March 5^th 2023

9:30 am ------------------------------------Three Signs of the Sent One – Exodus 4:1-9

10:00 am------------------------------------.He Laid Aside His Garments – John 13:1-17

Wednesday: 7:00 pm

Preaching

“I preach as though Christ was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today and was coming back tomorrow.” – M. Luther

“The Word of God is too sacred a thing, and preaching too solemn a work to be toyed and played with.” – W. Gurnall

“Every time the gospel is preached it is as if God Himself came in person solemnly to summon us.” – John Calvin

“The highest worship of God is the preaching of the Word; because thereby are praised and celebrated the Name and the benefits of Christ.” – M. Luther

“The gift of preaching and preachers is the fruit of Christ’s ascension.” – Matthew Henry

“My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.” – John Newton

“There is a wide difference in preaching doctrine and preaching Christ.” – Andrew Bonar

“No man preaches a sermon so well to others who does not preach it first to himself.” – John Owen

“God had but one Son in the world and He made Him a preacher.” – Thomas Goodwin

A Return to True Preaching– By Henry Mahan

HE most humbling and challenging thing that I face . . . the great concern of my heart . . . is that my generation experience a return to the preaching of the gospel of God’s grace. This generation is plagued with a gospel of works and are strangers to the gospel of redemption. I want a return to the message used of God in other days to awaken men to their need and to reveal the grace and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Rolph Barnard used to say, “The twofold message of grace is: 1.) All flesh is grass! and, 2.) Behold your God!” This is the message that takes away all of the glory and dignity of the flesh and proclaims the redemptive glory of Christ. The results of this message will be a sense of the awesome holiness of God, the inability and sinfulness of the flesh, and the total sufficiency of the Person and work of Christ. Perhaps once again we will hear men and women cry, “Depth of mercy can there be, mercy still reserved for me? Can my God His wrath forbear, and me, the chief of sinners, spare?”

A Strong Consolation

If only one of God’s sheep were to perish, the purpose of God would be frustrated, the power of God resisted, the promise of God broken, the faithfulness of God would be a mockery and the word of God proved to be a lie. If but one of His little ones were to be lost and sin win the day, where would be the veracity, the honor, the grace, the covenant and the oath of God? The assurance of faith is not in my ability to hold on but the immutable character of my God who loved me and gave himself for me. –unknown

A Good Description Of The Bible