HE IS LORD! He is Lord, He is Lord, He is risen from the dead and He is Lord; Ev'ry knee shall bow, ev'ry tongue confess That Jesus Christ is Lord. (Repeat) ***** “Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” Galatians 4:30 Don't do it my friend, oil and water don't mix, neither do works and grace! So much of what is called worship, good doctrine and church growth is just that old bondwoman trying to force her way into the kingdom of God. I hear much talk about modern Christianity and to me it is simply that stinking flesh and rotten carcass called the heir of the bondwoman. I don't want any such teachings or actions found here, may we just simply and honestly realize that ALL is of grace from first to last, from side to side and from top to bottom. Away with any mention of human merit, or man centered formulas; give us Christ or else we perish! --Pastor Drew Dietz ***** A Personal Need for Sovereign Grace It is an amazing thing, to me, that people are so opposed to the doctrine of the gospel that declares man to be absolutely depraved and God to be absolutely sovereign. Those who oppose such doctrine would do well to consider the alternative. If the gospel is not for the "Totally Depraved," then it must be that I am required to produce at least some of my own righteousness before God - a thing I know by experience is impossible for me. If my salvation did not come about by the sovereign, electing will of God, then my salvation is left up to my will which I know to be a perverse and changing thing. If my redemption was not utterly secured by Jesus Christ in such a fashion that His work cannot fail to save me, then I am left with the job of redeeming myself; a redemption which is far too high a price for me to pay. If my knowledge of the gospel and faith in Christ are not by the omnipotent, and therefore, irresistible work of the Spirit of God, then I am left with the job of teaching myself and generating my own faith, a task which I tried and at which I utterly failed for a long time. If my preservation and perseverance in the faith are not by the continual love of God for me, the continual, effectual intercession of Christ in my behalf, and the unlimited patience and power of the Holy Spirit to create and maintain life in me, then I am on my own from now until I reach heaven and I know myself too weak for such a long and strenuous march. In short, if my salvation is not by the sovereign grace of God, then it is up to me. And that means that if my salvation is not by the sovereign grace of God, I will not be saved. It is a head-shaking amazement to me that men demand the right to damn themselves if they choose to do so. Rather, let me magnify the sovereign, free, omnipotent grace of God that saved this depraved sinner and may I continually exult in the gospel of Isaiah (52:7) which says, "Your God reigns!" --Pastor Joseph Terrell ***** Job 19: 23-27 “Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.” *****
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