to

take away the barrier between

humanity and God, so we can

be together. Jesus is God with

us.

-Tim Keller,

Hidden Christmas

Text and Tune: Robert Lowry, 1876

Nothing but the Blood

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain: O precious is the flow that makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Please stand and sing with the children

Nothing can for sin atone — nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Naught of good that I have done — nothing but the blood of Jesus. Refrain.

This is all my hope and peace — nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my righteousness — nothing but the blood of Jesus. Refrain.

For my cleansing this I see — nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon this my plea — nothing but the blood of Jesus. Refrain.

Glory! Glory! This I sing — nothing but the blood of Jesus.

All my life my cry shall be— nothing but the blood of Jesus. Refrain.

Please be seated

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All:

Children:

New City Catechism #29 and #30

How can we be saved?

Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his subs�tu�onary atoning death on the cross.

What is faith in Jesus Christ?

Receiving and res�ng on him alone for salva�on as he is offered to us in the gospel.

Ephesians 2:8–9: (recited by the children)

For by grace you have been saved through faith.

And this is not your own doing; it is the gi� of God,

not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

For by works of the law no

human being will be jus�fied

in his sight, since through the

law comes knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of

God has been manifested

apart from the law, although

the Law and the Prophets

bear witness to it— the

righteousness of God

through faith in Jesus Christ

for all who believe. For there

is no dis�nc�on: for all have

sinned and fall short of the

glory of God, and are jus�fied

by his grace as a gi�, through

the redemp�on that is in

Christ Jesus, whom God put

forward as a propi�a�on by

his blood, to be received by

faith.

-Romans 3:20–25

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Propi�a�on has a rela�onal

component to it. Christ’s

death not only removed the

moral stain of sin; it also

removed the personal

offense of sin.

Because of this propi�ous

gi�, our sins can be removed,

our debt can be paid, our

rela�onship restored, and

our legal status irrevocably

altered. Jesus Christ is our

righteous advocate (1 John

2:1), the one who turns away

the wrath of God that was

justly against us. And he does

so—wonderfully and freely—

not by pleading our

innocence, but by presen�ng

his bloody work on our

behalf, so that in him we

who were deserving of

nought but judgment, might

become the very

righteousness of God

-Kevin DeYoung

Here is Love, Vast as the Ocean Text: v. 1&2—William Rees, 1800’s; chorus—Kate Simmonds, 2010 Tune: Robert Lowry, 1876

Christianity rests on the certainty of Jesus’ resurrection as an occurrence in history. Jesus’ resurrection demonstrated his victory over death,

vindicated him as righteous, and indicated his divine identity. It led to his ascension and enthronement and his present heavenly reign. It guarantees the believer's present forgiveness and justification

and is the basis of resurrection life in Christ for the believer here and now.

-from J. I. Packer’s Concise Theology

Jesus: Our Risen, Conquering King

“I am gentle and lowly in

heart.” Ma�hew 11:29

The words employed here

include, first, a readiness

on the part of Christ to

pardon all past offenses.

‘Come to me,’ he says, ‘for

however much you may

have offended in the past, I

am meek and easily to be

entreated. I am ready to

forgive, to forget and cast

behind my back all your

provoca�ons. I do not say

this to cajole you; my very

heart says it, for my heart

is full of tenderness and

compassion for you.’

The words also include a

willingness to endure yet

further offenses. ‘Not only

do I forget the past but I

am ready to bear with you

s�ll, though you should s�ll

offend me. I will endure it

all. Come to me, although

you cannot hope that your

future character will be

perfect. I will help you to

struggle into holiness and

be pa�ent with your

failures. As frequently as

you shall grieve me, so

frequently will I forgive

you. I am meek in heart,

ready to forgive the past

and willing to bear with

you in the present and in

the future.’

What a heart Jesus has to

receive sinners in this

divine manner!

- C. H. Spurgeon,

Treasury of the New

Testament

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Text: Thomas Chisholm, 1923 Tune: William Runyan, 1923

Men: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; There is no shadow of turning with thee; Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; As thou hast been thou forever will be.

Jesus: Our Compassionate Brother

All: Come, see the cross, where love and mercy meet, as the Son of God is stricken;

Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet, for the Conqueror has risen! And as the stone is rolled away, and Christ emerges from the grave, This victory march continues till the day ev’ry eye and heart shall see Him.

All: So Spirit, come, put strength in every stride; give grace for every hurdle.

That we may run with faith to win the prize of a servant good and faithful. As saints of old, still line the way, retelling triumphs of His grace, We hear their calls, and hunger for the day when with Christ we stand in Glory.

