April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday

Prelude For Worship Handbells

Welcome Daniel Palmer

Text “Welcome” to 540-999-1889

Scripture

Easter Morning Matt 28:1–9 (NASB) Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. 2And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred,

for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. 3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

4The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men 4The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. 5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.

6He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said 6He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

7Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

8And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

9And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them 9And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

Christ The Lord Is Risen Today

Christ the Lord is risen today Alleluia Sons of men and angels say Raise your joys and triumphs high Alleluia Sing ye heavens and earth reply Alleluia

Lives again our glorious King Alleluia Where O Death is now thy sting Alleluia Dying once He all doth save Alleluia Where thy victory O Grave Alleluia

Love’s redeeming work is done Alleluia Fought the fight the battle won Alleluia Death in vain forbids Him rise Alleluia Christ hath opened paradise Alleluia

Soar we now where Christ has led Alleluia Following our exalted Head Made like Him like Him we rise Alleluia Ours the cross the grave the skies Alleluia

Watch & See Sanctuary Choir Kim Roudebush

Can you hear Him in the garden "Father let this pass from Me" Watch the soldiers gather around Him In this dark Gethsemane

Now see Him stand before Pilate Hear the crowd cry “Crucify!” Watch our Blessed Savior suffer See Him bow His head and die

Watch them take His bleeding body See them lay Him in the tomb Watch them wrap Him in the graveclothes They anoint Him with perfume

Now they'll wait they'll watch and worry Though they knew He had to die And while they waited for His promise Christ was very much alive!

See Him take the keys of satan Watch Him shake the gates of hell See Him loose the chains of darkness Watch that fountain start to swell

See Him rise up on that morning On that third appointed day Watch Him come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

Soon He'll come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

See Him take the keys of satan Watch Him shake the gates of hell See Him loose the chains of darkness Watch that fountain start to swell

See Him rise up on that morning On that third appointed day Watch Him come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

Soon He'll come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

How Loved By The Father Sanctuary Choir

We are children of His care His riches ours to share How loved by the Father We are children of His care Enfolded in His family His riches ours to share

Beyond imagination is the joy that soon will come As we sing in celebration praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the precious Lamb God’s Son

And when that day has dawned for us And when He comes to claim His own

We shall be made like Him And will know as we are known

We are children of His care His riches ours to share How loved by the Father We are children of His care Enfolded in His family His riches ours to share

Beyond imagination is the joy that soon will come As we sing in celebration praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the precious Lamb God’s Son Jesus Christ the Lamb God’s Son!

Crown Him With Many Crowns

Crown Him with many crowns The Lamb upon His throne Hark how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own

And hail Him as thy matchless King Awake my soul and sing Of Him who died for thee And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity

Crown Him the Lord of Life Who triumphed o'er the grave Who rose victorious to the strife For those He came to save

Who died and rose on high Who died eternal life to bring His glories now we sing Who died and rose on high Who died eternal life to bring And lives that death may die

Crown Him the Lord of peace Whose pow'r a scepter sways From pole to pole That wars may cease And all be prayer and praise

His reign shall know no end And round His pierced feet Fair flowers of paradise extend Their fragrance ever sweet

Crown Him the Lord of Love Behold His hands and side Those wounds yet visible above In beauty glorified

For Thou hast died for me Thy praise and glory shall not fail All hail Redeemer hail For Thou hast died for me Thy praise and glory shall not fail Throughout eternity

Offering

Sanctuary Choir Congregation How Great Thou Art Sanctuary Choir Congregation

When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made I see the stars I hear the rolling thunder Thy power throughout The universe displayed

Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee How great Thou art How great Thou art!

That God His Son not sparing My burden gladly bearing And when I think That God His Son not sparing Sent Him to die I scarce can take it in That on the cross My burden gladly bearing He bled and died To take away my sin

Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee How great Thou art How great Thou art!

With shout of acclamation And take me home When Christ shall come With shout of acclamation And take me home What joy shall fill my heart Then I shall bow In humble adoration And there proclaim My God how great Thou art

Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee How great Thou art How great Thou art!

Jesus’ resurrection changes everything.

How is it that Peter, the disciple who denied even knowing Jesus now finds the courage to speak to the church about our living hope?

1 Peter 1:3–5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused

us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

To have a living hope, 1) we must be born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 2) we must be confident of our future, and 3) we must believe the gospel.

1. We must be born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (v. 3).

Great underscores the vastness of God’s mercy.

God’s great mercy is greater than the greatness of your sin.

Born again is a metaphor for what God does to us on the inside when He makes us His own and we give our lives to Him.

