November 15,
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: 20: A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man
despiseth his mother.
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THE MORE EARNEST HEED
Hebrews 2:1
“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have
heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.”
All of us have
pressing personal matters to take care of. Many of these things seem to be
important, some even urgent, but do they really have any eternal consequence?
There is one thing in particular that the child of God must “give the more
earnest heed.” We must give the more
earnest heed to the things that we have heard from the Word of God through
preaching. There is nothing that we should concern ourselves with more! The
things that we have heard in the preaching of the gospel cannot be neglected.
“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard
him.” (Hebrews 2:3) The things that we have heard preached are the eternal
subjects that we can never let slip. Without doing so we can slip at any time.
“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” (Matthew
24:13) How do we endure to the end? Christ loves us and keeps us unto the end.
“Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”
(John 13:1) May God be pleased to give us “the more earnest heed to the
glorious things that we have heard.” They are the personal matters of life and
death. David Eddmenson
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OUR PORTION AND INHERITANCE
One who is born
of God has the Lord as his portion and inheritance. He is thankful for who he
is and what he has; for in Christ he has "all things" that are worth
having. Having food and clothing and believing friends, he is content. He
brought nothing into this world and will carry nothing out. Earthly
possessions, honors, and property have no value after death; but to be forgiven
of sin and alive in Christ is the highest prize and glory. As soon as a person
really learns, believes, and embraces the grace of Christ, like Moses, "he esteems even the reproach of Christ
greater than the riches of this world." But they that seek after
riches and worldly honor fall into many temptations, which drown men in destruction
and misery. This craving for the world's wealth and approval has caused many to
depart from the faith and pierce themselves through with many sorrows (I Tim.
6:6-10). Henry Mahan
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FEAR GOD NOT THINGS
The Lord said, “I kill, and I make alive; I wound and I
heal” (Deut. 32:39). Things don't kill us God does. God sends things. Whether
cancer, car wreck, heart disease, guns, knives, swords…. These things are the
means which God uses to take us. But things don't kill us. We are not to fear
things but fear the Lord. We are not to live in fear of things or people but
the Lord. Let us not act foolishly. . . but
let us act on faith. Let us not put ourselves in harm's way . . . but let us
put our trust in the Lord. This is not fatalism it is faith.
But what if we do contract a deadly
disease or virus ? What if it kills
us? Well, it didn’t kill us, the
Lord did, and in reality, it was the God-sent, merciful means to send us to
Glory where all our fears will be gone forever!
Fact
is, we walk through the valley of the shadow of death all the time. Disease and death are all around us. But what does the Psalm say? . . . I will
fear no evil for Thou art with me. Paul
Mahan
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PETER’S SIN AND REPENTANCE
“Peter
remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, before the cock crow, thou
shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.” (Matt. 26:75).
There has been
much written and said of Peter’s failure and sin when he denied that he knew
the Lord Jesus Christ but not much of Peter’s conviction and repentance that
was granted and given of the LORD. Peter
sinned but he did not lose his salvation.
His faith was weak but not dead.
He sinned and failed miserably but he was not forsaken (Heb. 13:5). God brought Peter through this trial and
granted him strength, recovery and a constant heart of repentance before
God (Acts 5:11; 11:18). Here are four things we learn from Peter’s
trial and repentance.
1). It was the working of God’s sovereign providence. “Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I
know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.” God used a rooster to bring to Peter’s mind
what the Lord had said (Matt. 26:34).
Often in the believer’s life God uses small insignificant things to
bring us to a remembrance of the gospel.
Despise not the day of small things (Zech. 4:10; Rom. 11:36).
2). It was the working of the effectual word of God. “Peter
remembered the word of Jesus.” It is the preaching of the Word that God uses
to quicken us and to reveal Himself to us (1Cor. 1:21; 2Cor. 4:5-7; James 1:18;
1Peter 1:23). It is through the ministry of the Word, hearing and believing the
word that we grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ (1Peter 2:2; 1Thes. 2:13).
3). It was the working of the powerful grace of God. “The
Lord turned and looked upon Peter” (Luke 22:61).
The Lord looked upon Peter in pity love and pardon and I am sure that
Peter also looked upon the Lord. Their
eyes were fasted upon one another and Peter’s heart melted within him. It is the goodness of God that brings us to
repentance (Rom. 2:4).
4). It was the working of Jesus Christ
as our blessed Mediator. “The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith
fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren” (Luke
22:31). Peter’s faith was sorely tried,
but it was not utterly destroyed (1Peter 1:5). Christ stood as his ever-living
Mediator (Heb.7:25)! Peter was made
stronger through this trial and was sent to preach the gospel to others.
We know the
rest of the story of Peter’s life. He
stood at Pentecost and preached the gospel to thousands and the Lord added to
His church daily such as should be saved (Acts. 2: 41-47). Tom Harding