THE LORD’S DAY
A Good Friday Solemn Service
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CALL TO WORSHIP:
“Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed.
For He grew up before Him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.
He was despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet he opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.
And they made His grave with the wicked and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, and there was no deceit in His mouth.
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him; He has put Him to grief; when His soul makes an offering for guilt, He shall see His offspring; He shall prolong His days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.” (Isaiah 53:1-5, 7, 10-11)
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PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6)
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ASSURANCE OF PARDON:
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READING OF THE WORD:
SYMBOL: CROWN OF THORNS
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:27–31
Silent Meditation
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SYMBOL: WOOD
Scripture Reading: John 19: 16–19
Silent Mediation
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SYMBOL: NAILS
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:33-36; Mark 15:16-26
Silent Meditation
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SYMBOL: VINEGAR
Scripture Reading: Luke 23:35-38
Silent Meditation
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SYMBOL: CLOTH
Scripture Reading: John 19:38-40
Silent Meditation
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SYMBOL: TOMB
Scripture: John: 19:41-42
Silent Meditation
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SERMON
Delivered April 19, 2019
The Sermon: The Word of the Lord Proclaimed―Pastor Geoffrey Brown
.We—The Spirituality of the People of God for the Glory of His Name
Deeply Moved—Christ’s Humiliation for Our Salvation
(A sermon adapted from the late great Gardner C. Taylor, “The Dean of American Preaching”)
Mark 15:16-25
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