{"id":6209,"date":"2022-06-24T10:54:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T10:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2022-06-24T10:54:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T10:54:25","slug":"bulletin-edition-june-2022-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6209","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

John 5:23, Malachi 1:6  “Where is Mine\nHonour”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man’s god<\/strong>
\n
\n<\/strong>(Henry Law<\/a>)
\n
\nA man’s god<\/strong> is that which . . .
\n  has the greatest influence<\/strong> over him;
\n  he sets the highest value <\/strong>upon;
\n  he chiefly devotes<\/strong> himself and his energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Christ did not say, \u201cIf\nyou want to go to heaven, keep My commandments or, If you want to keep out of\nhell, keep My commandments, but, IF YOU LOVE ME, keep My\ncommandments. Apparently, religion today cannot comprehend a gift of\neternal life in Christ that constrains us to walk in His word\nand commandments because WE LOVE\nHIM.                                    \nPastor Henry Mahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cHe hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from\nmy head.\u201d Job 19:9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job is complaining\nhere in Chapter 19. But when all is said and done, Job will confess what a\ngreat mercy it is to be stripped of his glory. He will come to see that the\ncrown never belonged on his head. After Elihu preaches the gospel, Job will\nhear the voice of God. Then he will confess; \u201cBehold, I am vile\u201d. Like all of God\u2019s\nchildren, he will end up happy that the Lord stripped him of his glory. Only\nthen could he see the glory of his Redeemer. He will rejoice in casting his\ncrown before the throne of God an add his voice to all the saints saying; \u201cThou\nart worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power\u2026\u201d Rev 4:11a.\n                        \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Greg Elmquist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore, it is of\nfaith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all\nthe seed\u201d (Romans 4:16). <\/em> The only way that\nsalvation can be sure is if it is all by grace.   If salvation is\ndependent on some contribution from man, the only thing that is sure is that\nnone will be saved.                      \n            ~Todd\nNibert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I could\nhear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million\nenemies. Yet distance makes no difference.  He is praying for me \u2013\n\u201cWherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by\nHim, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them\u201d (Hebrews 7:25).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 ~Robert Murray McCheyne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gospel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gospel is not a plan to be followed, or a program to be\npracticed.  It is not a precept or a principle to be understood. The\ngospel is a person. The second person of the triune Godhead, who bore the sins\nof God\u2019s elect and by the sacrifice of Himself put them away once and for all.\nHe was raised from the dead, ascended into glory, and is right now seated at\nthe right hand of the majesty on high. He is the sovereign Savior of sinners.\nHe is the Substitute and Surety for His people. His name is Jesus, for He has\nsaved His people from their sins. He is Faithful and True to all His promise.\nWhat \u201cgood news\u201d (gospel) it is for the soul of a sinner to know they have an\nadvocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One. He himself is the sum\nand substance of the gospel.            \n  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Elmquist<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>
\n Spurgeon, “Gleanings Among the Sheaves”<\/em>
\n
\n Let us ever remember that Christ on the cross is
\n of no value to us, apart from the Holy Spirit in us.
\n
\n In vain that blood is flowing, unless the finger of the Spirit
\n applies the blood to our conscience; in vain is that garment
\n of righteousness wrought out, unless the Holy Spirit wraps
\n it around us and arrays us in its costly folds.
\n
\n The river of the water of life cannot quench our thirst,
\n till the Spirit presents the goblet and lifts it to our lips.
\n
\n All the things which are in the paradise of God could never be
\n blissful to us, so long as we are dead souls — and dead we are,
\n until that heavenly wind comes and breathes upon us, that we
\n may live.
\n
\n We do not hesitate to say that we owe as much to God the Holy
\n Spirit as we do to God the Son. Indeed, it were a high sin and
\n misdemeanor to attempt to put one person of the divine Trinity
\n before another.
\n
\n You, O Father, are the source of all grace,
\n all love and all mercy towards us.
\n
\n You, O Son, are the channel of Your Father’s mercy,
\n and without You Your Father’s love could never flow to us.
\n
\n And You, O Spirit, are He who enables us to receive that divine
\n virtue which flows from the fountainhead, the Father, through
\n Christ the channel, and which, by Your means, enters into our
\n heart and there abides, bringing forth its glorious fruit.
\n Magnify, then, the Spirit.
\n
\n There never yet was a heavenly thought, a hallowed deed,
\n or a consecrated act, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ,
\n which was not worked in us by the Holy Spirit.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n Indescribable!<\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/strong>
\n by Spurgeon-<\/em>
\n
\n As all rivers run into the sea, so all
\n our delights center in our Beloved!
\n
\n The glances of His eye outshine the sun!
\n
\n The beauties of His face are fairer than the choicest flowers!
\n
\n No fragrance is like the breath of His mouth!
\n
\n Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea are
\n worthless things compared to His preciousness!
\n
\n No one can compute the value of “God’s indescribable<\/strong> gift.”
\n (2Cor. 9:15)
\n
\n Words cannot depict the preciousness of the Lord Jesus Christ
\n to His people, nor can they fully tell how essential He is to
\n their satisfaction and happiness!
\n
\n As the river seeks the sea, so Lord Jesus, I seek You!
\n O let me find You and melt my life into Yours forever!\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

A lost and undone sinner!<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>
\n(Octavius Winslow<\/a>,\n“The Impenitent Sinner Warned”)
\n
\nNo man shall value Christ, or His precious atonement, until he has been made to\nsee and feel himself to be a\nlost and undone sinner.<\/strong>
\n
\nChrist is precious only to the soul that feels . . .
