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From Death To Life Eternal

”For me to live is Christ; and to die is gain.” | Philippians 1: 21

My Lord Jesus is the giver of life.

He is the sum and substance of life.

He is my hope of life eternal.

My hope is to see Him, to be like Him, and to be with Him forever.

Therefore, for me “TO DIE IS GAIN.”

I will be released from age and pain and gain a perfect body; I will be free from this sinful flesh and gain sinless perfection; I will be free from every trial, every heartache, and live in perfect rest and joy; I will enjoy perfect knowledge, immortality, and everlasting peace.

GAIN is a weak word to describe such glory!

What is it then that makes us so fearful of death and so reluctant to part with this world?

We may give a lot of reasons and feel that we are sincere and our reasons valid; but, to be perfectly honest, our problem is THE WEAKNESS OF OUR FAITH in Him and His Word.

Our Lord said, “O ye of little faith, wherein do you doubt?”

Wherein do we doubt?

His love for sinners?

He gave Himself for us!

The efficacy of His blood?

It cleanseth us from all sin!

The reality of heaven?

“If it were not so, I would have told you!”

The awesome miracle of being changed from the image of the earthy to the image of the heavenly?

Is anything too hard for God?

Here is where Abraham found righteousness.

“He believed God and was persuaded that what God had promised, He was ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM!”

Life eternal in Christ for those who believe is what He has promised, and He will perform!

“Sirs, I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.”

Welcome death, for with death comes LIFE ETERNAL!

~ Pastor Henry T. Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Who Did Christ Die For?”

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Zebulon Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 3 April, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a | Pikeville, Kentucky

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Because He Loves – We Love

”Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” | 2 Corinthians 9: 15

By the grace of God, I do believe that I love Christ.

I know that I don’t love Him like I should.

I know that I don’t love Him as I desire to.

Yet, I do know that I love Him.

The beloved disciple John tells us in our text a great truth that very few know. He tells us that “We love Him, (Christ) BECAUSE He first loved us!”

Salvation is of the Lord!

This is the theme of redemption throughout the Bible.

There is a reason that I love Christ, and it is BECAUSE He first loved me.

His love for His people is the cause of their love for Him.

He loves – we love.

That is the order of our salvation.

~ Pastor David Eddmenson

Click here to listen to the message “God’s Unspeakable Gift”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 20 May, 2018 | Previous post date: n/a

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Unto You Therefore Which Believe He Is Precious

“Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,” | 1 Peter 2: 7

It is impossible for those who believe in Christ to fully express the preciousness of Him to them.

(1) He is precious to every believer because He is their life. “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1 John 5: 12)

(2) He is precious to every believer because He is their clothing. The best robe that the Father gives or imputes to every son that He receives is the righteousness of Christ. It is the robe of His spinning by His perfect obedience and sacrifice.

(3) He is precious to every believer because He is their food. Just as the Israel of old feasted on the Paschal Lamb so God’s spiritual Israel feasts on the Lamb of God. We continually feast upon his flesh and drink His blood; we continually look to His one sacrifice that atones for all the sins of His elect.

(4) He is precious to every believer for He is our hiding place. In the storms of life we say with the psalmist: “yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be over past” (Psalm 57: 2)

~ Pastor David Pledger

Click here to listen to the message “We Preach Christ”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 30 May, 2021 | Previous post date: 29 July, 2021

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A Strange Message!

”And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.” | Exodus 33: 19

The message of the Bible (Christ and him crucified) may be unfamiliar to the ears of those who do not hear Christ preached consistently, and do not study for themselves, and take someone’s word for the truth.

The religion of multitudes is superficial, to say the least.

When most people hear the true message of the Gospel their response is, “What in the world is he saying, I have never heard anything like that!”

Without taking the time to inquire and study and seek God to see if these things be true, they usually become angry and offended and judge it not to be so.

I feel that I can speak freely concerning this because I was once there myself!

The heart of false religion is focused upon self.

The theme of a false Gospel is:

God loves everyone.

Christ died for everyone.

Salvation is up to me.

The glory of God, the effectual work of Christ, the depravity of the human heart, and the sovereign grace of God is a strange message to those that are strangers to the truth.

The great concern of the flesh is health and prosperity here, and heaven and hell hereafter.

The great concern of the Christian message is the glory of God – here and hereafter!

If it were not for the programs, recognitions, theatrics, entertainment, pastors telling stories and dealing with moral issues, and telling people how good they are and begging for money, most church services could be cancelled.

Contemporary religion’s purpose is to make their message and methods palatable to fallen creatures at the expense of the glory of God and truth.

The message of the Gospel is as old as God himself and has never changed and never will.

May God in grace and mercy reveal to this generation his sovereign glory in Jesus Christ our Lord!

