Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for July 24, 2022
Reflection
“We may put ourselves above the word of God if we will, but there will be a price to pay;
God is not mocked…Isaiah will have nothing of the currently fashionable separation of public and private morality, with its corollary that the private lives of public figures are entirely their own affair, for which they should not be called to account. Nor, at a later time, would John the Baptist. That doughty warrior lost his head for confronting a powerful political figure with the truth about his private conduct. Jesus, too, humanly speaking, sealed his fate by his uncompromising exposure of the hypocrisy of the Jewish leaders of his day. Our own relative silence on such matters today probably springs more from cowardice and unfaithfulness than from any careful reflection on whether such costly confrontation is required of us. But before we move out into the world we would do well to make sure that our own house is in order, for it is the leaders of God’s people that Isaiah calls to account here. How can the church be effective in demanding integrity of secular leaders unless its own leaders take seriously the need for it?”
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
Psalm 118:1, 19–24 (CSB)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.
Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the LORD’s gate;
the righteous will enter through it.
I will give thanks to you
because you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This came from the LORD;
it is wondrous in our sight.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let’s rejoice and be glad in it.
Our Sung Call to Worship
Come People of the Risen King
Verse 1
Come, people of the Risen King,
who delight to bring Him praise.
Come all, and tune your hearts to sing
to the Morning Star of grace.
From the shifting shadows of the earth
we will lift our eyes to Him,
Where steady arms of mercy reach
to gather children in. (Chorus)
Chorus
Rejoice, rejoice,
let ev’ry tongue rejoice!
One heart, one voice;
O, Church of Christ, rejoice!
Verse 2
Come, those whose joy is morning sun,
and those weeping through the night.
Come those who tell of battles won,
and those struggling in the fight.
For His perfect love will never change,
and His mercies never cease;
But follow us through all our days,
with the certain hope of peace. (Chorus)
Verse 3
Come young and old from ev’ry land,
men and women of the faith.
Come those with full or empty hands,
find the riches of His grace.
Over all the world His people sing;
shore to shore we hear them call
The truth that cries through ev’ry age,
“Our God is all in all.” (Chorus 2X’s)
Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend
©2007 Thankyou Music
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
John Calvin
Lord, you are our Father and we are but dust and filth;
you are our Creator, and we are the work of your hands;
you are our Shepherd, we are your flock;
you are our Redeemer, we are the people that you have purchased;
you are our God, we are your inheritance.
Therefore, do not be angry with us to correct us in your fury.
No longer remember our iniquity to punish it,
but chastise us gently in your kindness.
Your wrath is kindled because of our demerits;
but remember that your name has been pronounced over us
and that we bear your mark and standard.
And continue, rather, the work that you have begun in us by your grace,
that all the earth might know that you are our God and our Savior.
Amen.
Time of silent confession.
Our Sung Confession
Lord, I Need You
Verse 1
Lord, I come, I confess,
Bowing here I find my rest,
And without You, I fall apart.
You’re the one that guides my heart. (Chorus)
Chorus
Lord, I need You! Oh, I need You!
Ev’ry hour I need You!
My one defense, my righteousness—
Oh, God, how I need You.
Verse 2
Where sin runs deep, Your grace is more.
Where grace is found is where You are.
And where You are, Lord, I am free;
Holiness is Christ in me. (Chorus)
Bridge
So teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way.
And when I cannot stand I’ll fall on You.
Jesus, You’re my hope and stay. (2 X’s then Chorus)
Tag
My one defense, my righteousness—
Oh, God, how I need You.
Words and Music by Jesse Reeves, Matt Maher, Christy Nockels and Daniel Carson
©2011 sixsteps Music, Sweater Weather Music, Thankyou Music, Valley Of Songs Music, worshiptogether.com songs
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
From Romans 10:8-9
This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness,
and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
For the Scripture says,
Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame.
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Forever (We Sing Hallelujah)
Verse 1
The moon and stars they wept,
The morning sun was dead,
The Savior of the world was fallen.
His body on the cross,
His blood poured out for us,
The weight of every curse upon Him.
Verse 2
One final breath He gave,
As heaven looked away,
The Son of God was laid in darkness.
A battle in the grave,
The war on death was waged,
The power of hell forever broken.
