The Order of Congregational Servire. SING. CHANT: ANTHEM or HYMN. BIBLICAL READINGS. THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SERVICE. Subject: THE UNITY AND SPIRITUALITY OF GOD. The divine unity declared. Minister. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Duet. vi. 4. iv. 35. Unto thee it was shewed, that thou might- Duet. est know that the Lord He is God; there is none else beside Him. Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath; there is none else. Duet. iv. 39. xxxii. See now that I, even I, am He, and there Duet. is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand. 39. Mark Master, Thou hast said the truth: for xii. 32. THE UNITY AND SPIRITUALITY OF GOD. 131 God is the one Creator. The one Lawgiver. The one King. The one Saviour. The one there is one God; and there is none other ii. 5. For there is one God, and one Mediator 1 Tim. between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Gal. iii. 20. One God and Father of all, who is above Eph. all, and through all, and in you all. iv. 6. viii. 5, 6. For though there be that are called gods, 1 Cor. whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. Jer. 17. Ah Lord God! behold, Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power xxxii. and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Thee. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save Jas. iv. and to destroy. 12. Who is the blessed and only Potentate, Tim. the KING of kings, and LORD of lords. vi. 15. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me Is. xliii. there is no Saviour. And thou shalt know no god but ME; for there is no Saviour beside ME. 11. Hos. xiii. 4. xvii. 3. And this is life eternal, that they might John Source of know Thee the only true God, and Jesus eternal life. Christ, whom Thou hast sent. The one God to be Thou shalt have none other gods before Duet. served. ME. v. 7. Duet. Thou shalt keep therefore His statutes, and His commandments, which I command iv. 40. thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. vi. 5. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with Duet. all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; Him Duet. shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave. x. 20. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve Josh. xxiv. 14. SING. God is a He is invisable. CHANT: Anthem or Hymn. God that made the world and all things God is a Spirit. Acts xvii. 24. John iv. 24. 1 John iv. 12. No man hath seen God at any time. And He said, Thou canst not see My face: 11. Ex. xxxiii. 20-23. THE UNITY AND SPIRITUALITY OF GOD. 133 God is seen in His works. Manifested in Christ. Revealed to believers. Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him: On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him: He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him. Ye have neither heard His voice at time, nor seen His shape. any Job xxiii. 8, 9. John v. 37. 20. For the invisible thing of Him from the Rom. i. creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead. 18. No man hath seen God at any time; the John i. only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. Who being the brigtness of His glory, and Heb. i. the express image of His person. 3. vi. 46. Not that any man hath seen the Father, John save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Luke 22. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit, and said, I thank Thee O Father, Lord of heaven x. 21, and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father; and no man knoweth who the Son is but the Father; and who the Father is, but by the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him. MINISTER AND CONGREGATION. STANDING OR KNEELING. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS. O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made heaven and earth. Incline Thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open Thine eyes, O Lord, and see. Is. xxxvii. 16, 17. For we do not present our supplications before Thee for our righteousnesses, but for Thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for Thine own sake, O my God; for Thy city and Thy people are called by Thy name. Ďan. ix. 18, 19. Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us. Ps. iv. 6. Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. John xiv. 8. That men may know that Thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Ps. lxxxiii. 18. O Lord, our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us: but by Thee only we will make mention of Thy name. Is. xxvi. 13. Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy. Hosea xiv. 3. Teach me Thy way, O Lord, I will walk in Thy truth, unite my heart to fear Thy name Ps. lxxxvi. 11. Our soul waiteth for the Lord, He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee. Ps. xxxiii. 20-22. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Minister. DOXOLOGY. 1 Tim. i. 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisable, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. CONGREGATION. Amen. SING HYMN. SCRIPTURE LESSON. EXTEMPORANEOUS PRAYER. Sing Hymn. Sing Hymn. Concluding Prayer. Concluding Prayer. Benediction. |