Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for July 17, 2022
Reflection
In the end there will be a great gulf fixed between those who are at the feast and those who are not. It will not suffice to have belonged to a group close to the kingdom, to have stood on its very threshold, or to have known some who entered. Either repentance will bring you to the feast or pride will keep you away, and the consequences will be unsullied joy or unspeakably terrible judgment. The alternatives which the gospel sets before us are as stark as that.
Barry Webb, The Message of Isaiah: On Eagles’ Wings
Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Adapted from Isaiah 24: 14, 15; 25:1, 3, 4, 9
Lift up your voice and sing;
for the majesty of the Lord cry aloud!
Glorify the Lord in the dawning light!
O Lord, You are our God.
We will exalt You and praise Your name
for You have done wonderful things!
Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Strong people, glorify the Lord!
For He is a strength to the poor and the needy in distress.
He will be your refuge from the storm and a shade from
the heat.
Behold, this is our God;
we have waited for Him
and He will save us.
This is the Lord;
we have waited for Him.
We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation!
Our Sung Call to Worship
We Praise You, O God Our Redeemer
Verse 1
We praise You, O God, our Redeemer, Creator,
In grateful devotion our tribute we bring.
We lay it before You, we kneel and adore You,
We bless Your holy name, glad praises we sing.
Verse 2
We worship You, God of our fathers, we bless You;
Thro’ life’s storm and tempest our Guide You have been.
When perils o’er take us, You will not forsake us,
And with Your help, O Lord, our battles we win.
Verse 3
With voices united our praises we offer,
And gladly our songs of thanksgiving we raise.
With You, Lord, beside us, Your strong arm will guide us.
To You, our great Redeemer, forever be praise.
Words by Julie C. Cory, Music by A. Valerius
© Public Domain
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Adapted from Isaiah 24:4-6
Lord, we are a haughty people;
because of us, the earth languishes and is defiled.
We have transgressed Your laws
and changed Your ordinances.
We have broken Your everlasting covenant.
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
and those who dwell in it are desolate.
Have mercy on us and forgive us.
We wait for You.
Time of silent confession.
Our Sung Confession
O My Soul Arise
Verse 1
Arise, my soul arise, shake off you guilty fears.
The bleeding sacrifice on my behalf appears.
Before the throne my surety stands,
Before the throne my surety stands.
My name is written on His hands.
Verse 2
He ever lives above for me to intercede,
His all redeeming love, His precious blood to plead.
His blood atoned for every race.
His blood atoned for every race
And sprinkles now the throne of grace. (Chorus)
Chorus
O my soul arise, behold the risen Christ,
Your great High Priest, your spotless sacrifice.
O my soul arise, God owns you as His child.
Shake off your guilty fears, my soul, arise.
Verse 3
Five bleeding wounds He bears received on Calvary.
They pour effectual prayers, they strongly plead for me.
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry,
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry,
“Don’t let that ransomed sinner die.” (Chorus)
Verse 4
My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear.
He owns me as His child, I can no longer fear.
With confidence I now draw nigh
With confidence I now draw nigh
and “Father, Abba, Father,” I cry. (Chorus)
Words by Charles Wesley, additional words by Eric McAllister, Music by Eric McAllister
©2012 Sovereign Grace Worship
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
Adapted from Isaiah 26:3; 27:9
God will keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on Him.
Trust in the Lord,
for in Him your iniquity will be covered,
your sin taken away!
We will trust in the Lord forever
for in Him is everlasting strength.
O Lord, we have waited for You;
the desire of our soul is for Your name
and for the remembrance of You in all the earth!
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
Verse 1
What gift of grace is Jesus my Redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my joy, my righteousness and freedom
My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace.
To this I hold: my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to his.
Oh, how strange and divine, I can sing: all is mine!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me.
Verse 2
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side, the Savior he will stay.
I labour on in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need, his power is displayed.
To this I hold: my Shepherd will defend me;
Through the deepest valley he will lead.
Oh the night has been won, and I shall overcome!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me.
Verse 3
No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven;
The future sure, the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon
And he was raised to overthrow the grave.
