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Church of the Resurrection is a new church
in and for the heart of New Orleans.
We exist to do what every Christian community has been called to do at all times and in all places, to love God and our neighbor through the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.
We believe that he lived, he died, he was resurrected, he will come again -
and we believe that to know him, is to know the fullness of life. Whether you believe that or not, you are welcome here.
Whatever your background, wherever you are between faith and doubt,
the door of this church is open to you.
God mercifully reveals himself to those who seek.
When that happens, there is transformation to the depths. When the church is unified by this power and love,
it is able to take part in the very work of God, making all things new. This is happening in New Orleans.
This is Resurrection’s dream. Come realize it with us.
Reflection
The possibility of substitution rests on the identity of the substitute. – John Stott
Every time we look at the cross, Christ seems to say to us, “I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying.” Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the cross. All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousness, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.
– John Stott
The debt was so great, that while man alone owed it, only God could pay it. – Anselm
If He hides the sin, or lesseneth it, He is faulty; if He leaves it still upon us, we die. He must then take our iniquity to Himself, make it His own, and so deliver us; for thus having taken the sin upon Himself, as lawfully He may, and lovingly He doth, it followeth that we live if He lives; and who can desire more?
– John Bunyan
When Jesus died, He died as my representative, and I died in Him; when He arose, He rose as my representative, and I arose in Him; when He ascended up on high and took His place at the right hand of the Father in the glory, He ascended as my representative and I ascended in Him, and today I am seated in Christ with God in the heavenlies. I look at the cross of Christ, and I know that atonement has been made for my sins; I look at the open sepulcher and the risen and ascended Lord, and I know the atonement has been accepted. There no longer remains a single sin on me, no matter how many or how great my sins may have been.
– R.A. Torrey
Christ is not primarily an example for faith but the object of faith. – Gresham Machen
It is never on account of its formal nature as a psychic act that faith is conceived in Scripture to be saving. It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith. The saving power resides exclusively, not in the act of faith or the attitude of faith or nature of faith, but in the object of faith.
P R E L U D E
W E L C O M E
Call to Worship: Psalm 62
Leader: Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. All: Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Leader: Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
All: Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
He Leadeth Me
He leadeth me! O bless-ed thought, O words with heav’nly comfort fraught;
Whate’er I do, where’er I be, Still is God’s hand that leadeth me.
He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By His own hand He leadeth me;
His faithful foll'wer I would be, For by His hand He leadeth me.
Lord, I would clasp Thy hand in mine, Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see, Since is Thy hand that leadeth me.
He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By His own hand He leadeth me;
His faithful foll'wer I would be, For by His hand He leadeth me.
And when my task on earth is done, When, by Thy grace, the vict’ry’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee, Since God through Jordan leadeth me!
He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By His own hand He leadeth me;
O Great God
O great God of highest heav’n Occupy my lowly heart Own it all and reign supreme
Conquer every rebel power Let no vice or sin remain That resists Your holy Word You have loved and purchased me
Make me Yours forevermore I was blinded by my sin Had no ears to hear Your voice
Did not know Your love within Had no taste for heaven’s joys Then Your Spirit gave me life Opened up Your Word to me Through the gospel of Your Son Gave me endless hope and peace
Help me now to live a life That’s dependent on Your grace Keep my heart and guard my soul
From the evils that I face You are worthy to be praised With my every thought and deed
New Testament Reading: Matthew 26:19–30
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
20 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. 21 And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” 23 He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” 25 Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.”
26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”
Cornerstone
My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly trust in Jesus' name
Christ alone, Cornerstone Weak made strong In the Savior's love Through the storm, He is Lord Lord of all
When darkness seems to hide His face I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil
Chorus
When He shall come with trumpet sound Oh, may I then in Him be found Dressed in His righteousness alone Faultless I’ll stand before the throne
I N D U C T I O N O F
N E W M E M B E R S
1. Do you acknowledge yourselves to be sinners in the sight of God and without hope for your salvation except in His sovereign mercy?
2. Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Savior of sinners, and do you receive and depend upon Him alone for your salvation as He is offered in the gospel?
3. Do you now promise and resolve, in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, that you will endeavor to live as becomes the
followers of Christ?
4. Do you promise to serve Christ in His Church by supporting and participating with this congregation in its service of God and its ministry to others to the best of your ability?
5. Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and to the spiritual oversight of Church of the Resurrection, and do you promise to promote the unity, purity and peace of the Church?
Confession of Faith: Colossians 1
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things,
and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
that in everything he might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven,
making peace by the blood of his cross.
The Offering*
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EXODUS:
LIVING THE LEGACY OF GOD
Sermon Text: Exodus 12:21-27
“God’s Solution to Our Great Problem”
21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts,
the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
Confession of Sin
Almighty God, Everlasting Father,
forgive us when we follow paths that do not lead to life, paths which lead to fear, and hate, and selfishness. Forgive us when we forget
that you offer us free and abundant life,
life that began with you at the creation of all things, life that is full of joyful rest.
Strengthen us that we may turn to Jesus in all things, to take his yoke upon us over any other,
to learn from him, follow him,
and hope in his salvation for the rest of our days. We pray this in the great and good name of Jesus, for the sake of His Kingdom on Earth.
*Silent Confession
The Forgiveness of God in Jesus Christ
The Lord’s Supper: Prayer of Consecration†
The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, 'This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’
All: For every time we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
It Was Finished Upon That Cross
How I love the voice of Jesus On the Cross of Calvary He declares his work is finished He has spoken this hope to me Though the sun had ceased its shining
– Though the war appeared as lost Christ had triumphed over evil It was finished upon that Cross Now the curse it has been broken
Jesus paid the price for me Full, the pardon he has offered Great, the welcome that I receive
Boldly I approach my Father – Clothed in Jesus’ righteousness
There is no more guilt to carry It was finished upon that Cross Death was once my great opponent
Fear once had a hold on me But the Son who died to save us Rose that we would be free indeed! Death was once my great opponent
Free from every plan of darkness – Free to live and free to love Death is dead and Christ is risen!
It was finished upon that Cross Onward to eternal glory – To my Saviour and my God
It is Well
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul. It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.
My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!— My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul.
The Doxology
Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might,
In Thy sole glory may unite. I would not wake nor rise again And Heaven itself I would disdain, Wert Thou not there to be enjoyed,
And I in hymns to be employed. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
The Blessing: Hebrews 13
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Resources
1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:22
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Romans 12:1-2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 12:1
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