"And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." (1 John 5:11) *************************************************************************** LET US PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS TUNE TO "LOVE DIVINE" 8.7.8.7. DOUBLE WORDS BY JIM BYRD
1. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Prophet, Priest and sovereign King; To Him render adoration, Laud and homage to Him bring. Let us praise the name of Jesus, God Incarnate from above; Came to save His chosen people, Sent by God in cov’nant love.
2. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Who upon Mount Calvary; Shed His blood and sealed our pardon, Died from sin to set us free. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Risen, conquering, gracious Friend; Advocate and Mediator, All our hopes on Him depend.
3. Let us praise the name of Jesus, For He brought us to His fold; Come exalt His Name and worship, May the Savior be extolled. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Till we see Him face to face; Then throughout the endless ages, Praise Him for His love and grace. *************************************************************************** CONGREGATIONAL SCRIPTURE READINGS TODAY: MORNING: PSALM 89:1-8 EVENING: LUKE 15:1-10
Daily Readings: June 10-16 Sunday - Neh. 13 Monday - Esther 1-3 Tuesday - Esther 4-7 Wednesday- Esther 8-10 Thursday - Job 1-4 Friday - Job 5-8 Saturday - Job 9-12 *************************************************************************** Mr. Spurgeon wrote of an aged preacher who said that if he could choose the place of his death, it would be at a hotel for such places remind us that we are pilgrims who must accept the temporary circumstances of this life and that this is not our permanent dwelling. Someday we will go home to the Father’s house and be with our Elder Brother and our spiritual family. The Lord granted the man’s desire; he died while staying at an inn. –Pastor Jim Byrd *************************************************************************** "LIVE UNTO THE LORD" "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s" (Romans 14:8). Oh, pray then, that you may be enabled to "live unto the Lord,"—to live truly, usefully, and acceptably to Him Whose you are, and Whom you are bound by every tie of love and gratitude to serve! Pray that you may have grace to travel onward through life—with Christ acknowledged in every step—entwined with every affection—as the source of each joy, and the sharer of each sorrow of your personal history. Let your walk be one of firm, unshaken faith in your Savior-God! Go to His inexhaustible fullness with every need! Go to His tender sympathy with every sorrow! Go to His prevailing grace with every infirmity! Go to His precious blood with every sin! Draw all your strength and grace from Christ—and seek earnestly the aid and anointing of the Holy Spirit, and—whether in prosperity or in adversity—you will be able to accomplish that which will bring glory to God, happiness to those around you, and peace and comfort and serenity to your own soul. –copied *************************************************************************** FIVE TRUTHS CONCERNING SIN 1. He who fell into sin is man. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12). God created man upright, but Adam transgressed the law of God. Since he was a representative man, all of his posterity, the human race, became sinners. We are born into this world as sinful people.
2. He who jests about sin is a fool. "Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor" (Proverbs 14:9). Fools call good evil and evil good. Sin is not a light, trivial thing; it is rebellion against God punishable by eternal death.
3. He who confesses his sin to the Lord is forgiven. "I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah" (Psalm 32:5). "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
4. He Who died to put away the sins of His people is Christ Jesus. "Thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). "Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Hebrews 1:3). "For as by one man’s disobedience many (all his seed) were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many (all His seed) be made righteous" (Romans 5:19).
5. He Who pardons sin is the Lord. "Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" (Luke 5:21) The only One who can forgive sin is the One Who has been sinned against and the way He forgives is in a just way - by exacting the payment for sin from Christ Who lived, died and arose as our Substitute. "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD hath laid upon Him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:6). "For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). –Pastor Jim Byrd
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