2970 Baird Rd., Shreveport, LA 71118
CHRIST ALONE-SCRIPTURE ALONE-GRACE ALONE
NOVEMBER 5, 2006
SUNDAY
Scripture Reading/Prayer: Psalm 19 (Mike)
Call to Worship: ‘Jesus, the glorious Head of grace’
Scripture Reading/Prayer: Acts 20 (David)
Hymn: #125- ‘Jesus Paid It All’
Message: Brother Jim Pennywell
WEDNESDAY
7:00 PM- Mid-week Service
Nursery care available for all services for ages 4 and younger.
Ken Wimer, Pastor- ( (318) 687-4943
E-MAIL: pastor@shrevegrace.org
WEB SITE: http://www.shrevegrace.org Updated weekly with audio messages now available on-line.
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Tune: ‘Doxology’)
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esus, the glorious Head of grace,
Knows every saint’s peculiar case;
What sorrows by their souls are borne,
And how for sin they daily mourn.
He knows how deep their groanings are,
And what their secret sighs declare;
And, for their comfort, has expressed
That all such mourning souls are blessed.
They’re blessed on earth, for ‘tis by grace
They see and know their mournful case;
Blessed mourners! They shall shortly rise
To endless comfort in the skies.
There all their mourning days shall cease,
And they are filled with joy and peace;
Comforts eternal they shall prove,
And dwell forever in His love.
Dear Lord may I a mourner be,
Over my sins and after Thee;
And when my mourning days are o’er,
Enjoy Thy comforts evermore.
FLY FOR REFUGE
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aith is the outgoing of heart and soul upon the person and work of Jehovah Jesus----and that, under a deep sense of unworthiness, guiltiness, and hell-deserving.
Oh, fly for refuge to the hope set before you in the Gospel. Fly to the shadow of the Cross, the shelter of the Rock! THERE is…
Pardon for the guiltiest,
Cleansing for the filthiest,
Safety for the weakest, and
Conquest for the most faint-hearted!
Letters of RUTH BRYAN
FULL PARDON AND JUSTIFICATION BEFORE GOD
“I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins,” Isaiah 43:25
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arthly authorities may exercise their right to pardon condemned criminals, but none are able to justify (declare righteous) so as to remove all remembrances of the charges from the record. How different is the work of God in pardoning and justifying sinners!
The Lord God BLOTTED OUT the transgression of His people by the just payment of their sin in their Substitute, the Lord Jesus. It is not because of anything in them, but for HIS OWN SAKE. That is FREE GRACE. The Lord Jesus so fully paid the sin debt of those He chose from eternity that they no longer stand under condemnation and wrath because of His obedience unto death. All for whom He died not only stand absolved of all guilt, but stand perfectly righteous in His sight.
O sinner! If the Lord Jesus died for you, then it must be that the Lord will have compassion on you and by His Spirit, turn you to His Son in repentance- John 6:37 “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” All whom He draws, come to Him knowing that their sins are not only ALL forgiven, but that they stand justified before God because of Christ’s finished work. Is HE your hope and assurance alone?
KEN WIMER
SHALL WE SIN THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND?
“Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression,” Psalm 19:13
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hese words are to be understood of sins willfully, contumaciously, and presumptuously committed; and the petition supposes, that these may be committed by ‘good’ men, if left to themselves; and that there is a proneness in them to sin; and that they would rush into them, were they not kept back and restrained by the powerful and efficacious grace of God. It also supposes that the saints cannot keep themselves; that God only can keep them from evil; and therefore they pray to Him that He would, and who does keep them by his power, at least from a final and total falling away
JOHN GILL
RECONCILED BY THE DEATH OF GOD’S SON
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hen Adam sinned, all he represented sinned. We all became sinners by imputation- Rom 5: 12. Imputed sin CHANGED our STANDING before God from righteous and upright to guilty and condemned. In this STANDING we owed a debt of obedience to God's law that we could not fulfill, and a debt of punishment to God's justice we could not pay. With this STANDING before God, we became the "enemies" of God. We became the "enemies" of God's Justice. And, as "enemies" we needed to be RECONCILED. WE WERE ENEMIES (in need of RECONCILIATION)! But! At a specific point in time ("by the death of his son", i.e. at the Cross), God RECONCILED His elect unto Himself. 2 Corinthians 5:17 declares ‘old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.’ The "old things PASSED AWAY," no longer exist, because of the cross. They are gone FOREVER. With these "old things" GONE, we ceased to be God's "enemies". "We were RECONCILED to God by the death of his son," Romans 5:10.
“Behold all things ARE BECOME new." At the SAME point in time, God's elect were given a new STANDING before God. We became unchangeably justified. Our STANDING of just condemnation CHANGED to unchangeable Justification. "All things are become new" to God's elect the moment we received this new STANDING at the cross. "Are become new" is a perfect tense verb in the original, which means CONTINUOUS results. "All things" CONTINUE to "become new" BECAUSE OF this STANDING. They will continue to "become new" until our final glory in heaven. There was a tremendous CHANGE for God's elect. We WERE guilty and defiled because of Adam's sin imputed to us. We WERE justly condemned because of that sin. And! In that STANDING we were under God's just judgment. We OWED a debt of obedience to God's law we could not fulfill and a debt of punishment to God's justice we could NOT pay. And! With all that, we WERE the "enemies" of God's justice in need of a RECONCILIATION that we could have no part in bringing about. But God! In his infinite mercy and grace "RECONCILED us to himself by the death of his son". That is the REALITY of RECONCILIATION.
MARK PANNELL, Albany, GA