BULLETIN

Post-Service Sunday School

A time of study and open discussion will follow today’s morning service. Adults are encouraged to stay in the sanctuary, while children can be taken downstairs where we will offer lessons for various ages.

Fundraiser Thank You!

An enormous thank you to the 13 volunteers this past Friday that provided childcare and prepared the 36 dozen ham & cheese sandwiches for the fundraiser to benefit a friend of the church as they endure the process of a full digestive tract transplant. This fundraiser was organized by the Women's Guild.

Nominations for Elders and Deacons

Make a nomination for an elder or deacon by telling either the pastor or any member of the current Consistory. Nominees must meet the qualifications described in the recently ratified constitution (you can read the constitution here), in accordance with 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. We hope to install the new elders and deacons on the first Sunday of December.

If you would like a printed copy of the constitution, send an email to the church secretary.

Join the Homewood Auxiliary

The theme of the 2025 membership drive for the Homewood Auxiliary is Matthew 5:16 - "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." The Auxiliary’s mission is to enhance the lives of the residents at Homewood in Martinsburg. Dues are $3.00 per member. For more information, send an email to the church secretary.

Suggest a Bucket Brigade Recipient

Spare change is collected on the second Sunday of each month. This donation is then given to a needy member of our community. If you have a suggestion of someone in need, let the pastor or the church secretary know.

Church Secretary Contact Information

If you have any questions or would like to add an announcement or prayer request to an upcoming bulletin, send an email to SalemReformed4008@gmail.com in order to reach Salem's secretary.

Prayer Based on the Bible

That we would hate sin more

Psalm 119:103-104

A list of current prayer concerns can be found in a paper copy of today's bulletin. Out of discretion for those named, they will not be listed here online.

I've tried in vain a thousand ways

My fears to quell, my hopes to raise

But what I need, Your word has said

Is ever, only, Jesus

You died, You live, You reign, You plead

There's love in all your words and deeds

This weary heart finds all it needs

In ever, only, Jesus

Cause I want to know You, Jesus my LORD

King of the Heavens, King of my soul

I trade my treasures and all my rewards

Jesus to know You, then know You more

Though some should curse me for Your name

I have no fear, I have no shame

You stand with me for all my days

My ever, only, Jesus

I want to know You, Jesus my LORD

King of the Heavens, King of my soul

I trade my treasures and all my rewards

Jesus to know You, then know You more

Like wave after wave on the ocean

Like all of the sand on the shore

Your beauty and glory are endless

O Jesus I must know you more

Like wave after wave on the ocean

Like all of the sand on the shore

Your beauty and glory are endless

O Jesus I must know you more

I want to know You, Jesus my LORD

King of the Heavens, King of my soul

I trade my treasures and all my rewards

Jesus to know You, then know You more

I want to know You, Jesus my LORD

King of the Heavens, King of my soul

I trade my treasures and all my rewards

Jesus to know You, then know You more

Jesus to know You, then know You more

(Minister only)

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 

(All)

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

(Minister only)

And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him

Great is Thy faithfulness 

O GOD my Father

There is no shadow

Of turning with Thee

Thou changest not

Thy compassions they fail not

As Thou hast been

Thou forever wilt be

Great is Thy faithfulness! 

Great is Thy faithfulness! 

Morning by morning new mercies I see 

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided

Great is Thy faithfulness LORD unto me!

Summer and winter

And springtime and harvest

Sun, moon, and stars

In their courses above

Join with all nature

In manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness

Mercy and love

Great is Thy faithfulness! 

Great is Thy faithfulness! 

Morning by morning new mercies I see 

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided

Great is Thy faithfulness LORD unto me!

Pardon for sin

And a peace that endureth

Thy own dear presence

To cheer and to guide

Strength for today

And bright hope for tomorrow 

Blessings all mine

With ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness! 

Great is Thy faithfulness! 

Morning by morning new mercies I see 

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided

Great is Thy faithfulness LORD unto me!

The LORD Answers Job

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.

4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

5 Who determined its measurements — surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,

7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 "Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

9 when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

10 and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,

11 and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?

12 "Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,

13 that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

14 It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment.

15 From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.

16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.

(Minister only)

Let us humbly confess our sins

(All)

Our LORD, we come to our faithful Savior Jesus who has made satisfaction for our sin by the blood of His Cross. We confess our sin now, believing the promises of the Gospel. Amen.

Time for Silent Confession

(Minister)

GOD is faithful to forgive our sin!

(All)

Thanks be to GOD!

Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow

Praise Him all creatures here below

Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Amen

Savior, Thy dying love

Thou gavest me

Nor should I aught withold 

Dear LORD, from Thee

In love my soul would bow 

My heart fulfill its vow 

Some off'ring bring Thee now

Something for Thee

Give me a faithful heart 

Guided by Thee 

That each departing day

Henceforth may see

Some work of love begun

Some deed of kindness done 

Some wand'rer sought and won 

Something for Thee

All that I am and have 

Thy gifts so free 

Ever in joy or grief

My LORD, for Thee

And when Thy face I see

My ransomed soul shall be

Through all eternity 

Something for Thee

SERIES

Living In GOD’s House

SERMON

Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing: We Are Justified by Faith in Christ!

MAIN VERSES

2 Timothy 2:8 - 19

8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,

9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!

10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 The saying is trustworthy, for:

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;

if we deny him, he also will deny us;

13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—

for he cannot deny himself.

A Worker Approved by God

14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God[a] not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[b] a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

18 who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.

19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The LORD knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the LORD depart from iniquity.”

Footnotes

2 Timothy 2:14 Some manuscripts the LORD

2 Timothy 2:15 That is, one approved after being tested

Our Father

who art in heaven

hallowed be Thy name

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven

Give us this day our daily bread

And forgive us our debts

as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil

For Thine is the kingdom

and the power

and the glory, forever and ever

Amen

How firm a foundation

Ye saints of the LORD

Is laid for your faith

In His excellent Word!

What more can He say

Than to you He hath said

To you who for refuge

To Jesus have fled?

Fear not, I am with thee

O be not dismayed

For I am thy GOD

And will still give thee aid

I'll strengthen thee, help thee

And cause thee to stand

Up held by my righteous

Omnipotent hand

When through the deep waters

I call thee to go

The rivers of sorrow

Shall not overflow

For I will be with thee

Thy troubles to bless

And sanctify to thee

Thy deepest distress

When through fiery trials

Thy pathway shall lie

My grace, allsuffient

Shall be thy supply

The flame shall not hurt thee

I only design

Thy dross to consume

And thy gold to refine

The soul that on Jesus

Hath leaned for repose

I will not, I will not

Desert to its foes

That soul, though all hell

Should endeavor to shake

I'll never, no, never,

No, never forsake!