SHREVEPORT GRACE CHURCH
2970 Baird Rd., Shreveport, LA 71118
CHRIST ALONE-SCRIPTURE ALONE-GRACE ALONE
OCTOBER 7, 2007
SUNDAY
Scripture Reading/Prayer: Psalm 67 (Mike)
Call to worship: ‘Peace by His Cross’
Scripture Reading/Prayer: 2 Corinthians 8 (Mike)
Hymn: #51- ‘Praise the Savior’
Message: Brother Layne Denton preaching
Hymn: #272- ‘The Solid Rock’
No afternoon worship time this week
Wednesday
7:00 PM- Mid-week Service
Nursery care available for all services for ages 4 and younger.
CONTACT INFORMATION
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.
RADIO BROADCASTS: 9:00 AM (CST) Sunday on KWKH, 1130 AM, Shreveport, LA or live streaming at http://www.am1130thefan.com/pages/listen_live.html
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Tune: ‘Doxology’)
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eace by His cross has Jesus made;
The church’s everlasting Head
O’er hell and sin has victory won,
And, with a shout, to glory gone.
When o’er thy head the billows roll,
And shades of sin obscure thy soul;
When thou canst no deliverance see,
Yet still this Man thy Peace shall be.
In tribulation’s thorny maze,
Or on the mount of sovereign grace,
Or in the fire, or through the sea,
This glorious Man thy Peace shall be.
Yes, when thy eye of faith is dim,
Rest thou on Jesus, sink or swim
And at His footstool bow the knee,
For Israel’s God thy Peace shall be.
GOSPEL OUTREACH
· GOSPEL MEETINGS- Providence Church, Powell, TN- October 5-7. Brother Ken Wimer and Brother Bill Parker, 13th Street Baptist Church, Ashland KY preaching.
· WORSHIP TIMES here in Shreveport- Uphold Brother Jim Pennywell and Brother Layne Denton as they teach and preach.
· MARK YOUR CALENDARS: NOVEMBER 16-18, 2007, Brother Bill Parker from 13th Street Baptist Church Ashland, KY will be preaching for us, the Lord willing.
· GOSPEL WORK OVERSEAS- As the Lord brings them to mind:
o Preachers and churches in West and Central Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Cameroun
o Brother James Mwale and the work of the Gospel in Malawi, Southern Africa
o The effect of the Gospel preached recently in Andrah Pradesh State, India, and follow up contacts with some of the preachers who attended the recent meetings there.
· OUR WEEKLY RADIO BROADCASTS AND GOSPEL ARTICLES IN THE AMERICAN CLASSIFIEDS every other week.
THE SOLE OBJECT OF FAITH
“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, Gal. 3:16.
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hat no one is declared just before God by any personal obedience is clear from Scripture. The law requires perfect and sinless obedience, and condemns as guilty even the slightest disobedience, James 2:10. The sole ground of justification before God is declared to be BY THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST. Notice it does not say ‘by faith IN Jesus Christ,’ but by ‘THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST.’ It is THE FAITH once delivered unto the saints (all whom God has justified through the death of His Son), Jude 3. It is THE FAITH which the Spirit of God causes sinners to believe and rest in, not looking to their believing as the ground of their justification, but TO THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST(The Gospel of His obedience unto death as God’s righteousness, Romans 5:19). It is to this righteousness established by the Lord Jesus in His death, and approved and imputed to the account of every one of God’s elect by the Father, Romans 8:32-34, that the Spirit taught sinner looks for salvation. We who believe look outside ourselves to the Lord Jesus as the sole object of faith. KEN WIMER
JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE
“In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:14.
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aving redemption through His blood is synonymous with the forgiveness of sins. We are said to be justified by grace—by Christ—by faith; and here believers are said to be justified by His blood—His sacrifice, which is at once the great object of faith, and the channel through which faith and every other spiritual blessing is imparted to the people of God. It has been already observed, that nothing but guilt prevents the love of God from flowing to His creatures. Christ cancelled the guilt of His people—redeemed them from the curse, and the never failing consequence is, their inheriting a blessing; their guilt is expiated, and, being justified BY HIS BLOOD, much more shall they be saved from wrath through Him; for all power in heaven and in earth is committed to Him, that He may give eternal life to those whom He has ransomed with His blood. For He is seated on His mediatory throne, and in their successive generations He calls them by His grace, guides them by His counsel, and afterwards receives them to His glory. JAMES HALDANE