Resurrection Sunday, April 20, 2025
For Reflection and Preparation
For as by man came death, by man has also come the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. I Corinthians 15:21-23
In the New Testament, grace means God's love in action toward people who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves. Grace means God sending his only Son to the cross to descend into hell so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven. J.I. Packer, Knowing God
Choir Anthem
Call to Worship from Luke 24:5-6; I Cor. 15:54-55, 57; John 11:25-26 (NIV)
Leader: Why do you look for the living among the dead?
He is not here; the Lord has risen!
People: He has risen indeed!
Leader: The Lord has risen!
All: He has risen indeed!
Leader: Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?
Death has been swallowed up in victory!
People: Christ has risen indeed!
Leader: Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life,
He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies;
and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.”
All: Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Leader: The Lord has risen!
All: He has risen indeed! Alleluia!
Hymn of Praise
Glorious Day
Prayer of Invocation & Confession
Assurance of God’s Grace Romans 5:9-10
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Fellowship Greeting
Hymn of Praise
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
Confessing Our Faith The Apostles’ Creed
I Believe in God the Father, Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried:
He descended into hell;
The third day He arose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I Believe in the Holy Spirit;
The holy catholic church;
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting. Amen.
Message from the Word I Corinthians 15:1-8, 12-23
Hymn of Testimony
Christ Arose #166
Benediction
All songs used by permission; CCLI #332045 Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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