December 15, 2024
“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender
mercies blot out my transgressions”. Ps 51:1
A loving father stands before the judge to plead the court’s mercy on behalf of his son. The judge responds to the father’s plea with; “sir, your son is a repeat offender, he is not worthy of mercy”. To which the father says; “with all due respect, Your Honor, if he deserved it, it would not be mercy”. Mercy is always undeserved and thank God, it is for repeat offenders. The only reason for Mercy cannot be found in its recipient. It can only be, “according to thy lovingkindness”. ~GE
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Can a Person Lose His Salvation?
The answer to that question is very simple: It depends altogether on who it is that “saved” him. If the salvation a person possesses is in any way dependent on what that person does, it is certain that he will lose it. And the sooner he does so, the better. For he will never have the Lord’s salvation until he has lost his own! A person can no more keep his salvation than he can earn it. However, if one’s salvation is wholly dependent on God, it is impossible for him to lose it. None of the works of God can fail. Since the salvation of sinners is a work of God (Ephesians 2:10), it is impossible that such salvation should fail in any way. ~Joe Terrell
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God Is God Over All
Psalm 24:1-2; A Psalm of David. “The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.”
I believe the greatest issue of our day is God’s Sovereignty. It is God being God in all things, it is God ruling over all, it is God choosing whom He will and passing by whom He will. This is the issue that this unbelieving world has with God. I say this, when men create a world they can run it as they will, but this one belongs to Almighty God and He is running it as He will. Do you know anyone wiser to rule over all? ~John Chapman
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Upcoming Bible Conference
January 17-19 Grace Gospel Church, Apopka, FL
Every Christian’s Testimony
"By the grace of God, I am what I am!" (1 Corinthians 15:10). Simply stated, in myself I am nothing more than a sinner saved by the free grace of God. My name, date of birth, and life are not worthy of mention. I fell in Adam, was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. I came forth from the womb speaking lies and estranged from God. By nature, I am a God-hating rebel, a child of wrath even as others.
However, God teaches me in His Word that before He formed me in my mother's womb, He knew me, loved me, and chose me to be His child. I have something better than a man-made theological degree. I have a priceless education of grace. I have been instructed by God in the ways of sovereign mercy, redeeming love, and omnipotent grace. I have been brought up in the School of Christ and illuminated by the Spirit of God. No man can have a better teacher than God or receive a better spiritual education than the one that God has freely given me by His grace.
By God's grace and through painful experience, I have learned, not only about my Savior--but that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. My blessed Redeemer has taught me well, that all men by nature are totally depraved and deserving of Hell because of their sin--I myself included. By the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, God has convinced me of the utter insufficiency of my own righteousness to justify me, and the all-sufficiency of the righteousness of Christ. By the eyes of God-given faith, I now see that Christ is all: all in salvation, all in the Scriptures, all in life, all in death, all in time, and all in eternity! "Christ is all!" (Colossians 3:11). ~Author Unknown
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“Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter (law), but of the spirit (Gospel): for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth light.”
(2 Cor. 3:6)
The law-Gospel distinction is one of the most important teachings in all of God's Word. As the Spirit reveals to the believer this beautiful distinction between Law and Gospel, all confusion is removed and the beauty of what Christ accomplished on the Cross for hopeless and helpless sinners is magnified. ~David McGaugh
CALL TO WORSHIP
Sons of God redeemed by blood
Raise your songs to Zion’s God
Made from condemnation free
Grace triumphant sing with me.
Calvary’s wonders let us trace
Justice magnified in grace
Mark the crimson streams and say
Thus my sins were washed away.
Wrath Divine no more we dread
Vengeance smote our Surety’s head
Demands of justice fully met
Christ hath paid the dreadful debt.
Lamb of God! Thy death hath giv’n
Pardon, peace and hope of heav’n
It is finished; let us raise
Songs of gratitude and praise!
(Tune: “Depth of Mercy” p. 233)
NURSERY
This Week 10:00 Zobi 10:45 Megan
Next Week 10:00 Jennifer D 10:45 Star
Clean-Up Schedule
Week of Dec 15th John & Jennifer
Ryan & LG
Hugo & Zobi
Brian
Week of Dec 22nd Jeremy & Sandy
Jeff & Megan
Donnie & Jeanette
Birthdays
Dec 15 Jorge Velasco
Holiday Service Schedule: No Wednesday night service on the 25th. We will have service on Wednesday night, January 1st.