March 17, 2019
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
MEETING LOCATION
251
Green Lane
Ewing,
NJ, 08368
Clay
Curtis, pastor
Telephone:
615-513-4464
Clay@FreeGraceMedia.com
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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SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE WEBSITE: The
videos are now listed as individual sermons, as well as full services—click
here.
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·
Thank you to the men who filled the pulpit in
my absence. I have heard the messages
were good.
·
Brother Greg C is in the hospital in
Philadelphia. They are unable to
determine what is wrong. He and Martha
have their phone with them if you would like to give him a call.
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Friday, March 22, Fourth Friday class at 7pm
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We send our missionary offering every quarter
so now is the time to help with that if you would like
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Proverbs 13: 1: A wise son heareth his
father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. The sons of God made wise by God making
Christ our Wisdom hear our heavenly Father’s instruction. Even if we must be rebuked, God’s wise sons
hear the word preached and the Spirit of God brings us to hear the instruction
and submit. But a scorner heareth not
rebuke. The definition of a scorner is
one who hears rebuke in God’s word but becomes offended and uses every excuse from
blaming the preacher to blaming God so that they can to defend sin against God. The definition of a wise son is one who hears
our heavenly Father’s instruction and submits; the definition of a scorner is
one who hears rebuke and rebels against God and his people.
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RELIGION
AND ETERNAL LIFE – THE DIFFERENCE
Romans
8:38-39
Religion
is to know biblical facts; life is to know God (I John 5:20). Religion is to know what I believe; life is
to know Whom I believe (II Timothy 1:12).
Religion is to be baptized into the church; Life is to be baptized into
Christ (Romans 6:3). Religion is to be
reformed, life is to be regenerated (John 3:3).
Religion is to be a new convert; life is to be a new creature in Christ
(II Corinthians 5:17). A man was asked,
“And what is your religious persuasion?”
He replied, “I am persuaded that nothing can separated me from the love
of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).
Pastor
Henry Mahan
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THE
END OF ARGUING
Men
have long loved to argue about Biblical truths. I freely confess that I
avoid those arguments like the plague. There is no benefit in debating
God’s truth with an unregenerate person. It is impossible to prove the
existence of light to a blind person. The best thing we can do for lost
souls is preach the gospel to them and leave them alone with God. All argument
will stop when Christ is pleased to reveal Himself because when Christ is
revealed there is submission to Christ. No one will ever argue about
man’s freewill, God’s crown right to elect a people to save, Christ’s limited
atonement for His elect people, or the eternal salvation of God’s elect if they
have submitted themselves to Christ the King. The people still arguing
against those truths are people who have not submitted to Christ. Pastor Frank Tate
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Before Christ died for his people,
God’s justice demanded our death. Since
Christ died for his people, God’s justice demands he give us life.
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"Fear
thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea I will uphold thee with the right
hand of my righteousness!" (Isaiah 41:10)
God
has arranged all our concerns with consummate wisdom, in the very best
possible manner. He overrules all events by His omnipotent power. He
directs all things by his paternal love.
If infinite wisdom, omnipotent power, and
paternal love, are engaged for our present and eternal welfare---then our fears
must be groundless, and our anxiety folly. Our fears only …dishonor
God, distress the mind, please Satan, and grieve the godly.
Pastor David Pledger
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“What
from Christ that soul shall sever,
Bound by everlasting bands?
Once in Him, in Him for ever;
Thus th' eternal covenant stands.” John
Kent
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"My
name from the palms of His hands
Eternity
will not erase;
Impress'd
on His heart it remains
In
marks of indelible grace.
Yes, I
to the end shall endure,
As sure
as the earnest is given,
More
happy, but not more secure,
The
glorified spirits in heaven." Augustus
Toplady
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4: 1-16
Did you know that all religions can be summed
into two: the way of Cain or the way of Abel.
Cain represents the way that seems right unto men (Pro 14:12), the way
of the flesh, the way of works, the way of self-righteousness, the way of
self-glory. Abel represents God’s way of
mercy to undeserving sinners, the way of free grace (Rom 3:24), the way of
substitution by a blood offering (2 Cor 5:21), the way of God-given faith (Heb
11:4; Acts 4:12). Who made the
difference?
There was no difference in Cain and
Abel according to their natural birth. Both
were sons of Adam. Each were born with
same corrupt nature of their father (Rom 5: 12). Both were taught by Adam the promise of
Christ to come, which God taught Adam in the garden (Gen 3: 15, 21, 24). Each
came with an offering to the LORD.
Yet, there
was a difference in what they offered and why, “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his
gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.” (Heb 11: 4) The difference was by
God’s grace and gift alone, “For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them.” (Eph 2: 8-10) Abel’s
offering by faith was one of those good works God before ordained that Abel
should walk in. Therefore, God gave him
faith and we read, “By faith Abel offered
unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.” Cain’s offering was without
blood (Heb 9: 22). That means Cain’s offering was without a confession of sin
and inability and without faith in Christ the Substitute. Cain offered his self-will, his pride
and his unbelief unto the LORD. By coming
in the blood of a lamb, Abel confessed that he justly deserved to be slain
because he was a ruined sinner. Abel
confessed that he believed that Christ was all his salvation by God's free,
justifying grace. Cain came trusting
his works, Abel came trusting Christ.
Therefore, who did God receive and reject? “And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to
his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. (Gen 4:
4-5) The
LORD accepted Abel in Christ the Beloved fully justified and righteous, holy
and accepted of God. But Cain was left
in his sins. The difference in these two
is to the praise of God’s grace. Any sinner who is different from any other sinner is
different only by the difference God has made. “For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that
thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” (1Co 4:7) The only two beliefs in the world
throughout all time is grace and works. The way of Abel is the way of grace;
the way of Cain is the way of works (Rom 11: 6) May God be pleased to make
the difference in one of his lost sheep now!