It means to have one’s mind changed so that he lives a new life, a life that is joyfully conformed to the will of God.

We cannot just wipe away our past sins with future good deeds; we can never catch up, never balance the scales. We need a new birth.

There are no substitutes for this birth from God.

Unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. - Jesus

When we give up and give our lives to Jesus, we are born to a living hope.

Dead religions have dead founders and offer dead hope.

I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. -Jesus

The problem is not proof; it is human pride The problem is not proof; it is human pride. The problem is not with the head; it is with the heart.

not on the basis of deeds which we have done…, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit – Titus 3:5

Living hope comes through Jesus’ resurrection when the Holy Spirit supernaturally applies Christ’s resurrection to us.

To have true hope, we must be raised from the deadness of our sin and born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

2. We must be confident of our future (v. 4).

Our inheritance: it cannot die, it will be unstained by sin, and time will never cause it to fade.

3. We must believe the gospel (v. 5).

protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time -1 Peter 1:5

When we give ourselves over to God, we have access to His sustaining power through faith.

Don’t leave today without knowing you have been born again to God’s living hope through the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.

He Lives

I hear His voice of cheer And just the time I need Him I serve a risen Savior He's in the world today I know that He is living Whatever men may say I see His hand of mercy I hear His voice of cheer And just the time I need Him He's always near

Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me And talks with me He lives He lives Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me And talks with me Along life's narrow way Salvation to impart You ask me how I know He lives He lives within my heart

In all the world around me I see His loving care And tho' my heart grows weary I never will despair I know that He is leading Thro' all the stormy blast The day of His appearing Will come at last

Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me And talks with me He lives He lives Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me And talks with me Along life's narrow way Salvation to impart You ask me how I know He lives He lives within my heart

Rejoice rejoice O Christian Lift up your voice and sing Eternal hallelujahs To Jesus Christ the King The hope of all who seek Him The help of all who find None other is so loving So good and kind

Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me And talks with me He lives He lives Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me And talks with me Along life's narrow way Salvation to impart You ask me how I know He lives He lives within my heart

Postlude For Worship Martha Short

April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday

Prelude For Worship Handbells

Welcome Daniel Palmer

Text “Welcome” to 540-999-1889

Scripture

Easter Morning Matt 28:1–9 (NASB) Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. 2And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred,

for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. 3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

4The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men 4The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. 5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.

6He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said 6He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

7Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

8And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

9And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them 9And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

Christ The Lord Is Risen Today

Christ the Lord is risen today Alleluia Sons of men and angels say Raise your joys and triumphs high Alleluia Sing ye heavens and earth reply Alleluia

Lives again our glorious King Alleluia Where O Death is now thy sting Alleluia Dying once He all doth save Alleluia Where thy victory O Grave Alleluia

Love’s redeeming work is done Alleluia Fought the fight the battle won Alleluia Death in vain forbids Him rise Alleluia Christ hath opened paradise Alleluia

Soar we now where Christ has led Alleluia Following our exalted Head Made like Him like Him we rise Alleluia Ours the cross the grave the skies Alleluia

Watch & See Sanctuary Choir Kim Roudebush

Can you hear Him in the garden "Father let this pass from Me" Watch the soldiers gather around Him In this dark Gethsemane

Now see Him stand before Pilate Hear the crowd cry “Crucify!” Watch our Blessed Savior suffer See Him bow His head and die

Watch them take His bleeding body See them lay Him in the tomb Watch them wrap Him in the graveclothes They anoint Him with perfume

Now they'll wait they'll watch and worry Though they knew He had to die And while they waited for His promise Christ was very much alive!

See Him take the keys of satan Watch Him shake the gates of hell See Him loose the chains of darkness Watch that fountain start to swell

See Him rise up on that morning On that third appointed day Watch Him come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

Soon He'll come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

See Him take the keys of satan Watch Him shake the gates of hell See Him loose the chains of darkness Watch that fountain start to swell

See Him rise up on that morning On that third appointed day Watch Him come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

Soon He'll come in clouds of glory See Him take His church away

Crown Him With Many Crowns

Crown Him with many crowns The Lamb upon His throne Hark how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own

And hail Him as thy matchless King Awake my soul and sing Of Him who died for Thee And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity

Crown Him the Lord of Life Who triumphed o'er the grave Who rose victorious in the strife For those He came to save

Who died and rose on high Who died eternal life to bring His glories now we sing Who died and rose on high Who died eternal life to bring And lives that death may die

Crown Him the risen Lord of lords Crown Him victorious King of kings!