Pre-Chorus
The ground began to shake,
The stone was rolled away,
His perfect love could not be overcome.
Now death where is your sting,
Our resurrected King has rendered you defeated.
Chorus
Forever He is glorified,
Forever He is lifted high,
And forever He is risen.
He is alive! He is alive! (Pre-Chorus, Chorus)
Bridge
We sing hallelujah, we sing hallelujah,
We sing hallelujah, the Lamb has overcome. (Repeat)
(Chorus)
Words and Music by Christa Black Gifford, Kari Jobe, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Joel Taylor, and Gabriel Wilson
©2013 Kari Jobe Carnes Music, Worship Together Music, Bethel Music Publishing
O Praise the Name
Verse 1
I cast my mind to Calvary,
Where Jesus bled and died for me.
I see His wounds, His hands, His feet.
My Saviour on that cursed tree.
Verse 2
His body bound and drenched in tears.
They laid Him down in Joseph’s tomb.
The entrance sealed by heavy stone.
Messiah still and all alone. (Chorus 1 A)
Chorus 1 A
O praise the Name of the Lord our God.
O praise His Name forevermore.
For endless days we will sing Your praise.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God.
Then on the third at break of dawn,
The Son of heaven rose again.
O trampled death where is your sting?
The angels roar for Christ the King. (Chorus 1 A)
Verse 4
He shall return in robes of white.
The blazing sun shall pierce the night.
And I will rise among the saints,
My gaze transfixed on Jesus’ face. (Chorus 1 A, Chorus 1B)
Chorus 1B
O praise the Name of the Lord our God.
O praise His Name forevermore.
For endless days we will sing Your praise.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God.
Music and Words by Benjamin Hastings, Dean Ussher, and Marty Sampson
©2015 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia
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.
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 28 (only verses 1-6 will be read)
1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.
2 Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one—
like a devastating hail storm, like a storm with strong flooding water. He will bring it across the land with his hand. 3 The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards
will be trampled underfoot. 4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, which is on the summit above the rich valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.
Whoever sees it will swallow it while it is still in his hand.
5 On that day the LORD of Armies will become a crown of beauty and a diadem of splendor to the remnant of his people, 6 a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment, and strength to those who repel attacks at the city gate.
7 Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgments. 8 Indeed, all their tables are covered with vomit; there is no place without a stench.
9 Who is he trying to teach? Who is he trying to instruct?
Infants just weaned from milk? Babies removed from the breast?
10 “Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there.”
11 For he will speak to this people with stammering speech
and in a foreign language.
12 He had said to them, “This is the place of rest; let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
13 The word of the LORD will come to them: “Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there,” so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.
14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,
and we have an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
16 Therefore the Lord GOD said: “Look, I have laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will be unshakable.
17 And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the mason’s level.” Hail will sweep away the false refuge, and water will flood your hiding place.
18 Your covenant with Death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, you will be trampled. 19 Every time it passes through, it will carry you away; it will pass through every morning— every day and every night. Only terror will cause you to understand the message.
20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its cover too small to wrap up in.
21 For the LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim.
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon, to do his work, his unexpected work, and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.
22 So now, do not scoff, or your shackles will become stronger. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Armies a decree of destruction for the whole land.
23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
24 Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, with spelt as their border.
26 His God teaches him order; he instructs him.
27 Certainly black cumin is not threshed with a threshing board, and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.
But black cumin is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
28 Bread grain is crushed, but is not threshed endlessly.
Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,
his horses do not crush it.
29 This also comes from the LORD of Armies. He gives wondrous advice; he gives great wisdom.
This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Sermon
Isaiah 28 – Foolish Is as Foolish Does – 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.
Communion Song (Distribution Song)
It is Well
Verse 1
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, (it is well) with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Verse 2
Tho’ Satan should buffet, tho’ trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
It is well, (it is well) with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Verse 3
My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious tho’t:
My sin not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well, (it is well) with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Verse 4
And, Lord, haste the day when faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend,
“Even so,” it is well with my soul.
It is well, (it is well) with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Words by Horatio Spafford, Music by Philip Bliss
©Public Domain
Blessing
Go in grace to serve and love our Lord.
Scripture passage for next Sunday: Isaiah 29