Sovereign Grace Baptist Church

Free Grace Media

Of Princeton, New Jersey

 

AuthorClay Curtis
TitleWeekly Bulletin 2-22-2015
Bible TextMatthew 10:29-31
Date22-Feb-2015
Article Type Bulletin
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February 22, 2015


SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH



LOCATION
Rocky Hill Firehouse, 2ndFloor
150 Washington Street
Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 08553
Clay Curtis, pastor
Telephone: 615-513-4464


Schedule of Services
Sunday 10: 15 AM Bible Class
Sunday 11:00 AM Morning Service
Thursday 7: 30 PM Midweek Service




Services Broadcast Live @ www.FreeGraceMedia.com/live




Sermons on Video @ http://www.youtube.com/


Nursury
We have a nursery equipped with a digital flat screen television broadcasting all services live, for children 4 and under.

 

Joy lies more in the mind than in the place or the possession. He that hath enough, though he hath but a few shillings a week, hath more than the possessor of millions. He that is content is the truly rich man!

                                                                                                Charles Spurgeon 

 

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Isaiah 57: 15: For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

O what a mystery that God should have two dwelling-places! The "heaven of heavens" that "cannot contain him," and the humble, broken, and contrite heart! But in order that the Lord of heaven might have a place in which he could live and lodge, God gives to his people gifts and graces; for he cannot come and dwell in the carnal mind, in our rebellious nature, in a heart full of enmity and wickedness; he therefore makes a lodging-place for himself, a pavilion in which the King of glory dwells, the curtains of which are like the curtains of Solomon. His abode is that holy, divine nature which is communicated at regeneration—"the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Thus Christ dwells in the heart by faith; and is "in his people, the hope of glory." And this made Paul say, "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." This is the object of God's dealings—that the Lord God might dwell in his people; that there might be a union betwixt the Church and her covenant Head: "I in them, and thou in me, that they might be perfect in one." This is the unfolding of the grand enigma, the solution of the incomprehensible mystery, "God manifest in the flesh,"—that the Lord God might dwell in his people; "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people;" and thus glorify himself by filling their hearts with his grace and glory, as Solomon's temple was of old, and that they might enjoy him, and be with him when time shall be no more. This is the grand key to all the Lord's dealings with the soul, and all his mysterious leadings in providence,—that the Lord God might dwell in the hearts of his people here, and be eternally glorified in them in a brighter and a better world. JC Philpot

 

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ONLY ONE WAY

     There is only one way to heaven. There is only one way of salvation. There is only one way whereby fallen, depraved, sinful man can approach the holy, living, almighty God and be accepted of him. The Lord Jesus Christ said, “I am the Way!” Christ is the Way. There is no other way. If you walk in any other way, you are going the wrong way, you are in the broad way that leadeth to destruction. Christ is the Door. You cannot enter into life, but by him. Christ is the Way. You cannot come to God, you cannot be saved, but by him…There is no other way. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” This is the way of salvation. It is unalterable. Trust Christ and you are saved. If you do not trust Christ alone, you are lost. Salvation can never be obtained by our works our tears, or our prayers. It can only be obtained through simple reliance upon the finished work of Christ, the sinner’s Substitute. In this matter of salvation, Christ is all in all. He is the “A” and the “Z” in the alphabet of grace. He is the beginning and the ending of God’s salvation. “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” (John 3:36). “He that believeth on him is not condemned” (John 3:18), and shall never be condemned, because he’s passed from death unto life. The way of salvation is as clear day, as simple as trust, and as straight as an arrow. Christ said, “I am the Way!” What could be more simple or more direct? Don Fortner, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Danville, KY

 

 

GOD LOVES SINNERS

    God loves sinners.  The human mind cannot comprehend the glory of that statement. Sinners are unlovable.  There is nothing lovely in sinners, so the reason for God’s love cannot be found in the sinner.  The reason for God’s love must be found in the character of God.  God has the capacity to love sinners because God is love (I John 4:8).  God loved sinners when He elected them in Christ (Deut. 7:7-8).  God loved sinners when He promised to send the Savior of sinners.  God loved sinners when He sent His Son incarnate to be their substitute (I John 4:10).  God loves sinners when He calls them by His grace through the preaching of the gospel (Jer. 31:3).  God loves sinners when He causes them to be born again (Eph. 2:4).  God loves sinners when He implants the fruit of the Spirit in them.  God loves sinners when He sees His people through trials (Heb. 12:6).  God loves sinners when He calls His people home to be with Him.

    No sinner would have even one of these blessings unless God loves sinners.  Thank God that He loves sinners with a love that passes all human comprehension  (Eph. 3:19). Frank Tate, pastor of Hurricane Road Grace Church, Ashland, KY

 

 

THE FORGOTTEN SPARROW

     Christ said, “two sparrows are sold for a farthing?” In another place he said, “Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings.” (Mt 10: 26; Lu 12: 6) Sparrows are so common that if a man buys two farthings-worth then he gets one thrown in for free. The one thrown-in is not even counted by the merchant. Believer, do you at times feel like the uncounted, forgotten sparrow? Yet, Christ says of the sparrow which man forgets, “not one of them is forgotten before God?” (Lu 12: 6)  Believer, if God does not forget one lowly sparrow, do you imagine God will ever forget you? Christ speaking through the prophet Isaiah said, “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.” (Is 49: 15-16) Suppose a mother tends to her little canary in her bird cage, how much more will she tend carefully and lovingly to her little child in the cradle! Now, suppose that mother gave her beloved son to die so that her infant child could live. How much more will she care for that child in the cradle! “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Rom 8: 32) Christ promises, “There shall not an hair of your head perish.” (Lu 21: 18) “Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.” (Mt 10: 31; 1 Pet 5: 7; Ps 34: 6-9)