Adapted from Romans 5:6-82 & Corinthians 5:21

Leader: God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

People: You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Submitted by Dustin Ray

Adapted from Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’

And believe in your heart that God raised him from dead, 

You will be saved.

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified. 

And it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”

God of grace, we profess our faith in you. Please show us your grace was we worship you today. 

Submitted by Austin D. Hill (NIV, adapted for liturgical use)