Friedens Reformed Church 

P.O. Box J, Tripp, South Dakota 57376

Church: 605-935-6758 Pastor Andy: 605-505-1010

Affiliated with: The Evangelical Association of Reformed & Congregational Churches

November 22, 2020          

 

Opening Prayer: 

 

**Opening Hymn: God the Omnipotent 33

 

** Invocation: I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.

 

**Call to Worship: Job 40:7-14

 

M: Now prepare yourself like a man;

C: I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

M: Would you indeed annul My judgment?

C: Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

M: Have you an arm like God?

C: Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

M: Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,

C: And array yourself with glory and beauty.

M: Disperse the rage of your wrath;

C: Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

M: Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;

C: Tread down the wicked in their place.

M: Hide them in the dust together,

C: Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

M: Then I will also confess to you

C: That your own right hand can save you.

 

Reading of the Law: Exodus 20:1-17 

 

**Prayer of Confession: Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous and sober life. To the Glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

 

Assurance of Absolution: 

 

Hymn: Immortal, Invisible 25

 

**Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31

**The Apostles’ Creed

**The Gloria Patri 

Thanksgiving Prayer:

Reading of Sermon Text: John 5:26; Acts 17:24-25; Isaiah 46:9-10

Children’s Sermon

Sermon: The Aseity of God

Pastoral Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

The Offertory Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy 262

**Doxology

**Prayer of Dedication

**Closing Hymn: Praise Ye the Triune God 264

**Benediction

Postlude

** Congregation stands

 

Sermon Outline:

1. God is independent from His creation

2. God is eternal.

3. Aseity comforts the believer

 

Westminster Shorter Catechism, 

Question 4: What is God?

Answer: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

 

God is a Spirit, infinite in His being

God is a Spirit, eternal in His being

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His being

God is a Spirit, infinite in His wisdom

God is a Spirit, eternal in His wisdom

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His wisdom

God is a Spirit, infinite in His power

God is a Spirit, eternal in His power

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His power

God is a Spirit, infinite in His holiness

God is a Spirit, eternal in His holiness

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His holiness

God is a Spirit, infinite in His justice

God is a Spirit, eternal in His justice

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His justice

God is a Spirit, infinite in His goodness

God is a Spirit, eternal in His goodness

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His goodness 

God is a Spirit, infinite in His truth

God is a Spirit, eternal in His truth

God is a Spirit, unchangeable in His truth