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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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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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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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All The Saints In Christ Jesus

”Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.” | Psalm 57: 5

Who are these saints and how did they get to be saints?

“Saint” is short for sanctified one.

Those who are saints became saints as the result of Gods intervention.

In Jude, verse one, they are described as, “sanctified by God the Father, preserved in Jesus Christ and called.”

To be a saint is to be the eternal object of God’s love, mercy, and grace.

”By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10: 10)

It is to be sanctified by God the Father in divine election, “sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”, “And called with a 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”.

”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)

To be a saint is to be “made meet (able) to be a partaker of the inheritance of enlightened saints”.

”Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:” (Colossians 1: 12)

Sainthood is neither won nor lost but is the gift of God.

It is a divine work and therefore cannot fail.

~ Pastor Darvin Pruitt

Click here to listen to the message “My Refuge” (32:34 minutes)

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In Everything Give Thanks

”In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” | 1 Thessalonians 5: 18

Salvation is in the Person of Christ Jesus alone.

”But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 11: 3)

Any thought or work, apart from Him alone, is to depart from the hope of salvation by the grace of God and is to miss the simplicity of Christ.

~ Pastor Marvin Stalnaker

Click here to listen to the message “In Everything Give Thanks” (25:44 minutes)

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What Is The Bible Concerning?

“This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.” |

Some say the Bible concerns the love of God.

Others have suggested that the Word of God concerns how to live right in this world.

Many believe the Scriptures contain and concern the formula for success and prosperity.

Some say that they love the Bible because it concerns how we should treat one another.

But what does the Holy Spirit tell us in the Bible?

What did the Lord Jesus say that His Word concerns?

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

God’s love, how we live, all spiritual success and prosperity, along with how we treat others, is all relative to what we believe concerning Jesus Christ.

“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.” (Luke 24: 44)

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible, God’s Holy Word, concerns Jesus Christ who loved His people and gave Himself for them.

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” (Ephesians 5:2)

So, what do you think of Christ?

He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

He is the only way that God loves us.

He is the only way that we live righteously before God.

We prosper and succeed only with Him as our Savior and Substitute.

If a sinner loves Christ, they will love and treat others as they do themselves.

The Bible concerns one thing, and that is Jesus Christ.

~ Pastor David Eddmenson

Click here to listen to the message “Maintain Good Works – Part 1” (34:08 minutes)

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Justified In Christ

“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” | Luke 18: 13-14

When the Lord pronounced the sinner as going “down to his house justified” that means he went down to his house having never committed a sin.

But by his own admission he was a sinner: “God be merciful to me a sinner.”

How can that be?

Because by the death of Christ, his sins were blotted out and he was given the righteousness and merits of Christ.

If Christ never sinned, neither did he!

Christ gives us a new history!

All of this is true in justification.

On Judgment day, every believer will be justified, as one having never sinned!

As one who kept God’s Holy law perfectly!

As one who loved God will all his heart and his neighbor as himself.

What a glorious Gospel!

~ Pastor Todd Nibert

Click here to listen to the message “Maintain Good Works – Part 1” (34:08 minutes)

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Go Forth Unto Him!

”Let brotherly love continue.” | Hebrews 13: 1

If you confess to this world that all your hope is — not in yourself – but in Christ Jesus your Lord whose suffering without the camp made you holy and accepted with God eternally then you will be an offense to this world.

Glorying in the cross of Christ means renouncing any sanctifying, justifying work that you, or any other man, has or can perform.

Glorying in the cross of Christ is to give yourself, your time, your energy, your all to worship and witness of Christ Jesus your Lord and Savior.

”Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3: 12)

If you leave behind this self-serving, self-righteous, will-worshipping generation and go forth unto Christ without the camp then you shall bear reproach.

You will bear it from unbelieving fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and family, but the Lord stated that if we love any more than him we are not worthy of him.

You will bear scorn from the religious world.

Remember: the reproach which Christ suffered was at the hands of religious men and women — religion excommunicated him, kicked him out of the camp, because they would not confess their sin, let go of their self-righteous deeds, and confess him to be Lord and Savior.

The political, secular world rejected him because faith in Christ requires no compromise and the world’s system requires you to compromise to the world’s government, business, and popularity.

It is fine with the world if you serve Christ and the world; but Christ is clear that it is an impossibility to do so.

Yet if Christ makes you know in spirit that he was suffering for you then you will find that there is not anything which is too much to suffer for Christ!

Either we go without the camp and bear his reproach or we compromise with the enemies of Christ.

We can not do both.

”Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.” (Hebrews 13: 13)

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach

~ Pastor Clay Curtis

Click here to listen to the message “Unbelief and Faith” (59:19 minutes)

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What Is Your Comfort?

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” | Psalm 23: 4

Are you happy?

Yes!

But I am not without times of sorrow and depression.

Like any human, I weep over loved ones, friends, sickness, death, and disappointment.

But I sorrow not as those who have no hope.

CHRIST IS MY HOPE!

He loved me, gave Himself for me, and will make ALL THESE THINGS work together for my eternal good.

Are you at rest in your soul?

Yes! but I am not free from concern and conviction over my sins and my infirmities.

I love Christ but not as I should or as I desire.

I am satisfied with Him, His mercy, His grace, and His love; but I will never be totally satisfied until I wake with His likeness.

Do you have peace?

Yes! but that peace with God, peace of conscience, and peace in any situation or condition is not based on my merit, feelings, nor religious duties.

CHRIST IS MY PEACE!

He said, “In ME ye have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble.”

Any man or woman who claims continual, uninterrupted joy, rest, and peace in this world is either not telling the truth or has no connection with reality!

True joy, rest, and peace are things we enjoy in Christ IN THE MIDST of troubles, afflictions, and infirmities.

Paul’s exhortation was “rejoice in the Lord.”

When I am conscious of my weakness, failures, and sins, I rejoice in Christ, my righteousness.

When I am concerned about food, clothing, and shelter, I rejoice in Christ, my provider.

When I am sick, Christ is my healer.

When I am grieved, Christ is my comfort.

When I am faced with death, Christ is my life!

So it is not necessary to put on a false face and deceive others.

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on Thee.” (Isaiah 26: 3)

We are still human; but our peace, rest, and joy is Christ.

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “The Believer’s Comfort” (27:27 minutes)

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Lord, What Will You Have Me To Do?

“Lord, what will you have me to do?” | Acts 9: 6

This is Paul’s question on the road where he met the sovereign Christ.

It was not, ‘what do I think is best for me?’

Or ‘what will afford me the most pleasure and comfort?’

Or even ‘what do other people do?’

But “Lord, what will YOU have me to do?”

In every case enable me, by Thy grace, to do what is pleasing in Thy sight and that which will bring glory to Thy name.

“In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3: 6)

Where we get in trouble is putting our wills and ways before His!

It is not I but Christ, His gospel, His church, His kingdom, His glory, which must be considered.

When this is settled “I” will fall in the right place and though the way may not be easy; in the end it will be pleasant.

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “God Created Man” (36:16 minutes)

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