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Weakness, Fear And Much Trembling

”Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.” | Proverbs 16: 12

Paul said to the church at Corinth is his initial visit with them, “I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling”.

”And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 2: 1-5)

Upon the surface, do we want someone who speaks as the representative of God to speak with that kind of demeanor?

Would we not prefer someone speaking with the demeanor of strength, courage, and confidence?

Yes, on any other subject, but not when the Gospel is preached!

The only way to preach the Gospel is being deeply conscious of personal weakness, having a fear of misrepresenting God, and a reverential awe that causes inward if not outward trembling!

I would much rather hear a man with weakness, fear, and trembling than a man with self confidence.

There’s no room for self confidence in a thing as awesome as the preaching of the Gospel!

~ Pastor Todd Nibert

Click here to listen to the message “Who Chose Who” (28:32 minutes)

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Married To Christ

“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.!” | Romans 6: 1-4

While marrying a young couple yesterday, I asked them if they would promise to honor and love one another, “till death alone shall part you.”

We believers were married to the law in the sense that we were bound and responsible to honor it. We were “under the law,” and though sinful and incapable of honoring it, it was nonetheless our duty before God to do so perfectly. Paul uses this beautiful comparison to show what our relationship is now to the law, and to the son of God.

Being dead to the law, we are married to Christ, and yet not considered “adulterers.” In other words, we have no requirement to honour the law, and yet are guiltless before the law.

Free from the law O happy condition,
Jesus hath bled and there is remission.
Cursed by the law and killed by the fall,
Christ hath redeemed us, once for all.

It may seem extreme to you that I would say, we have no requirement to honor the law, but think about it believer. If we are responsible to honor God’s law, then we must inhabit Hell forever. Christ honored it for us, and paid our sin debt, and we add nothing to what He has done for us. Nothing.

This does not mean we do not respect the law, and even try to obey it both outwardly and inwardly, but we have found that what we would, we do not, we cannot. Paul even says we “delight in the law of God, after the inward man,” but understand. We are dead to the law for righteousness, and we are married to Another.

We cannot, do not, shall not honor the law with our works, though we do desire to and strive to, but our Husband did, and we are one with Him as man and wife are said to be before God, one flesh. We bring forth fruit unto God because our works, just like our persons, are accepted “in the Beloved.”

Let us praise Him both now and forever, our Husband, our Beloved, the Lover of our souls and Him Whom our soul loveth.

~ Pastor Chris Cunningham

Click here to listen to the message “Run After Love” (45:52 minutes)

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You Will Not And You Cannot

”And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.” | Genesis 39: 22

The Savior makes two statements to the religious people of His day that show us how completely dependent we are on the Lord to save us.

”And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” (John 5: 40)

”No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him” (John 6: 44)

You and I are totally dependent on the Lord to save us because our dead will is so stubborn, we refuse to come to Christ for life and righteousness and forgiveness of our sin, even when He is preached to us.

Our nature is also dead in sin so we lack the capacity to come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit gives us life and draws us to Christ.

We will perish unless the Lord is pleased to save us.

What good news it is to find out that the Lord is both able and willing to save sinners.

My plea is Lord please save me!

~ Pastor Frank Tate

Click here to listen to the message “Joseph Part 2” (24:27 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 26 April, 2026 | Previous post date: n/a

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To Everything There Is A Season

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” | Jeremiah 29: 11

Do you know what that expected end is, mentioned in Jeremiah, beloved?

The answer is found in Jude chapter 1 verse 24— “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.” Our Lord finished the work of our salvation, and in the covenant of God’s eternal grace, we have always been in His view and His joy, that of presenting us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy! Beloved, look unto JESUS, the author and finisher of our faith! The alpha and the omega of our salvation, Christ Jesus the Lord, who, “for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12: 2).

He has you and me in view, beloved!

We are the joy set before Him; that glorious day when He will give us, all of His beloved people, an expected end.

And He condescends to tells us what it is, beloved, that, “whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:15).

AMEN!

~ Pastor Joseph Murphy

Click here to listen to the message “To Everything There Is A Season” (24:17 minutes)

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A Word On Grace

”And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.” | Genesis 39: 20-21

Grace always presupposes unworthiness in its object.

The province of grace ceases where merit begins: what a cheering word is this to those of you who have no worth, no merit, no goodness whatsoever!

Crimes are forgiven, and follies are cured by our Redeemer out of mere free favor.

