September
30, 2018
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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videos are now listed as individual sermons, as well as full services—click here.
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SUNDAY’S READING IN PROVERBS
Proverbs 12: 5: The thoughts of the
righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are
deceit.
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Universal love and universal atonement are universally accepted by all
of Adam’s sons except those who, by the grace of God, have seen the Lord Jesus
Christ as Isaiah saw His glory and spoke of Him. Pastor Henry Mahan
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Paul prayed for the brethren in Thessalonica that God would increase
them in love. (1 Thess 3: 12) Then Paul
told them that they themselves should increase in the loving things they were
already doing for one another. (1 Thess
4: 9-10) I pray God will increase us in love for one another and I pray God
make us increasingly express to one another the love that God has already given
us.
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JEHOVAH’S NAMES
God says His name is Jehovah (Isaiah 42:8): “I am Jehovah, that
is My name ....” Jehovah means “I Am Who I Am” (Exodus 3:13f) and
implies God’s self-existence.
God also has Jehovah-compound names. These are titles
containing the name “Jehovah” and another word identifying what He is to and
for His people. Holy Scriptures cite these ten:
1. Jehovah-Jireh, “The LORD Will Provide” (Genesis 22:14)
2. Jehovah-Ropheka, “The LORD Who Heals” (Exodus 15:26)
3. Jehovah-Nissi, “The LORD My Banner” (Exodus 17:15)
4. Jehovah-Meqaddeshkem, “The LORD Who Sanctifies” (Exodus
31:13)
5. Jehovah-Shalom, “The LORD My Peace” (Judges 6:24)
6. Jehovah-Tsabaoth, “The LORD of Hosts” (1 Samuel 1:3)
7. Jehovah-Elyon, “The LORD Most High” (Psalm 7:17)
8. Jehovah-Roi, “The LORD My Shepherd” (Psalm 23:1)
9. Jehovah-Tsidkenu, “The LORD Our Righteousness” (Jeremiah
33:16)
10. Jehovah-Shammah, “The LORD Is There” (Ezekiel 48:35)
Holy Scriptures also
declare that all Jehovah’s names belong to Jesus Christ. Therefore, believers
in Jehovah have Jesus Christ as Jehovah their Provider, Healer, Banner,
Sanctifier, Peace, Commander, King, Shepherd, Righteousness, and
Ever-Present-One.
Is Jesus Christ all these things to you? Missionary
Daniel Parks
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THE LORD OUR GOD THAT WE WORSHIP
The Lord our God that we worship has not left us to guess about His holy
character or righteous attributes. The whole testimony of Holy Scripture is given
to reveal unto us our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Consider these many scriptures that declare
unto the God and Saviour that we worship and who we trust for all our
salvation.
Psalm 68:20; “He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD
the Lord belong the issues from death.”
Romans 15:5; “Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded
one toward another according to Christ Jesus.”
Romans 15:13; “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
Romans 15:33; “Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.”
Romans 16:20: “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.”
2 Cor. 1:3; “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.”
2 Cor. 13:11; “Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be
with you.”
1 Peter 5:10; “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
The Lord our God has provided for us a perfect God and Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ. What a great privilege is
given unto us by the Lord’s eternal purpose and grace to have the precious gift
of faith; to trust Him for all our salvation (2 Peter 1:1). The Lord our God would have us to always look
unto Him and be saved. That is what
saving faith does, it looks only to the Lord Jesus Christ. “Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:2). “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for
I am God, and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:22). Pastor
Tom Harding
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THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
Ephesians 6: 13: Wherefore take unto
you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
In our spiritual warfare, we, as believers, must know what our spiritual
armor is.
First, put on our girdle, “having
your loins girt about with truth.” (v14) This is the first piece of armor,
the under-armor. Without this, the rest will
not fit properly. We will never
withstand Satan’s assaults, with a head full of theories, speculations,
traditions of men, or dead letter doctrine. God must gird our inward man with Christ the Truth.
So, first, by God’s power and grace, lay
hold of Christ the Truth in truth.
Next, put on “the breastplate of
righteousness.” (v14) This is not produced by us or maintained by us. This
breastplate of righteousness is the righteousness of Christ imputed to us
through faith in Christ. Christ made his people righteous by his
obedience. Therefore, God brings us to
faith in Christ, through which, God imputes the righteousness of Christ unto
us. Believe on Christ our Righteousness!
Then, have “your feet shod with the preparation
[preparedness] of the gospel of peace.”
(v15) God said the devil would bruise Christ heel. The devil tries to bruise our heel trying to
trip us and make us fall. But God has
provided the gospel to keep the believer’s feet planted firmly on Christ the
Rock. (Ps 40:2; 2 Sam 22: 34, 37)
Fourthly, “Above all, taking the
shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked.” (v16) Abraham overcame by trusting Christ. (Rom 4: 20-21) It is not our faith, itself,
that is the shield. Christ, who faith
believes, is the shield who defends us from the devil. For this reason, through faith in Christ “ye shall be able to quench all the fiery
darts of the wicked.” (1 Pet 5: 6-9)
Also, take “the helmet of
salvation.” (v17) The devil will aim at your reasoning and intellect. It
was Pauls’ greatest fear that through the devil’s subtilty “your minds should be corrupted” from simply trusting Christ alone. (2 Cor 11: 3) The devil uses the world’s upside-down order trying to make you
think God’s order is not right. He desires you to reason that it is not fair
for God to choose whom he will, redeem only the elect, and give them alone
life. His chief desire is to make you
reason that it is impossible for Christ to be made flesh, made under the law,
made sin, made a curse and made higher than the heavens. The devil would love to make you doubt you are
saved or that you are saved by Christ alone.
Therefore, put on “for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For
God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ.” (1 Thess 5: 8-9)
Lastly, it is very important to notice, we have only one offensive
weapon, “the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God.” (Eph 6: 17) Satan’s gates cannot prevail against the gospel
of Christ crucified. Be under the preaching of Christ consistently. Read
and heed the word of God daily. Look for
Christ in it. Hear Christ speak through
it. Pray for God’s preachers to preach
it. (vv18-20) And knowing God’s word
shall never return to him void but shall accomplish the calling out of God’s
elect and the hardening of the reprobate, let us spread the gospel of Christ throughout
the world!