Chorus (2x)

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Keith and Krstyn Getty, Chris Tomlin, and Stuart Townend, 2006

Right side: O church, arise, and put your armor on; Hear the call of Christ our captain.

For now the weak can say that they are strong in the strength that God has given. With shield of faith and belt of truth, we’ll stand against the devil’s lies. An army bold, whose battle cry is love, reaching out to those in darkness.

Left side: Our call to war, to love the captive soul, but to rage against the captor;

And with the sword that makes the wounded whole, we will fight with faith and valor. When faced with trials on every side, we know the outcome is secure. And Christ will have the prize for which He died: an inheritance of nations.

O Church, Arise Blessed be the God and

Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ! According to his

great mercy, he has caused

us to be born again to a

living hope through the

resurrec�on of Jesus Christ

from the dead, to an

inheritance that is

imperishable, undefiled,

and unfading, kept in

heaven for you, who by

God's power are being

guarded through faith for a

salva�on ready to be

revealed in the last �me. In

this you rejoice, though

now for a li�le while, if

necessary, you have been

grieved by various trials, so

that the tested

genuineness of your faith—

more precious than gold

that perishes though it is

tested by fire—may be

found to result in praise

and glory and honor at the

revela�on of Jesus Christ.

Though you have not seen

him, you love him. Though

you do not now see him,

you believe in him and

rejoice with joy that is

inexpressible and filled

with glory, obtaining the

outcome of your faith, the

salva�on of your souls.

-1 Peter 1:3-9

Chorus (all):

The more we fix our eyes

on Christ, the more we see

his holiness, the more we

see our unholiness, the

more we repent, the more

we grow in holiness, and

the more we fix our eyes

on Christ. All by the power

of the Spirit.

-Burk Parsons

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Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me

Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, & Michael Farren (CityAlight), 2018

Women: Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine with ten thousand beside!

All: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided— Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Our suffering is not

punishment sent from God,

but as we trust God in the

midst of it, he can use it as a

tool for discipline. Hardship

will either distract our focus

from Christ or intensify our

focus on him. If we give in to

grumbling and complaining

about the hardships and

difficul�es in our lives, we

will miss out on what there

is to learn from them. But if

we allow our difficul�es to

intensify our focus on Jesus

and intensify our

determina�on to persevere,

God’s discipline will have its

desired effect, and God’s

purposes in the hardship will

be fulfilled.”

― Nancy Guthrie, Hoping for

Something Be�er: Refusing

to Se�le for Life as Usual

Do any of us find decays in

grace prevailing in us—

deadness, coldness,

lukewarmness, a kind of

spiritual stupidity and

senselessness coming

upon us?...Let us assure

ourselves there is no

be�er way for our healing

and deliverance, yea, no

other way but this alone–

namely, the obtaining a

fresh view of the glory of

Christ by faith, and a

steady abiding therein.

Constant contempla�on of

Christ and his glory,

pu�ng forth its

transforming power unto

the revival of all grace, is

the only relief in this case.

-John Owen

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Do you feel the world is broken? We do. Do you feel the shadows deepen? We do. But do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from getting through? We do. Do you wish that you could see it all made new? We do.

Is all creation groaning? It is. Is a new creation coming? It is. Is the glory of the Lord to be the light within our midst? It is. Is it good that we remind ourselves of this? It is.

Does the Father truly love us? He does. Does the Spirit move among us? He does. And does Jesus, our Messiah hold forever those He loves? He does. Does our God intend to dwell again with us? He does.

Words and Music by Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive, 2018

Is He Worthy

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Jesus: Our Returning Bridegroom

For I know that my Redeemer

lives, and at the last he will

stand upon the earth. And

a�er my skin has been thus

destroyed, yet in my flesh I

shall see God, whom I shall

see for myself, and my eyes

shall behold, and not

another. My heart faints

within me!

-Job 19:25–27

Do not take up your �me

so much with studying

your own heart as with

studying Christ’s heart. For

one look at yourself, take

ten looks at Christ!

Look at Rom. 15:13. That is

my prayer for you. You are

looking for peace in striv-

ing, or peace in du�es, or

peace in reforming your

mind; but ah! look at His

word. ‘The God of hope fill

you with all joy and peace

in believing.’

All your peace is to be

found in believing God’s

word about His Son. If for

a moment you forget your

own case altogether, and

meditate on the glorious

way of salva�on by Christ

for us, does your bosom

never glow with a ray of

peace?

Keep that peace; it is joy in

believing. Look as straight

to Christ as you some�mes

do at the rising or se�ng

sun. Look direct to Christ.

-Robert Murray M’Cheyne

Crown Him With Many Crowns

I. All: Crown him with many crowns,

The Lamb upon his throne; Hark! How the heav’nly anthem drowns

All music but its own: Awake, my soul, and sing,

Of him who died for thee,

And hail him as thy matchless King

Through all eternity.

