Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

Psalm 111:1-4

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

John 11:24-26

When Martha said, “I know that my brother shall rise again in the resurrection,” the Lord replied, “I AM the resurrection and the life.” He is the source, cause, and fountain of eternal life, hence the cause of resurrection. In Him dwells all the full, blessed life of God. We live because we are in Him.

Resurrection and life is not only an experience that Christ purchased and bestows, but HE IS OUR LIFE. Because He lives, we live! We can no more die than Christ can die. The Lord turned Martha’s thought from doctrine to Himself!

Oh, that God would do that for all to whom I preach. We can have the doctrine and not have Christ, the life; but, if we have Christ, we will know and love the doctrine.

Pastor Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1988)

SECRET AND REVEALED

"The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29).

There are many things that I do not understand, cannot comprehend, and God has not revealed. But He understands, comprehends, and knows them. I may not know what He is doing, but He does, and I trust Him. He is and whatever He does is right because He is God! And we leave it there! Not with a sullen resignation, but with joy and confidence in Him! "The secret things belong to the Lord."

But there are also the things which are revealed. Whatever He has revealed we are bound to believe and obey. He has revealed that "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Rather than grappling with questions that we cannot answer, we are to call on His Name to save us. That can be said regarding all that He has revealed. We are called upon to trust Him in what we do not see, and obey Him in what we do see. Oh, for grace to trust Him in what we do not see and obey Him in what we do see!

Pastor Todd Nibert

The Miracle of Salvation

The Lord Jesus Christ performed many miracles while upon this earth. He cast out devils, healed lepers, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf; He raised the dead. While these miracles certainly proved him to be the Christ, they are also illustrations of how the Lord saves sinners. Every sinner the Lord saves, is all these things…possessed by a devil, a sinful leper, deaf, dumb, blind, and dead in sin. Salvation is a miracle of God’s sovereign grace and power. Nothing more or less can save a sinner but the power of Christ; the Word, the Truth and the Gospel. May the Lord be pleased to perform a miracle today! Pastor Paul E. Mahan

GOD OUR SAVIOUR

“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared” (Titus 3:4).

Three times in this epistle to Titus the Lord Jesus Christ is called, "God our Saviour." Paul believed in and preached a divine Saviour, not just a mere man, but rather the Saviour, who is Almighty God. His name is Jesus, Saviour (Matt. 1:21), who shall save His people from their sin, that declares His office. But let us not forget that His name is also, Emmanuel (Matt. 1:23) God with us, that declares His nature.

If you take away the Deity of Jesus Christ you have no gospel, no good news to preach, no salvation. It is not that just some good man died for sinners, but rather He who died in the room and stead of His people is God Almighty (1Tim.3:16, John 1:14 Acts 20:28). He could not be our Prophet, Priest and Potentate unless He is, “God our Saviour.” He could not be our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption, unless He is, “God our Saviour” (1Cor.1:30). He could not be our all-important Mediator (1 Tim.2:5), unless He is, “God our Saviour.” He could not be our only Advocate with the Father, unless He is, “God our Saviour” (1 John 2:1). He could not be our all-powerful Surety, unless He is, “God our Saviour” (Heb. 7:22). He could not be our all sufficient Substitute and Sacrifice, unless He is, “God our Saviour” (2Cor. 5:21; Heb. 9:12).

Remember the words of Simeon, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation” (Luke 2:29-30).

Remember the words of Thomas, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28).