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Come Sinner To The Gospel Feast
© Public Domain Charles Wesley
Come sinners to the gospel feast
Let every soul be Jesu's guest
You need not one be left behind
For God has bidden all mankind
Sent by my Lord on you I call
The invitation is to all
Come all the world come sinner thou
All things in Christ are ready
Come all ye souls by sin oppressed
Ye restless wanderers after rest
Ye poor and maimed and halt and blind
In Christ a hearty welcome find
My message as from God receive;
Ye all may come to Christ and live;
O let his love your hearts constrain,
Nor suffer him to die in vain.
This is the time no more delay
This is the Lord's accepted day
Come in this moment at his call
And live for him who died for all
Arise My Soul Arise
© Public Domain Charles Wesley
Arise my soul arise
Shake off your guilty fears
The bleeding sacrifice
On my behalf appears
Before the throne my surety stands
Before the throne my surety stands
My name is written on his hands
He ever lives above
For me to intercede
His all-redeeming love
His precious blood to plead
His blood atoned for every race
His blood atoned for every race
And sprinkles now the throne of grace
Five bleeding wounds he bears
Received on Calvary
They pour effectual prayers
They strongly plead for me
"Forgive him O forgive they cry"
"Forgive him O forgive they cry"
"Nor let that ransomed sinner die"
My God is reconciled
His pard'ning voice I hear
He owns me for his child
I can no longer fear
With confidence I now draw nigh
With confidence I now draw nigh
And "Father Abba Father" cry
Prayers of the People
O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great
dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot
always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as
may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
There Is A Fountain
© Public Domain Words by William Cowper and Music by Edwin Othello Excell and Lowell Mason
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel's veins
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day
And there may I though vile as he
Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away
And there may I though vile as he
Wash all my sins away
Dear dying Lamb thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow'r
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved to sin no more
Be saved to sin no more
Be saved to sin no more
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved to sin no more
E'er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be till I die
And shall be till I die
And shall be till I die
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be till I die
When this poor lisping stamm'ring tongue
Lies silent in the grave
Then in a nobler sweeter song
I'll sing thy pow'r to save
I'll sing thy pow'r to save
I'll sing thy pow'r to save
Then in a nobler sweeter song
I’ll sing thy pow’r to save
Rock Of Ages
© Public Domain Augustus Montague Toplady and Thomas Hastings
Rock of Ages cleft for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Let the water and the blood
From thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure
Save from wrath and make me pure
Not the labors of my hands
Can fulfill thy law's demands
Could my zeal no respite know
Could my tears forever flow
All for sin could not atone
Thou must save and thou alone
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to the cross I cling
Naked come to thee for dress
Helpless look to thee for grace
Foul I to the fountain fly
Wash me Savior or I die
While I draw this fleeting breath
When mine eyes shall close in death
When I soar to worlds unknown
See thee on thy judgment throne
Rock of Ages cleft for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Scripture | Psalm 130 & Mark 2:1-12
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
2 Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
for with the Lord is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
8 He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.
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1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people
heard that he had come home.
2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left,
not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four
of them.
4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they
made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and
then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son,
your sins are forgiven.”
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to
themselves,
7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can
forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were
thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking
these things?
9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are
forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth
to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all.
This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never
seen anything like this!”
Homily | "I Believe in The Forgiveness of Sins."
Bruce Hindmarsh | James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology; Professor of the History of ChristianityAnd Can It Be
© Public Domain Words by Charles Wesley and Music by Thomas Campbell
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Saviour's blood
Died he for me who caused his pain
For me who him to death pursued
Amazing love! How can it be
That thou my God shouldst die for me
Amazing love! How can it be
That thou my God shouldst die for me
He left his Father's throne above
So free so infinite his grace
Emptied himself of all but love
And bled for Adam's help-less race
'Tis mercy all immense and free
For O my God it found out me
He left his Father's throne above
So free so infinite his grace
Emptied himself of all but love
And bled for Adam's helpless race
'Tis mercy all immense and free
For O my God it found out me
'Tis mercy all immense and free
For O my God it found out me
Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray
I woke the dungeon flamed with light
My chains fell off my heart was free
I rose went forth and followed thee
My chains fell off my heart was free
I rose went forth and followed thee
No condemnation now I dread
Jesus and all in him is mine
Alive in him my living Head
And clothed in righteousness divine
Bold I approach th'eternal throne
And claim the crown through Christ my own
Bold I approach th'eternal throne
And claim the crown through Christ my own