Order of Worship for 04.12.09 – Easter Sunday
Apr 10th, 2009 | By cvpcpastor | Category: Order of WorshipBy foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted.
Who was the guilty who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee: I crucified thee.
And so it is that we have seen Jesus nailed to the cross – not because of anything HE had done, but for what WE have done. As Isaiah had said of the Servant, “he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed,” Paul reiterated to the saints in Corinth: “For our sake [the Father] made [Jesus] to be sin, who knew no sin …”
And it was in that state – bearing our sins – that Jesus dies upon the cross.
Reflect on that and anticipate, then, the joy that is ours when we arrive at church on Sunday to see the risen Jesus: “Greetings! Welcome to a whole new reality – nothing remains the same from this time forward!”
In the anticipation of that joy let us come and worship, Christ the Lord, the risen King!