Good Friday

Call to Worship

Psalm 30:4-5

Hymn of Adoration

Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Wretched (Trinity Hymnal #472)

Confession of Sin

Heavenly Father, You are wise and holy, and all Your judgments are just. We humble ourselves today under Your mighty hand, confessing that we are a proud and hypocritical people. Like the Pharisees we love to project the external appearance of righteousness, while inwardly we are ravenous wolves. We are satisfied when the outside of our cup is clean, yet care nothing for the approval of our Sovereign Creator who alone is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. We confess our hypocrisy as sin and repent of it. For the sake of Your dear Son who suffered and died so that we might have life, cleanse us from all ungodliness and deceit, grant us truth in our inmost being, and help us from now on to walk in the honesty and humility of a renewed life. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

Isaiah 53:3-12

Psalm

Psalm 22 (read responsively) (Trinity Hymnal #163) Page 790

Hymn

Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted (Trinity Hymnal #257)

Matthew’s Account of the Crucifixion of Christ

Matthew 27:32-54

Prayer

Hymn

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Trinity Hymnal #252)

Sermon

The Gospel of Forgiveness (Luke 23:32-38)

Hymn

A Debtor to Mercy Alone (Trinity Hymnal #463)

Benediction

Numbers 6:24-26