December 15, 2024

Sunday Worship

Bible Study 10:00 A.M.

Morning Service 10:45 A.M.

Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.

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CALL TO WORSHIP

O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great

Is Thine exalted name.

The glories of Thy heavenly state,

Let men and babes proclaim.

When I behold Thy works on high,

The moon that rules the night,

And stars that well adorn the sky,

Those moving worlds of light.

Lord, what is man, or all his race,

Who dwells so far below,

That you should visit him with grace

And love his nature so?

That Thine eternal Son should bear

To take a mortal form,

Made lower than His angels are

To save a dying worm.

(Tune: “Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?” p. 342)

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

14^th Ralph Brown 24^th Nancy Hogsten

25^th Alexis Baldwin 26^th Beckett Baisden

31^st Sabrina Keesee

We will have a New Year’s Eve Service at 7:00 pm on the 31^st, followed by a time of fellowship.

We will have a men’s lunch this Thursday the 19^th at noon at Bob Evans in Ashland.

KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” (I John 5:21)

The apostle John closed this epistle with a warning to believers to keep ourselves from idols. I am confident that John was not talking about idols made of stone or ceramic. John is primarily talking about the idol of self. It is necessary for true believers to be warned not to make idol out of our religious works because it is very easy for anyone still in the flesh to trust in our works instead of trusting Christ alone. John is warning us against the idol of seeking recognition for ourselves instead of seeking Christ and His glory. Let us always beware that our faith and trust is in Christ alone. Anything else is an idol that will rob our hearts of peace in Christ and damn our souls.

Pastor

HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN?

Most people look for some outward evidence of the new birth. They look for a changed life. They look for a more religious demeanor. But the only evidence that there is of the new birth is inward not outward. The only evidence of the new birth is faith in Christ. “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” (I John 5:1) If you believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior that the Father sent into the world to save His elect, then you have been born again. If you believe that the only way that your sinful soul can be saved is by the Lord Jesus Christ, then you have been born again. The only people who can believe on Christ that way are people who have been born again with a new nature of faith.

Pastor

FOLLOW ME

This is one of the most frequently repeated commands of Christ, “Follow Me.” Quite often men translate this in their thinking to “Imitate Me.” As important as this is, that is not what “Follow Me” means. To follow someone, you must keep your eyes upon him. If you look down at your feet to see how well you are doing, you will lose him. If you look to the side to compare your following to someone else’s following, you will lose him. If you look behind you for evidences that you have followed him, you will lose him. The only way we follow Christ is by keeping the eye of faith only on Him, nowhere else! This is the same thing as, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” Not looking to Jesus and, but looking to Jesus alone! That is how we follow Him.

Pastor Todd Nibert

CHRIST OUR GOSPEL

The doctrines we preach and love are not mere teachings of some particular method or plan, but the doctrines of Christ, who IS our Gospel; Christ who is sovereign over all flesh; Christ, whose grace is both sovereign and free. Not to preach a sovereign Christ, is to preach another Christ. To preach another Christ is to preach another gospel (which is not another, Galatians 1:6-9). It is just that simple. Mark it down, you cannot separate Christ from the Gospel or the Gospel from Christ, for they are one and the same. Christ is sovereign over all things and over all flesh, giving life freely to whom He will. The message of life for poor guilty sinners is the message of the Christ of God, who saves sovereignly and freely, even the chief of sinners!

Pastor Maurice Montgomery

“Oh death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law” (I Cor. 15:55-56).

Why should believers fear death? Christ has put away their sin. Christ has fulfilled the law on their behalf. Both the sting of death and its strength are defeated. For believers, death is the last stop on their way to complete perfection (Romans 8:29-30).