April 23^rd 2023

9:30 am -------------------------------------- Christ’s Loving Commandments – John 15:9-13

10:00 am --------------------------------------------------- Rest From Our Burdens – Exodus 5:5-

Wednesday: 7:00 pm --------------Christ and His Friends – John 15:13-27

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One Answer to Ten Thousand How’s -- by Scott Richardson

Faith brings God into the scene. Therefore, it knows absolutely nothing of difficulty; it laughs at impossibilities. In the judgment of faith, God is the answer to every question; He is the salvation to every difficulty…Unbelief says, how can such things be? Unbelief is full of flaws; but faith has one great answer to ten thousand hows, and that answer is God Almighty.

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Every sermon sent by God Almighty will always find its focus in the person of the Lord Jesus. He is the Alpha and Omega of life. He is the answer to all eternal questions and the purpose of all things. Comfort in all trials is found by hearing the message of Christ which proclaims His glory, work, and honor. We will never be found to honor Him more than to hear and believe His Gospel which, beginning with Moses and throughout all the prophets and in all the scriptures, declare those things that are concerning Him. --Marvin Stalnaker

Be Not Conformed to this World

“Be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” ­­— Romans 12:2

The word “world” means the nature, the opinions, the goals, and the attitudes of natural men and women. The believer lives in the world, works and associates with worldly people; therefore, he faces constant pressure and temptation to be and do what the world is and does.

The world seeks the praise and favor of men; the believer seeks the praise and favor of God. The worldling thinks only of himself; and the believer considers others. The world cares only for the body, its desires and needs; and the believer is concerned for his soul. The world believes and is concerned only with what is seen (which is temporal); the believer believes and rests only in that which is unseen (which is eternal). The world cries, “What shall we eat, drink, and wear;” the believer cries, “Feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full and deny Thee, and say who is the Lord? or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of the Lord in vain” (Prov. 30:9). But above all, “That I may win Christ and be found in Him, clothed in His righteousness and washed in His blood.” The spiritual walk and attitude can only be accomplished by “a renewing of your mind,” or the regenerating work of God in mind and soul (Titus 3:5). – Henry Mahan

“If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments.” – John 14:15

This is the best proof of love. The test indicated does not suggest a lawless liberty. It is true we are not under the law, but under grace; but yet we are under law to Christ, and if we love him we are to keep his commandments. Let US never enter into the counsel of those who do not believe that there are any commandments for believers to keep. Those who do away with duty do away with sin, and consequently with the Savior. It is not written. . . If ye love me, do whatever you please. The Lord Jesus does not say. . . so long as you love me in your hearts, I care nothing about your lives. There is no such doctrine as that between the covers of this Holy Book. He that loves Christ is the freest man out of heaven, but he is also the most under bonds. He is free, for Christ has loosed his bonds, but he is put under bonds to Christ by grateful love. The love of Christ constraineth him henceforth to live to the Lord who loved him, lived for him, died for him, and rose again. No, dear friends, we do not desire a lawless life. He that is not under the law as a power for condemnation, yet can say that with his heart he delights in the law of God; he longs after perfect holiness, and in his soul yields hearty homage to the precepts of the Lord Jesus. Love is law: the law of love is the strongest of all laws. Christ has become our Master and King and His commandments are not grievous. – Charles Spurgeon

“Of love there are two principal things . . . to give . . .and forgive.” -- anon