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Christ Prayeth for the Apostles and All Believers

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received [them], and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. | John 17: 1-12

~ Henry Mahan

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Concerning the Manner of the Resurrection

“The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

~ 1 Corinthians 15: 56,57

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Article date: 14 January, 2018 | Previous post date: n/a

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His Good Pleasure

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” | Philippians 2: 13

Everything concerning a sinner’s salvation is of God. Nothing is of us.

We don’t begin the work of salvation, He does. (Philippians 1: 6)
We don’t perform the work of salvation, He does. (Philippians 1: 6)
We don’t finish the work of salvation, He does. (John 19: 30, Hebrews 1: 3)
We don’t call on Him, He calls us. (Luke 5: 32)
We don’t seek Him, He seeks us. (Luke 19: 10)
We don’t find Him, He finds us. (Luke 15: 3-6)
We don’t accept Him, He accepts us. (Ephesians 1: 6)
We don’t produce our own faith to believe on Him, He puts His own faith in us and causes us to believe on Him. (Ephesians 2: 8)
We don’t earn any perfection of our own, He earned it for us. (Titus 3: 5)
It’s not that we loved Him, but that He loved us. (1 John 4: 10)
We don’t keep ourselves in His love, He keeps us there. (1 Peter 1: 3-5)
Salvation is totally of the Lord. (Jonah 2: 9)

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 24 January, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Come To Christ

Christ told us, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” (John 7:37) And “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Isaiah prophesied “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”

ANY, ALL, and EVERY ONE; come thirsty, tired and burdened.

Come to Christ now, without any payment of your works, and enter into true rest!

~ Pastor Kevin Thacker

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 27 September, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

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Only Two Religions in the World

There are, really, only two religions in the world.

One of Cain and the other of Abel.
One is Ishmael and the other is Isaac.
One of Esau and the other of Jacob.
One of law and the other of promise.
One of Mount Sinai and the other of Mount Calvary.

One condemns, the other finds no fault.
One leads to bondage, the other to freedom.
One tendeth to death, the other to life.
One of weakness, the other of power.
One of merit, the other of mercy.
One of the weakness of the letter, the other of the power of the Spirit.

~ Pastor Tom Harding

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 17 January, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ!

The song says:

“O, the unsearchable riches of Christ!
Precious, more precious than gold!”

Christ, Himself, is the riches.

When He gave Himself, He gave all the riches of heaven.

To have nothing but Him, is to have all. And to have everything without Him, is to have nothing.

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 27 September, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

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Blessed Assurance

Assurance of salvation and a saving interest in our Lord Jesus is NOT A FEELING cultivated by thinking good thoughts and doing good deeds. Paul calls it “full assurance of faith.” (Hebrews 10: 22)

It has to do with faith, with BELIEVING GOD!

Assurance is born of CONFIDENCE IN THE FATHER as our covenant God; “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”

Assurance is born of CONFIDENCE IN THE SON as our just God and Saviour; “By His stripes we are healed.”

Assurance is born of CONFIDENCE IN HIS PROMISES; “Abraham was fully persuaded that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.”

So your assurance of redemption is not enhanced by the MORE YOU WORK, but by the MORE YOU TRUST AND REST IN HIM. “Let us labor therefore to enter into THAT REST” (Hebrews 4: 11).

~ Pastor Henry T. Mahan

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Article date: 14 January, 2018 | Previous post date: n/a

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Grow In Grace

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To HIM be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” | 2 Peter 3:18

The apostle’s exhortation to us as God’s people who have been called by faith to believe on Christ is, “grow in grace.” When God‘s people “grow in grace,” they grow in the doctrine of grace.

“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

They grow in the object of grace – which is Christ Himself! “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” | 2 Timothy 1: 9

“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” | 2 Timothy 2: 1

And when God‘s people “grow in grace,” they grow in the practice of grace.

Psalm 111: 4 says, “…the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.” And all who “grow in grace” say, “As He is, I desire to be.” True growth in grace says with David, “I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with THY likeness.” | Psalm 17: 15

The doctrine!

The object!

The practice!

“Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To HIM be glory both now and for ever. Amen. | 2 Peter 3: 17,18

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 25 October, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

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Who Are These That Have Great Need?

They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. | Matthew 9: 12

Who are these that have no need? They are those who are said to be whole. Many times in the scriptures the word “whole” is used to show the believer’s completeness and perfect soundness in the Lord Jesus Christ. But here in Matthew chapter 9, verse 12, the word “whole” means, “to be able, or one who can do.”

Who are they that have “no need?”

Who are these that are said to be whole?

They are those that “are able” and “can do” something for themselves.

Those that be whole (or think themselves to be) need not a physician.

Who are these that have great need? They are those that are sick.

Like the man at the pool of Bethesda, we are lame and cannot walk. Like the poor woman who was bowed over, we can in no wise lift ourselves up. Like the unclean leper, sin is eating us away. Like the man with the withered hand, we cannot pick ourselves up by the bootstraps. Like the demoniac, we lived among the tombs of the dead. Like Lazarus, we were dead. If I had a terminal disease that only one doctor had the cure for, I would give anything and everything to find and receive treatment from that specialist.

Dear reader, we have such a disease and it is called “sin.”

There is such a Great Physician and He found me.

His name is Jesus Christ and only He can save His people from their sin. (Matthew 1: 21)

When do we go to the doctor?

When we are sick.

May God be pleased to continue to show us our sickness and need of Christ, the Great Physician.

~ Pastor David Eddmenson

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 October, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a

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It Shall Be Perfect To Be Accepted

The voice from the cross did not summon men to do, but to be satisfied with what was done, “It is finished.”

The sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ is the only perfect thing which has ever been presented to God on man’s behalf.

“It shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.” | Leviticus 22: 21

~ Scott Richardson

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 October, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a