Good News!

 Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (02-04APR21)

Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in SO GREAT SALVATION by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace -God's unmerited favor- from our sins and from Hell:

MY STANDING IN CHRIST

"There is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not"(Ecclesiastes 7:20). The word "just" means righteous. We know that the Lord’s people are righteous in Christ, and yet, the inspired writer says that not even a justified person"doeth good and sinneth not." All believers are aware of our sinfulness knowing that"all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags"(Isaiah 64:6), therefore we petition the Lord for fresh supplies of pardoning grace(1 John 1:9). While the reality of our wretchedness is ever before us, let us rejoice in the deliverance of sin by the sacrificial obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ which is the sole basis upon which God remains just and justifies the ungodly. It is certainly true that,"in me(that is, in my flesh)dwelleth no good thing"(Romans 7:18), and therefore nothing good can come forth from me. However, it is also true that I am accepted and declared to be the righteousness of God in Christ(2 Corinthians 5:21). As my sins were imputed to Him, so His righteousness has been imputed to me. I still mourn over my sins, but I must not sink into depression as though there were no hope. Let me rise from the despair of remorse to rejoice in my Substitute and Savior for He paid my debt and satisfied all the requirements necessary for my salvation. I praise Christ Who"loved me and gave Himself for me"(Galatians 2:20). The Father is well pleased with Him, and with me because of Him.

-preacher Jim Byrd

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