December 20,
2020
SOVEREIGN GRACE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Meeting
Location and Mailing Address
251 Green Lane
Ewing, NJ, 08638
Clay Curtis,
pastor
Telephone:
615-513-4464
Clay@FreeGraceMedia.com
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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Proverbs 15: 25: The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he
will establish the border of the widow.
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ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
Paul wrote in
Heb. 2:17, "Wherefore in all things
it behoved him (was essential) to be
made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people." Can you give three reasons why it was absolutely essential
and necessary for our Lord to become a man; bone of our bone and flesh of our
flesh?
1. Unless He was a man, He could not be a
high priest to offer sacrifice for sin and make intercession; for the high
priest was taken from among men (Heb. 5:1).
2. Unless He was a man, He would
have no sacrifice to offer. He had to shed His blood, for without shedding of
blood is no remission (Heb. 9:22-25).
3. Unless He was a man, He could not
be a Mediator nor Advocate with a perfect righteousness to plead (I John 2:1). Henry Mahan
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It seems to me
that this religious world, generally speaking, is looking for miracles, while
the “Miracle of miracles” is before them!
Oh, “Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see” (Isa. 42:18). “Behold your God!” (Isa. 40:9), the Lord Jesus
Christ. He is not only the Author of all
miracles but is himself the greatest of all miracles! “Without controversy, great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh…” (I Tim. 3:16). WHAT A MYSTERY!!! WHAT A MIRACLE!!! WHAT A WONDER!!! Maurice Montgomery
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WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING?
Genesis 4:1-5
We live in a most religious world. In every county, country and culture; among
all people, without exception there is some form of religion. Did you know that
all religions can be summed into two groups; the way of Cain or the way of
Abel?
Cain represents the way that seems
right unto men (Prov. 14:12), the way of the flesh, works, self-righteousness
and self-glory; do the best you can and God will be satisfied. Cain approached
God with the best efforts of all his labors, "the fruit of the
ground" and God had no respect unto him or his offering. It is recorded in
the scriptures, “Woe unto them that have gone the way of Cain” (Jude 1:11).
Abel represents the way that God has
established throughout scripture to show mercy to undeserving sinners. It is
the way of free grace (Rom. 3:24), the way of effectual substitution by a blood
offering (2 Cor. 5:21), the way of faith (Heb. 11:1-4). Clearly, Abel and his
offering are a picture of the only way of salvation in and through the Lord
Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). The Lord called Abel a righteous man (Matt. 23:35).
Now, which way are you going? I know
that all of us by nature are going the way of Cain, because that is what comes
to us naturally. It seems rather logical and reasonable to approach God on the
basis of our works. However, our best efforts will never satisfy God’s offended
justice (Psalm 39:5; Luke 16:15). God has singled out these two brothers to
teach us the way of God’s salvation through faith alone (Heb. 12:2), Christ
alone (John 14:6), through grace alone (2 Tim 1:9), through the blood alone (1
Peter 1:18-20), and to plainly condemn the way of salvation by works (Rom.
9:13-15; Titus 3:5).
I pray that God will give us much
grace to follow the example of Abel and to seek salvation in the Lord Jesus
Christ. The Lord said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls” (Matt. 11:28).
Tom Harding
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The religious
professor receives doctrines because he sees them in the Bible. The believer
not only sees them in the Book, but he feels them in his heart, put there by
the Holy Spirit. The believer gets at truth through trouble. He arrives at the
banquet of mercy through sharp pangs of hunger. He lays hold of the robe of
righteousness chilled by nakedness. He comes to the cross because he is guilty
and there is nowhere else to go. Thus the religionist and the believer (however
they may resemble one another) have an eternal distinction which the hand of
God has drawn between the living and the dead. JC Philpot
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DON’T LET FAILURE DISCOURAGE YOU
Bruce Crabtree
" We would
have come to you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered
us" 1Thess.2:18).
Silly people have said, 'If you can think it, you can do it.' Or 'you can
accomplish anything if you set your mind to it.' There have been young
boys who broke something thinking they could fly off their dad's house.
You can't do everything you set your mind to.
There have been a lot of good people
who tried once and failed and are discouraged from trying again. Satan has got
the better of their efforts or man has hindered them, or even the providence of
God has done it.
I for one have learned as much from
my failures as I have from my triumphs. I learned it wasn't God's will for me
to accomplish my desire. I learned I was doing it for the wrong motives. I
learned that what I do, I must do in faith and leave the results to God. I have
learned that not all apparent failure is failure - the day of judgment will
prove the truth of that. I am learning to stop complaining when I have a sense
of failure.
I am encouraged by the fact that I can and
will fail. It encourages me to keep on trying and leave the result in God's
hands. I chuckle at the following little poem because I can relate to it:
"They told him it couldn't be done,
With a smile, he went right to it.
He tackled the thing that couldn't be done,
And sure enough,
he couldn't do it."