{"id":5849,"date":"2020-10-04T02:14:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T02:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2020-10-04T02:14:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T02:14:40","slug":"bulletin-edition-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5849","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Master had just finished telling His disciples\nthat some very troubling things were soon coming to pass.  He told them\nthat one of them would betray Him.  He told them that He was going away\nand they could not come with Him.  He told Peter that he would deny the\nLord three times that very night.  I would imagine the disciples were\nshocked and dismayed.  They probably felt defeated just like we often do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Then the Lord gave us these\ncomforting words.  \u201cLet not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,\nbelieve also in me.\u201d <\/em>(John 14:1)  O what comfort faith in Christ gives\nto the hearts of His elect.  When you are shocked at the pain and\nsuffering you endure, let not your heart be troubled or uncertain, because you\nbelieve in Christ who has sacrificed Himself for your soul.  Your body will\nsuffer but your soul will never suffer if Christ died for you.  When you\nare disappointed in your failure, let not your heart be troubled, because you\nbelieve in Christ the Savior.  Thankfully, your salvation and acceptance\nwith God depends on who Christ is and what Christ has accomplished, not who you\nare or what you have done or what you have failed to do. When you don\u2019t\nunderstand what is happening, let not your heart be troubled or\nuncertain.  Our God rules every event so that every event works together\nto bring to pass the salvation of His people.  Our God is working even\nthis together to accomplish His eternal will.  Those who believe on the\nLord Jesus Christ never have reason for real despair because everything that\nGod is doing is best for me, best for His people and best for His\nKingdom.   Pastor Frank Tate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Betrayed with a Kiss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Judas\nbetrayed his Master with A KISS! He came to the Lord with evil in his heart,\nthe price of a compromise in his hand, religious devils at his side, and said,\n\u201cHail Master\u201d, as he planted A KISS on the Lord\u2019s cheek!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nis how most apostates and compromisers operate; they betray the Son of God and\nthe gospel of grace WITH A KISS. They talk of love, humility, morality, and\nsugar and spice while they sell out to the religious world and betray the\nsovereign Son of God. And men watch their pretended affection and hear their\nwords, \u201cHail, Master\u201d, spoken so softly, smoothly, humbly, and sweetly, and\nthey say, \u201cCan such devout people be ENEMIES of the Lord?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do\nnot be deceived; sometimes the most devout looking, religious people can be the\nmost hypocritical in the world. Do not be deceived by their kisses. LISTEN TO\nTHEIR GOSPEL! Peter, bearing the sword, had more grace than Judas, who came\nwith a kiss.                   \n                        \n                                ~Henry\nMahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LORD KEEP OUR EYES AND\nHEARTS ON YOU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When our hearts are sincerely, fervently looking to Christ, we see a God\nwho TRULY IS GOD. We see a purpose that is ordered and sure. We see a salvation\nthat is forever settled in heaven. And we see an eternal home that is so much\nbetter than the pilgrimage we\u2019re passing through now. We see a Husband who loves us and gave Himself\nfor us. We see a Friend that will stick closer to us than a brother. We see a\nShepherd who will watch over our every move, keeping His all-seeing eye on\neverything concerning us. We see safety. We see mercy. We see grace. We see\nhelp in our time of need. Every time we look to Christ, we see lasting joy. We\nsee contentment. We see perfect peace and rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The great blessing that God\u2019s people have on this earth is the\nGod given ability to look to Christ. That will forever be our blessing. The\nmore we can look to Him, the more joy we will have, the more contentment we\nwill have, the more peace we will have, and the more rest we will have.
