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WELCOME AND CALL TO WORSHIP

JESUS SHALL REIGN

Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
Does its successive journeys run;
His kingdom spread from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

Blessings abound where’er he reigns;
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blessed.

Where he displays his healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more:
In him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their father lost.

Let every creature rise and bring
His grateful honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud “Amen!”

Words: Isaac Watts; Music: John Hatton; PD; CCLI License #11029770

LORD, I NEED YOU

Lord, I come, I confess;
Bowing here I find my rest;
Without you I fall apart—
You’re the One who guides my heart.

Lord, I need you, oh, I need you!
Every hour I need you!
My one defense, my righteousness—
Oh God, how I need you!

Where sin runs deep, your grace is more;
Where grace is found, is where you are;
And where you are, Lord, I am free—
Holiness is Christ in me!

Lord, I need you, oh, I need you!
Every hour I need you!
My one defense, my righteousness—
Oh God, how I need you!

Teach my song to rise to you
When temptation comes my way;
And when I cannot stand, I’ll fall on you;
Jesus, you’re my hope and stay!

Lord, I need you, oh, I need you!
Every hour I need you!
My one defense, my righteousness—
Oh God, how I need you!

Music/Words: Christy Nockels, Daniel Carson, Jesse Reeves, Kristian Stanfill, Matt Maher; © sixstetps Music; Sweater Weather Music; Thankyou Music; Valley Of Songs Music; CCLI License #11029770

CONFESSION OF FAITH

NEW CITY CATECHISM 14, 19, AND 20

Q. Did God create us unable to keep his law?

A. No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God’s law.

Q. Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?

A. Yes, to satisfy his justice, God himself, out of mere mercy, reconciles us to himself and delivers us from sin and from the punishment for sin, by a Redeemer.

Q. Who is the Redeemer?

A. The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.

PASTORAL PRAYER

GIVING

GRACE UPON GRACE

In every station, new trials and troubles
Call for more grace than I can afford;
Where can I go now but to my dear Savior
For mercy that pours from boundless stores.

Grace upon grace, every sin repaired,
Every void restored—you will find him there!
In every turning he will prepare you
With grace upon grace.

He made a way for the fallen to rise,
Perfect in glory and sacrifice.
In sweet communion my need he supplies.
He saves and keeps and guards my life!

Grace upon grace, every sin repaired,
Every void restored—you will find him there!
In every turning he will prepare you
With grace upon grace.

To you I run now with great expectation,
To honor you with trust like a child.
My hopes and desires seek a new destination,
And all that you ask your grace will provide!

Grace upon grace, every sin repaired,
Every void restored—you will find him there!
In every turning he will prepare you!

Grace upon grace, every sin repaired,
Every void restored—you will find him there!
In every turning he will prepare you
With grace upon grace;
With grace upon grace.

Words/Music: Sandra McCracken, adapted from #214 in The Valley of Vision; © 2010 Same Old Dress Music; CCLI License #11029770

SERMON

SERIES: THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS

SERMON: SUPERABOUNDING GRACE

SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 5:12-21

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

OUTLINE

Death Reigns Through Adam

Unequal Parallels

Gracious Life Reigns through Jesus

HIS MERCY IS MORE

What love could remember no wrongs we have done?
Omniscient, all knowing—he counts not their sum!
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore—
Our sins, they are many; his mercy is more!

Praise the Lord! His mercy is more!
Stronger than darkness, new every morn;
Our sins, they are many; his mercy is more!

What patience would wait as we constantly roam?
What Father, so tender, is calling us home?
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor—
Our sins, they are many; his mercy is more!

Praise the Lord! His mercy is more!
Stronger than darkness, new every morn;
Our sins, they are many; his mercy is more!

What riches of kindness he lavished on us!
His blood was the payment, his life was the cost;
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford—
Our sins, they are many; his mercy is more!

Praise the Lord! His mercy is more!
Stronger than darkness, new every morn;
Our sins, they are many; his mercy is more!

Music/Words: Matt Boswell and Matt Papa; © 2016 Messenger Hymns; CCLI License #11029770

BENEDICTION