~ Pastor Tommy Robbins

Click here to listen to the message “Christ – Our ARK”

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Central Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 11 May, 2014 | Previous post date: n/a | Rocky Mount, Virginia

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The Only Conclusion We Can Come To

”For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” | Ephesians 2: 8-10

When “the mystery of God is finished,” “time shall be no more,” and all of the redeemed of the Lord are gathered around their great Redeemer, perfected and glorified forever, the only visible evidence of the consequences of sin will be seen on the Redeemer Himself!

Every mark and trace of sin will have been removed from the saints of God.

The wounds inflicted upon Christ the Redeemer when He delivered Himself up to be crucified as the Substitute for sinners, “the just for the unjust,” that He might bring them to God, will be the only visible evidence of sin remaining.

What an eternal reminder that “by His stripes they are healed!”

They did all the sinning – He did all the suffering, dying, and saving.

What amazing love and grace!

What an amazing Redeemer-God!

“Praise the Saviour, ye who know Him! Who can tell how much we owe Him? Gladly let us render to Him, All we are and have.”

~ Pastor Maurice Montgomery

Click here to listen to the message “The Only Conclusion We Can Come To”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 17 April, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a

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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

”Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” | John 14: 1

Besides the royal command, we have the cure for heart trouble.

It is faith!

”Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”

There is no want He cannot supply.

There is no sickness He cannot heal.

There is no danger He cannot prevent.

There is no misery He cannot remove.

There is no sin He cannot forgive.

There is no enemy He cannot defeat.

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.” (Psalms 42: 5)

Christ is God in our nature — so near at hand and so accessible to our faith.

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Fear Not — I Am With Thee”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 20 May, 2018 | Previous post date: n/a

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Preaching and Compelling

”The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.” | Psalm 118: 14-17

Don’t blame God.

Whenever worship attendance is sparse, almost always, someone makes the comment, “Everybody is here that is supposed to be.”

I know that is true.

“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:” (Ephesians 1: 11)

God always works everything after the counsel of His own will, and He makes no mistakes.

However, we must be careful as to what we blame on God.

Our Lord has prepared a great supper and has bidden sinners to come.

If you don’t come, that is on you, not God.

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

By nature, we will not come to Christ that we might have life.

“Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.” (Psalms 110: 3)

May God be pleased to make us willing in the day of His power.

~ Pastor David L. Eddmenson

Click here to listen to the message “Preaching and Compelling”

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Zebulon Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 3 April, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a | Pikeville, Kentucky

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May God Be Mindful of Us

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” | 1 Corinthians 1: 30,31

May God give us the wisdom to know that Christ IS all!

May God cover us in the righteousness (the goodness and obedience) of Christ, OUR all!

May God see us in the sanctification (the holiness and purity) of Christ, GOD’S all!

And may the only payment offered to God for the redemption of our sin be Christ – AS all!

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

Click here to listen to the message “Yet It Pleased The Lord To Bruise Him”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 30 May, 2021 | Previous post date: 21 July, 2021

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Sacrifice

”And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” | Romans 8: 28-31

Sacrifice means to ‘suffer loss’ …’give up something.’

The Lord Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself to God for His people.

He ‘suffered many things’ because of us.

He suffered the wrath and judgment of God against our sins.

He gave His life for His sheep.

He ‘gave up’ His glory, honour and happiness in Heaven to become a man of sorrows and be a servant to God and men.

He gave every waking hour of His thirty-three years on earth for us; and He did it willingly and happily, knowing it was for God’s glory and our good.

Now… scripture says to those whom Christ did this for: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” (Romans 12: 1)

Let each of us ask ourselves:

In light of what Christ has done for me, what have I done for Him?

In light of what Christ has done for me, what have I done for His People?

In light of what Christ has done for me, what have I suffered the loss of?

In light of what Christ has done for me, what have I given up?

In light of what Christ has done for me, how much of myself, my time, my material goods (which He gave us) have I given to the cause of Christ, support of the gospel and the care of His church?

In light of what Christ has done for me, have I made any sacrifice at all?

In light of what Christ has done for me, have I suffered the loss of anything or given up anything or anyone for Christ, Who gave Himself for me?

~ Pastor Paul Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “God’s Saving Purpose And Power”

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Central Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 May, 2014 | Previous post date: n/a | Rocky Mount, Virginia

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A Memory That Forgets

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” | Ephesians 4: 32

One of the best things we can learn to cultivate is a memory that forgets.

A memory that forgets all wrongs, all ill words, all ingratitude.

If our Lord never remembers our sins against Him, let’s not remember any against us.

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” (Hebrews 8: 12)

Let’s remember to forget as well as forgive.

~ Pastor John Chapman

Click here to listen to the message “It Is Good That I Have Been Afflicted”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 6 February, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a