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We Have An Advocate

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” | 1 John 2: 1-2

This scripture recognizes our frail, sinful human nature.

“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.” (Romans 7: 24-25)

A believer does not love sin, does not excuse or justify sin, but grieves over sin and desires to be without sin.

Yet he owns and confesses his sin!

“Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.” (Psalm 51:4)

As Spurgeon once said, “Sin is my name, sin is my nature, and to deny is to deny the Word, deceive myself and call God a liar. My old nature is such that I will sin until I die, for sin pollutes the best things I do.”

This scripture encourages the believer to trust and hope in the mercy of God AT ALL TIMES!

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” (Proverbs 3: 5)

It does not say, “If any man is holy, prayerful, and almost faithful, he has an advocate;” but IF ANY MAN SINS, he has an ADVOCATE with the Father.

It does not say, “IF any man sins he forfeits his right to Christ’s advocacy.”

“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.” (Colossians 3: 9-11)

Grace that can be forfeited because of human failure is not GRACE at all.

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1: 2-5)

Mercy that is conditioned upon the merit of the creature is not mercy at all.

“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. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” (Romans 1: 16-17)

If my title to glory rests upon my works, either BEFORE OR AFTER conversion, it is a total failure.

This scripture declares that at all times, under all conditions, Jesus Christ is our righteousness, our sanctification, our advocate and our redemption.

So when I sin, when I consider my past or present, and come creeping to my closet with a guilty conscience and an aching heart, I can rejoice in the mercy of my Father; for I have an ADVOCATE, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS!

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “God’s Grace & Peace Multiplied” (31:49 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 13 July, 2025 | Previous post date: n/a

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Will God Save A True Sinner?

”And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” | John 6: 40

Christ will never have finished his work upon believers till he has raised their bodies from the grave and glorified them like his own resurrected body.

He will never cease from the work which he has commenced on any one of his people till he has laid the top stone in the glorious perfections of heaven; and this truth is the joy of our hearts even now.

~ Charles Spurgeon

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 27 February, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a

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He First Loved Us

“We love Him, because He first loved us.” | 1 John 4: 19

Because He first loved us, there are some things that we, God’s people, love about Him:

We love His sovereignty. We love the fact that He has the power, ability, and right to do as He pleases. We especially love that truth because He said, in Christ, it pleased Him to make us His people.

“For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.” (1 Samuel 12: 22)

We love His election. We love who He elected to save. He said He chose to save sinners, and that is what we are.

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” (1 Timothy 1: 15)

We love His predestination. It is the means that He said He would use to conform us to the image of Christ, and that is our greatest desire and need.

“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.” (Romans 8: 29)

We love His grace, because it is what gave Christ to us.

We love His mercy, because it is what gave Christ to the cross of our punishment. It is what shed His blood for the payment of our sin.

We love His redemption, because it is finished. We are washed clean, made pure, and accepted in Him.

We love His righteousness, because it has covered everything that we are in our flesh with His perfection.

We love His glory, because it magnifies Him.

We love His word, because it reveals Him.

We love His message, because it points us and calls us to Him.

We love His people, because there is no greater pleasure on earth than being with those who love Him and desire to worship and praise Him together.

The glorious gospel of Christ is in the fact that He loved us, even when there was nothing about us to love.

For that, we love Him.

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

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A High God For Low Sinners

”Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.” | Psalm 138: 6-8

As a criminal condemned, convicted and sentenced, I walked steadily through the darkness, drawing ever nearer the time and place of execution. I knew well that I was guilty and that I justly deserved what lay ahead. My name was synonymous with lawlessness, rebellion and guilt. I didn’t have a single argument in my defense. There was not one thing I could do.

I had already abandoned all hope in myself.

But as I drew near the executioner, a man approached out of the shadows, took me by the shoulders and interrupted my trek toward death. “Just trust me and I will take your place, setting you free from all guilt.” ‘But I have so disrespected, dishonored and despised the law, were I to be freed, it would only be temporary, for my very name is Guilt. I would soon be apprehended and brought again to this place of approaching doom.’

