Rupert Rivenbark, Pastor
Bethel Baptist Church
Rt. 1 Box 462 A - Spring Lake, NC 28390
Phone # (910) 497-5627
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April 01, 2004
Daniel Parks, Pastor
Daniel Parks, Pastor
Daniel Parks, Pastor
REDEEMER BAPTIST CHURCH
2801 Cleveland Blvd. - Louisville, KY 40206
Phone # (502) 899-9205
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Redeemer Baptist Church
Grace for Today
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Daniel Parks, Pastor
REDEEMER BAPTIST CHURCH
2801 Cleveland Blvd. - Louisville, KY 40206
Phone # (502) 899-9205
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Redeemer Baptist Church
Grace for Today
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Tom Harding, Pastor
Tom Harding, Pastor
ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
6088 Zebulon Highway Pikeville, KY. 41501
Telephone: (606) 631-9053
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Zebulon Baptist Church
Soverign Grace.com
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ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
6088 Zebulon Highway Pikeville, KY. 41501
Telephone: (606) 631-9053
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Zebulon Baptist Church
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March 10, 2004
The way of Salvation by Milton Howard
The only difference in religion is concerning the way a sinner is saved. "What must I do to be saved" is the question asked. And since it is a question we ask, it must be answered. How we answer this determines the place of our soul in eternity. When this is answered, we will respond with one of only two ways of Salvation, works or Grace. It cannot be of both for they cannot stand together. They contradict one another. Either we must come before God in our own righteousness, or we will stand before Him in the righteousness of Christ.
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." The way of God for saving sinners comes from infinite wisdom. Some receive it and are saved, others reject it and are damned. To one this is the wisdom and power of God, and to another this is foolishness. There is no middle ground. Either Christ saves or He does not. We either come to God in Christ or we do not. Salvation is either all of Grace or all of works. So many are blinded by Satan, their minds are so prejudiced against the Gospel, their hearts are so in love with the things of this world, that the light of the Gospel cannot shine in them. Unbelief in God's way of Salvation etemally ruins the souls of men.
All Scripture declares that God's way of saving sinners is by substitution, atonement, satisfaction, and imputation. The first promise made by God declared this. All the sacrifices of the Law pointed to this. "By the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight" "If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?"
The way of Salvation is by the substitution of a Mediator, who both bore the penalty of the law and fulfilled that righteousness which was required. "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us," "He made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him"
God's way of saving is through the Person, mediation, blood, righteousness, and intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ alone.
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." The way of God for saving sinners comes from infinite wisdom. Some receive it and are saved, others reject it and are damned. To one this is the wisdom and power of God, and to another this is foolishness. There is no middle ground. Either Christ saves or He does not. We either come to God in Christ or we do not. Salvation is either all of Grace or all of works. So many are blinded by Satan, their minds are so prejudiced against the Gospel, their hearts are so in love with the things of this world, that the light of the Gospel cannot shine in them. Unbelief in God's way of Salvation etemally ruins the souls of men.
All Scripture declares that God's way of saving sinners is by substitution, atonement, satisfaction, and imputation. The first promise made by God declared this. All the sacrifices of the Law pointed to this. "By the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight" "If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?"
The way of Salvation is by the substitution of a Mediator, who both bore the penalty of the law and fulfilled that righteousness which was required. "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us," "He made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him"
God's way of saving is through the Person, mediation, blood, righteousness, and intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ alone.
March 09, 2004
He was there alone by Chris Cunningham
Matthew 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
While enjoying a rare time of complete solitude, it occurred to me how valuable such time is and how unwise it is that we spend so little of it. We might think it a terrible waste of time for the Lord to be totally separated from all company. Surely His every waking moment would be better spent in teaching or healing; and surely if any man could ever live without time to himself, it would be our Lord: We find, however, that it was His custom to often be apart from all activity and distraction in quiet communion. Perhaps we consider our time wasted if we are not engaged in some activity which promotes our gain or entertainment. We live life in the fast lane; after all it's the nineties. We don't have time to think. There is too much to do and if not, there's always something on TV.
Thousands of decisions are made every day, and sadly most of them are made without any thought. It is impossible to give due consideration to anything without this precious alone time. Peter committed a grave error of which he considered himself incapable, and it was not until he thought thereon that he saw his deeds in their true perspective and wept (Mark 14:72). King David said, I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies (Ps. 119:59). How often would our feet be turned otherwise than they are if we took time alone for prayerful thought such as this.
Our Lord was not reclusive and neither are His people. He went about everywhere doing good (Mt. 4:23) and tirelessly conducted His Father's business saying, I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9:4). We also have business to attend to, but how we ought to prize, as He did, the opportunity to worship and do as it was said of these, Then came the disciples to Jesus apart (Mt. 17:19). We delight to worship Him publicly, yet even that time would be better, spent were we to more often do so privately. It was when Jacob was left alone (Gen. 32:24) that he met the Son of God and was never the same again. We hear of the precious Lord Jesus Christ, who shed His priceless blood to wash us from our sins, yet how offer, do we quietly meditate upon His Person and grace without distraction or interruption and sweetly commune with Him? Surely He is worthy of our alone time, and we are our own enemy if we neglect what would enrich all of our other hours.
Ps. 104:34 My meditation (prayer, musing) of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
While enjoying a rare time of complete solitude, it occurred to me how valuable such time is and how unwise it is that we spend so little of it. We might think it a terrible waste of time for the Lord to be totally separated from all company. Surely His every waking moment would be better spent in teaching or healing; and surely if any man could ever live without time to himself, it would be our Lord: We find, however, that it was His custom to often be apart from all activity and distraction in quiet communion. Perhaps we consider our time wasted if we are not engaged in some activity which promotes our gain or entertainment. We live life in the fast lane; after all it's the nineties. We don't have time to think. There is too much to do and if not, there's always something on TV.
Thousands of decisions are made every day, and sadly most of them are made without any thought. It is impossible to give due consideration to anything without this precious alone time. Peter committed a grave error of which he considered himself incapable, and it was not until he thought thereon that he saw his deeds in their true perspective and wept (Mark 14:72). King David said, I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies (Ps. 119:59). How often would our feet be turned otherwise than they are if we took time alone for prayerful thought such as this.
Our Lord was not reclusive and neither are His people. He went about everywhere doing good (Mt. 4:23) and tirelessly conducted His Father's business saying, I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9:4). We also have business to attend to, but how we ought to prize, as He did, the opportunity to worship and do as it was said of these, Then came the disciples to Jesus apart (Mt. 17:19). We delight to worship Him publicly, yet even that time would be better, spent were we to more often do so privately. It was when Jacob was left alone (Gen. 32:24) that he met the Son of God and was never the same again. We hear of the precious Lord Jesus Christ, who shed His priceless blood to wash us from our sins, yet how offer, do we quietly meditate upon His Person and grace without distraction or interruption and sweetly commune with Him? Surely He is worthy of our alone time, and we are our own enemy if we neglect what would enrich all of our other hours.
Ps. 104:34 My meditation (prayer, musing) of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
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