April 27, 2025
How Do I Know That I Am a Sinner?
The same way I know everything else concerning my salvation. Experience, feelings, reason? No. These things are always subjective and therefore never reliable when it comes to the salvation of my soul. The reason I know for sure that I am a sinner, is because God said so. Saving faith simply believes God. God said, all have sinned and come short of His glory. Whatever pangs of conscience might be associated with the conviction of sin, our final and true source of assurance is always faith. It is the evidence of things not seen. ~GE
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“O HAPPY THOUGHT!”, said C. H. Spurgeon, “Although I do not know where the road winds, I do know where it ends – in His presence, conformed to His image.” My heart responds, “YES, O HAPPY, HAPPY THOUGHT!
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Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us,
and not unto the world?” John 14:22
Do you remember dog whistles? They emitted a very high frequency sound that humans cannot hear, but dogs can. The purpose for dog whistles is to make a way to call one’s dog without disturbing the neighbors.
Every once in a while, a discussion arises over just how little of the truth one can believe and yet rightly be called a Christian. In truth, it is a silly question, for there can be no useful purpose served by the answer. If we discovered the answer, would we then confine ourselves to only that “essential truth” and preach no more? I hardly think so.
There is a better way to discover who the Lords are. The Truth is like a dog whistle: all the Lord’s dogs can hear it. We need not try to discover the lowest frequency that these dogs can hear but others cannot. Rather, we need only to take up that Divine dog whistle of the “Whole counsel of God” and blow it. All those who come are the Lord’s dogs; all those who do not come prove they did not hear; and they did not hear because they could not hear; they are not dogs! ~Joe Terrell
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Upcoming Bible Conferences
June 6-8 Oley Grace Church, Oley, PA
June 27-29 Lantana Grace Church, Crossville, TN
What Does Faith Do?
FAITH takes God at His Word and depends upon Him for the whole of salvation. God is good, and therefore He will not, He is true and therefore He cannot, deceive me. I believe that He speaks as He means and will do what He says, for which reason let me be strong in faith, giving honor to God, and rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. ~John Ryland
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The trying of the faith of God’s saints is good for it proves God’s love for them and therefore their sonship (Heb. 12:8). But coupled with the trials suffered by the Lord’s people is the realization that the sufferings shall not be forever. Soon their sufferings and sojourning in this life shall give way to the glory of the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world (Matt. 25:34). “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Cor. 4:17). ~Marvin Stalnaker
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“The only reason we perceive ourselves to be pretty good is because we only compare ourselves with people who are pretty bad.” ~Henry Mahan
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Faith Honors Christ
FAITH is a secondary thing compared to Christ. We must have faith to be as the finger with which we touch the hem of the Master’s garment, but the finger does not work the cure. Shall I refuse to touch because I have not washed my finger clean, or it has no gold ring on it? To attach so much importance to the finger as to refuse to touch Christ’s garment with it would be insanity. Do not mind your finger; touch the garment’s hem! Get to Christ somehow, anyhow, for if you get to Him you shall live. It is not the greatness nor the perfection of your faith, it is His greatness and His perfection which is to be depended on. ~Charles Spurgeon|
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In Christ, there is no further perfection to attain. In Christ, a sinner is made to be everything that God requires him to be. In Christ, wisdom is complete, righteousness is complete, sanctification is complete, and redemption is complete. To know Him is to know it all, and to have Him is to have it all. In Christ, we are as perfectly complete as we will ever be. ~Gabe Stalnaker
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;
Legal claims are fully met,
Jesus paid the dreadful debt.
Lamb of God Thy death hath given,
Pardon, peace, and hope of heav’n;
“It is finished.” Let us raise
Songs of gratitude and praise.
(Tune: “Depths of Mercy” p. 233)
NURSERY
This Week 10:00 Mary Wiginton 10:45 Lauren
Next Week 10:00 Ruth 10:45 Zobi
Clean-Up Schedule
Week of Apr 27th Jim & Kay
Pam
Jane
Week of May 4th Scott & Christine
Bonnie
Mark & Renae
Birthdays
April 28 Kay Riscinti April 29 Emily Murray
April 30 Matt Eby May 1 Mirabelle Wiginton
May 2 Caleb Torres May 3 Ricardo Belleza
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June 12th – 13th Vacation Bible School
9:30 to 11:45 am Age 3 to 12 years old