To this I hold: my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh the chains are released, I can sing I am free!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me.
Verse 4
With every breath I long to follow Jesus
For he has said that he will bring me home.
And day by day I know he will renew me
Until I stand with joy before the throne.
Verse 4 (continued)
To this I hold: my hope is only Jesus!
All the glory evermore to him!
When the race is complete,
still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me.
Song Ending
When the race is complete,
still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
Yet not I, but through Christ in me.
Words and Music by Jenny Robinson, Rich Thompson and Michael Farren
©2018 CityAlight Music, Farren Love And War Publishing, Integrity’s Alleluia! Music
Let the Nations Be Glad
Verse 1
Let the glory of the Lord forever be our joy,
May redemption be the theme of our song.
For by grace we have been saved,
And by grace we shall proclaim
To the corners of the earth that Christ has come. (Chorus)
Chorus
Let the nations be glad! Let the people rejoice,
For salvation belongs to our God.
Let the whole earth be filled with the praises of the Lord,
For salvation belongs to our God, let the nations be glad.
Verse 2
Through the ages gone before, through the trial and the sword,
Many saints and martyrs conquered, though they died.
Still we holding out the cross,
Crossing oceans suffering loss,
Shall endure all things to win the crown of life. (Chorus)
Verse 3
As Your holy church goes forth in the Holy Spirit’s power,
With the glories of the gospel to explain,
Now we pray Your kingdom come,
And we pray Your will be done,
For the honor and the glory of Your name. (Chorus)
Tag
Let the nations be glad.
Let the nations be glad.
Words and Music by Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, and Aaron Boswell
© 2010 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Love Your Enemies Publishing, Curb Dayspring Music
Thanksgiving and Petition
We Give Thanks in Prayer and Offer Petitions to God
We express our gratitude to God our Father for Christ’s work on the cross for us and bring our requests before him. In bringing our requests, we confess that we believe God truly is a good father, who cares about our needs and gives us what he knows is best.
We Give Thanks by Giving
We give financial offerings to support the work of the church because of our gratitude to God. By giving we confess we are trusting in God’s provision for us as well.
On the first Sunday of each month we have two offerings—one for the general fund and a second one for the benevolence ministry of our church.
You may give electronically at gabcames.org/giving/ or place your offering in the boxes at the back of the sanctuary or send a check in the mail.
Scripture Reading
Isaiah 25:1-12 (CSB)
1LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore, a strong people will honor you. The cities of violent nations will fear you.
4 For you have been a stronghold for the poor person,
a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a refuge from storms and a shade from heat. When the breath of the violent is like a storm against a wall, 5 like heat in a dry land, you will subdue the uproar of barbarians. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day, so he will silence the song of the violent.
6 On this mountain, the LORD of Armies will prepare for all the peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast with aged wine, prime cuts of choice meat, fine vintage wine.
7 On this mountain he will swallow up the burial shroud, the shroud over all the peoples, the sheet covering all the nations.
8 When he has swallowed up death once and for all,
the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face
and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the LORD has spoken.
9 On that day it will be said, “Look, this is our God;
we have waited for him, and he has saved us.
This is the LORD; we have waited for him.
Let’s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
10 For the LORD’s power will rest on this mountain.
But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trampled in a dung pile.
11 He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,
as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.
His pride will be brought low, along with the trickery of his hands.
12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.
This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Sermon
Isaiah 24-26 – Apocalypse Now – Pastor Eric Schumacher
Sermon Discipleship Questions
1. What encouraged you?
2. What convicted you?
3. Is there anything in your life that needs to change?
Sending
Having heard and confessed the Gospel, we are sent into the world on mission in Christ, which we express in both song and spoken word.
Sending Song
To God Be the Glory
Verse 1
To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in. (Chorus)
Chorus
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.
Verse 2
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives. (Chorus)
Verse 3
Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our victory, when Jesus we see. (Chorus)
Words by Fanny Crosby, Music by William H. Doane
©Public Domain
Blessing
Adapted from Isaiah 27:6
May the Lord cause you to take root and blossom,
to bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.
To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever!
Amen.
Scripture text for next Sunday: Isaiah 28