Reformation Sunday, October 27
Welcome to our Order of Service page and Reformation Sunday!
As we look back on the monumental period in church history known as the Reformation, it is helpful to define the key beliefs that continue to describe reformational churches today. As a Baptist church, Grace Baptist does not align with all the Reformed denominations in areas of baptism, church structure, and eschatology, but we do stand with them in the foundational doctrines that continue to unite all those Christ-followers who stand in the grand tradition of the Reformation.
This tradition is concisely represented in the five Solas of the Reformation. Sola is Latin for only, or alone, and is used to distinguish the biblical doctrines of Scripture, Grace, Faith, Christ, and Glory to God from the beliefs, definitions, and components added to them by the Medieval church. Simply put, the Solas scrape away the human compromises which the church had attached to these essential doctrines in order to present biblical truth as it was meant to be understood. On this Reformation Sunday, we commemorate not Martin Luther or any individual, but rather, we celebrate God's grace in restoring the radiant message of the Gospel back to the church. For this reason, a new Latin motto was born during the Reformation era: Post Tenebras Lux —After Darkness Light.
Hard copy booklets like “A Reformation Season Companion” are available on our resource wall in the Worship Center Lobby and at the Engage Center on Sunday Mornings.
Order of Service
ORCHESTRAL PRELUDE
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
WELCOME
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
DECLARATION OF GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY
1 Samuel 2:2-3; 6-8
HYMN OF RESPONSE & ADORATION
Holy, Holy, Holy
DECLARATION OF GOD’S DELIVERANCE
2 Samuel 2:2-4
SONG OF HOPE
A Mighty Fortress
PASTORAL PRAYER & TIME OF CONFESSION
Pastor of Musical Worship: Peter Beers
CELEBRATION OF THE CROSS OF GRACE
The Wonderful Cross
PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Equipping: Aaron Miller
OFFERTORY
To Whom Then Will You Liken God
PROCLAMATION: INSTRUCTION FROM GOD’S WORD
The Book of Matthew: The King & His Kingdom
Kingdom Worth & Final Judgement
Matt. 13:44-58
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
ANNOUNCEMENTS & BENEDICTION
Executive Pastor: Joe Keller
“The Simple Sermon: To be a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven is a privilege of inestimable worth both in this life and certainly in the next.”
What is the role of the Holy Spirit?
We believe that God the Spirit was sent by the Father and the Son to glorify Jesus Christ. He has several titles and names in Scripture, many indicating aspects of His function and ministry such as Helper, Comforter, and Intercessor. As the third person of the Trinity...
He convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment.
By His powerful and mysterious work, He regenerates spiritually dead sinners through the Gospel, awakening them to repentance and faith.
In Him, they are baptized into union with Christ and His body, the Church.
By the Spirit's power, believers are illuminated, sanctified, comforted, adopted into God's family, and gifted for service.
God the Spirit indwells and fills each Christ-follower for godly living and is the seal of their promised inheritance.
The Holy Spirit was active in the Old Testament. His role in creation was evident at the beginning (Gen. 1:2; Psalm 104:30; Job 33:4). He brought revelation and prophecy to God's people (Num. 24:2; Neh. 9:30; 2 Sam. 23:2; 1 Pet 1:10-12) and continued to inspire the authors of Scripture in the New Testament until the work was complete (2 Tim 3:16-18; 2 Pet 1:21).
During our services, you'll notice that we quote, pray, read, and sing a lot of Scripture. That's purposeful! We believe for God’s people to be Spirit-led, they must be Word-fed. As Pastor David says, "The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to do the work of God in the lives of people."
"The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." John 14:25-26.