The Second Presbyterian Church

Greenville, South Carolina Dr. Richard D. Phillips, Senior Minister

Established in 1892 for the Glory of God

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; To all who mourn and long for comfort; To all who struggle and desire victory; To all who sin and need a Savior; To all who are strangers and want fellowship; To all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whoever will come;

This church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Evening Worship, October 11, 2020 THE LORD’S DAY October 11, 2020 EVENING WORSHIP 6:00 PM

The Prelude PRELUDE ON “SICILIAN MARINERS” G. Young The Welcome and Announcements

The Call To Worship Matthew 11:28-29

* The Hymn 427 (Page 4 & 5) FINLANDIA I SOUGHT THE LORD, AND AFTERWARD I KNEW * The Invocation

* The Psalm 86A (Page 6) LLEF TEACH ME, O LORD

The Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

The Offertory PRELUDE IN E MINOR Fréderic Chopin

James Schvaneveldt, piano

* The Offertory Response SCHUMANN WE GIVE THEE BUT THINE OWN We give thee but thine own, whate’er the gift may be: all that we have is thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from thee.

The Evening Prayer Bill Watkins

* The Psalm 119N (Page 7) CANONBURY YOUR WORD SHEDS LIGHT UPON MY PATH The Scripture (Page 3) 2 Chronicles 11:1-23

The Sermon TO SEEK THE LORD Dr. Richard D. Phillips

* The Hymn 459 (Page 8) SOLID ROCK MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS The Benediction * The Postlude C. V. Stanford ++++ WHEN IN OUR MUSIC GOD IS GLORIFIED * Congregation Stands

2 The Scripture 2 Chronicles 11:1-23

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to re- store the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God: 3”Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 4’Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the 5 word of the LORD and returned and did not go against Jeroboam. Re- hoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah. 6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, 8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities that are in Judah and in Benjamin. 11He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine. 12And he put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin. 13And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented them- selves to him from all places where they lived. 14For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusa- lem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the LORD, 15and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the calves that he had made. 16And those who had set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers. 17They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solo- mon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon. 18Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, 19and she bore him sons, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absa- lom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daugh- ters). 22And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. 23And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the dis- tricts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them.

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