TEXT FOR "WOULD YOU KNOW CHRIST?" INTROIT: Hosanna! (Source: traditional) Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. ANTHEM: Would you know Christ? (Source: TCS) Would you know Christ if you saw Him today? Would He be Christ if His birthday were May? Would He count all His blessings with all of the dressings? Would He be in the news? Would He sit in our pews? Would you know Christ if you saw Him today? Would you know Christ if you had your own way? Would you know Christ if His voice had no sway? You know what the price is; get rid of those vices! Are you hiding your soul? It will soon take its toll. Would you know Christ? Would you follow a leader who told you your church has it wrong? Who tells you your traditions are bloated, your laws are untruthfully quoted. "But there is Good News", claimed the King of Jews, "GOD IS HERE RIGHT NOW!" Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato (He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate.) That He would die to show the ultimate way! Would He be Christ if He decided to stay? Will you follow and adore Him, or follow and ignore Him? Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna! Would you know Christ if you saw Him today? Would you know Christ if you had your own way? That he would die to show the ultimate way? It was written, God would command it again. BENEDICTION: Open to me the gates (Source: Psalm 118: 19-22) Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them and I will praise the Lord. This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. The stone which the builders refused is become the headstone of the corner. Amen. That Christ would die so we might find new life! Amen.