March
20, 2022
Weekly
Schedule of Services
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Sunday:
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10:15 AM
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Bible Class
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11:00 AM
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Morning Service
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Thursday:
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7:00 PM
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Mid-week Service
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Services
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Weekly Meeting Location
and mailing address
251 Green Lane
Ewing, NJ, 08638
Clay Curtis, pastor
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Phone: 615-513-4464 | Email: clay@freegracemedia.com
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Articles
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Proverbs 18:1: Through desire a man, having separated
himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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“What wonder that a Christian man has peace when he
carries the title-deeds of heaven in his bosom!”
–Joseph Irons
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SECRET AND REVEALED
“The
secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of
this law” (Deuteronomy 29:29).
There
are many things that I do not understand, cannot comprehend, and God has not
revealed. But He understands, comprehends, and knows them. I may not know what
He is doing, but He does, and I trust Him. He is and whatever He does is right
because He is God! And we leave it there! Not with a sullen resignation, but
with joy and confidence in Him! “The secret things belong to the Lord.”
But there are also the things which are
revealed. Whatever He has revealed we are bound to believe and obey. He has
revealed that “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved.” Rather than grappling with questions that we cannot answer, we are
to call on His Name to save us. That can be said regarding all that He has
revealed. We are called upon to trust Him in what we do not see, and obey Him
in what we do see. Oh, for grace to trust Him in what we do not see and obey
Him in what we do see!
–Todd Nibert
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Walk in Love
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself
for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour (Ephesians
5:2).
Here
is the key to all that is commanded, expected, and needed for godliness and
sanctification.
1.)
Walk in love to
God our Father, who has given us all things in Christ (Eph. 1:3).
2.)
Walk in love to
Christ for the love He has for us, the relationship we have with Him, and the things
He has done for us (1 John 4:19-21).
3.)
Walk in love one
to another (Eph. 4:32).
Our
example of love is Christ our Lord, who loved us and gave Himself for us. If Christ
so loved us, we ought also to love one another. This principle of love is the
gift of God and is sufficient motivation for mercy, forgiveness, kindness, and
all godliness.
–Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1998)
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FOUR PERSONAL QUESTIONS
1.
If God treated
you the same as you treat others, what would be your condition?
2.
If God forgave
you in the same measure of your forgiveness to others, would all your sins be
gone?
3.
If God accepted
you the same as you accept others, would you be accepted before His Throne?
4.
If God judged
you by the same standard that you judge others, would you be justified?
–Donnie Bell
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“Beware lest any man
spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after
the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the
fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of
all principality and power” (Col 2:8-10).
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MY BELOVED BRETHREN
1
Cor 16:6: And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye
may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
Paul
desired to visit Corinth. He called them
“my beloved brethren” (1 Cor 15:58).
This was Paul’s spirit after all the sins he addressed in his letter:
there was “envying, and strife, and divisions” over preachers. Many,
along with a brother who sinned, were puffed up rather than mourning with
broken, repentant hearts. They sued each
other in courts of law. Some so misunderstood
the gospel that they thought they should divorce unbelieving spouses, reject
their masters and change the cultural garments distinguishing men from women.
Others abused their liberty before weak believers. They did not support their
pastor financially. They turned the
Lord’s table into a drunken feast. Some
exalted themselves due to gifts. If they
did not allow women to preach, they at least considered it. They were listening
to false preachers, even questioning the resurrection of the dead.
Yet, after all this, Paul wrote, “I
write NOT these things to shame you, but as MY BELOVED SONS I warn you” (1
Cor 4:14) Correct them? Yes. But Paul never treated the church at Corinth
as anything but brethren, even eager to spend the winter with them. Brethren, be hesitant to condemn brethren as
cast aways based on outward conduct.
Peter went so far as to deny he knew the Lord and attempted to depart
the faith. Yet, Christ recovered him. Trust that Christ is teaching his
people. We think these troubles get in the
way of the ministry—BUT THESE TROUBLES ARE THE MINISTRY. These troubles are how Christ teaches us. He
is ruling all. Never doubt one another
as brethren. Be lovers of mercy. More ready to forgive than to condemn. Christ will teach us in time.
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After
listening to messages preached by faithful men, I have noticed that in the
early years of their ministry, there is a lot more vinegar mingled with
grace. But in the latter years of their
ministry, there is far more love and grace and much less vinegar. Isaiah spent
the early part of his letter writing “woe to you, woe to you” and the latter
half saying, “woe is me.”
Let me be far more eager to judge myself
and far less eager to condemn others. Grace and forgiveness make God’s people
want to live more honorably but law and condemnation never does. God will keep and teach his people. I am only to proclaim his word and receive
them as brethren, praying for them as I wait on Christ to work in their heart.