Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

(The words for hymns and bible reading follow the order of service.)

Welcome & Intimations
Dedication of offering
Call to Worship
MP445 Lord the light of your love
All age address
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
JP 169 : My God is so big
Moderators Video – info for next week
Introduction to Reading
Reading Romans 14: 1 – 4
Reading Matthew 18 : 21 – 35
MP 619 : Such love
Sermon
Video Amazing Grace
Intercessions
MP 673 There is a redeemer
Benediction

Call to Worship
Create in me a pure heart, O God
Renew a steadfast spirit within me
Do not cast me from your presence
Or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me

MP445 Lord the light of your love

1 Lord, the light of Your love is shining,
in the midst of the darkness, shining;
Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us;
set us free by the truth You now bring us –
shine on me, shine on me.

Chorus: Shine, Jesus, shine,
fill this land with the Father’s glory;
blaze, Spirit, blaze,
set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow,
flood the nations with grace and mercy:
send forth Your word, Lord
and let there be light.

2 Lord, I come to Your awesome presence,
from the shadows into Your radiance;
by Your blood I may enter Your Brightness;
search me, try me,  consume all my darkness –
shine on me, shine on me.

3  As we gaze on Your kingly brightness
so our faces display Your likeness,
ever changing from glory to glory;
mirrored here, may our lives tell Your story –
shine on me, shine on me.

JP 169 : My God is so big

Romans 14 : 1 – 4  New International Version
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarrelling over disputable matters.
One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

Matthew 18:21-35 New International Version
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked,
“Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times”.
“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, cancelled the debt and let him go.
“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him.
‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him,
‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
“Then the master called the servant in.
‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’
In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

MP 619 : Such love

1 Such love, pure as the whitest snow;
such love weeps for the shame I know;
such love, paying the debt I owe;
O Jesus, such love

2 Such love, stilling my restlessness
such love, filling my emptiness;
such love, showing me holiness;
O Jesus, such love.

3 Such love springs from eternity;
such love, streaming through history;
such love, fountain of life to me;
O Jesus, such love.

MP 673 There is a redeemer

1 There is a Redeemer,
Jesus, God’s own Son,
precious Lamb of God, Messiah,
Holy One.

Chorus: Thank You, O my Father,
for giving us Your Son,
and leaving Your Spirit
till the work on earth is done.

2 Jesus, my Redeemer,
name above all names,
previous Lamb of God, Messiah,
O for sinners slain;

3 When I stand in glory
I will see His face,
and there I’ll serve my King for ever
in that holy place.