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COMPLETE IN HIM

“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” | Colossians 2: 10

If someone like me is complete, I know I must be complete only in Christ.

Everything about me is incomplete.

My faith is incomplete.

My repentance is incomplete.

My enjoyment of peace is incomplete. My love is incomplete.

My experience is incomplete.

Yet I am, right now, complete in Christ.

It is not that I will be complete one day, but I am complete right now because the Lord Jesus Christ completed the work of salvation for me and in me.

~ Pastor Frank Tate

Click here to listen to the message “Resisting The Oppositions of Science”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 9 May, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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DIVINE PARADOXES

“And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,” | Ephesians 6: 19

The wiser we get, the greater fools we become (I Corinthians 3: 18)

The stronger we grow, the weaker we are (II Corinthians 12: 9-10)

The more we possess, the less we have (II Corinthians 6: 10)

The more completely bankrupt, the more freely forgiven (Luke 7: 42)

The more utterly lost, the more perfectly saved (Luke 19: 10)

And the more like a child, the greater in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18: 4)

Click here to listen to the message “The Observer and observed”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 11 April, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Blaming the Lord

“Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.” | Jude 8

Whether it be trouble sent from God or caused by Man, man blames others for troubles they are in.

The poor complain that they are not rich like other people are.

The sick complain that they are not well.

The bereaved complain that they lost the friend.

The enslaved complain that they are not free any more.

The ugly complain that they are not pretty.

The old complain that they’ve lost their strength.

Complaining, isn’t that a common sin?

It has been since the fall, and it comes because of the fall.

It comes because of what we feel in our hearts.

~ Pastor Bruce Crabtree

Click here to listen to the message “Murmurers and Complainers”

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Sovereign Grace Sermon Series | 2 May, 2021 | Sovereign Grace Church; New Castle, Indiana

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Hear The Word Of The LORD!

“Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.” | Ezekiel 37: 4

All error and eternal damnation comes from hearing and heeding the words of men.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end is always destruction. God’s ways are not our ways, and God’s thoughts are not our thoughts. So if we search the words of men for answers to the questions of salvation and redemption we will only stay confused; we will never be settled on what the truth actually is; and we will never find peace, rest, and contentment.

A true, God called preacher will only repeat to you: “The word of the LORD.”

The only hope we have is to “Hear Him!”

The only word that will “Stand forever” is His word.

A saving faith in Christ comes “by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

So, “Let God be true, but every man a liar!”

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

Click here to listen to the message “A Prayer That God Will Hear”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 26 August, 2018 | Previous post date: n/a

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Where is God? What is He Doing?

“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.” | Romans 10: 1

Believers pray for their sin to be forgiven. We pray for our loved ones to hear the Gospel of free grace in Christ and to be drawn to Him. We pray for our brethren in Christ to be comforted, and we pray for God to call out His elect in this generation. But do we pray for our enemies?

Paul was praying for the salvation of his earthly kinsmen in Romans 9: 3 and 10: 1. Those Jews viewed him as a traitor. One who changed sides during a holy war. They likely referred to him only as Saul, and with a sour tone in their voices mocking him. They would torture and kill him if they could. But Paul earnestly prayed for them to hear and to know Christ.

Our Master told us to do just that in Matthew 5: 44. He said to “pray for them that despitefully use you.” Christ not only told us to pray for OUR enemies, but on our behalf, He prayed for HIS enemies – “Father, forgive them; they know not what they do.” (Luke 23: 34) Also, He died for His sheep while we were ungodly enemies against Him. (Romans 5: 6-8)

May we be given the grace to pray for the ones that hate us, despise us and would kill us if possible. That they too may know their sin and know the One who was made sin for His people, The Lord Jesus Christ!

~ Pastor Kevin Thacker

Click here to listen to the message “Where is God? What is He Doing?”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 9 May, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Christ Is Precious To Those Who Believe

“Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them” | Luke 15: 1-2

While the self-righteous Pharisees and scribes withdrew from the Lord Jesus Christ and then harshly criticized Him, many publicans and sinners drew near to hear Him.

