July 11^th 2021

9:30 am ---------------------------------------------------As a Little Child – Luke 18:15-17

10:00 am ------------------------------------A Seeker, a Preacher, a Saviour – Acts 8:26-40

Wednesday: 7:00 pm ------------------------Who Then Can Be Saved? – Luke 18:18-30

The Gospel

- The doctrine of the death of Christ is the substance of the gospel. – Stephen Charnock

- There is no tribunal so magnificent, no throne so stately, no show of triumph so distinguished, no chariot so elevated, as is the cross on which Christ hath subdued death and the devil. – John Calvin

- Death stung himself to death when he stung Christ. – William Romaine

- Though God loved Christ as a Son, He frowned upon Him as a Surety. – Matthew Henry

Everything is Providential

Human religion speaks of Providence as an interruption of the natural course of things, when in fact, Providence is the natural course of everything. Everything is Providential. -- John Chapman

Some Characteristics of the People of God

The people of God are a faithful people. They are faithful to the Lord, to the gospel, to the church, and to their pastors. The people of God are a grateful people. While all honor and praise for all things is to be first given to the Lord, yet it is Christ-like and commendable to be grateful for one another and to one another for every labor of love. The people of God are an affectionate people. Some ridicule and criticism has been cast on a show of genuine affection between believers; yet it was practiced by the early churches, to whom Paul four times says, “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” He calls it a holy kiss as distinguished from that which is lustful and that which is common among relatives. Believers are more to one another than just holders of common doctrine. They are brethren in the family of God, and they sincerely love one another with a deeper affection than natural men can know. If one is a stranger to this Christian love, he may well be a stranger to the Saviour’s love; for Christ said, “Love one another as I have loved you.”

The Necessity Of Preaching the Gospel.

Whatever ends God has purposed, He has purposed all the means which are necessary for their accomplishment. Why does the farmer till his ground and sow his seed? He knows that HE CANNOT CAUSE SEED TO VEGETATE AND GROW! But he knows that if God gives the increase, it will be through the instrumentality of these means and that IT IS ONLY IN THE USE OF THESE MEANS that he can hope to receive the increase.

Now we know that all the means used to effect the salvation of people are, IN THEMSELVES, utterly powerless unless God makes them effectual to the salvation of some. What encouragement was there for the prophet Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones unless God had determined in connection with his preaching to give them life? What encouragement can there be to preach the gospel of Christ to those who are dead in trespasses and sins unless GOD HAS DETERMINED TO GIVE EFFICACY to the Word of His grace?

The Lord has a chosen people on this earth; and, as the gospel is the appointed means for effecting the salvation of His people, He will send it to those whom He designs to save. God “had much people in Corinth,” andfor this reason He sent Paul there to preach the gospel. -- Benner Tyler (1784-1858) President of Dartmouth College, 1822-1828

Be Thou Their Arm Every Morning – Isaiah 33:2