July 5, 2009
Sundays 11:00 am Channel 36 WTVQ
It is requested that all children under the age of five stay in our nursery
so there will be no distractions during the preaching of the Gospel.

Come, all harmonious tongues
Your noblest music bring
‘Tis Christ the everlasting God
And Christ the Man we sing
Tell how He took our flesh
To take away our guilt
Sing the dear drops of sacred blood
That on the cross was spilt.

The waves of swelling grief
Did o’er His bosom roll
And mountains of almighty wrath
Lay heavy on His soul
Down to the shades of death
He bow’d His mighty head
Yet He arose to live and reign
When death itself is dead.

There the Redeemer sits
High on the Father’s throne
The Father lays His vengeance by
And smiles upon His Son
There His full glories shine
With uncreated rays
Beheld by saints’ and angels’ eyes
To everlasting days.

(Tune: “This is My Father’s World” p. 39)

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We will observe the Lord’s Table this evening.

Starting today and continuing over the new few months in our adult Bible Study, we will be looking at what the Scriptures say about marriage.

We are planning to compile a church directory with pictures. The photographer will be here Friday July 31st, Saturday August 1st, and Monday August 10th. The sign-up information is in the foyer.

Birthdays
8th - Rob Elliott 9th - Michael Cunningham

“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.” - Proverb 26:12

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WHAT PREACHING SHOULD BE
In I Corinthians 14, Paul is rebuking the church at Corinth for their abuse of the supernatural gift of tongues…the ability to preach the Gospel in another language. In verses 7-9 he gives us three words that characterize true preaching: (1) distinction, (2) not uncertain,(3) easy to be understood. If the preaching is distinct, you don’t have to try and figure out what the preacher meant. You know what he meant. True preaching is not uncertain. It is not ambiguous. It is not something that can satisfy two people that have a diff erent set of beliefs. And in true preaching the words are easy to understand. If the preaching is unintelligible, it if it presented in language that a child could not understand, it is not preaching that God inspires. True preaching is distinct, not uncertain, and easy to understand.

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WHY IS THE GOSPEL A MYSTERY TO MOST?
Proverb 8:9
Why is the Truth such a mystery to most? Why is the Gospel so clear to the believer, yet the world does not see it that way at all? Because Christ said, “It is not given to them but to you it is given .” The Gospel is a revelation, a gift, a very personal one at that. Just as you and I give gifts to whomever we will, so it is with the unspeakable gift of a revelation of the Truth. He reveals it to whomsoever He will. And when He reveals the Truth, it is, “all plain to him that understandeth and right to them that find knowledge.” (Proverbs 8:9)
- Pastor Paul Mahan

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Faith is not believing that God will do what I want Him to do, or what I think I need Him to do. Faith is believing that God will do what He said He would do. Faith in Christ is an abandonment of our own thoughts and ways, and a complete, unreserved trusting of Him as our Righteousness, Sin-offering and Sovereign.
&n bsp; - Pastor Chris Cunningham

UNBELIEF A CHOICE - FAITH A GIFT
Unbelief is a choice men make, a decision of the rebel will of unregenerate souls. Again and again we read this accusation against the wicked in the Book of God: “Ye will not believe.” In fact, this is set before us as the very core of wickedness in fallen man - “Ye believe not one me” (John 16:9). The wicked perish because they choose not to trust the Son of God. Men and women shall justly bear the judgment of God f orever in hell because they will not to believe.
But faith in Christ is never spoken of in Scripture as a decision people make. Faith is never represented as something men will to do. Faith in Christ is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). It is the operation of God the Holy Spirit in us (Colossians 2:12), born in us by that same omnipotent, resurrection power of God that raised Christ from the dead (Ephesians 1:19). Faith in Christ is the fruit of life bestowed. As the newborn infant finds himself breathing, so the heaven born soul finds himself believing.
If you now find yourself believing on the Son of God, it is because He has given you everlasting life. If you will not to believe, it is because the wrath of God abides on you (John 3:36).
- Pastor Don Fortner

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LISTEN TO THE WHOLE MESSAGE
& nbsp; “And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.” - Matthew 17:22-23
Our Lord began to show unto His disciples how that He must suffer and die and rise the third day. They were so overcome with grief that they missed the good news that He should rise the third day. It would do us well to listen to the whole message; they heard one point of His message, but missed the message. Therefore, they missed the blessing of His resurrection. The good news is in the whole message.
&nbs p; - Pastor John Chapman

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Don’t complain and find fault with Second Causes - just remember our sovereign God is the First Cause of all things - because all things are of God. - Rolfe Barnard