What a blessing from the Lord to have a willingness to draw near to Him (John 6: 44) and then to have ears to actually hear a word from Him. (Act 10: 33)

His words are words of life. (John 5: 24)

His words are words of salvation. (Romans 1: 16; Hebrews 4: 12)

The worst thing the Pharisees and scribes said of the Lord, “This man recieveth sinners, and eateth with them;” is the best thing any sinner could hear. It is not sin that keeps a man from hearing the good news of the gospel of Christ, it is his presumed righteousness he is going about to establish by his religious deeds. (Romans 10: 1-4)

No man will ever come to Christ while he is resting in the deeds of the law for salvation. (Romans 3: 19-20) It is only by the almighty power of His sovereign grace that will effectually quicken us and make us alive in Christ that will cause us to draw near to Him, to hear Him and to believe Him. (John 5: 21; Ephesians 2: 1; 1 John 5: 1)

This Man receives sinners! What a miracle of amazing and sovereign grace. (2 Timothy 1: 9)

~ Pastor Tom Harding

Click here to listen to the message “Christ Is Precious To Those Who Believe”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 April, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Do You Know the Lord?

“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” | Philippians 3: 8

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 4 December, 2020 | Previous post date: 6 January, 2021

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Strive to Enter In

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” | Galatians 2: 16

The Lord said in Matthew 11: 12: “The kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”

While it is true that salvation is a work of God in which we are passive, men dead in sins do not actively seek the Living God. It is equally true that when God does give a dead sinner life, that one who was dead in sins becomes very active.

He “strives to enter in at the straight gate.” (Matthew 7: 13)

He earnestly “seeks God with all his heart.”

He is “importunate”((insistence) in prayer. (Luke 11: 8)

He seeks to “crucify the flesh” and “through the Spirit to mortify the deeds of the body.” (Romans 8: 12-13)

He is willing to “endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 2: 10)

The rest that the believer enters is not one of laziness, apathy, or indifference. If our belief in sovereign grace has led us to excuse our sin, justify our disobedience, dampen our enthusiasm, become indifferent to our responsibility, or make our love and zeal grow cold… we have not understood sovereign grace.

While all of our former religious activity does need to be killed, may God deliver us from using His grace to have a passive attitude that is not taught in Scripture!

~ Pastor Todd Nibert

Click here to listen to the message “Worship Contrary To The Law?”

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He First Loved Us

“We love Him, because He first loved us.” | 1 John 4: 19

Because He first loved us, there are some things that we, God’s people, love about Him: We love His sovereignty. We love the fact that He has the power, ability, and right to do as He pleases. We especially love that truth because He said, in Christ, it pleased Him to make us His people. (1 Samuel 12: 22)

We love His election. We love who He elected to save. He said He chose to save sinners, and that is what we are. (1 Timothy 1: 15) We love His predestination. It is the means that He said He would use to conform us to the image of Christ, and that is our greatest desire and need. (Romans 8: 29)

We love His grace, because it is what gave Christ to us.

We love His mercy, because it is what gave Christ to the cross of our punishment. It is what shed His blood for the payment of our sin.

We love His redemption, because it is finished. We are washed clean, made pure, and accepted in Him.

We love His righteousness, because it has covered everything that we are in our flesh with His perfection.

We love His glory, because it magnifies Him.

We love His word, because it reveals Him.

We love His message, because it points us and calls us to Him.

We love His people, because there is no greater pleasure on earth than being with those who love Him and desire to worship and praise Him together.

The glorious gospel of Christ is in the fact that He loved us, even when there was nothing about us to love. For that, we love Him.

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

Click here to listen to the message “Therefore Wait Ye Upon Me”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 April, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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I TRUST HIM

“And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.” | Acts 17: 6-7

It is not my hold of Christ that saves, but His hold of me.

It is not my promise to Him which keeps me, but His promise to me.

It is not my works which make me righteous before God, but His perfect life and obedience.

My best is but filthy rags. I trust Him on the strength and authority of His Word.

He died for those who believe; Lord, I believe! He promised to save all who trust Him! He said, “All that my Father giveth me shall come to me and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” I came to Him, I am coming to Him, and by God’s grace, I shall continue to come.

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “This Jesus Whom I Preach Is Christ”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 4 December, 2020 | Previous post date: 6 January, 2021