The Curious Case of Infant Christians

The author of Hebrews has been building toward a description of Christ as the high priest.  This topic is going to take up the bulk of what remains in the book, and yet before jumping in, he gets coy with us.  Before the hearers can appreciate the theology of Christ supreme, they must be warned.  What follows is one of the more unsettling passages of Scripture, one of the famous "warning passages" of Hebrews.  It is a hard word, and yet a necessary one, because there is no chance of grace outside of Christ.  The way toward lasting assurance will be to pursue growing Christian maturity, building on the foundation of God's grace.  In other words, as a Christian thinker influential on the planters of our church once said, "The way in is the way on."

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TCC Order of Worship, 2.7.21

WELCOME 

CALL TO WORSHIP

Glorious Day

by Passion

 

Verse 1

I was buried beneath my shame

Who could carry that kind of weight

It was my tomb 'til I met You

I was breathing but not alive

All my failures I tried to hide

It was my tomb 'til I met You

 

Chorus 1

You called my name and I ran out of that grave

Out of the darkness into Your glorious day

You called my name and I ran out of that grave

Out of the darkness into Your glorious day

 

Verse 3

Now Your mercy has saved my soul

Now Your freedom is all that I know

The old made new Jesus when I met You

 

Bridge

I needed rescue my sin was heavy

But chains break at the weight of Your glory

I needed shelter I was an orphan

Now You call me a citizen of Heaven

When I was broken You were my healing

Now Your love is the air that I'm breathing

I have a future my eyes are open 

Come Thou Fount 

Traditional Hymn

 

Verse 1

Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace

Streams of mercy, never ceasing

Call for songs of loudest praise

Teach me some melodious sonnet

Sung by flaming tongues above

Praise His Name; I’m fixed upon it

Name of God’s redeeming love

 

Verse 2

Hither to thy love has blessed me

Thou hast brought me to this place

And I know thy hand will bring me

Safely home by thy good grace

Jesus sought me when a stranger

Wand’ring from the fold of God

He, to rescue me from danger

Bought me with His precious blood

 

Verse 3 

O to grace how great a debtor

Daily I’m constrained to be

Let Thy goodness, like a fetter

Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it

Prone to leave the God I love

Here’s my heart, O take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

Here’s my heart, O take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

 

Verse 4

O that day when freed from sinning

I shall see thy lovely face

Full arrayed in blood-washed linen

How I'll sing thy sovereign grace

Come my Lord no longer tarry

Bring thy promises to pass

For I know thy pow'r will keep me

Till I'm home with thee at last

 

SERMON

TIME OF PRAYER

LORD’S SUPPER

Graves Into Gardens

Elevation Worship

 

Verse 1

I searched the world but it couldn’t fill me

Man’s empty praise and treasures that fade

Are never enough

Then You came along and put me back together

And every desire is now satisfied

Here in Your love

 

Chorus

Oh there’s nothing better than You

There’s nothing better than You

Lord there’s nothing, nothing is better than You

 

Verse 3

I’m not afraid to show You my weakness

My failures and flaws Lord You’ve seen them all

And You still call me friend

‘Cause the God of the mountain isthe God of the valley

There’s not a place Your mercy and grace

Won’t find me again

 

Bridge

You turn mourning to dancing

You give beauty for ashes

You turn shame into glory

You’re the only one who can

You turn graves into gardens

You turn bones into armies

You turn seas into highways

You’re the only one who can

You’re the only one who can

 

 

I Will Follow/I Have Decided

by Jon Guerra

Intro

I have decided to follow Jesus

I have decided to follow Jesus

I have decided to follow Jesus

No turning back, No turning back

Verse 1

When the sea is calm and all is right

When I feel Your favor flood my life

Even in the good, I'll follow You

Even in the good, I'll follow You

When the boat is tossed upon the waves

When I wonder if You'll keep me safe

Even in the storms, I'll follow You

Even in the storms, I'll follow You

Chorus

I believe everything that You say You are

I believe and I have seen Your unchanging heart

In the good things and in the hardest part

I believe and I will follow You

I believe and I will follow You

Verse 2

When I see the wicked prospering

When I feel I have no voice to sing

Even in the want, I'll follow You

Even in the want, I'll follow You

Verse 3

When I find myself so far from home

And You lead me somewhere that I don't wanna go

Even in my death, I'll follow You

Even in my death, I'll follow You

When I come to end this race I've run

And I receive the prize that Christ has won

I will be with You in Paradise

I will be with You in Paradise

 

Because He Lives

Verse 1

God sent His Son

They called Him Jesus

He came to love, heal and forgive

He lived and died to buy my pardon

An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives

Chorus

Because He lives I can face tomorrow

Because He lives all fear is gone

Because I know He holds the future

And life is worth the living just because He lives

Verse 2

And then one day

I'll cross that river

I'll fight life's final war with pain

And then as death gives way to vict'ry

I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know he lives

BENEDICTION