Q85.
How is the kingdom of heaven closed and opened by
Christian discipline?
A85. According to the command of Christ: Those who,
though called Christians, profess unchristian teachings or
live unchristian lives, and who after repeated personal and
loving admonitions, refuse to abandon their errors and evil
ways, and who after being reported to the church, that is, to
those ordained by the church for that purpose, fail to respond
also to the church’s admonitions— such persons the church
excludes from the Christian community by withholding the
sacraments from them, and God also excludes them from the
kingdom of Christ. Such persons, when promising and
demonstrating genuine reform, are received again as
members of Christ and of his church.
Song 3: Nothing but the Blood
The Lord’s Supper - Matthew 26
including
The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and
earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was
buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again
from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the
right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From there he shall
come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Song 4: In Christ Alone
The Lord Commissions Us
BENEDICTION
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
2 Corinthians 13:14
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above you heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen.
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CANADA WATER CHURCH
11AM Service
1 August 2021
The Lord Calls Us Into His Presence
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
PRAYER
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
Psalm 33:1-5
PRAYER
Song 1: Psalm 100
The Lord Cleanses Us From Our Sins
CALL TO CONFESSION
“‘And you shall not commit adultery.”’ Deut 5:18
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Lord, we know that the seventh commandment, “you shall
not commit adultery,” forbids not only unfaithfulness, but
also impure imagination, abuse of what you’ve created good,
wrongful divorce or desertion, looking at images and people
whom we shouldn’t, and other unnatural and unchaste
behaviors. Lord, we have, in some measure, carried out these
forbidden behaviors, or we have given approval to those that
do. We have treated those created in your Image as mere
instruments of our sinful pleasure. For this, our Holy God, we
pray for your gracious pardon. The seventh commandment
requires that we love our neighbors, our family members,
and our fellow Christians with thoughts, actions, and
affections that are suitable for each of these varying
relationships. Forgive us for our failure to love in the pure
and beautiful way that you command and model for us.
Cleanse and strengthen our every relationship with the
redeeming blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we
say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness,
we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1
John 1:5-7
PRAYER
 Song 2: Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
The Lord Consecrates Us By His Word
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have
concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have
died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer
live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and
was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one
according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ
according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old
has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Cor 5:14-75
PRAYER
Hearing God’s Word: 2 Kings 8
8:1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had
restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and
sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a
famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.” 2 So
the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of
God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land
of the Philistines seven years. 3 And at the end of the seven
years, when the woman returned from the land of the
Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and
her land. 4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant
of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that
Elisha has done.” 5 And while he was telling the king how
Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose
son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house
and her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, here is the
woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” 6
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the
king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was
hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day
that she left the land until now.”
7 Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria
was sick. And when it was told him, “The man of God has
come here,” 8 the king said to Hazael, “Take a present with
you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord
through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 9 So
Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all
kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he
came and stood before him, he said, “Your son Ben-hadad
king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from
this sickness?’” 10 And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him,
‘You shall certainly recover,’ but the Lord has shown me that
he shall certainly die.” 11 And he fixed his gaze and stared at
him, until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. 12
And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered,
“Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of
Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their
young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones
and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 And Hazael said,
“What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this
great thing?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that
you are to be king over Syria.” 14 Then he departed from
Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did
Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me that you
would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took the bed
cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he
died. And Hazael became king in his place.
16 In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel,
when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign. 17 He was
thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the
daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in
the sight of the Lord. 19 Yet the Lord was not willing to
destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he
promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
20 In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set
up a king of their own. 21 Then Joram passed over to Zair
with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot
commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him,
but his army fled home. 22 So Edom revolted from the rule of
Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23
Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they
not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah? 24 So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried
with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son
reigned in his place.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel,
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. 26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Athaliah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 27
He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what
was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had
done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.
28 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against
Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians
wounded Joram. 29 And King Joram returned to be healed in
Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at
Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see
Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
This is the Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
Sermon - Kruger
The Lord Communes With Us
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 31
Q83. What are the keys of the kingdom?
A83. The preaching of the holy gospel and Christian
discipline toward repentance. Both of them open the
kingdom of heaven to believers and close it to unbelievers.
Q84. How does preaching the holy gospel open and close the
kingdom of heaven?
A84. According to the command of Christ: The kingdom of
heaven is opened by proclaiming and publicly declaring to all
believers, each and every one, that, as often as they accept
the gospel promise in true faith, God, because of Christ’s
merit, truly forgives all their sins. The kingdom of heaven is
closed, however, by proclaiming and publicly declaring to
unbelievers and hypocrites that, as long as they do not
repent, the wrath of God and eternal condemnation rest on
them. God’s judgment, both in this life and in the life to come,
is based on this gospel testimony.
 11AM Lyric sheet
Song 4: In Christ Alone
1 August 2021

In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
Song 1: Psalm 100 (Tune: Old 100th)
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Him serve with mirth; His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Know that the Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid, He did us make.
We are His flock; He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.
O enter then His gates with praise;
Approach with joy His courts unto.
Praise, laud, and bless His name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

There in the ground His body lay For why? The Lord our God is good;
Light of the world by darkness slain: His mercy is forever sure.
Then bursting forth in glorious Day His truth at all times firmly stood,
Up from the grave he rose again!
And shall from age to age endure.
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

Keith Getty, Stuart Townend

© 2001 Thankyou Music
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Song 2: Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
Song 3: Nothing but the Blood
1. Come behold the wondrous myst'ry
What can wash away my sin?
In the dawning of the King
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
He the theme of heaven's praises
What can make me whole again?
Robed in frail humanity
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
In our longing in our darkness
Now the light of life has come
Oh! precious is the flow
Look to Christ who condescended
That makes me white as snow;
Took on flesh to ransom us
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
2. Come behold the wondrous myst'ry
He the perfect Son of Man
For my cleansing this I see—
In His living in His suff'ring
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Never trace nor stain of sin
For my pardon this my plea—
See the true and better Adam
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Come to save the hell-bound man
Christ the great and sure fulfillment
Oh! precious is the flow
Of the law in Him we stand
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
3. Come behold the wondrous myst'ry
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Christ the Lord upon the tree
In the stead of ruined sinners
Nothing can my sin erase
Hangs the Lamb in victory
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
See the price of our redemption
Naught of works, ’tis all of grace—
See the Father's plan unfold
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Bringing many sons to glory
Grace unmeasured love untold
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
4. Come behold the wondrous myst'ry
No other fount I know,
Slain by death the God of life
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
But no grave could e'er restrain Him
Praise the Lord He is alive
This is all my hope and peace—
What a foretaste of deliv'rance
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
How unwavering our hope
This is all my righteousness—
Christ in power resurrected
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
As we will be when He comes

Oh! precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;
Matt Boswell Matt Papa Michael Bleecker
No other fount I know,
© 2012 Bleecker Publishing
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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Billy Smiley, Katie Wilson, Robert Lowry

© 2007 Mission Group Music
CCLI Licence #1325271n, Robert Lowry
© 2007 Mission Group Music
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