February 28, 2016

Sunday Worship

Radio WXCC 96.5 fm (internet wxccfm.com) 8:30 A.M.

Radio 98.1 fm; SuddenLink TV (channel 9) 10:30 A.M.

Bible Study 10:30 A.M.

Morning Service 11:15 A.M.

Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 2:4-6

THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF OUR GOSPEL
“Christ died for the ungodly.” (Romans 5:6).

This is the sum and substance of our gospel and is the great article of faith.

• Who died? Christ – the only begotten, well beloved Son of God in human nature (Romans 8:34; Matthew 3:16-17).

• Why did He die? He died for, in the stead of, and as a substitute for all God’s elect in order that God might be just and Justifier (Romans 3:24-26).

• For whom did He die? ‘For the ungodly’, not for righteous men, nor religious men, nor deserving men, but for those who are ungodly in nature and practice (Ephesians 2:1-5).

• When did He die for us? When we were without strength to obey Him or to keep His law, and without ability to help ourselves. We were in bondage to law and to sin and unable to change our condition (Jeremiah 13:23). He died for us “in due time”, at the time appointed by the Father (Galatians 4:2-5; 1 Timothy 2:5-6). This is the greatest single proof of love – to give one’s life for the object of that love (1 John 4:10; John 15:12-13).

Pastor Henry T. Mahan

God Delights In Mercy

Here is a prayer that God never says no to... “Have mercy upon me.” Whenever someone asks for mercy, they are acknowledging their guilt before God, they are acknowledging His sovereign right to give it or withhold it as He sees fit, and they are pleading their need of mercy.

Everybody who truly pleads for mercy will have it. If you say, “I asked the Lord for mercy and He did not give it to me,” then you really never asked for mercy. You may have used the word “mercy”, but that is not what you meant. Because if you meant what the Bible means by mercy, you would have it! The Lord did say, “Him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.” If you are not received in mercy by Him, it is because you never came to Him for mercy in the first place! Remember, “He delighteth in mercy.”

Pastor Todd Nibert

THE SUMMARY OF THE GOSPEL
"Now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself" (Hebrews 9:26).

We have put before us a very plain summary of the way the Lord Jesus Christ came to accomplish salvation for His chosen people. Make no mistake, what He came to do He successfully accomplished (Matt. 1:21; John 19:30; Isa. 42:4). What He suffered for He obtained (Heb. 9:12). What He meant to do on the cross He actually did, He did not die in vain. Christ Jesus did not die to make salvation a possibility nor to make all mankind savable; He died to purchase and secure the everlasting salvation of His church (John 10:15). It would be traitorous to His person, dishonorable to the gospel of Jesus Christ, contrary to plain testimony of scripture, to suppose or suggest that He failed in His high priestly work (Heb. 2:17; Isa. 53:11). Let us carefully consider four things that this text declares.

1). The sin problem presented. Sin is a very little word, but it contains big problems. Sin is transgression against God (Psa. 51:4). Sin is infinitely and horribly an evil thing, because it denies God’s right to be God (John 19:15). Sin is in every one of us by nature (Rom. 8:7), we are all defiled with it and we have all committed it (Rom. 3:23; 1 John 1:8). Sin is very difficult to put away. All the Jewish sacrifices never put away sin (Heb. 10:1-4). All my repentance and sorrow over sin cannot put sin away. Sin deserves everlasting punishment (Ezk. 18:4).

2). The solution revealed, "He hath appeared." This is what gives the guilty sinner comfort and hope. God Himself appeared in the flesh to take care of my sin problem (1 Tim. 3:16). It is Who He is that gives merit and infinite power to what He did (Gal. 4:4). Had anyone else appeared to put a way sin but God, it could never have been accomplished. However, with God all things are possible (Luke 1:37).

3). The sacrifice described, "By the sacrifice of Himself." Jesus Christ did not come to put away sin by example or by teaching, but rather by sacrifice; the sacrifice of Himself (Eph. 5:2). His whole person was involved in this great sacrifice; His blood (Rev. 1:5), His body (1 Pet. 2:24), His soul (Isa. 53:10).