Come, Christians, Join to Sing · Right side: O church, arise, and put your armor on; Hear the call...
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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!”
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Text: v. 1, 2, 4—Christian H. Bateman, 1843 , v. 3— Kevin Hartnett, 2006
Tune: MADRID — Traditional Spanish Melody
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
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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