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Believe On The Lord Jesus Christ

“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.” | 1 John 5: 1

All who are born of God believe that Jesus is the Christ.

The title THE CHRIST signifies anointed and includes all the offices of the Son of God.

To believe Him to be THE CHRIST is to believe Him to be that Prophet which Moses said should come, who has declared the whole mind and will of the Father.

It is to believe He is that Priest which should arise after the order of Melchizedek and make full atonement for sin and effectual intercession for transgressors.

It is to believe He is King of kings and Lord of lords, whom God hath set over all things from all ages and for all time.

This faith in Christ is not a mere assent to the fact nor merely acknowledging it as the demons have done. “And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.” (Luke 4: 41)

It is to believe with the heart. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10: 9-10)

It is to bow the knee in repentance and to look to Christ, trust in Him, receive Him as our righteousness, to rest in His blood for cleansing, and to lay hold of Him as our Savior, Redeemer, and Mediator. “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” (1 Timothy 2: 5)

Such faith is far above and beyond the reach of the human mind.

It is the gift of God.

It is the result of regeneration and a new birth, for we must be drawn to Christ and taught of God. “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. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.” (John 6: 44-45)

-Pastor Henry T. Mahan

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Religious But Lost

“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.” | 1 John 5: 1

All who are born of God believe that Jesus is the Christ.

The title THE CHRIST signifies anointed and includes all the offices of the Son of God.

To believe Him to be THE CHRIST is to believe Him to be that Prophet which Moses said should come, who has declared the whole mind and will of the Father.

It is to believe He is that Priest which should arise after the order of Melchizedek and make full atonement for sin and effectual intercession for transgressors.

It is to believe He is King of kings and Lord of lords, whom God hath set over all things from all ages and for all time.

“And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.” (Luke 4: 41)

This faith in Christ is not a mere assent to the fact nor merely acknowledging it as the demons have done.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10: 9-10)

It is to believe with the heart.

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” (1 Timothy 2: 5)

It is to bow the knee in repentance and to look to Christ, trust in Him, receive Him as our righteousness, to rest in His blood for cleansing, and to lay hold of Him as our Savior, Redeemer, and Mediator.

Such faith is far above and beyond the reach of the human mind.

“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. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.” (John 6: 44-45)

It is the gift of God. It is the result of regeneration and a new birth, for we must be drawn to Christ and taught of God.

-Pastor Henry T. Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Religious But Lost”

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The Church Belongs To Christ

“Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.” | Song of Solomon 8: 11

While the church is in this world she is with Christ and Christ is with her, and she is safe. All is well!

Sometimes our doubting hearts become fearful about the welfare and safety of the Lord’s church.

But our fears are ill-founded.

The church belongs to Christ.

He loved her, chose her, and redeemed her.

She is in His hands.

He will defend her, protect her, and perfect her.

The church of Christ and the cause of Christ are safe.

~ Pastor Don Fortner

Click here to listen to the message “The Church-The Lord’s Vineyard”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 3 May, 2020 | Previous post date: 15 March, 2021

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Do You Find Delight In The Gospel?

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,” | Ephesians 1: 13

The things that are written and that are preached by us concerning salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ are not only written and preached to encourage sinners to believe Him and come to Him that they might be saved, but the gospel is written and preached to you who believe that you may have confidence and assurance of your interest in Christ, and having come to Him, you are still coming.

How is faith confirmed?

How is faith increased?

Even by the preaching of the gospel, by having the person and work, the righteousness and sacrifice of our Lord explained to us again and again.

Eternal life is to be found nowhere but in Christ.

And in order that those who are already in Christ through faith might have assurance and grow in grace and the knowledge of Him, the preacher is to magnify over and over again the gospel of the glory of our blessed Lord!

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 19 December, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Some Believed and Some Believed Not

“REJOICE IN THE LORD” | Philippians 3: 1

Throughout the epistle to the believers at Philippi, Paul is always making reference to rejoicing in the Lord; “Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice” (Philippians 4: 4)

I can truthfully say there have been times in my life when I rejoiced in everything but the Lord, in religious service, office, ceremony, heritage. But there was a time when our God taught me the saving and the true gospel and convinced me that all was vanity and dung, and that Jesus Christ is All and in All, that every believer is complete in Christ. (Colossians 2: 9) Once this was revealed to me, now I find that there are always abundant reasons to rejoice in Him no matter how difficult the day may be. Let me remind you of a few.

