April 29, 2018
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
MEETING LOCATION
251 Green Lane
Ewing, NJ, 08368
Clay Curtis, pastor
Telephone: 615-513-4464
MAILING ADDRESS:
7 Birch Street
Pennington, NJ, 08538
Schedule of Services
Sunday 10: 15 AM Bible Class
Sunday 11:00 AM Morning Service
Thursday 7: 30 PM Midweek Service
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NURSERY
We have a nursery equipped with a
digital flat screen television broadcasting all services live, for children
four and under.
All
articles by the pastor unless otherwise noted.
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sermons, as well as full services—click here.
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SUNDAY’S READING IN PROVERBS
Proverbs 11: 12: He that is void of
wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13: A talebearer revealeth secrets:
but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
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GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT – Eph. 4:30
The role of the Holy Spirit in salvation is
not to make a show of Himself by making people speak in tongues and act
strangely. The role of the Holy Spirit
is to show God’s elect the things of Christ and to give faith to believe Christ
by making them be born again.
We grieve the Holy Spirit by a stubborn
refusal to believe on Christ as all of our salvation. We grieve the Holy Spirit when our thoughts
about ourselves are too high and our thoughts about Christ are too low. We grieve the Holy Spirit by living contrary
to God’s sovereign grace, freely given to us in Christ. Pastor Frank Tate
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Election is not the cause of anybody
going to hell, for election is unto salvation.
( 2 Thessalonians 2: 13) Neither
is non-election responsible for the damnation of sinners. Sin is the thing that sends men to hell, and
all men are sinners by nature and practice; sinners altogether apart from
election or non-election. It does not follow that because election is unto
salvation that non-election is unto damnation.
Sin is the damning element in human life, election harms nobody. C.D. Cole was a pastor and professor in
America (1885-1968)
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LEARNING CHRIST
In the few years I have been
preaching there is one thing I have learned, it is this, we can never say
enough, preach enough, think enough, exalt enough, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Master told us to “take my yoke upon you and learn of me.” Beloved
what a glorious task, Our Lord Jesus gave us. There is so much to learn about
His person.
How much do we know about His person as The Eternal God? Oh, the glory
of His Godhead. How could he be both God the Son and be God the everlasting
Father?
How could He remain God, control all things, uphold all things by the
word of His power and yet at one and the same time come into this world He
created, and come into the womb of a virgin, and become something He never was
before, Man?
But Oh WHAT A MAN! Sinless in His thoughts, sinless in His words,
sinless in His deeds, without sin before the Holiness of God Almighty. So
Glorious in His sinless life, that the heavens opened one day and God Himself
spoke and said; “This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”
I say Speak Lord, by your grace I will listen.
God helping us let us begin again to “learn of him, take His yoke
upon ourselves, learn of his meekness, his lowliness, there is rest for our
souls in learning of him”.
The man who knows the most about Christ knows so little, the man who
sees Christ the best will say “I see through a glass darkly”. Just
because I know so little, doesn’t mean I’m going to stop learning,
because I don’t see all I want too doesn’t mean I’m going to quit
looking. Someday in the near future, you and I will see clearly what we now see
so dimly. “We shall see Him as He is, and we shall be like him”. But our
seeing and our knowing starts here. Do you know Him? Have you COME to Him? Are
you learning of Him? Pastor Donnie Bell
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SUBMIT TO THE HIGHER POWERS
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.” (Rom 13: 1)
Rebellion against authority is a
terrible sin promoted in our day. Do not follow the world as they follow the
devil in the promotion of anarchy. Submit to all in authority “for there is no power but of God: the powers
that be are ordained of God. Whosoever
therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that
resist shall receive to themselves damnation.” (Rom 13: 1) It means every
person in authority is put there by God. Therefore, to resist them is to resist
God. And all who do so shall receive from God through that person in authority that
which is their just due. You have nothing to fear from those in authority as
long as you obey, “For rulers are not a
terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the
power? Do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is
the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be
afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be
subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. ” (Rom 13: 3-5)
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Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea
A great High Priest, whose name is
Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heav’n He stands
No tongue can bid me to depart.
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me.
One with Himself, I cannot die
My soul is purchased with His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ, my Savior and my God.
(By
Pastor Marvin Stalnaker; Tune: When I
survey The Wondrous Cross)
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IN THE FEAR OF GOD
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” (Eph 5:21)
When God calls us to life and faith in Christ, rather than abolish the
responsibilities we have in our relationships to one another, Christ gives
those relationships godly meaning and godly order. In the relationships where
we are the authority, Christ teaches us how to rule well and the significance
of doing so. In our relationships where
we are to submit, Christ teaches us how to submit and gives each yoke its
proper significance.
Notice, the key to submission is “in
the fear of God.” Instead of grace
making the child of God throw off the yoke of authority, as we behold Christ who
put away our sin and condemnation by submitting to the Father even unto the
death of the cross, we are given fear to reverence Christ by reverencing those
in authority over us and to reverence Christ in our authority over others. This
is so in every relationship: wives submit to your husband “as unto the Lord”; husbands love your wives “even as Christ loved the church”, children obey your parents “in the Lord”; fathers bring up your
children “in the nuture and admonition of
the Lord”; servants obey your masters “as
unto Christ”; masters forbear threatening “knowing that your Master is in heaven.” (Eph 5: 22-6: 9)
If those in authority demand a believer dishonor Christ then “the fear of God” demands we submit to
God rather than men. But if those in authority are simply in error, as long as
they do not take us from the gospel or from serving God in truth, then “in the fear of God” submit to their rule,
trusting our Sovereign to overrule their error for our good. This is submission “in the fear of God.”