The word grace has the same meaning as our common term gratis: Wickliffe’s prayer was, “Lord save me gratis.”

No works can purchase or procure salvation, but the heavenly Father giveth freely, and upbraideth not.

~ C.H. Spurgeon

Click here to listen to the message “Joseph – Part 1” (29:26 minutes)

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He Hath Visited And Redeemed

”Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” | 1 John 3: 2

My spiritual life began in looking to Christ only.

The way I persevere in the faith is by continuing to look to Christ only.

My desire is that the last breath I take here on earth will be looking to Christ only.

The employment of eternity, albeit without this sinful nature, will be looking to Christ only!

“We shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is”, and will still look to Him only.

~ Pastor Todd Nibert

Click here to listen to the message “He Hath Visited And Redeemed” (34:11 minutes)

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What He Hath Done For My Soul

“I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.” | Psalm 66: 13-14

God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you and all happiness to crown you.

~ Thomas Brooks

Click here to listen to the message “What He Hath Done For My Soul” (29:08 minutes)

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What The Law Can Do

”What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.” | Romans 3: 1-2

We are saved by grace—free grace, rich grace, sovereign grace, distinguishing grace—without one atom of works, without one grain of creature merit, without anything of the flesh.

Oh! Sweet grace, blessed grace!

Oh! what a help — what a strength — what a rest for a poor toiling, striving, laboring soul—to find that grace has done all the work—to feel that grace has triumphed in the cross of Christ—to find that nothing is required, nothing is needed, nothing is to be done!

~ J. C. Philpot

Click here to listen to the message “What The Law Can Do” (25:47 minutes)

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The Natural Enemies Of Christ

”In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” | Ephesians 1: 13-14

A man once said, “The early Christians did not say in dismay, Look what the world has come to; but rather in delight, Look WHO has come into the world!”

Perhaps we need to be more like those early Christians.

”And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,” (Ephesians 1: 19)

While it is impossible for those who walk in the light to ignore or be indifferent toward the “works of darkness,” yet we should fix our hearts upon Zion’s King, the Lord Jesus Christ, and rejoice with thanksgiving that such an One came into this sinful world and performed such an amazing, effectual work of love for those who were His natural enemies.

~ Pastor Maurice Montgomery

Click here to listen to the message “What The Law Cannot Do” (30:27 minutes)

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Who Comes To Jesus Christ?

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” | Matthew 11: 28

Who comes to the Lord Jesus Christ that they might have life?

All those (everyone) who labor and are heavy laden over their sin.

“And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.” (1 Samuel 22: 2)

It was the same sort of folks that came to David in the cave of Adullam.

Who comes to the Lord Jesus Christ for life in abundance?

We have a three-fold description of those who do.

1. Everyone that is in distress. That word “distress” means “disabled.”

A disability is a lack of ability.

Everyone that is in distress (deep anguish) over their disability will come to Christ.

Blindness is a disability.

Blindness is the inability to see.

By nature, you and I (everyone) cannot see.

Being deaf is a disability.

It is the inability to hear.

Because of man’s fall, you and I (everyone) cannot hear.

“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6: 44)

We cannot come to Christ.

“And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” (John 5: 40)

We will not come to Christ.

Why?

Because our sin has disabled us!

2. Everyone that is in debt.

To be in debt means to owe something to someone.

We owe a debt to God for our sin that we are unable to pay.

We are dead in sin and can do nothing to pay this debt.

We have no righteousness.

We have no equity.

Our only hope of redemption is that Christ pays our great debt of sin.

3. Everyone that is discontent.

Those who came to David were discontent (dissatisfied).

They were discontent (disgruntled) with the world’s choice of king.

They wanted to serve God’s chosen King.

If God was content and satisfied with the King He chose, they too would most certainly be.

Have you come to the King?

Are you distressed and disabled?

Do you see that you are in great debt?

Are you discontent (dissatisfied) with your imagined righteousness?

Then come to your King as those four hundred men did that came to David.

Jesus Christ is the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

He can give you peace and rest.

Though you are disabled, He can enable you to come.

Christ is the only One who can pay your debt of sin in full.

He is the only One who can satisfy God and justify you.

He is the believer’s Captain, Master, Ruler and Savior.

Come to Him, for everyone who does has life.

~ Pastor David Eddmenson

Click here to listen to the message “Cast Your All On Christ” (29:44 minutes)

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