1). We rejoice in His glorious person. Totally and fully God and yet identified with our flesh ( John 1: 14; 1 Timothy 3: 16)

2). We rejoice in His perfect righteousness which He worked out for His people as our Mediator and Redeemer, He is the Lord our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23: 6; Romans 4: 6)

3). We rejoice in His glorious sacrifice which eternally puts away all our sin (Hebrews 9: 12; Hebrews 9: 26; Hebrews 10: 17)

4). We rejoice in His powerful grace that can transform us out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son (Colossians 1: 13)

5). We rejoice in His good and wise providence that works all things for our eternal good (Romans 8: 28)

6). We rejoice in His glorious resurrection by which we are justified (Romans 4: 25)

7). We rejoice in His eternal intercession for us as the Surety of the covenant of grace (Hebrews 7: 25; 1 John 2: 1-2)

8). We rejoice in His second coming, although we do not know the hour or the time, we do know that He will appear the second time without sin unto salvation (Hebrews 10: 28)

So, my friend, if you are a believer, you always have reasons to rejoice in the Lord! (Philippians 4: 4)

~ Pastor Tom Harding

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 20 September, 2020 | Previous post date: 11 March, 2021

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Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?

”And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?” | Genesis 18: 10-13

As Sarah laughed and Abraham doubted the promise of God to them and for them, this was His answer. “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”

This shows at least two things concerning our Great and Wonderful Redeemer and ourselves:

1) What a rebuke to our unbelieving and sinful flesh. When we doubt the promises and grace of God we surely need to be reminded; ‘is anything too hard for the (our) Lord?’

2) What a testimony to the longsuffering and goodness of the Father to the likes of us, for He gives us what we do not deserve which is His mercy. But with tenderness and compassion He reminds His covenant people; ‘is anything too hard for me?’

Let this simple but straight forward phrase of infinite and caring grace cause us to seek Him, love Him and worship Him evermore: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”

~ Pastor Drew Dietz

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The Only True And Eternal Treasure is Jesus Christ

”Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.” | Genesis 18: 4-5

I read an article concerning the mysterious pyramids of Egypt.

King Cheop’s great pyramid is the only of the seven wonders of the ancient world still surviving. It covers an area of thirteen acres, originally was four hundred eighty one feet high and contained six and one half million tons of stone.

At Cheop’s death, his body was preserved, adorned with gold mask, precious necklaces and jewels and laid in the middle of his large pyramid.

His coffin was surrounded by valuable Egyptian furniture.

By careful planning and much labor the one and only exit was forever sealed. No one was to ever enter this royal tomb.

I had to chuckle when I read the close of the article, “Despite all these precautions, the burial chamber suffered the same fate as most of the royal tombs in Egypt: it was stripped of its treasures.”

I know many people just like old King Cheop.

All the treasures they possess are worldly, and they will soon be stripped of it.

The only true and eternal treasure is Jesus Christ and his benefits.

If you possess Christ, you are rich indeed and your riches are secure. They dwell where no thief can ever enter or break through and steal.

In Christ are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, and where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. “But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6: 20-21)

~ Pastor Bruce Crabtree

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Zebulon Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 2 September, 2007 | Previous post date: n/a | Pikeville, Kentucky

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Rejoicing in The Lord

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” | Philippians 4: 4

Believers in the Lord Jesus do rejoice in the Lord always.

They rejoice that His grace is always sufficient, that His blood ever cleanses them from all sin, that by His righteousness imputed to them they are justified before the law, that His love for them never fails, that by His providence He continually works all things together for their good, to them who are the called according to His purpose, that His intercession before the Father on their behalf is continual and rejoice that their names are written in heaven.

~ Pastor Marvin Stalnaker

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 11 February, 2018 | Previous post date: n/a

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Man Can Only Look Upon the Outward

“The Lord sees not as a man sees for man looks upon the outward appearance but the Lord looks upon the heart.” | 1 Samuel 16: 7

Preachers and other believers do not have such a spirit of discerning that they can determine who is a believer and who is not.

We know experimentally what true faith in Christ is in the internal exercises of it. Yet these graces we can neither feel nor see in the heart of someone else. Outward manifestations and appearances we can readily see, but the Word of God plainly states that this way of judging what is in a person is uncertain and liable to deceive, “He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes nor reprove after the hearing of his ears.” (Isaiah 11: 3)

Eyes and ears are poor judges and dangerous counselors in soul cases.

People who are quick in determining another person’s state before God betray one of three things:
1) they have little experience;
2) they are persons of weak understanding, or
3) they have great pride, self-confidence, and ignorance of themselves.

Wise and experienced believers will proceed with great caution in these matters.

~ Jonathan Edwards

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Central Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 25 July, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a | Rocky Mount, Virginia

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When, EXACTLY Did God Save Me?

“Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.” | 1 John 2: 7

WHEN did the Lord first begin to deal with my soul?

WHEN, exactly, did I first begin to believe?

WHEN did I actually become a Christian?

A child of God?

I gave up trying to answer those questions a long time ago, as being totally unimportant.

George Whitefield once said, “I have heard of a person who was in a company with fourteen ministers of the gospel, some of whom were very eminent servants of Christ, yet not one of them could tell the time when God first manifested himself to his soul.”

It is quite sufficient to me that, by the grace of God, I do believe in the Christ of Scripture. And as a believing sinner I continue to pray for grace to continue to believe in Christ. (Hebrews 10: 38,39)

~ Pastor Maurice Montgomery

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