The Reality of Sin and Depravity (2) – Romans 3:13-14
MORNING WORSHIP – 11:00 a.m –
OPENING – John 1:14-17
CALL TO WORSHIP (above)
HYMN – Blessed Assurance – p. 255
READING – Psalm 23
MESSAGE – Christ’s Fulness is Our Fulness – Col. 2:8-12
CLOSING HYMN – Praise Him! Praise Him! – p. 442
Birthdays: Mark Pannell – June 24th
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3).
ALL IN CHRIST
The Father’s everlasting love for us is in Christ. God’s choice of us unto salvation is in Christ. God’s blessings ordained for us before the world began are in Christ. We were predestinated to the adoption of children in Christ. The righteousness of God was fulfilled for us in Christ. The righteousness God demands is imputed to believing sinners in Christ. God’s reception of us is in Christ. God’s mercies poured out upon us are in Christ. God’s life imparted to us is in Christ. God’s grace implanted within us is in Christ. I challenge you to name any blessing that God has ever or will ever give to a sinner that is not in Christ Jesus. You won’t be able to name any, because there aren’t any. When mercy is given and kindness is shown to any son or daughter of Adam, it is always through Christ, by Christ and in Christ; there are no exceptions! —Pastor Jim Byrd
“MY CUP RUNNETH OVER” – PSALM 23:5
If my cup is full, I cannot add anything to it, else it will spill over. But this is the way of God’s grace in the Lord Jesus Christ – “And of HIS FULNESS have all we received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16); “For IN HIM dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete IN HIM, which is the head of all principality and power” (Col. 2:9-10). The fulness that God gives us to satisfy our longing for forgiveness, righteousness, eternal life, and glory is found in the fulness of Christ – the fulness of His Person as God manifests in the flesh, and the fulness of His redemptive work as the Surety and Substitute of His people to establish all righteousness for them and insure their full salvation. The psalmist expressed this in these words – “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over” (Psalm 23:4). This is the table of salvation with all its blessings in Christ Jesus. It was all prepared for us by God’s grace in Christ and based on His righteousness alone. And we find that IN HIM, not only do we possess the fulness of God’s grace, but our cups overflow with His grace that saves, blesses, and preserves us forever and ever. —Pastor Bill Parker
COMPLETE IN CHRIST!
Complete in Thee! No work of mine May take, dear Lord, the place of Thine Thy blood hath pardon bought for me, And I am now complete in Thee.
Complete in Thee! No more shall sin Thy grace hath conquered, reign within Thy voice shall bid the tempter flee And I shall stand complete in Thee.
Complete in Thee – each want supplied And no good thing to me denied Since Thou my portion, Lord, wilt be I ask no more, complete in Thee.
Dear Savior, when before Thy bar All tribes and tongues assembled are Among Thy chosen will I be, At Thy right hand, complete in Thee.
A FULL CHRIST FOR AN EMPTY SINNER
Keep this truth constantly in view – a full Christ for an empty sinner. With no other will He have dealings. The rich He will send away empty, the poor He will send away full. The only sinner whom He rejects is the one who comes with a price. His salvation is for the lost. His blood is for the guilty. His grace is for the poor. Come now, come as you are, come though you have been a thousand times before. Yours shall be all the blessing, and His all the praise. —Octavius Winslow
“Just as I am, without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me; And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.” —Copied
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