Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 85:1,3,4*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 32:1,2
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:1-3, 12-15, Luke 6:37-42, Luke 7:36-50
Congregational Singing: Psalm 32:3,4,5
Reading of Text: Luke 7:36-50
Ministry of the Word:
With a simple parable, the Teacher leads us to love those whom God has forgiven
1. The occasion: Open shame and secret judgments (vv.36-39)
2. The teaching: Love flows from forgiveness (vv.40-43)
3. The application: Provoking self-examination (vv.44-47)
4. The encouragement: An assurance of pardon and a benediction (vv.48-50)
Congregational Singing: Psalm 126:1-3*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Hymn 83:1,2*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]