Church Year: Trinity:
Date: August 14, 2005
Theme: Heartache For Christ
– Romans 9:1-5,32-33
– Pastor: John Hein
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 1 : Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty 
TLH 419 : O'er Jerusalem Thou Weepest
TLH 466 : Christ, Thou Art the Sure Foundation
WS 776: Lord, ‘Tis Not that I Did Choose You (see insert)
Scripture Readings:
1 Kings 19:9-18
Matthew 14:22-33
Theme: Heartache For Christ
Romans 9:1-5
God’s Sovereign Choice
9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 9:32-33
32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” (ESV)