Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for January 26, 2025
Pre-service Song
Run and Run (Christ is All My Righteousness)
Run and run, the law demands;
but gives me neither feet nor hands.
Better news, the gospel brings;
it bids me fly, it gives me wings.
Bearing shame and all my sin,
there in my place He stood condemned.
Here I stand, now justified;
my guilt is His, His grace is mine.
Chorus
Praise the Lord!
Oh, my soul, praise the Lord!
Now and forevermore, my heart confess:
Christ is all my righteousness;
Christ is all my righteousness.
My accuser, he may roar
of countless sins that I have done.
These I know, and thousands more.
Behold, my God, He knows not one. (Chorus)
When I stand before the throne,
there dressed in beauty not my own,
then, Lord, shall I fully know,
not till that day, how much I owe.
Praise the Lord!
Oh, my soul, praise the Lord!
Now and forevermore, my heart confess:
Christ is all my righteousness;
Praise the Lord!
Oh, my soul, praise the Lord!
For now this sinner’s heart has found its rest;
Christ is all my righteousness;
Christ is all my righteousness.
By Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
© 2024 Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing; Love Your Enemies Publishing; Messenger Hymns
Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Psalm 62:1-2, 5-3 (ESV)
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress;
I shall not be greatly shaken.
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him.
He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress;
I shall not be shaken.
On God rests my salvation and my glory;
my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.
Our Sung Call to Worship
Great is Thy Faithfulness
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 has been, Thou forever wilt be.
Chorus
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!
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. (Chorus)
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! (Chorus)
Words by Thomas O. Chisholm, Music by William M. Runyan
©Public Domain
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Psalm 80:1-3; 79:8-9 (NASB 1995)
Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim,
shine forth!
Stir up Your power and come to save us!
O God, restore us
and cause Your face to shine upon us,
and we will be saved.
Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,
for we are brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of Your name;
And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name’s sake.
Time of silent confession.
Our Sung Confession
I Am One of Those
I am one of those, at the table not invited,
And to all here at the feast it’s very plain,
I cannot hide in etiquette or conversation,
But Christ himself sent word to me and so I came.
I am one of those who was dead and fully buried,
And I still bear every stigma of decay,
There is no way I can cover what I’ve been through,
Because when Jesus called I came out of the grave.
Chorus
Though the world may number me among the foolish,
I think Jesus Christ is all I need to know
Jesus suffered and paid blood to buy the lowest of the low
Hallelujah! Amen! That’s me! I am one of those!
I am one of those, who was a leper and contagious,
The deformities and scars I have today,
Yet while I was vile with sickness Jesus loved me,
And He healed, restored and through and through remade.
I am one of those who was doomed to death in prison,
And I’ve done more evil things than I could say,
But Jesus broke inside and there unlocked my shackles,
And to set me free, he died and took my place. (Chorus)
I am one of those, who was hard to love and ugly,
Self-righteous, critical; religion was my stain,
Then I came to Christ to wash and be discovered,
Jesus came to me and covered up my shame. (Chorus)
By Nathan Partain
©2015, Nathan Partain
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 (CSB)
Remember the Gospel!
If God is for us, who is against us?
He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all.
How will he not also with him grant us everything?
Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?
God is the one who justifies.
Who is the one who condemns?
Christ Jesus is the one who died,
but even more, has been raised;
he also is at the right hand of God
and intercedes for us.
Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or distress or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come,
nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing
will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Run and Run (Christ is All My Righteousness)
Run and run, the law demands;
but gives me neither feet nor hands.
Better news, the gospel brings;
it bids me fly, it gives me wings.
Bearing shame and all my sin,
there in my place He stood condemned.
Here I stand, now justified;
my guilt is His, His grace is mine.
Chorus
Praise the Lord!
Oh, my soul, praise the Lord!
Now and forevermore, my heart confess:
Christ is all my righteousness;
Christ is all my righteousness.
My accuser, he may roar
of countless sins that I have done.
These I know, and thousands more.
Behold, my God, He knows not one. (Chorus)
When I stand before the throne,
there dressed in beauty not my own,
then, Lord, shall I fully know,
not till that day, how much I owe.
Praise the Lord!
Oh, my soul, praise the Lord!
Now and forevermore, my heart confess:
Christ is all my righteousness;
Praise the Lord!
Oh, my soul, praise the Lord!
For now this sinner’s heart has found its rest;
Christ is all my righteousness;
Christ is all my righteousness.
By Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
© 2024 Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing; Love Your Enemies Publishing; Messenger Hymns
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
Matthew 26:17-30 (ESV)
17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
20 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. 21 And as they were eating, he said,
“Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
22 And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” 23 He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
25 Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.”
26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the
disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers and the flower falls
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Sermon
Matthew 26:17-30 – The Lord’s Supper – Pastor Michael Felkins
Sermon Discipleship Questions
1. What encouraged you?
2. What convicted you?
3. Is there anything in your life that needs to change?
Distribution Song
Behold the Lamb of God
Behold the lamb of God
Who takes away our sin.
Behold the lamb of God
The life and light of men.
Behold the Lamb of God
Who died and rose again.
Behold the lamb of God
Who comes to take away our sin.
Son of God (Emmanuel),
Son of man (we praise You),
Behold (behold) the Lamb,
The hope (the hope) of man,
Behold the lamb.
(Repeat verse)
By Andrew Peterson
© 2005 Laura Stories; New Spring
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
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
Before The Throne of God Above
Before the throne of God above,
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands.
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in heav’n He stands,
No tongue can bid me thence depart,
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair,
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see Him there,
Who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died,
My sinful soul is counted free.
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me,
To look on Him and pardon me.
Behold Him there, the risen Lamb!
My perfect, spotless righteousness.
The great unchangeable I AM,
The King of Glory and of Grace.
One with Himself, I cannot die.
My soul is purchased by His blood.
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ, my Savior and my God,
With Christ, my Savior and my God.
By Charitie Lees Bancroft and Vicki Cook
© 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship
Blessing
Ephesians 3:20-21 (ESV)
Now to him who is able to do far more
abundantly than all that we ask or think,
according to the power at work within us,
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.
Scripture text for next Sunday: Matthew 26:30-35