September 13, 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.


HYMN OF THE DAY
Sovereign grace o’er sin abounding
Ransomed souls, the tidings swell
‘Tis a deep that knows no sounding
Who its breadth or length can tell?

What from Christ that soul can sever
Bound by everlasting bands
Once in Him, in Him forever
None can pluck them from His hands.

Heirs of God, joint heirs with Jesus
Long ere time its race begun
To His name eternal praises
Oh what wonders Christ hath done.

On such love, my soul shall ponder
Love so great, so rich, so free
Say, while lost in holy wonder
Why, O Lord, such love to me?

(Tune: “Jesus Calls Us” p. 374)


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Bruce Crabtree will preach for us this Wednesday night.


Birthdays
16th – Lyn Tindall 18th – Heather Ham
19th – Kaitlyn Burton 19th – Rebecca Coffey


THE DANGER OF PRIDE
Pride grows with the decrease of other sins, and thrives by their decay. Satan is subtle; he will make a man proud of his very graces…he will make him proud that he is not proud. – Thomas Brooks
“An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.” - Proverbs 16:27

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WHAT AM I REALLY LIKE?
& nbsp; A true indicator of what I am really like is seen by how I view others. Do I esteem them highly? Do I esteem my brethren in Christ as better than me? Or am I critical towards them, quick to judge them. How we view our brethren is a good indicator of the state of our hearts.

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Recently a preacher told me that although he believed the doctrines of grace, he was not a fanatic about it. He assured me that he sought to reach a proper balance between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility, and he was not concerned about=2 0making sure his hearers could cross every “t” and dot every “i”. After hearing him preach, I was convinced that he lived up to what he said. Not only was he not a fanatic regarding the doctrines of grace, you would never even know he believed them at all by his preaching. If a proper balance between sovereignty and responsibility is achieved by silence, he certainly achieved that. Not only did he not concern himself about his hearers not crossing every “t” and dotting every “i”, it was evident that he was not concerned about them crossing any “t” or dotting any “i”.
Give me somebody who is a fanatic about God’s truth! Deliver me from the compromiser who under the guise of “balance” carefully avoids offending anybody! I want to hear a man who does cross every “t” and dot every “i”. After all, the Lord did say, Verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

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The heathen outside the pale of Christendom form gods out of wood and stone, while the millions of heathen inside Christendom manufacture a god out of their own carnal minds. In reality, they are but atheists; FOR THERE IS NO OTHER POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE BETWEEN AN ABSOLUTE SUPREME GOD AND NO GOD AT ALL! A “god” whose will is resisted, whose designs are frustrated, and whose purpose is checkmated, possesses no title to Deity, and SO FAR FROM BEING A FIT OBJECT OF WORSHIP, MERITS NOUGHT BUT CONTEMPT! - A. W. Pink
“Looking unto Jesus” - Hebrews 12:2
Three words only, but in these three words is the whole secret of life.
“Looking unto Jesus” in the Scriptures, to learn who He is, what He has done, why He did it, and where He is now.
“Looking unto Jesus” incarnated, our representative, our federal head and surety.
“Looking unto Jesus” crucified, to find in His blood our ransom, our pardon, and our peace.
“Looking unto Jesus” risen again, to find in Him the righteousness which alone justifies us and permits us, all un worthy as we are, to approach with assurance in His name, Him who is His Father and our Father, His God and our God.
“Looking unto Jesus” glorified, to find in Him our High Priest, our heavenly advocate, appearing even now for us before the presence of God and supplying the imperfections of our person and prayers by the efficacy of His holiness and prayers, which the Father always hears.
“Looking unto Jesus” and not to our faith, for it is not from faith that strength comes; but it is from the Saviour by faith. It is not looking unto our look; it is by looking unto Jesus.
“Looking unto Jesus” and not to our strength nor our weakness, not to our gifts nor our griefs, not to our meditations nor lack of them, not to our brethren nor our enemies. It is looking unto Jesus ALONE, unto Jesus AGAIN, unto Jesus ALWAYS, and unto Jesus UNTIL He comes again and “we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.”
- Adolphe Monod


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If there be anything plainly taught in Scripture, it is that the sacrifice of Christ was made for those only who shall eventually be saved by it. If the wisdom of men cannot reconcile this with their views of what is right, let them be prepared to dispute the matter with the Almighty in the Day of Judgment. – Alexander Carson ;