The Lord Communes With Us CANADA WATER CHURCH

The Lord’s Supper - Matthew 26

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The Apostles’ Creed 3 October 2021
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth. The Lord Calls Us Into His Presence
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, I lift up my eyes to the hills.
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Where does my help come from?
born of the Virgin Mary, My help comes from the Lord,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord
The third day he rose again from the dead; Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from
he ascended into heaven, the present evil age, according to the will of our God and
and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. Father, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead. Gal 1:3-5
I believe in the Holy Spirit, PRAYER
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, O God, you are my God;
the forgiveness of sins, earnestly I seek you;
the resurrection of the body, my soul thirsts for you;
and the life everlasting. Amen. my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Song 4: In Christ Alone So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
(page 16, CWC songbook) beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
The Lord Commissions Us my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
BENEDICTION in your name I will lift up my hands.
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
times in every way. The Lord be with you all. and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
2 Thess 3:16 when I remember you upon my bed,
DOXOLOGY and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
Praise God from whom all blessings flow! for you have been my help,
Praise Him all creatures here below. and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
Praise Him above you heavenly host. Psalm 63:1-7
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen. PRAYER

Song 1: Praise My Soul (page 22, CWC songbook)

Notices
Happy Birthday to: Linda! - Friday 8th October!
Small Groups restarting - Wednesdays - talk to Kruger or
Hin-Tai for more details
LIFE EXPLORED Small Group - Wednesdays 7pm, Dinner
included, Room 1.08 Cannon Wharf
‘What’s the best gift God could give you?’ Come and join the
discussion and enjoy the short films!
The Lord Cleanses Us From Our Sins
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 40
Q105. What is God’s will for you in the sixth commandment?
A105. I am not to belittle, hate, insult, or kill my neighbour—
not by my thoughts, my words, my look or gesture, and
certainly not by actual deeds—and I am not to be party to this
in others; rather, I am to put away all desire for revenge. I am
not to harm or recklessly endanger myself either. Prevention
of murder is also why government is armed with the sword.

Q106. Does this commandment refer only to murder?

A106. By forbidding murder God teaches us that he hates the
root of murder: envy, hatred, anger, vindictiveness. In God’s
sight all such are disguised forms of murder.

Q107. Is it enough then that we do not murder our neighbour

in any such way?
A107. No. By condemning envy, hatred, and anger God wants
us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be patient,
peace-loving, gentle, merciful, and friendly toward them, to
protect them from harm as much as we can, and to do good
even to our enemies.
CALL TO CONFESSION
“You shall not murder.”
Deut 5:17
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
O Lord, “You shall not murder” is one command we
boastfully believe to have kept in full. We can deceive
ourselves, but we have not deceived you, O God. You know
how we have murdered our neighbours in our secret
thoughts. You know our hatred, our explosive anger, our
brooding malice, and our irritability. Lord God, you see our
true desires and our genuine beliefs. We admit that we have
not cherished and protected human life in the way the sixth
commandment demands. We have not fully valued the lives
of those who look, think, and act differently than us. We have
dared to look at our image-bearing neighbors with
indifference, for we have neglected to preach the gospel to
them. We have not applied the gospel to our fellow Christians
through biblical fellowship and counsel. O God, what
wretched sinners we are! Deliver us through the righteous
blood of Jesus. Enable us, through your Holy Spirit, to love
our neighbours as we love ourselves.
DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord,
because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent
opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted
ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for
me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying
is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the
foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as
the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience
as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal
life. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be
honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:12-17
PRAYER
Song 2: Great is Thy Faithfulness (page 15, CWC songbook)
The Lord Consecrates Us By His Word
“In that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and all the nations who are called by my name,”
declares the Lord who does this.
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
I will plant them on their land,
and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Amos 9:11-15
PRAYER
Hearing God’s Word: Philippians 3
3:1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same
things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for
those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we are the circumcision,
who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and
put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reason
for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has
reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised
on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness
under the law, blameless. 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted
as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as
loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all
things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain
Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of
my own that comes from the law, but that which comes
through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that
depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of
his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like
him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain
the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect,
but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has
made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have
made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies
behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on
towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in
Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this
way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that
also to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those
who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For
many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even
with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their
end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in
their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our
citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be
like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to
subject all things to himself.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon - Kruger
Song 3: Before the Throne
(page 11, CWC songbook)