July 20, 2025

(Nicene Creed)

Preaching: Pastor Dan Borvan

Call to Worship: Psalm 68:32-35

Invocation: Psalm 68:18

You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train

The Reading of the Law: Matthew 22:37-40

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Old Testament Lesson: Jeremiah 33:14-26

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

17 “For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18 and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.”

19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 “Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21 then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 24 “Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25 Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

New Testament Lesson: Mark 12:35-37

And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ 37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.

Sermon Title: Son of David, Son of God

Hymn #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 5) “Hear My Words, O Lord”

Hymn #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 116-C) “What Shall I Render to the Lord”

Hymn #3 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – #275) “Arise, My Soul, Arise”

Afternoon Worship Bulletin — Grant Sims, Intern

*Call to Worship: Psalm 78:4

*God’s Greeting: 1 Timothy 1:2

*Psalm #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 2A) “Why Do Heathen Nations Rage?”

*Prayer for Illumination

*Old Testament Lesson: Jeremiah 31:31–34

*New Testament Lesson: Ephesians 2:19–21

Confessional Reading: Belgic Confession, Article 4

Sermon: “Canon Theology”

Prayer of Application

*Psalm #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal –Psalm 3) “O Lord, How Many Are My Foes!”

*Benediction