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5. Endwith the closing song

Good Friday Worship Service, April 10, 2020

LITURGY

BIBLE SENTENCE:

“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free’.” (John 8:31-32)
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me’.” (John 14:6)

OPENING MEDITATION:

CALL TO WORSHIP:

“Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed.
For He grew up before Him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.
He was despised and rejected by men,a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;and as one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely, He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions;He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,and with His wounds we are healed.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet he opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.
And they made His grave with the wicked and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence,and there was no deceit in His mouth.
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him; He has put Him to grief; when His soul makes an offering for guilt, He shall see His offspring; He shall prolong His days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.” (Isaiah 53:1-5, 7, 10-11)                                                    

CONFESSING OUR SIN TOGETHER:

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”  (Isaiah 53:6)
Take a next few moments to silently confess your sins, that you might know cleansing forgiveness, and the joy of restored life in Him.

SONG OF ASSURANCE:

Note: Tempo varies

THE READING OF GOD’S WORD:

SYMBOL: CROWN OF THORNS
“Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a reed in His right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”  And they spit on Him and took the reed and struck Him on the head. And when they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe and put His own clothes on Him and led Him away to crucify Him. (Matthew 27:27–31)

SYMBOL: WOOD
“So he delivered Him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, ‘Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jew’s.” (John 19: 16–19)

SYMBOL: NAILS
“And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when He tasted it, He would not drink it. And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments among them by casting lots. Then they sat down and kept watch over Him there.” (Matthew 27:33-36)

“And the soldiers led Him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed Him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him. And they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they were striking His head with a reed and spitting on Him and kneeling down in homage to Him. And when they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the purple cloak and put His own clothes on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him. And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry His cross. And they brought Him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). And they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it. And they crucified Him and divided His garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.  And the inscription of the charge against Him read, ‘The King of the Jews’.” (Mark 15:16-26)

 SYMBOL: VINEGAR
“And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at Him, saying, ‘He saved others; let him save Himself, if He is the Christ of God, His Chosen One!’ The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up and offering Him sour wine and saying, ‘If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!’ There was also an inscription over Him, ‘This is the King of the Jews’.” (Luke 23:35-38)

 SYMBOL: CLOTH
“After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away His body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. (John 19:38-40)

SYMBOL: TOMB
“Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. (John: 19:41-42)

MEDITATION:

HYMN:

SERMON:

THE WORD OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED: Rev. Dr.  R. Geoffrey Brown
We—The Spirituality of the People of God  for the Glory of His Name
Deeply Moved—Christ’s Humiliation for Our Salvation
Mark 15:16-25