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\n     Lord, keep our eyes and our hearts on you.   \nGabe Stalnaker<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guilt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nare two sorts of guilt: condemning guilt and correcting guilt. Condemning guilt\nis simply the knowledge that we have sinned against a holy God and deserve His\neverlasting wrath because of it. It is the sort of guilt that produces the fear\nof death and the bondage associated with that fear. But it is written, \u201cThere\nis, therefore, now, no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus\u201d (Romans\n5.1). Therefore, condemning guilt has no legitimate place in the mind of those\nwho are in Christ. Whenever the believer is made aware of his sin in such a way\nthat he fears he has been rejected by God and will suffer His wrath because of\nHis sin, he can be certain that the guilt he feels was not sent by God, for God\nhas said, \u201cI will forgive their iniquity, and I\nwill remember their sin no more.\u201d No, such fear inducing reminders of the\nbeliever\u2019s sin come from the Slanderer, that Accuser of the brethren, and his\nfear-inducing accusation is silence by the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation\n12.10, 11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But correcting guilt is a gift from God. It does not produce\nfear but grief. It is revealed  in such grief as Peter expressed when he\nlocked eyes with the Lord Jesus after his third denial of Christ, as it is\nwritten, \u201c[Peter] went out and wept bitterly\u201d (Luke 22.61, 62). It was not the\nfear of wrath that wrung those tears from his eyes; it was the knowledge that\nhe had sinned against his Lord \u2013 that by his denial, he had proved unfaithful\nto the One he loved – even the One who loved him. When we see our guilt in this\nway, it serves to correct our behavior for we are moved more by the pain of\noffending our Lord than we are by the fear of death and judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace removes condemning guilt from our conscience so that we\nmay live as free men and women. But correcting guilt is one of God\u2019s gracious\nmeans by which He subdues the flesh of His beloved ones.\n      \n                       \n           \n                         \n~Joe Terrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I hear it said,  \u201cSuch and such do not\nbelieve the doctrines of sovereign grace and substitution, but they love the\nLord and are saved,\u201dI wonder and ask,  \u201cWhat then was the\nBible written for?\u201d  Is it no infallible expression of the mind of\nGOD?   Is it no standard of Truth?  Are we to believe what\nappeals to us and deny the rest?  God forbid!  God\u2019s Word\ndeclares the oneness of Truth and condemns every departure from the Truth as a\ndirect attack on God himself!  Do not tell me that a man\u2019s heart is right\nwith God when his head contains a creed of error and denies the person and work\nof the Redeemer.\u2014Horatius Bonar<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Important Is Him Getting All The\nGlory?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To every believer it is absolutely essential.  And it is\nessential for two reasons. (1) He merits all the glory.  He did\neverything in our salvation.  Even the faith and repentance we have\ncomes from Him.  \u201cSalvation is of the Lord.\u201d  <\/em>(2) If\nHe does not get all the glory then some glory goes to man.  That\nmeans there is something they do that they get glory for. If that is the\ncase, salvation would be by works which man get glory and credit for. I know\nthat if any part of my salvation is dependent on me doing something, I have no\nhope.  But if He gets all the glory that means He did it\nall. All my salvation is predicated on Him doing everything and getting\nall the glory.  It is essential that He get all the glory because He\ndid it all!  If man gets some of the glory, then salvation is by\nworks and I have no\nhope!                      \n            ~Todd Nibert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The only evidence I have of my saving interest in Christ is faith\nin Christ.  All other evidence, all other confidence, all other\nassurance, I altogether repudiate. When Satan accuses me, when my own\nheart condemns me, when my sin torments me, when I examine myself, and I do so\nconstantly, I find comfort, peace, and assurance only by faith in\nChrist.   I have no evidence of a clear title to heaven but by\nfaith.  And faith is evidence enough.  God says that it is\nenough.  And my conscious says it is enough \u2013 \u201cFaith is the\nsubstance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.\u201d  <\/em>I\nhave blessed confident assurance that my name is written in the Lamb\u2019s Book of\nLife, that I am chosen of God, redeemed by Christ, born again, called,\nsanctified, and preserved unto life everlasting because I believe that Jesus is\nthe\nChrist.                                                                        ~Don\nFortner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When is a Sinner Saved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men have debated this questions for\nmillenniums. Most of the controversy stems from man\u2019s effort to reconcile the\ntemporal to the eternal. Living in a world of time and space, he tries to\ndefine the when<\/em> in this question as a single event! Scripture settles\nall controversies. So, what sayeth the scriptures?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.     \n God\u2019s elect were saved in the covenant of grace established by God in\neternity past. II Timothy 1:9; Is. 45:17; II Thes. 2:13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.     \n God\u2019s elect were saved when Christ bore their sins on Calvary\u2019s Cross\n2000 years ago. Rom 5:9-10; Jer. 23:6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.     \nGod\u2019s elect are saved when they hear the gospel as the gospel and are made\nwilling to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Titus 3:5; Eph 2:8; Rom. 10:9-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.     \nGod\u2019s elect are continuing to be saved as they are kept by the power of God to\nkeep coming in faith to Christ. Is. 64:5; I Peter 2:4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.     \nGod\u2019s elect will be saved when they are taken to glory to see their Savior face\nto face and be made like Him (sinless). Rev. 12:10; II Peter 3:12-15; I Peter\n1:9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All five of these glorious truths\n(Election, Redemption, Regeneration, Sanctification and Glorification) are\nnecessary for a sinner\u2019s salvation. Let others speak of when they \u201cgot saved\u201d.\nWe don\u2019t hang the hopes of our salvation on one subjective experience in time.\nOur faith is in Him who does all the saving. We have been saved; we are being\nsaved; and we shall be saved. \u201cAnd being made perfect He became the author of\nETERNAL SALVATION unto all them that obey Him.\u201d Heb 5:9.\n        -Greg <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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