Psalm 106:47-48

A New Creature

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17).

The Apostle said, “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.” The grace of God and love for Christ throbs in a man’s pulse; it looks out of his eyes; it lights up his countenance; it softens his touch; it mellows his voice; it bows his head; it bends his knee; it opens his hand; it curbs his tongue; it humbles his heart; it orders his steps; it gives him a hearing ear, a forgiving spirit, and a lasting peace.

Who, but God, can accomplish such a work? We are indeed His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works (Eph. 2:8-10)!

Pastor Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1998)

THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

“For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.” (Galatians 5:5)

The word hope here means an expectation and to anticipate with pleasure. The believer doesn’t expect to be made righteous someday. The believer is already made righteous in Christ. So, the expectation that the believer anticipates with great pleasure is being made righteous both body and soul in glory with Christ. The believer can only expect to receive such a great blessing through faith. Righteousness can never be ours by our deeds. Righteousness can only be ours by faith in Christ who worked out a perfect righteousness for His people by obeying the law for them as their Federal Head. Pastor Frank Tate

Here’s A Tried And Proven Promise

God’s children in this world must suffer many trials and temptations. But our Father will never send a trial, except he also sends grace enabling us to bear the trial; and he will never allow us to face any temptation, except he also makes for us a way to escape. “There is no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1 Corinthians 10:13). In every trial and in every temptation, let us simply trust our God, casting all our care upon him. God does care for his own.

Pastor Don Fortner

It Pleased God

“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” (1 Cor. 2:21).

God in His infinite wisdom has devised very simple and ordained means to call out His elect (Rom.10:13-17). God effectually calls out His sheep through the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ (John 10:27). Wherever His people are, whoever they are, God will cross their path with the truth of salvation revealed in Jesus Christ (Acts 8:26-40; 1 Peter 1:23-25; James 1:18).

THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).

Oh, what good news the gospel of Jesus Christ declares to sinners. We are by birth and nature children of darkness, loving darkness rather than the Light of the truth (John 3:19; Eph. 2:12).

However, by the marvelous power of God through the gospel of Christ (Rom. 1:16), God has delivered us from the power of darkness into the kingdom of the Son of His love (Col. 1:13). That we should show forth the praises of Him Who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light (2 Cor. 4:6; 1 Peter 2:9).

Furthermore, the gospel declares unto all that believe, that the precious blood atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. Not the blood of bulls and goats, not the ceremony and traditions of men, but the glorious blood offering of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, nothing less, nothing more and nothing else (Heb. 9:26; 1 Peter 1:18-20), cleanses us from all sin; original sin, actual sin, spiritual and natural sin, ALL sin forever (Heb. 10:14-17)!