SHREVEPORT GRACE CHURCH
2970 Baird Rd., Shreveport, LA 71118
CHRIST ALONE - SCRIPTURE ALONE - GRACE ALONE
February 17, 2008
SUNDAY
Scripture Reading/Prayer: Psalm 86 (Mike)
Call to Worship: ‘Christ Is the Eternal Rock’
Scripture Reading/Prayer: Philippians 2(David)
Hymn: # 511- ‘Face to Face’
Message: THE FINAL CHAPTER- Revelation 22
Hymn: # 509- ‘The Sands of Time are Sinking’
Hymn: # 309- ‘Beneath The Cross of Jesus’
Scripture Reading/Prayer: Job 8 (Jim Pennywell)
Hymn: # 352- ‘Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Message: The Plague of Idolatry - Deuteronomy 4:14-28
Hymn: # 480- ‘In Tenderness He Sought Me’
WEDNESDAY
7:00 PM - Mid-week meeting
Nursery care available during all services; for ages 4 and younger.
Ken Wimer, Pastor- ( (318) 687-4943
E-Mail: pastor@shrevegrace.org
Web Site: http://www.shrevegrace.org
Audio Messages Available On-Line; Updated weekly
Radio Broadcast: 9:00 AM (CST) Sunday on KWKH;
AM Radio 1130, Shreveport, LA area or LIVE streaming at http://www.kwkhonline.com/common/gap_streamer.php
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Tune: #188-‘I Love Thy Kingdom Lord)
1 – Christ is th’eternal Rock,
On which His church is built;
The Shepherd of His little flock;
The Lamb that took our guilt.
2 – Our Counsellor, our Guide,
Our Brother, and our Friend;
The Bridegroom of His chosen bride,
Who loves her to the end.
3 – He is the Son to free;
The Bishop He to bless;
The full Propitiation He;
The Lord our Righteousness.
4 – His Body’s glorious Head
Our Advocate that pleads;
Our Priest that prayed, redeemed, and bled,
And ever intercedes.
5- Let ALL obedient souls
Their grateful tribute bring,
Submit to Jesus’ righteousness
And bow before the King.
6- Our Prophet, Christ, expounds
His and our Father’s will;
This good Physician cures our wounds
With tenderness and skill.
THE BLESSING OF WORSHIPPING CHRIST IN TRUTH
“How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the Living God. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house; they will be still praising Thee.”
Psalm 84:1,2,4
SAMSON- A TYPE OF CHRIST
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ome are astounded when you tell them that Samson was a type of Christ. Their reasoning is, ‘How could a man who had so many shortcomings, and particularly with strange women, ever be a type of Christ?’ The answer is, “Name one person in all of Scripture, who was a type of Christ, who was without sin.” Can you? Clearly not! Types are just those…TYPES! One would never think of confusing the mold, from which a golden band is made, for the ring itself. You would never put the same value on the pattern as you would the suit or dress made from that pattern, but both have their place.
Moses and David were types of our Lord Jesus, and yet, were either of them perfect? All of the priests of the Old Testament typified the Lord Jesus in His person and work, and yet the Scriptures tell us that had they, or their sacrifices been perfect, Christ would not have needed to come. It was the fact that they were not perfect that it did require the Lord Jesus coming, doing and dying to satisfy God’s law and justice and to save His people- Hebrews 9:9.
In Hebrews 11:32, Samson is identified as a man of faith. Does that mean that he had inherent righteousness? No! The faith with which he identified was that which declared the Christ to come to be ALL his righteousness, and he as other Old Testament sinners, like him, rejoiced in the forbearance of God until the day of their justification, when the righteous obedience of Christ would be fully and finally imputed to his account once for all, upon completion of His death at the cross. Along with Jephthah, David, and Samuel, he is said to have ‘through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, and stopped the mouths of lions.’ Did not our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the object of ALL true faith, subdue kingdoms, work out righteousness, obtain (fulfill) all of the promises of God for sinners in His obedient life and sacrificial death, as well as stop the mouth of THE LION (Satan) who goes about seeking to devour sinners for whom Christ died, but cannot.
Could we not also reiterate numerous other ways that Samson typified of foreshadowed our Lord Jesus? Both had a miraculous birth- Judges 13:24; Luke 1:35. The Spirit of the Lord anointed both in their ministries- Judges 14:6; Isaiah 40:1-4 Samson’s marriage to Delilah (a Philistine woman) was a type of Christ’s union with His church and the sinners with whom He identified- Judges 16:4; Luke 7:39. Both were tried and tested throughout their lifetime by their enemies. However, none of the enemies’ plots at putting them to death were successful. Both died at the hour appointed by God- Judges 16:2, 3; John 5:18. Both in their death won a victory over their enemies- Judges 16:30; John 10:18.
Samson’s wife was ever unfaithful to him, but he remained faithful to her in love, Judges 16:6. Thankfully, Christ is ever faithful to His bride, and is ALL her salvation- Hebrews 3:4-6.
KEN WIMER
GUIDELINES FOR FELLOWSHIP
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them,” Ephesians 5:11.
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ith whom we declare and display fellowship is more than important, it is vital to the declaration of the gospel. If a man is to be a gospel preacher and a congregation is to be a gospel church, the message and the fellowship must be without shades and shadows. We must say what we mean and mean what we say if we have any hope of honoring the Lord of truth and grace. Having set forth the message of grace reigning by righteousness earned, accepted and imputed upon the completion of Christ’s work, Paul concluded his letter to the congregation in Rome by saying: ‘brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned’ (Rom 16:17).
None of us like or enjoy the work of identifying individuals. However, the Biblical pattern is not to maintain fellowship, but to withdraw fellowship, while hoping and praying for repentance and conversion (2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14).
DAVID SIMPSON, Clinton, TN
LITTLE HEATHEN
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here was nothing my father mistrusted more than 'childhood piety.' He insisted that children should never be taught or allowed to use the language of 'personal possession' in reference to God. To sing, for instance, "Rock of Ages cleft for ME" or, "MY Jesus”. Herein he was most logical. For by early influence and example you can train up a child to be . . . a little patriot, a little Catholic, a little Calvinist, or a little Bolshevist. But no power on earth can make him a child of God.
He took great care that we, his children, attended the means of grace, and never missed chapel or family prayers. But he never expected us to be anything but little heathen. We had to be, it is true, well behaved little heathen. If not, we got "the stick", or its equivalent.
“Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man—but of God." John 1:13
J.C. PHILPOT