The Order of Congregational Service. SING. CHANT: ANTHEM or HYMN. BIBLICAL READINGS: THE FIRST SERVICE. Subject: REVEALED TRUTH. Minister. 1, 2. How came God, who at sundry times, and in divers | Heb. i. the Scripmanners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son. tures. The Words of the Lord. For the law was given by Moses, but grace John i. and truth came by Jesus Christ. 17. Exod. And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there and I will xxiv.12 give thee tables of stone, and a law, and coramandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. Behold, I have taught you statutes and Duet. judgments, even as the Lord my God com- iv. 5. manded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. God's revelation And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord. He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept His testimonies, and the ordinance that He gave them. He sheweth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His judgments unto Israel. 19. I have written to him the great things of Hosea my law. Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. viii. 12. 2 Kings xvii. 13. Jer. Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have xxx. 2. written. spoken unto thee in a book. to be Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. Habk. ii. 2. Write the things which thou hast seen, and Rev. i. the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 19. Isaiah viii. 16. iii. 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God. 2 Tim. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Pet. i. 21. REVEALED TRUTH. Paul's For He whom God hath sent speaketh the John words of God; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him. These things have I spoken unto you, being which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father iii. 34. John xiv. 25, 26. 1 Cor. ii. 12, 13. Now we have received, not the spirit of the Teaching. world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. Wholesome words, even the words of our 1 Tim. Lord Jesus Christ. Christ's The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God revelation gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel to His John who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. vi. 3. Rev.i. 1, 2. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the Dan. x. scripture of truth. Excel. lence Thy word is truth. of the word. 21. John xvii. 17 True. Pure. cxix. 160. Thy word is true from the beginning and Pslm. every one of Thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Pslm. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified | xii. 6. seven times. Thy word is very pure. Ps.cxix 140. Perfect. Powerful. Faithful. Wonder. ful. Broad. Eternal. Praise the Lord. Hear God. xix. 7,9. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting Palm. the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, Heb. The word of God is not bound. Thy testimonies are wonderful. 2 Tim. ii. 9. Thy Pslm. cxix. 86,138. Pslm. cxix. 129. Thy commandment is exceeding broad. This shall be written for the generation to SING. CHANT: Anthem or Hymn. Come hither, and hear the words of the Jos. iii. Lord your God. 9. |