CALL TO WORSHIP

(Tune – This is My Father’s World – p. 39)

I bless the Christ of God, I rest on love divine,
And with unfaltering lip and heart, I call the Saviour mine;
His cross dispels each doubt, I bury in His tomb,
Each thought of unbelief and fear,
Each lingering shade of gloom.

I praise the God of peace, I trust His truth and might,
He calls me His, I call Him mine, My God, my Joy, my Light;
In Him is only good, in me is only ill,
My ill but draws His goodness forth,
And me He loveth still.

‘Tis He Who saveth me, and freely pardon gives,
I love because He loveth me, I live because He lives;
My life with Him is hid, my death has passed away,
My clouds have melted into light,
My midnight into day.

TODAY’S SERVICES – Messages by Pastor Bill Parker

BIBLE CLASS – 10:00 a.m. –
A Sincere Desire to See Sinners Saved – Romans 9:1-3

MORNING WORSHIP – 11:00 a.m –

• OPENING – Jude 24-25

• CALL TO WORSHIP (above)

• HYMN – When I Can Read My Title Clear – p. 497

• READING – Hebrews 6:1-8

• MESSAGE – The Danger of Apostasy – Hebrews 6:1-8

• CLOSING HYMN – Look, Ye Saints! – p. 141

We express our sincere sympathy to Janet Fletcher and family. Janet’s husband and our brother, Marvin Fletcher, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2019. May the Lord comfort them in their loss.

OUR TIME ON EARTH IS SHORT, BUT LET IT BE FULL

“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” (Psalm 16:11)

Our time on earth is short. We all know this, and as we approach and reach old age, we know it more and more. We find that many things in this life that took up so much of our time, that made us so happy, as well as the things that grieved us most are, in light of eternity, really not as good or bad as we thought. How do we put things in perspective? It is only by the grace of God in Christ and living out of HIS fullness as our fullness. The Lord God shows us the “path of life” – where we come from, where we are, and where we are going. As we by the grace of God stand in Christ, washed in His blood and clothed in His righteousness, filled with His Spirit, our path is sure unto eternal glory. Without Christ, all paths lead to eternal death. We live in and by Christ’s life continually in His presence. And though we may lose sight of this glorious truth at times, He never leaves nor forsakes us, and He never legs us totally fall away from Him. But when we know His presence, we know the “fullness of joy.” In His “right hand” of power, acceptance, and grace, “there are pleasures for evermore.” Whatever time we have on this earth, let us live it in the fullness of the grace, love, and truth of Christ our Lord and Savior. Let us realize evermore that “in HIM we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28). —Pastor Bill Parker

LOOK TO CHRIST, NOT YOUR OBEDIENCE

Those who profess to believe on Christ but who do not seek to follow the Lord and honor Him in their lives have an empty and worthless profession. Christ said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." A sinner who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and brought to genuine faith in the Son of God will seek to "adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things" (Titus 2:10). Though we know we are sinful in ourselves, yet we do seek to glorify the Lord as we go about our daily activities. However, we must never look to our obedience (which is imperfect at best), in any measure, as the means of acceptance with God. Those who seek God’s approval by any other way than the blood and righteousness of Christ will someday learn they made a fatal mistake. —Pastor Jim Byrd

YOU THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS

“Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings” (Isaiah 51:7).

Would you or I count ourselves among God’s people who “know righteousness”? If we truly “know righteousness” we have been taught and convinced by God the Holy Spirit that there is no righteousness in our works or within ourselves. We know that righteousness is perfect satisfaction to God’s law and justice THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN THE GLORIOUS PERSON AND FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST, THE LORD OF GLORY. We know that we must always look outside of ourselves and to “Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:2). This is when God’s law is established within our hearts, for “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Romans 10:4). —Pastor Bill Parker

“CLEANSETH”