July 5^th - 2020

9:30 am ----------------------------------------------------------Lord of The Harvest – Luke 10:1-16

10:00 am ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --- Not Ashamed – Romans 9:33, 10:11

Wednesday: 7:00 pm------------------------------------------------ I Will Cry Unto God – Psalm 57

Little Faith is Saving Faith – by J.C. Phipot

"For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." -- Romans 10:11

A child of God may be often deeply exercised whether he has any faith at all; for when he reads what faith has done and can do, and sees and feels how little it has done for him, he is seized with doubts and fears whether he has ever been blessed with the faith of God's elect. This makes him often say, "Oh, do I indeed possess one grain of saving faith?" But he does possess it: nay, it is his very faith which makes him so anxiously ask himself the question, as well as see and feel the nature and amount of his unbelief. It is the very light of God shining into his soul that shews him his sins, their nature and number; convinces him of their guilt and enormity; lays the burden of them upon his conscience; and discovers to him the workings of an unbelieving heart. But besides this, if he had no faith at all he could not hear the voice of God speaking in the gospel, nor receive it as a message of mercy; so that he has faith, though he has not its witnessing evidence, or its abounding comfort. This faith will save his soul; for "the gifts and calling of God are without repentance;" that is, God never repents of any gift that he bestows or of any calling which he has granted. If, then, he has ever blessed you with faith, however small that faith may be in itself or in your own view of it, he will never take it away out of your heart, but rather fan the smoking flax until it burst forth into a flame. He will never forsake the work of his own hands, for he which "hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." If ever, then, if but once in your life, you have felt the gospel to be the power of God unto salvation; if you have ever had one view of Christ by living faith; if but once only, under the influence of his blessed Spirit on your heart, you have laid hold of him and felt even for a few minutes that he was yours, your soul is as safe as though it were continually bathing in the river which maketh glad the city of God, continually drinking of the honey and milk of the, gospel, and walking all day long in the full light of his most gracious countenance. Not that a man should be satisfied with living at a poor, cold, dying rate; I mean not that, but merely to lay it down as a part of God's truth that as regards salvation, it is not the amount, but the reality of faith that saves the soul.

Confident and Willing To Die

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”– 2 Cor.5:8

To be fearful of people or things that might kill us is fleshly fear, fear of man, unbelief, an over attachment to this world, and an under attachment to Christ. Whatever our Lord sends as the means of our death is the means of our entrance into life with Him . . . joy unspeakable and full of glory. Why would we fear the thing that is the best thing that could happen to us?

That person who does not know and fear the Lord should be afraid of everything, but the one who knows and fears Him should not be afraid of anything. “The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” – Psalm 27:1

Too Many And Too Much– By Henry Mahan

We have entirely too many fears for a people to whom the Lord has said: “Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness” (Isa.41:10).

We have far too many doubts and fears concerning God’s mercy, love, and grace for a people to whom the Lord has said, “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out . . . I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish: (John 6:37; John 10:28).

We spend entirely too much time grumbling and complaining about our trials and troubles for a people to whom the Lord has said, “In the world you shall have tribulation but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

We have entirely too much attachment to this world and to this present life for a people who are looking for a city whose Builder and Maker is God (Hebrews 11:8-10).