Crown Him the Lord of heaven One with the Father known One with the Spirit through Him given From yonder glorious throne

To Thee be endless praise For Thou for us hast died Be Thou O Lord through endless days Adored and magnified

Crown Him the risen Lord of lords Crown Him victorious King of kings!

Crown Him the risen Lord of lords Crown Him victorious King of kings!

Hallelujah What a Savior

Man of Sorrows what a name For the Son of God Who came Ruined sinners to reclaim Hallelujah what a Savior

Bearing shame and scoffing rude In my place condemned He stood Sealed my pardon with His blood Hallelujah what a Savior

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah what a Savior

Guilty vile and helpless we Spotless Lamb of God was He Full atonement can it be Hallelujah what a Savior

It is finished was His cry Now in Heav’n exalted high Lifted up was He to die It is finished was His cry Now in Heav’n exalted high Hallelujah what a Savior

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah what a Savior

When He comes our glorious King All our ransomed hearts to bring Then anew this song we’ll sing Hallelujah what a Savior

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah what a Savior

How Loved By The Father Sanctuary Choir

We are children of His care His riches ours to share How loved by the Father We are children of His care Enfolded in His family His riches ours to share

Beyond imagination is the joy that soon will come As we sing in celebration praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the precious Lamb God’s Son

And when that day has dawned for us And when He comes to claim His own

We shall be made like Him And will know as we are known

We are children of His care His riches ours to share How loved by the Father We are children of His care Enfolded in His family His riches ours to share

Beyond imagination is the joy that soon will come As we sing in celebration praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the Lamb Praising Christ the precious Lamb God’s Son Jesus Christ the Lamb God’s Son!

Offering

Sanctuary Choir Congregation How Great Thou Art Sanctuary Choir Congregation

When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made I see the stars I hear the rolling thunder Thy power throughout The universe displayed

Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee How great Thou art How great Thou art!

That God His Son not sparing My burden gladly bearing And when I think That God His Son not sparing Sent Him to die I scarce can take it in That on the cross My burden gladly bearing He bled and died To take away my sin

Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee How great Thou art How great Thou art!

With shout of acclamation And take me home When Christ shall come With shout of acclamation And take me home What joy shall fill my heart Then I shall bow In humble adoration And there proclaim My God how great Thou art

Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee How great Thou art How great Thou art!

Jesus’ resurrection changes everything.

How is it that Peter, the disciple who denied even knowing Jesus now finds the courage to speak to the church about our living hope?

1 Peter 1:3–5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused

us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

To have a living hope, 1) we must be born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 2) we must be confident of our future, and 3) we must believe the gospel.

1. We must be born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (v. 3).

Great underscores the vastness of God’s mercy.

God’s great mercy is greater than the greatness of your sin.

Born again is a metaphor for what God does to us on the inside when He makes us His own and we give our lives to Him.

It means to have one’s mind changed so that he lives a new life, a life that is joyfully conformed to the will of God.

We cannot just wipe away our past sins with future good deeds; we can never catch up, never balance the scales. We need a new birth.

There are no substitutes for this birth from God.

Unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. - Jesus

When we give up and give our lives to Jesus, we are born to a living hope.

Dead religions have dead founders and offer dead hope.

I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. -Jesus

The problem is not proof; it is human pride The problem is not proof; it is human pride. The problem is not with the head; it is with the heart.

not on the basis of deeds which we have done…, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit – Titus 3:5

Living hope comes through Jesus’ resurrection when the Holy Spirit supernaturally applies Christ’s resurrection to us.

To have true hope, we must be raised from the deadness of our sin and born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

2. We must be confident of our future (v. 4).

Our inheritance: it cannot die, it will be unstained by sin, and time will never cause it to fade.

3. We must believe the gospel (v. 5).

protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time -1 Peter 1:5

When we give ourselves over to God, we have access to His sustaining power through faith.

Don’t leave today without knowing you have been born again to God’s living hope through the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.

Hallelujah What a Savior

Man of Sorrows what a name For the Son of God Who came Ruined sinners to reclaim Hallelujah what a Savior

Bearing shame and scoffing rude In my place condemned He stood Sealed my pardon with His blood Hallelujah what a Savior

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah what a Savior

Guilty vile and helpless we Spotless Lamb of God was He Full atonement can it be Hallelujah what a Savior

It is finished was His cry Now in Heav’n exalted high Lifted up was He to die It is finished was His cry Now in Heav’n exalted high Hallelujah what a Savior

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah what a Savior

When He comes our glorious King All our ransomed hearts to bring Then anew this song we’ll sing Hallelujah what a Savior

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah what a Savior