Weekend Gospel Message to Follow ~ 19 September, 2026 A.D.

My God! How cheerful is the sound!
How pleasant to repeat!
Well may that heart with pleasure bound,
Where God hath fixed His seat.

What want shall not our God supply
From His abundant stores?
What streams of mercy from on high
An arm almighty pours!

From Christ the ever-living Spring,
These ample blessings flow:
Prepare, my lips, His name to sing,
Whose heart has loved us so.

Now to our Father and our God
Be endless glory giv’n,
Through all the realms of man’s abode,
And through the highest heaven.

-old Gospel hymn,  "O For A Thousand Tongues" 

 

"Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before His presence with singing.  Know ye that the LORD He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.  Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.  For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations." -Psalm 100:1-5 [KJV]

 

 

Lord, If It Is To Be It is Up To Thee

 

A television preacher recently declared that he needed fifty thousand new supporters if his ministry was to continue. He urged the people to adopt this watchword, "IF IT IS TO BE--IT IS UP TO ME!" Now, friends, this may be true of religious organizations and programs; but this preacher and every true serv­ant of God prays this prayer continually, "LORD, IF IT IS TO BE--IT IS UP TO THEE!" "Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain who build," (Psalm 127:1)  -preacher Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1997 A.D.)

 

DYING IN YOUR SINS

God’s Word is full of comforting words to believers. Yet there are many words of warning to those who are without Christ. The Lord Jesus spoke these solemn words: “For if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins,”  (John 8:24).

To die in your sins is to die without Christ, still under the guilt and condemnation of sin. There is no salvation beyond the grave. Our only hope is Christ—the One who came to save His people from their sins.

Do not trust in your religion, your works, or your profession. Trust Christ alone. He is the only Savior of sinners. -preacher David Eddmenson

 


 

“WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE”

 

“Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.” -John 6:68-69

 

From the standpoint of God’s eternal decree, it may be truly said that believing sinners will not turn away from Christ because they cannot. But from the standpoint of the believer’s experience, it may just as truly be said that believers cannot turn away from Christ because they will not. And this is not presumption. It is the simple, saving, childlike faith and trust of a believing sinner, a true believer. The desperate need of his soul can only be satisfied in Christ Jesus the Lord!    -preacher Maurice Montgomery

 

 

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." -Ephesians 2:8 

 

Of all things spoken, concerning man’s salvation, one question stands out more than any other; Who gets the glory for that salvation? Is the glory given to a spiritually dead sinner because somehow he was able to perceive the depth of his own depravity, work out a perfect righteousness before the holy law of God, and then keep himself secured by perfect faith? Or is the glory, honor, and praise for that salvation given to Him who alone saves His people apart from any work on their part? The Scripture declares salvation to be by grace through faith; and that (faith) is not of ourselves: it is the gift of God.   -preacher Marvin Stalnaker


Humbled Or Angered

“Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee” (Proverbs 9:8). 

 

Someone has said, "Faithful reproofs, if they don't profit you will provoke you."  God's prophet, John the Baptist, faithfully rebuked Herod for taking his brother's wife (Matthew 14:4).  Herod's response to the truth of God was anger and murder toward God's prophet.  On another occasion, the prophet of God, Nathan, rebuked King David for taking Bathsheba to be his wife and for the murder of Uriah the Hittite, her husband (II Samuel 12:7-14).   

 

David, instead of being angry, was humbled and confessed before God that he was a sinner and begged for mercy.  David expressed this in Psalm 51, “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.  Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.”  Now here is the question for us.  How do we react to the rebuke of Holy Scripture?  Are we humbled and broken hearted?  Do we beg God for mercy and forgiveness or do we get angry and upset?  Believers are humbled, those who don't believe God are only angered and enraged.  

 

-preacher Tom Harding

 

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