Luke 13:6-9
“If it bear fruit, well”
“If it bear fruit, well”
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All hymns from Psalms and Hymns of Reformed Worship unless otherwise noted.
HYMN PREPARATORY
PHRW #368 "The sinner that truly believes"
PHRW #243 "When I survey the wondrous cross"
OPENING WORD
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1Co 1:2-3
Psa 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
BIBLE
Psalms 92
How Great Are Your Works
Psa 92:1 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Psa 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Psa 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psa 92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Psa 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Psa 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psa 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psa 92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
Psa 92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psa 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Psa 92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Psa 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psa 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psa 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Psa 92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
HYMN
PHRW #281 "Rejoice! the Lord is King"
REJOICE! the Lord is King:
Your Lord and King adore;
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice:
Rejoice; again I say, rejoice.
2 Jesus the Saviour reigns,
The God of Truth and love;
When He had purged our stains,
He took His seat above:
3 His kingdom cannot fail:
He rules o’er earth and Heaven;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus given:
4 He sits at God’s right hand,
Till all His foes submit,
And bow to His command,
And fall before His feet:
5 Rejoice in glorious hope:
Jesus, the Judge, shall come,
And take His servants up
To their eternal home:
Charles Wesley, 1707-88
PRAYER
BIBLE
Old Testament
Isaiah 5:1-7
Isa 5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Isa 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Isa 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Isa 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Isa 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Isa 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isa 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
BIBLE MEMORY VERSE
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
HYMN
Psalmnody
SP #92 " How good it is to praise the LORD"
How good it is to praise the LORD,
to sing a joyful song,
And to your name, O God Most High,
make music all day long;
2 To show your love when morning comes,
your faithfulness at night,
3 With music of stringed instruments
your praises to recite.
4 For by your mighty deeds, O LORD,
you make my spirit glad;
I sing for joy, when I survey
the works your hands have made.
5 How great are all your works, O LORD,
your thoughts, how deep and grand!
6 The senseless one does not perceive,
fools do not understand.
12 Like palms and cedars flourishing
the righteous all will be,
13 And planted in the house of God,
will grow abundantly.
14 So in old age they still bear fruit;
they will stay fresh and strong.
15 They will proclaim: “The LORD is just—
my Rock, who does no wrong.”
PRAYER
Unreached People: Malay in Malaysia
Language: Malay
Primary Religion: Islam
Evangelical: 0.08%
BIBLE
New Testament
Luke 13:1-9
Luk 13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luk 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
Luk 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luk 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luk 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
Luk 13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Luk 13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luk 13:8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Luk 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
HYMN
PHRW #459 "Thy life was given for me"
THY life was given for me,
Thy blood, O Lord, was shed
That I might ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead:
Thy life was given for me;
What have I given for Thee?
2 Long years were spent for me
In weariness and woe,
That through eternity
Thy glory I might know:
Long years were spent for me;
Have I spent one for Thee?
3 Thou, Lord, hast borne for me
More than my tongue can tell
Of bitterest agony,
To rescue me from hell:
Thou sufferedst all for me;
What have I borne for Thee?
4 And Thou hast brought to me
Down from Thy home above
Salvation full and free,
Thy pardon and Thy love:
Great gifts Thou broughtest me;
What have I brought to Thee?
5 O let my life be given,
My years for Thee be spent,
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent:
Thou gav’st Thyself for me;
I give myself to Thee!
Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-79
BIBLE
From Psalm 119
113-120
Psa 119:113 SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Psa 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Psa 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Psa 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psa 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Psa 119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Psa 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Psa 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
SERMON
Luke 13:6-9, “If it bear fruit, well”
LORD’S SUPPER
HYMN
PHRW #368 "The sinner that truly believes"
THE sinner that truly believes,
And trusts in the crucified God,
A pardon at once then receives,
Redemption in full through His blood;
The faith that unites to the Lamb,
And brings such salvation as this,
Is more than mere notion or name:
The work of God’s Spirit it is.
2 A principle, active and young,
That lives under pressure and load,
This faith makes the fearful more strong,
And draws the soul upward to God.
It says to the mountains, ‘Depart!’
That stand between God and the soul;
It binds up the broken in heart,
And makes wounded consciences whole.
3 It treads on the world, and on hell;
It vanquishes death and despair;
And what is still stranger to tell,
It overcomes Heaven by prayer:
Permits a vile worm of the dust
With God to commune as a friend,
To live in devotion and trust,
And walk in His love to the end.
Joseph Hart, 1712-68
PRAYER
Psa 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Numbers 6:24-26