(Half of the) Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into Hades;
Reader-Response
Isaiah 53:1-3
LEADER
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
RESPONSE
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.
LEADER
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
RESPONSE
and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Worship in Song
Hallelujah What A Savior
Reader-Response
Isaiah 53:4-6
LEADER
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
RESPONSE
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.
LEADER
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way;
RESPONSE
and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Worship in Song (Continue)
Worthy Is The Lamb
Good Friday Meditation
Sermon Title: The Deep Truths of Good Friday
Preacher: Pastor Shawn Powers
Reader-Response
Isaiah 53:7-12
LEADER
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;
RESPONSE
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.
LEADER
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
RESPONSE
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.
LEADER
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. RESPONSE
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
LEADER
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors;
RESPONSE
yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Worship in Song (Continue)
The Garden (Meditation Song)
Jesus Thank You
(Pastor Rob to Close)
The Gospel Song