“But I have honored and magnified the law,” he said, “you may take my name and I will take yours, thus you will be reckoned righteous and I guilty.” ‘But, Sir, that would necessitate your death. The law would pursue, arrest and execute you.’ “I’m willing,” he said, “to die in your place.”

‘But, Sir, why would you sacrifice yourself for me? You are innocent and I am guilty.’

“Though you haven’t known me, I have known and loved you for a long time, and came here for this purpose.”

Now I am free because he bore the penalty for my guilt.

Now I live because he died!

And though I am personally guilty, in the name of my friend, my substitute, the judge accepts me and favors me. Needless to say, I live under the influence of my substitute’s love and try to honor his name. To me, his name is above every name! Each new day of life, every joyful thought of the future and my present peace with the judge is all because of him. He is my life, my peace and my happiness!

My friends, this story illustrates the gospel of Christ, the gospel that is all of grace.

It is often suggested that such a gospel leaves men to live after the flesh, totally unchanged.

But I propose that any who profess commitment to this gospel, yet remain unchanged, have merely acknowledged the story, but never personally met the Redeemer!

~ Pastor Maurice Montgomery

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 1 December, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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A Curious Sinner And A Seeking Savior

”And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.” | Luke 19: 5-7

There is a song that goes, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the bible tells me so…”

The correct way to sing this song is, “Jesus loves sinners, this I know, for the bible tells me so…”

If the Lord loves me, then I must be as the bible describes me to be: a lost, hell deserving sinner in need of mercy.

If I do not see this to be me, then I cannot sing, “Jesus loves me…”

~ Pastor John Chapman

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 14 November, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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The Heir(s) Of God

”And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.” | Genesis 25: 5

There are many places in the book of Genesis where Isaac is typical of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaac was the promised seed. “And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.” (Genesis 21: 12)

Isaac voluntarily laid upon the altar as a sacrifice in total obedience to his father. “” (Genesis 22: 9)

It was Isaac that had his bride sought out by his father and drawn to him through the word of his father’s servant. “But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.” (Genesis 24: 4)

It is in our text that Isaac, as the sole heir of Abraham, is given all that his father had. What a glorious picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Promised Seed, the Substitute and the Sacrifice for sin, that heavenly Bridegroom who is the heir of all that belongs to God His Father.

However, this verse makes us aware of another blessed fact and truth that may not at first be seen.

Rebekah, the sought-out bride of Isaac, being his wife, also shared in father Abraham’s inheritance. She is a beautiful picture of the believer, the chosen bride, who is made a joint-heir with Christ. All the wealth, comfort and pleasure that Isaac enjoyed as Abraham’s heir, Rebekah also enjoyed as Isaac’s wife. Doesn’t that blessed thought and truth make the apostle Paul’s words “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8: 17) even more glorious to God’s people?

Truly, all that God the Father has given to His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, has also been given to the elect of God who were chosen to be His bride before the foundation of the world. All that is God’s belongs to Christ. All that is Christ’s belongs to His Bride. The children of God are heirs of God, because they are joint-heirs with Christ, and they are joint-heirs with Christ because they are the children of God.

Everything that God is going to do for His people, He is going to do through His Son, His Heir, our Lord, Savior and heavenly Husband, Jesus Christ.

~ Pastor David Eddmenson

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The Importance Of Knowing Christ

”That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death” | Philippians 3: 10

I know that there are some things that are important to us; there are some people that are important to us. However, in light of our great need of Christ nothing else is that important.

We need Him. As the woman with the issue of blood said, “If I can but touch the hem of his garment, I shall be made whole.”

Without Him we are lost, undone, and unaccepted by the Father.

There is no material thing or human relationship that can supply my spiritual need; however, in Christ we are complete. “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:” (Colossians 2: 9-10)

In Christ we have all that we need to stand in God’s presence accepted. “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4: 19)

I cannot express how important it is to know Christ; all material things will burn up, and all fleshly relationships will be dissolved. However, our relationship with Christ will never be dissolved nor diminished, and it will only grow sweeter.

Judge the importance of everything in light of Him.

~ Pastor John Chapman

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