ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
Weekly Bulletin
Sunday, October 28th, 2007

"We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." 2 Corinthians 4:5

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. Psalm 40:16-17

"THE MAKING OF A SINNER"
Try as he may the preacher of the gospel cannot make a sinner. The Word of God alone cannot make a sinner. One may hear and read the truth of man's condition before God until it is committed to memory, but it will not make him to be a sinner in the biblical sense of the word.

The Lord does some writing in the hearts of his people (II Cor. 3:1-3; Heb. 8:10-12). In big block letters He writes SINNER in the hearts of all whom He saves. And when God does this writing, try as one may, it cannot be erased, removed, covered up, or ignored. That person, in the true biblical sense of the word, becomes an acknowledged, self-condemned SINNER, and will be so throughout eternity. However, thank God, he does not stop writing there! Over the top of SINNER He writes another word in big red letters, blood-red letters...WASHED! This puts a song in their hearts, which they will sing throughout eternity (Rev. 1:1-4; 5:9-10). Pastor Tim James

GOD-GIVEN RIGHTEOUSNESS
Man must have a righteousness of one kind or another; and if he has not a God-given righteousness, he seeks to have one of his own making. As the spider spins her web out of her own bowels, so do sinful men try to manufacture a righteousness out of that which is within them; but this they can never do. The only righteousness which will stand the test of the day of judgment is that which God bestows upon believers in His Son Jesus Christ. Oh, that all men were willing to submit themselves to the righteousness of God! Charles H. Spurgeon

SOVEREIGN GRACE OR FREEWILL
It is impossible to preach:

1). That man is both totally depraved and partially depraved.
2). That election is both conditional and unconditional.
3). That regenerating grace is both irresistible and resistible.
5). That perseverance is both certain and uncertain.

Nor can there be a modification of one by the other; it is impossible to blend the two. History records such efforts in the past; but despite the efforts, sovereign grace and free-willism will not mix, nor can they walk together in peace, nor can those holding either system force the other to their view. Rolph Barnard (1904-1969)

Grace Made the Difference
The one thing that makes the believer different from the rest of the world is the grace of God to him in Christ. The difference between faith and unbelief is the grace of God. The difference between a harlot and a godly woman is the grace of God. The only difference between a liar and one who speaks the truth is the grace of God. The only reason Noah was saved and the rest of the world perished: the grace of God. ‘But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.' (Gen 6:8). Pastor John Chapman

CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1 Corinthians 12: 1-3
Those who are chosen by God's grace, redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ and quickened and made alive by the Holy Spirit have no reason to boast of any personal achievement. The apostle Paul uses this powerful phrase, "no man" two times in one verse to exclude any from exalting the deeds of the flesh. We were ignorant Gentiles, carried away unto dumb and dead idols, until the grace of God set us free in Jesus Christ our Lord (Eph. 2:11-13). Consider these three statements:

1). All that every believer knows; God, in His mercy taught us! The gospel of God's grace and glory is not something that the natural and carnal mind reasons out. The gospel must be revealed by the Holy Spirit. Salvation is not by education, but rather by revelation. The world by wisdom does not know God (1 Cor. 1:21). God, the Holy Spirit must take the things concerning Jesus Christ and shew them unto us, or we will never understand the true gospel. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit" (1 Cor. 2:9-10).

2). All that every believer has; God, in His love gave us! There is not a single spiritual blessing that the believer enjoys that has not been freely given to us (1 Cor. 1:30). We are justified freely by His grace (Rom. 3:24). God has loved His people freely in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the world (Hosea 14:4). Although all the spiritual blessings are freely given to us, they came at a great price to our Lord. He fully paid our sin debt with a great price, His own blood (Acts 20:28). "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Rom. 8:32).

3). All that we are; God, in His grace made us! By nature we are born in sin and shapen in iniquity (Psalm 51:5). By His grace we have been made trophies of His love and mercy (Eph. 2:4-8). Every believer can truly say with the apostle Paul, "by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Cor. 15:10). We are saved from our sin by His grace (Rom. 4:16). We are redeemed from the curse of the Law through Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:13).

Therefore every believer can rightly boast of what God has done for us through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Salvation is all of God's grace, all in Christ Jesus and all for His glory (1Cor. 1:30-31). We say with the apostle, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Gal. 6:14).

October 28th, 2007
Sunday Worship
Bible Study 10:30 A.M.
Morning Service 11:15 A.M.
Kingsport service 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.

Radio (Sundays):
WXCC 96.5 & 98.1 FM (new time and staion) 8:15 A.M each week