By Grace Alone

“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” | Ephesians 2: 8-9

“By grace ye are saved.”

There is no present salvation except that which begins and ends with grace!

No man can preach or possess a present salvation except those who preach and believe that we are saved by grace alone!

The work is finished!

Any other way of salvation is dependent on the sinner and it will fail.

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “The Hope of the Gospel”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 8 March, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

Jesus Is The Christ!

”But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name” | John 20: 31

The scriptures tell us plainly that if all the miraculous, holy and righteous things that Christ our Lord did had been recorded in the Scriptures, “the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.” (John 21: 25)

However, that which has been recorded in and on the pages of divine inspiration are written for one purpose: “That you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.”

Jesus is the Christ.

He is salvation.

All the scriptures are concerning Him! We see in Acts 4: 12 that, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

The angel of the Lord said in Matthew 1: 21, “Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.”

Do you believe that Jesus is the Christ?

He is the only One who can save you from your sin.

“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he (Jesus Christ) expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24: 27)

~ Pastor David Eddmenson

Click here to listen to the message “Believer God Is Out To Do You Good”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 2 January, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a

“Lovest Thou Me?”

”And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” | Romans 11: 6

Three times the Lord asked Peter, “Lovest thou me?”

That is the real question isn’t it?

What think ye of Christ?

Do you love Him or hate Him?

The question isn’t if you love the doctrines of grace but do you love Christ who those doctrines declare. If you love Christ you will love the doctrines that teach who He is.

The question isn’t do you love others who love Christ.

The salvation of our souls is found in loving Christ. If you would be saved you must believe upon and love the Lord Jesus Christ. Loving someone else who has saving faith won’t do your soul any good. Although if we love Christ we will love others too.

I wonder how we would respond if the Lord had asked us the same thing He asked Peter, “Lovest thou me?”

~ Pastor Frank Tate

Click here to listen to the message “Come In, Shut In, Kept In”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 8 March, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

My Grace is Sufficient For Thee

”And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” | 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10

GRACE IS WHAT I NEED – God’s free, abundant, satisfying, sanctifying grace!

I need grace to believe God and to continue in that faith.

I need grace to give and forgive, grace to love and be loved, grace to live and grace to die.

If I have little grace, the fault is mine; for His grace is called, “abundant grace.”

The Lord may not give gold, but He will give grace.

He may not give ease in life, but He will give grace in proportion to my need.

He will certainly send me trials, but never without the grace to overcome.

I may ask God for something which is not for my good and therefore He is not pleased to give it, but I may ask for as much grace as I will, and it will never be refused; for His throne is literally a throne of grace!

“Lord, fill me with Thy grace, make me an object of Thy grace, let my lips speak of Thy grace, and let my life be lived as a trophy of Thy grace!”

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “What Is It to Die In the Lord?”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 2 January, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a

Justified From All Things

”For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.” | Acts 13: 36-39

Barnabas, coming to Antioch, saw with the eyes of faith the grace of God and was glad.

He was glad that the Lord was pleased to bless His word to the salvation of His elect, and exhorted the believers to cleave to the Lord.

Being glad, cheerful and happy to behold the grace of God is the experience of every believer.

We’re glad to be where the Lord is pleased to meet with His people… glad to be where Christ is honored in the preaching of the Gospel… and glad that we want to be there…

~ Pastor Marvin Stalnaker

Click here to listen to the message “The Song Of Songs”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 8 March, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

Do Not Praise the Dead and Shun the Living

”O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.” | Psalm 105: 1-5

If I truly believe the gospel of God’s sovereign grace and glory, I will not hesitate to be fully identified with those who believe and preach that gospel IN MY DAY. Paul said to Timothy, “Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner.”

It is cowardice and compromising to brag on dead preachers like Spurgeon, Pink, and Barnard, and yet fail to support, encourage, and hear those who preach the same gospel NOW!

Such professors who never bear the scars of battle will never wear the crown.

Those who shun the good fight of faith in their day will never celebrate the victory in that great day of our Lord.

~ Pastor Henry T. Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Looking In the Wrong Direction”

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Zebulon Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 2 January, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a | Pikeville, Kentucky

That I May Know Him

THAT I MAY KNOW HIM

“The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.” | Hosea 1: 2

Before the Apostle Paul’s conversion, he knew the law, he knew the traditions, and he thought he knew God.

But when the Lord crossed his path on the Damascus Road, and revealed himself to Paul, then he found out who Christ is.

He was never the same.

And from that day forward Paul’s aim and desire was to know more about the one who knew him.

It was all about knowing a person, not just knowing a doctrine. “I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.” (2 Timothy 1: 12)

Paul was not afraid to preach the one he knew, he was not ashamed of him, because the one He knew was not ashamed of him. This gave him a boldness to preach his Gospel, and he wanted others to know this one that he knew. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” (Romans 1: 16)

~ Pastor Mike Walker

Click here to listen to the message “A prophet and a prostitute”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 8 March, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

Grace Brings Salvation

“Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, how is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” | John 4: 9

The woman of Samaria told the Lord Jesus that the religious Jews, out of their self-righteous pride, would have no dealings with the Samaritans, people who the Jews considered to be too sinful for salvation.

But thank God, the Lord Jesus Christ came to save and to have dealings with sinners.

He is the friend of sinners. (Matthew 11: 19)

Christ did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. (Matthew 9: 12:13)

The Lord Jesus Christ came to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19: 10)

Now the question for us to consider, are we sinners? Yes!

Do we need the salvation from the hand of the Lord? Yes!

This is a faithful saying, Christ came to save sinners. (1 Timothy 1: 12)

~ Pastor Tom Harding

Click here to listen to the message “Grace Brings Salvation”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 2 January, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a

If You Be Circumcised

”Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” | Galatians 5: 2

It is a man’s guilt that makes Christ necessary for Him; but it is a man’s righteousness that will render Christ ineffective for him.

The blood of Christ is the remedy for a man’s sin, but what shall avail for a remedy for a man’s righteousness? Only the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit of God is able to overcome a man’s resistance to the grace of the blood and to make him despair of even his righteousness.

But, to refine the point even more, it is the Holy Spirit’s work in revealing the testimony of the blood of Christ that breaks the self-righteous will of man and makes him submit to Christ as his only righteousness before God.

So it is the blood poured out by Christ that remedies the sin of a man, and it is that same blood revealed by the Holy Spirit that remedies the righteousness of man.

~ Pastor Joe Terrell

Click here to listen to the message “The Testimony of the Blood”

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FreeGraceRadio.com Bulletin Article date: 6 September, 2008 | Previous post date: n/a | Danville, Kentuky

HOW DO I KNOW I AM SAVED?

“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.” | Colossians 2: 9-12

We can never determine whether or not someone is saved by what they do or don’t do.

Determining salvation based on the deeds of the law is legalistic.

We know that no one is saved by their obedience to any part of the law.

Judging salvation based on what someone does or does not do is cruel because it puts them under law, not under grace.

The sole determining factor in salvation is faith in Christ.

The question is not whether or not you have sin in your life. Of course you have sin in your life!

The only question is: Do you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ?

Do you trust Christ to be everything it takes to save you, without any help from you?

If your answer to that question is yes, then Christ has saved you and revealed Himself to you and in you.

~ Pastor Frank Tate

Click here to listen to the message “Complete In Him”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 9 January, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a