The Barren Fig Tree (Pt 3)

We look in more detail at the kind of fruit the Lord of the Vineyard is looking for. The Barren Fig Tree is a false Christian who is devoid of the love which only the Holy Spirit can produce in a person.

Call to Worship

Prayer and Praise

(No music)

Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

 

Sunday Service

Pastoral Reading

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

Opening Song

Immortal, Invisible (TH #38)

1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible, hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.

2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might,
thy justice like mountains high soaring above
thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

4 Great God of all glory, great God of all light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight.
All praise we would render; O help us to see
‘tis only the splendor of light hideth thee.

Prayer

Focus this week: Vickie Stein

Song

The Everlasting Love of God

Verse 1
How vast the everlasting love of God
How sure and faithful as the morning
This love so great for us could never fail
Nor end for it had no beginning

Verse 2
How strong the Father’s beating heart for us
What mercy runs to meet the sinner
As rivers yearn to reach the lowest place
His grace shall flow to me forever

Chorus
Oh the everlasting love of God
It shall ever be my song
So immense and free more than life to me
The everlasting love of God

Verse 3
How great and precious my Redeemer’s blood
How pure the passion of the Savior
My sins are drowned beneath this mighty flood
My soul is swept away with wonder

Verse 4
How deep the measure of the Spirit’s work
Who dwells in us who seals the promise
God’s love through time and all eternity
Shall stand and we shall stand upon it
What now could separate us from it

Matt Boswell/Matt Papa/Matt Redman
@2020 Integrity Worship Music
CCLI #108183

Offering Song

The Works of His Hands

Verse 1
The works of His hands
Are the heralds of His greatness
Hear the trees of the field
As they sing in jubilation
And the mountains and the hills
And the lightning and the hail
I must echo them in praise
I must join their celebration

Verse 2
If we did not praise Him
The rocks would cry out
The earth declares His glory
And hear the sea resound
To the King who lives forever
In majesty and splendour
We’ll give Him the glory
With a song and a shout
And all God’s people sing

Chorus
Let the earth and all who live in it
Rejoice with sounds of praise
Let the nations join creation in
The honour of His name

Matt Redman/1992 Thankyou Music
@1993 CCL #108183

 

The Lord’s Table

Christ Our Righteousness

Scripture Reading

Isaiah 61

Preaching the Word

The Barren Fig Tree (Pt 3)
Luke 13:6-9

Closing Song

Benediction (HMA #18)

May the peace of God, our heav’nly Father,
And the grace of Christ, the risen Son,
And the fellowship of God the Spirit
Keep our hearts and minds within His love.
And to Him be praise for His glorious reign;
From the depths of earth to the heights of heaven
We declare the name of the Lamb once slain
Christ eternal, the King of Kings.
May this peace which passes understanding,
And this grace which makes us what we are,
And this fellowship of His communion,
Make us one in spirit and in heart.
And to Him be praise for His glorious reign;
From the depths of earth to the heights of heaven
We declare the name of the Lamb once slain
Christ eternal, the King of Kings.
And to Him be praise for His glorious reign;
From the depths of earth to the heights of heaven
We declare the name of the Lamb once slain
Christ eternal, the King of Kings.
Christ eternal, the King of Kings.