November 17, 2024
Faith and Repentance
If our faith be of God, it is evidenced by our turning away from all hope of salvation outside of Christ. Saving faith can have no confidence in the flesh. It is a complete rejection of our will, our works, or our wisdom having any contribution in our salvation. It confesses clearly and loudly; “Christ is all and in all.” True faith and true repentance are never separated. You cannot walk in one direction, without at the same time, be walking away from the opposite direction. ~GE
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… a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Matt. 17:5
Men only counterfeit that which has value. Is there anything on earth of more value to mortal man than a message of salvation from The Eternal, Immortal God of Heaven? The evidence of its value is seen in the abundance of its counterfeits. Many false prophets have gone out into the world. The problem is not that God has not spoken. He spoke clearly. The problem is that man does not want to hear what God has said. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. God is pleased only with Him. The message from God is clear and simple. It does not require a high IQ. It does require “I will”. That must come from God. Left to ourselves we will not have that man reign over us. God has spoken. Hear ye Him. ~GE
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May we sit at the foot of the cross, and there learn…what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done. ~John Newton
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Let us not lose heart, grow tired or discouraged, nor become careless or indifferent in our labor of love and works of faith; for it is required of God’s servants that they be FAITHFUL at all times and under every condition. God has a due season or an appointed time for His harvest and His judgments. Disappointment and failure should never discourage us; for this, too, is a part of God’s purpose. ~Henry Mahan
“Be still and know that I am God.”
This text forbids us to quarrel or murmur against God. All of us need to be afraid of this. Beware of it; for it is a dreadful thing to find fault with God's dealings with us or to say unto Him, 'What doest Thou?' It is a good account of Aaron that when God destroyed his sons, AARON HELD HIS PEACE. Let us then (while we bear the yoke) sit still and keep silence and put our mouth in the dust. God gives no account of His matters to anyone. There are so many things we cannot see through nor understand; but “the Lord is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” ~Henry Mahan
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If your faith be a God-communicated one, it is evidenced by your turning away from all creature confidences; by a renunciation of your own self-righteousness; by a repudiation of all your own works. ~A. W. Pink
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The Lord said in Luke 12:15, “Take heed and beware of covetousness.” In Colossians 3:5, covetousness is called idolatry. Covetousness is the sin that made Paul realize he was a sinner (Romans 7:7). Every sin has covetousness contained within it. Men covet power, prestige, pleasure, and do what is necessary to get what they covet. Men leave the simplicity of Christ because they covet something other than simply being saved by Him. Covetousness is listed last in the Ten Commandments. Perhaps this is because it is the summary of all sin! Every natural man is consumed with covetousness! The only thing that can keep a man from coveting is for him to have so much that there is nothing left to covet. Only the believer has that much, because having Christ, he has all. The man who has all has nothing to covet. ~Todd Nibert
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Upcoming Bible Conferences
November 15-17 Lantana Grace Church, Crossville, TN
January 17-19 Grace Gospel Church, Apopka, FL
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“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” Ps 122:1-4.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze,
But to Zion’s throne of grace,
By a way marked out with blood,
Sinners now approach to God.
Not to hear the fiery law,
But with humble joy to draw
Water, by that well supplied,
Jesus opened when he died.
Lord, there are no streams but thine
Can assuage a thirst like mine!
’Tis a thirst thyself didst give;
Let me, therefore, drink and live!
NURSERY
This Week 10:00 Pam 10:45 Sarah
Next Week 10:00 Kay 10:45 Savannah
Clean-Up Schedule
Week of Nov 17th Scott & Christine
Bonnie
Mark & Renae
Week of Nov 24th Don & Mary Wiginton
John & Lauraine
Aaron & Olivia
Birthdays
Nov 17 Ben Terrell Nov 19 Jeremy Parker
Nov 19 Summer Bond