ONLINE WORSHIP:
“Second Act”
May 31st, 2020- Pentecost
Confession: Hebrews 11
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God.
By faith we offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable as our spiritual worship.
By faith we draw near to you Lord, believing that you exist and are found by those who seek you.
By faith we devote ourselves to your Word for the saving of our families.
By faith we obey your call to go out and live the Gospel, even though we may not know where that will take us.
By faith we look forward to the city of eternal foundations, designed and built by you.
By faith we trust you even in old age because we know you are faithful to your promise.
By faith we live out our lives seeking a homeland; a better country, a heavenly one.
By faith we trust and obey when tested, knowing that all things are possible with you.
By faith we bless our children and prepare them to serve you now and for eternity.
By faith we obey you rather than men.
By faith we are not ashamed to be called your people.
By faith we bring our children to baptism, trusting in your promise and the power of Your Word.
By faith we receive the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us for the remission of sins.
By faith we live in the world but are not of the world.
O Lord, help us when our faith is too small. Forgive us for our worry. Clothe us in your goodness and mercy. Enable us, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to seek first your Kingdom, to lay up treasure in Heaven, to stay our hearts on you.
To all who trust in Christ as SAvior, he promises forgiveness, new and eternal life as a gift of his grace.
Acts 2: 1-21 The Coming of the Holy Spirit
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.
And they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Pathians and Medas and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians - we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as your suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the Prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the Lord shall be saved.’”
John 20: 19-23 Jesus Appears to the Disciples
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace by with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And he will come again to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one Holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.