{"id":6169,"date":"2022-03-06T06:21:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T06:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2022-03-06T06:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T06:21:19","slug":"bulletin-edition-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6169","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Sad but\nEvident Fact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Down through the\nyears there have been many men and women who have heard the truth, and have\napprehended the truth, but who have never been apprehended by the truth. They\nhave \u201cgotten hold of the truth,\u201d but the truth has never \u201cgotten hold of them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is evidenced by the fact that\nthey are able to compromise the truth or turn away from it completely. I have\nseen some turn from the truth of God to fables and commandments of men (II Tim.\n4:4; Titus 1:14). Others I have seen turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness,\ndenying the power of God and His grace in the believer\u2019s heart (Jude 4). Still\nothers, like Demas, I have observed going altogether back to this present, evil\nworld (II Tim. 4:10). It would have been much better for them had they never\nhad the privilege of hearing the gospel, than to have heard it and turned away\nfrom it (II Peter 2:20-22).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning the truth; that is, the\nsalvation of guilty, hell- deserving sinners by Jesus Christ, there is not the\nslightest doubt in my mind (and heart) but that what I believe, confess and\npreach (what we believe) is the truth of Scripture. We have \u201cgotten hold\u201d of that\ntruth, and thus far, by the grace of God, have not been able to compromise or\nturn away from it. That is because the truth has \u201cgotten hold\u201d of our souls.\nChrist crucified is no mere doctrine to us. HE IS OUR LIFE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeep us Lord, O keep us cleaving\nTo Thyself, and still believing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

       \n~Maurice Montgomery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cChrist Is All<\/strong>!\u201d       \nColossians 3:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not possible for any mortal to\ncomprehend the full scope of those three words, but here are ten statements\nthat might help to enlarge our understanding of them. After you have read this\nbrief article, carefully study each statement, asking God the Holy Spirit to\nseal these words to your heart \u2013 \u201c\u201dChrist is all!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to be known. <\/strong>\u201cThis is life eternal, that they might know\nthee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent\u201d <\/em>(John 17:3). If you know Christ, you\nknow enough, even if you are ignorant of other things. If you do not know\nChrist, it is nothing to have all other knowledge. \u201cThat I may know him<\/strong>\u201d\n<\/em>(Philippians 3:10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to be chosen <\/strong>(Matthew 13:44-46). There is no way to obtain this treasure and purchase\nthis Pearl, but by selling all that you have. If you would save your life, you\nmust lose it to Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to be trusted. <\/strong>\u201cHe that believeth on the Son hath everlasting\nlife: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of\nGod abideth on him\u201d <\/em>(John\n3:36). His blood is atonement. His righteousness is acceptance with God. His\nadvocacy is our assurance. His grace is preservation. His providence is our\nprovision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to be loved. <\/strong>\u201cIf any man come to me, and hate not his\nfather, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and\nhis own life also, he cannot be my disciple\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>(Luke 14:26). All other loves must be burned upon this altar, so that\nnothing and no one comes between my heart and my Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to be desired. <\/strong>\u201cThe desire of our soul is to thy name\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>(Isaiah 26:8). Seek Christ to the exclusion of\nall else; and you will find everything you need in him, supplied from his\nfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all our joy.<\/strong> \u201cRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice\u201d<\/em> (Philippians 4:4). If a person has\nthat which he desires above all else, he rejoices in it, and all who know\nChrist rejoice in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to consume our thoughts. <\/strong>\u201cLet this mind be in you which was also in\nChrist Jesus\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>(Philippians 2:5). Think on Christ,\nand think of all things in the light of the knowledge of him (Philippians\n4:6-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all to be followed. <\/strong>\u201cI have given you an example, that ye should do\nas I have done to you\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>(John\n13:15). The rebel must be ruled by law. The mercenary is motivated by reward.\nThe believer is ruled by love. \u201cThe love of Christ constraineth us\u201d <\/em>(2\nCorinthians 5:14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all in the house of God <\/strong>(Colossians 3:11). In preaching, praise, and\nprayer, \u201cChrist is all!\u201d <\/em>He is all our beauty, all our attraction, and\nall our entertainment. All our activities serve him. All our ordinances\nremember him and proclaim allegiance to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ is all our hope before God. <\/strong>\u201cJesus Christ, which is our hope\u201d <\/em>(1 Timothy 1:1). His obedience is\nthe basis of our hope, his coming its fulfilment, his presence its\nsatisfaction, and his likeness its consummation. \u201cChrist is All!\u201d  <\/em><\/strong>Don\nFortner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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God\u2019s Holy Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 You will hear men say; \u201cno one can keep the law of God\nperfectly.\u201d This statement implies that we can keep part of God\u2019s law, just not\nall of it. Let us state it more clearly. \u201cNo man can keep any of God\u2019s law,\nperiod.\u201d The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness\u2019 sake; he will magnify\nthe law and make it honorable. Is 42:21. Christ is the end of the law for\nrighteousness to everyone that believeth. Rom 10:4. We are not looking to Christ\nto reward our efforts by, \u201cpushing us over the top.\u201d The Lord did not come to\nperfect our righteousness. He came to be ALL our\nrighteousness.                                                                                       \n ~GE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two\nReligions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 There are really\nonly two religions in the world \u2013 one of Cain and the other of Abel.  One\nis Ishmael and the other of Isaac.  One of Esau and the other of Jacob.\nOne of law and the other of promise. One of Mount Sinai and the other of Mount\nCalvary.  One condemns, the other finds no fault.  One leads to\nbondage, the other to freedom. One tendeth to death, the other to life. \nOne of weakness, the other of power.  One of merit, the other of\nmercy.  One of the weakness of the letter, the other of the power of the\nSpirit. \n                                                            ~Tom\nHarding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Circumcision of\nthe Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Physical\ncircumcision is the cutting away of flesh. Religious circumcision is when men either\ncut out of their lives fleshly pleasures, or look to fleshly things in hopes of\nearning favor with God. It is man\u2019s desire to make a fair show in the flesh to\navoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ. Gal. 6:12. Both of these\ncircumcisions are done by the hands of men. Neither of these circumcisions will\nbe of any benefit in saving a sinner\u2019s soul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Then\nthere is the spiritual circumcision. A hidden work in the heart performed by\nthe Spirit of God. It is when God the Holy Spirit brings a poor lost sinner to\nsee that their only hope of acceptance before a Holy God is the circumcision of\nChrist (Col. 2:11). When the Son of Man was cut off out of the land of the\nliving for the transgression of His people (Is. 53:8), God saw the travail of\nhis soul and was satisfied. (Is. 53:11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     We are\nthe true circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus,\nand have no confidence in the flesh<\/strong>.<\/em> Phil. 3:3. We know that we\nhave received spiritual circumcision when we have had cut from our hearts all\nconfidence in all things done in or by the flesh. Truly, \u201cit is the Spirit that\nquickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing\u2026\u201d Jn. 6:63.                                       \n  ~GE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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