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PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 20:7
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and
the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
You shall remember the Lord your God,
for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that
he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stayed.
And that was counted to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.
Psalm 106:30-31
If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
John 7:17
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord
in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah,
where the Lord had appeared to David his father,
at the place that David had appointed,
on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 3:1
God is God. If He is God,
He is worthy of my worship and my service.
I will find rest nowhere but in His will, and that will
is infinitely, immeasurably, unspeakably
beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.
– Elisabeth Elliot
Pride is the complete anti-God state of mind.
– CS Lewis
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Psalm 147:7,10-11
How Firm a Foundation
[Verse 1]
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
[Verse 2]
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand
[Verse 3]
When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply
The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine
[Verse 4]
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to his foes
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake
I will never, no, never, no, never forsake
SONG
Rock of Ages
[Verse 1]
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
From Thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure
Save from wrath and make me pure
[Verse 2]
Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands
Could my zeal no respite know
Could my tears forever flow
All for sin could not atone
Thou must save, and Thou alone
[Verse 3]
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling
Naked, come to Thee for dress
Helpless, look to Thee for grace
Foul, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Savior, or I die
[Verse 4]
While I draw this fleeting breath
When my eyes shall close in death
When I rise to worlds un – known
And behold Thee on Thy throne
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
SCRIPTURE READING
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, I will refine them and test them,
for what else can I do, because of my people?
Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Shall I not punish them for these things?
declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?
“I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains,
and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,
and the lowing of cattle is not heard;
both the birds of the air and the beasts
have fled and are gone.
I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
a lair of jackals,
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”
Who is the man so wise
that he can understand this?
To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken,
that he may declare it?
Why is the land ruined and laid waste
like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
And the Lord says: “Because they have
forsaken my law that I set before them,
and have not obeyed my voice
or walked in accord with it,
but have stubbornly followed their own hearts
and have gone after the Baals,
as their fathers taught them.
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel: Behold,
I will feed this people with bitter food,
and give them poisonous water to drink.
I will scatter them among the nations
whom neither they nor their fathers have known,
and I will send the sword after them,
until I have consumed them.” …
Thus says the Lord:
“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom,
let not the mighty man boast in his might,
let not the rich man boast in his riches,
but let him who boasts boast in this,
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love,
justice, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Jeremiah 9:7-16,23-24
SONG
Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
[Verse 1]
What gift of grace is Jesus, my redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom
My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace
[Chorus 1]
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to His
Oh, how strange and divine, I can sing: All is mine!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
[Verse 2]
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side, the Savior He will stay
I labor on in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need, His power is displayed
[Chorus 2]
To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me
Through the deepest valley, He will lead
Oh, the night has been won, and I shall overcome
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
[Verse 3]
No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven
The future sure, the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon
And He was raised to overthrow the grave
[Chorus 3]
To this I hold, my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh, the chains are released, I can sing: I am free!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
[Verse 4]
With every breath, I long to follow Jesus
For He has said that He will bring me home
And day by day I know He will renew me
Until I stand with joy before the throne
[Chorus 4]
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to Him
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
“Delighting in the Trinity” book study: 8:30am Sundays through 3/30. Childcare is available. Sign up here.
KCC Men’s Basketball (3/22): 8am Saturday, March 22nd at The Sports Complex. Sign up here.
Women’s Pop Up Dinner (3/23): 6pm Sunday, March 23rd at various locations in the South Bay. Registration is required. Sign up here by Sunday 3/16.
Officer Nominations (begin 3/16): We are taking nominations for the offices of elder and deacon. These nominations will be open for a month (through Palm Sunday, 4/13). Please prayerfully consider the biblical qualifications (1 Tim.3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9) and nominate those you believe God is calling to each office. You can nominate someone by submitting a written nomination in the offering box.
[ March 16th Deacon Meeting ]
[ March 25th Elder Meeting ]
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SERMON
“Wrath Wrapped in Mercy”
Again the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Israel,
and he incited David against them, saying,
“Go, number Israel and Judah.”
2 So the king said to Joab,
the commander of the army, who was with him,
“Go through all the tribes of Israel,
from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people,
that I may know the number of the people.”
3 But Joab said to the king,
“May the Lord your God add to the people
a hundred times as many as they are,
while the eyes of my lord the king still see it,
but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
4 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab
and the commanders of the army.
So Joab and the commanders of the army
went out from the presence of the king
to number the people of Israel.
5 They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer,
and from the city that is in the middle
of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer.
6 Then they came to Gilead,
and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites;
and they came to Dan,
and from Dan they went around to Sidon,
7 and came to the fortress of Tyre
and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites;
and they went out to the Negeb of Judah
at Beersheba.
8 So when they had gone through all the land,
they came to Jerusalem at the end
of nine months and twenty days.
9 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering
of the people to the king:
in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men
who drew the sword,
and the men of Judah were 500,000.
10 But David’s heart struck him
after he had numbered the people.
And David said to the Lord,
“I have sinned greatly in what I have done.
But now, O Lord, please take away
the iniquity of your servant,
for I have done very foolishly.”
11 And when David arose in the morning,
the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad,
David’s seer, saying,
12 “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord,
Three things I offer you. Choose one of them,
that I may do it to you.’”
13 So Gad came to David and told him,
and said to him,
“Shall three years of famine come to you
in your land?
Or will you flee three months before your foes
while they pursue you?
Or shall there be three days’ pestilence
in your land?
Now consider, and decide what answer
I shall return to him who sent me.”
14 Then David said to Gad,
“I am in great distress.
Let us fall into the hand of the Lord,
for his mercy is great;
but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
15 So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel
from the morning until the appointed time.
And there died of the people
from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men.
16 And when the angel stretched out his hand
toward Jerusalem to destroy it,
the Lord relented from the calamity
and said to the angel who was working
destruction among the people,
“It is enough; now stay your hand.
And the angel of the Lord was
by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw
the angel who was striking the people, and said,
“Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly.
But these sheep, what have they done?
Please let your hand be against me
and against my father’s house.”
18 And Gad came that day to David
and said to him, “Go up,
raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor
of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 So David went up at Gad’s word,
as the Lord commanded.
2 Samuel 24:1-19 ESV
SONG
Great is Our God
[Verse 1]
Come, let us praise Him
Let us kneel at the throne of our God
Through His Son our salvation was bought
With mercy and grace
Come, let us bow down
In His hands are the depths of the earth
With one voice we proclaim His great worth
Lord, our God
[Chorus]
And we will seek Him
Our Rock of Salvation
Morning by morning
With thanksgiving we come
And we will bow down
With creation we cry out
In daylight and darkness
We sing to the Lord
Great is our God
Great is our God
Great is our God
[Verse 2]
Lord of all nations
We will stand at the end of our days
In Your courts and declare Your great ways
In Spirit and Truth
We long for Your Kingdom
Bring Your thunder and gather the earth
All who tremble will tell of Your worth
Lord, our God
[Chorus]
BENEDICTION
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
He will again have compassion on us;
he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
You will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:18-19
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