April 27^th, 2014

Today’s Services:

9:30 am Bible Study...........................................................................................The Words of The Preacher -- Ecclesiastes 1

10:00 am Service ................................................................Great Multitudes Came & He Healed Them -- Matthew 15:29-31

Birthdays: April: 30^th -- Red Huff, May: 4^th -- Teresa Patterson, 9^th -- John Davis, 10^th -- Sam Parks

To Our Congregation: Thanks to everyone who helped out on our workday. Our Meeting begins Friday night. Tell someone about it. NO WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERVICE THIS WEEK.

CHRIST ALONE

Let us arm ourselves, above all, with clear, sound views of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the salvation that is in Him.

He is "the image of the invisible God," "the express image of His person," and the true preservative against all idolatry, when truly known. Let us build ourselves deep down on the strong foundation of His finished work upon the cross. Let us settle it firmly in our minds that Christ Jesus has done everything necessary in order to present us without spot before the throne of God, and that simple, child like faith on our part is the only thing required to give us an entire interest in the work of Christ. Let us not doubt that, having this faith, we are completely justified in the sight of God; that we shall never be more justified than we are now if we live to the age of Methuselah and do the works of the Apostle Paul; and that we CAN ADD NOTHING to that complete justification by any acts, deeds, words, performances, fasting, prayers, giving to those in need, attendance on ordinances, nor anything else of our own.

Above all, let us keep up continual communion with the person of the Lord Jesus! Let us abide in Him daily, feed on Him daily, look to Him daily, lean on Him daily, live upon Him daily, draw from His fullness daily. Let us realize this, and the idea of other mediators, other comforters, other intercessors will seem utterly absurd. "What need is there?" we shall reply. "I have Christ, and in Him I have all. What have I to do with idols? I have Christ Jesus in my heart, Christ Jesus in the Bible, and Christ Jesus in heaven; and I want nothing more!" -- J.C. Ryle (1816-1900, English Preacher)

Martin Luther said in effect that if a man was ashamed of the one truth that was under attack in his own day, then he was ashamed of the truth period. It seems that one truth under attack today is God’s right to determine what is morally right and what is morally wrong, what is sin and what is not. A teen ager just told me this week that there was no such thing as filthy language; it’s only filthy to you if you deem it to be filthy. Yet God says, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth.” God has determined what is filthy and what is not. Many in our day want unfettered liberty to live in open and profane sin and they are offended when they are told that God gives no such liberty. This is a truth we must not be ashamed of in our day. -- Bruce Crabtree

CONTEMPORARY RELIGION

NEVER in the history of the world has there been so much religious activity. Religious men and women, young and old, are actively involved in political, social, and moral issues in the name of God (and for the good they do, I am truly thankful). In the matter of “soul-winning,” evangelists, missionaries, pastors and personal witnesses “compass sea and land” (Matt. 23:15) in their efforts to “win” sinners to Jesus (and for the success they have, generally speaking, I am truly sorry!). The true “soul-winners” are those evangelists, missionaries, pastors and witnesses whose chief endeavor is to set forth the Lord Jesus Christ and him crucified before sinners as He is revealed in the Word of God (I Cor. 2:2; Gal. 3:1), leaving the results to God the Spirit.