Preservice song: Psalm 103C: 1-4
Votum
Salutation
Singing: Ps. 95: 1,2,3
Prayer
Reading: Luke 5: 12-26
Singing: Hy. 18: 1,3
Text: Luke 5: 17-26
Sermon:
Know with certainty that Jesus has authority to forgive your sins!
1. Jesus’ authority to forgive sins proclaimed to the paralytic (vs. 17-20)
2. Jesus’ authority to forgive sins challenged by the Pharisees (vs. 21)
3. Jesus’ authority to forgive sins confirmed by the miracle (vs. 22-26)
Singing: Hy. 81: 1,3,4,6,7
Confession of Faith: Hy. 1
Prayer
Offertory
Singing: Ps. 103: 1,4,8
Benediction