March 3, 2024

Sunday Worship

Bible Study 10:00 A.M.

Morning Service 10:45 A.M.

Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.

Saturday Radio Broadcast WEMM Radio 107.9 FM 8:30 A.M.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Hurricane-Road-Grace-Church

Our messages can be heard on www.hurricaneroadgracechurch.com

It is requested that all children four and under stay in our nursery so there will be no distractions during the preaching of the Gospel.

CALL TO WORSHIP

Thou, Christ, the great Jehovah art
The Fount of holiness
And, God with us, Thou art become
The Lord our Righteousness.

Oh, wash us with Thy blood and clothe
With Thy pure spotless dress
Oh, hide us in Thyself, and be
The Lord our Righteousness.

Make us by grace to be indeed
What we in word profess
Oh, make us like unto Thyself
The Lord our Righteousness.

Pour on us showers of Thy grace
Increase our fruitfulness
That we may yield Thine own to Thee
The Lord our Righteousness.

So in Thy glorious image raise’d
May we Thy mercy bless
And sing forever praise to Thee
The Lord our Righteousness.

(Tune: “Come Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove” p. 158)

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

9^th Dylan Jones 10^th Bill Hogsten

10^th Sam Simpson 12^th Shelia Thornbury

15^th Shawn Thornbury 20^th Tammy Dillon

22^nd Debbie Sparks 23^rd Mikayla Simpson

24^th Jonathan Tate 26^th Landry Thornbury

27^th Katie Jones 30^th Kathy Faulkner

31^st Ethan Baker

Nursery Schedule

Sunday School: Charity Collins, Kerry Simpson

Sunday Worship Service: Becky McClay, Christy Collins

Next Week: Stacie Tate, Colleen McClay, Janet Tate, Sandy Thornbury, Lilah Thornbury

TO DIE IS GAIN

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21)

The best day a believer will ever have on earth is the day of our death. “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.” (Eccl. 7:1) The believer has no reason to fear death because death will be all gain and no loss.

When a believer dies, we gain the presence of the Lord and we lose the presence of sin. “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (II Cor. 5:8) When the believer dies we gain being made like Christ and we lose being made like Adam. “but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (I John 3:2) When a believer dies we gain rest and peace and lose trials, tears, and heartache. “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Rev. 21:4)

When we consider what we will lose and what we will gain in death, we gain a whole new perspective so that we don’t have to fear death any longer.

Pastor

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND UNBELIEF

Self-righteousness is the twin sister of unbelief. It is not only the twin sister of unbelief; it is spawned by unbelief. You cannot trust yourself for righteousness and Christ as the end of the law for righteousness. The one excludes the other. Self-righteousness is fed and nourished by unbelief. Unbelief’s chief evidence is self-righteousness. What a blessing of grace when we trust the Person of Christ as our righteousness before God. That is believing Romans 4:5. Unbelief is made to shamefully retreat into the shadows, waiting for self-righteousness to open back up the door for its entrance. The only time unbelief will be gone is when self-righteousness is no longer in existence. That will be when we die and are conformed to the image of Christ. Until then, “I believe, help Thou my unbelief”!

Pastor Todd Nibert

LORD, MAKE US TO SEE OUR NEED

“The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass” (Isa. 40:6-7).

Unless the Lord is pleased to teach us and reveal to us what we are by nature (Eph.2:1-3), we will never see our need for Christ and the gospel of His free grace (Rom.3:24). We will never understand our need of Jesus Christ and His great salvation, unless the Holy Spirit is pleased to move upon our heart (John 6:44-45). Only when He reveals unto us our sinful condition, will we seek His salvation in Christ Jesus the Lord (1 Tim.1:12). Only when He speaks to us about our righteousness as being filthy rags, will we seek His righteousness that is performed and provided freely by His grace (1 Cor. 1:30). Only when God reveals to us our total ruin, will we seek redemption through the spotless blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ (Eph. 1:7). Only when God is pleased to show us how unworthy we are, will we seek Him who is Worthy (Rev. 5:12). Lord, make us to know and see what our need is, so by thy Spirit and grace we can seek thy mercy where it can be found (Phil 3:9; 4:19).