Great Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 08 November, 2026 A.D.

"Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear Him.  For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.  As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth."   -Psalm 103:13-15 [KJV]

 

THE SUM OF OUR GOSPEL

 

"CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY." This is the sum and substance of our gospel and is the great article of faith (Romans 5:6).

 

WHO DIED? Christ, the only-begotten, well-beloved Son of God in human nature (Romans 8:34; Matthew 3:16-17).

 

HOW DID HE DIE? A death of shame, under the wrath and judgment of God (Philippians 2:8).

 

WHY DID HE DIE? He died for, in the stead of, and as a sub­stitute for all God's elect in order that God might be just and justifier (Romans 3:24-26).       

 

FOR WHOM DID HE DIE? "For the ungodly," not for righteous men, nor religious men, nor deserving men, but for those who are ungodly in nature and practice (Ephesians 2:1-5).

 

WHEN DID HE DIE FOR US? When we were without strength to obey Him or to keep His law, and without ability to help ourselves. We were in bondage to law and to sin and unable to change our condition (Jeremiah 13:23). He died for us "in due time," at the time appointed by the Father (Galatians 4:2-5; I Timothy 2:5-6). 

 

This is the greatest single proof of love, to give one's life for the object of that love (I John 4:10; John 15:12-13).

 

-preacher Henry T. Mahan 

 

 

FORGETTING

 

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 3:13-14 [KJV]

 

Forgetting those things which are behind is difficult work. It is like the runner who tries to shed every weight that does so easily beset him. However, if God has forgotten our sins and will remember them no more, then we must let them go also. We must not go back and try to repair our past; only Christ can make satisfaction for the sins of God’s elect: past, present, and future. 

 

Therefore, let us do this: “Reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Let us spend our time reaching forth, looking to Him, learning of Him. Christ is the mark; He is the prize. The high calling of God is to be made like His Son. May God help us to quit looking back and just look to Him. We have enough to mourn over in a day without looking back for something else.

 

-preacher John Chapman 

 

 

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