II. Men: Crown him the Lord of life,

Who triumphed o’er the grave, And rose victorious in the strife

For those He came to save;

His glories now we sing,

Who died, and rose on high,

Who died eternal life to bring,

And lives that death may die.

All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall.

Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all.

Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all!

III. Women: Crown him the Lord of peace;

Whose power a scepter sways From pole to pole, that wars may cease,

And all be prayer and praise: His reign shall know no end;

And round his pierced feet

Fair flowers of paradise extend

Their fragrance ever sweet.

IV. All: Crown him the Lord of love;

Behold his hands and side,

Rich wounds, yet visible above,

In beauty glorified: All hail, Redeemer, hail;

For Thou hast died for me! Thy praise and glory shall not fail

Throughout eternity.

Text: Matthew Bridges, 1851 Tume: DIADEMATA– George Elvey, 1868

Matt Papa & Matt Boswell, 2019

Doxology

The King in All His Beauty

Text: Thomas Ken, 1709

Tune: OLD HUNDRETH — Louis Bourgeois’s Genevan Psalter, 1551

And I saw no temple in the

city, for its temple is the Lord

God the Almighty and the

Lamb. And the city has no

need of sun or moon to shine

on it, for the glory of God

gives it light, and its lamp is

the Lamb. By its light will the

na�ons walk, and the kings of

the earth will bring their

glory into it, and its gates will

never be shut by day—and

there will be no night there.

They will bring into it the

glory and the honor of the

na�ons. But nothing unclean

will ever enter it, nor anyone

who does what is detestable

or false, but only those who

are wri�en in the Lamb's

book of life.

Then the angel showed me

the river of the water of life,

bright as crystal, flowing from

the throne of God and of the

Lamb through the middle of

the street of the city; also, on

either side of the river, the

tree of life with its twelve

kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit

each month. The leaves of

the tree were for the healing

of the na�ons. No longer will

there be anything accursed,

but the throne of God and of

the Lamb will be in it, and his

servants will worship him.

They will see his face, and his

name will be on their

foreheads. And night will be

no more. They will need no

light of lamp or sun, for the

Lord God will be their light,

and they will reign forever

and ever.

-Revela�on 21:22—22:5

For the Cause

Jesus: Our Joy to Proclaim

to the World

Our sin put him there. So far from offering fla�ery, the cross undermines

our self-righteousness. We can stand before it only with a bowed head and

a broken spirit. And there we remain un�l the Lord Jesus speaks to our

hearts his word of pardon and acceptance, and we, gripped by his love and

brimful of thanksgiving, go out into the world to live our lives in his service.

-John Sto�, The Cross of Christ

Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend, 2016

THE GOSPEL

Here’s what I understand

the good news to be: the

good news is that the one

and only God, who is holy,

made us in his image to

know him. But we sinned

and cut ourselves off from

him. In his great love, God

became a man in Jesus,

lived a perfect life, and

died on the cross, thus

fulfilling the law himself

and taking on himself the

punishment for the sins of

all those who would ever

turn and trust in him. He

rose again from the dead,

showing that God

accepted Christ’s sacrifice

and that God’s wrath

against us had been

exhausted. He now calls

us to repent of our sins

and to trust in Christ alone

for forgiveness. If we

repent of our sins and

trust in Christ, we are

born again into a new life,

an eternal life with God.

Now that’s good news.

- Mark Dever, The Gospel

and Personal Evangelism

John Calvin on the whole of our salva�on in Christ We see that our whole salva�on and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. We should therefore take care not to derive the least por�on of it from anywhere else. If we seek salva�on we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is “of him.” If we seek any other gi�s of the Spirit, they will be found in his anoin�ng. If we seek strength, it lies in his dominion; if purity—in his concep�on; if gentleness—it appears in his birth. For by his birth he was made like us in all respects that he might learn to feel our pain. If we seek redemp�on—it lies in his passion; if acqui�al—in his condemna�on; if remission of the curse —in his cross; if sa�sfac�on— in his sacrifice; if purifica�on—in his blood; if reconcilia�on — in his descent into hell; if mor�fica�on of the flesh—in his tomb; in newness of life—in his resurrec�on; if immortality—in the same; if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom— in his entrance into heaven; if protec�on, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings—in his Kingdom; if untroubled expecta�on of judgment— in the power given to him to judge. In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in him, let us drink our fill from this fountain and from no other.

Text: Thomas Ken, 1709 Tune: OLD HUNDRETH — Louis Bourgeois’s Genevan Psalter, 1551

Doxology