\n  its spiritual poverty,
\n  its vileness,
\n  its emptiness,
\n  its nothingness.
\n
\nTo such an individual, Jesus is everything.
\n
\nThe deeper the Eternal Spirit leads him to an acquaintance with himself–the\nmore precious is that Savior, whom he now finds to be the very Savior that he\nneeds.
\n
\nThe daily discovery of . . .
\n  indwelling corruption,
\n  inordinate affection,
\n  pride,
\n  self esteem,
\n  instability,
\n  love of the world,  and
\n  the innumerable other forms which indwelling depravity assumes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thou\nArt The Christ”        <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Matthew 16:16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     We\nwho believe rest our immortal souls upon one thing. We build all our hopes of\npeace, pardon, and eternal life upon one foundation. We believe that Jesus of\nNazareth, the son of Joseph and Mary, who was crucified as a common felon\nat Jerusalem nearly 2000 years ago, is the Christ, the Messiah,\npromised by God in all the Old Testament prophets. Peter’s confession is the\nfoundation upon which the whole gospel is built, the foundation upon which the\nwhole church and kingdom of God is built, and the\nfoundation upon which the whole of our faith is built. – “Thou art the\nChrist, the Son of the living God.” With the disciples of old, we confess,\n“We believe, and are sure, that thou art that Christ, the Son of the\nliving God” (John 6:69). How important is this issue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1.) If Jesus of\nNazareth is not the Christ, the Messiah, promised in the Old Testament\nScriptures, then HE IS NOT THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD! The prophecies of the Old\nTestament plainly declare that the Messiah, when he appears, though he must be\na man of the house and lineage of David (Psa. 132:11; Isa. 11:1), must also be\nthe Son of God (Psa. 45:6-7). To deny the deity of the Lord Jesus is to deny\nhis Messiahship. And to deny his Messiahship is to deny his deity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2.) If Jesus of\nNazareth is not the Christ, the Messiah, then HIS OBEDIENCE TO GOD IS OF NO\nBENEFIT OR MERIT TO ANYONE. Though he was “holy, harmless, undefiled, and\nseparate from sinners,” though he perfectly obeyed the law, though he had\nno sin and knew no sin, if he were only a man,his righteous obedience is\nnothing more than a good example. It could not be of infinite merit to make us\nrighteous. It is the deity of our Savior that makes his obedience to God as a\nman meritorious for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(3.) If Jesus of\nNazareth is not the Christ, then HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS HAS NO SAVING EFFICACY.\nThe blood of one man, however innocent, cannot atone for the sins of many. Only\nthat Man who is himself God can make atonement for and redeem a multitude of\nlost sinners. He must be man, or he could not suffer and die. But he must be\nGod or he could not satisfy the justice of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(4.) If Jesus is not\nthe Messiah, then WE ARE ALL YET IN OUR SINS. We have no hope, no pardon, no\nrighteousness, because we have no Savior!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don Fortner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The religion of JOY<\/strong>
\n(Octavius Winslow, “The Sympathy of Christ”)
\nThe religion of Christ is the religion of JOY. Christ came to take away our\nsins, to roll off our curse, to unbind our chains, to open our prison house, to\ncancel our debt; in a word, to give us the oil of joy for mourning, the garment\nof praise for the spirit of heaviness. Is  not this joy? Where can we find\na joy so real, so deep, so pure, so lasting? There is every element of joy;\ndeep, ecstatic, satisfying, sanctifying joy in the gospel of Christ. The\nbeliever in Jesus is essentially a happy man. The child of God is, from\nnecessity, a joyful man. His sins are forgiven, his soul is justified, his\nperson is adopted, his trials are blessings, his conflicts are victories, his\ndeath is immortality, his future is a heaven of inconceivable, unthought of,\nuntold, and endless blessedness. With such a God, such a Savior, and such a\nhope, is he not, ought he not, to be a joyful man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The value of Christ!<\/strong>
\n
\n(Charles Spurgeon<\/a>)
\n
\nEternity alone can reveal the\nvalue of Christ!<\/strong>
\n
\nBy the miseries of the Hell <\/em>from which He saves us \u2014 let us\nmeasure Him!
\n
\nBy the bliss of the Heaven<\/em> to which He lifts us \u2014 let us\nestimate His worth!
\n
\nBy the depths of ignominy and shame<\/em> into which He dived \u2014 let\nus appraise Him!
\n
\nBy the glories <\/em>He relinquished and by the agonies <\/em>He\nbore \u2014 let us attempt to form some faint idea of His value!
\n
\n“To you who believe, He is precious!” 1 Peter 2:7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kingship of Christ<\/strong>
\n
\n<\/strong>(J. C. Philpot<\/a>,\n“Meditations on the Blessed Redeemer”)
\n
\n“King of kings and Lord of lords!<\/strong>” Revelation 19:16
\n
\nThe kingship of Christ<\/strong> is full of sweet\nconsolation to
\nthe tried family of God. As Zion’s enthroned King, He
\nsupplies His people out of His own inexhaustible fullness!
\n
\nTo Him, as our enthroned King, we give the allegiance
\nof our hearts. Before His feet, as our rightful Sovereign,
\nwe humbly lie. And we beg of Him, as possessed of all
\npower, to subdue our iniquities and rebellious lusts, and
\nsway His peaceful scepter over every faculty of our soul.
\n
\nThe kingship of Christ <\/strong>is a\nblessed subject of meditation,
\nwhen we consider its bearing upon our helpless, defenseless
\ncondition. We stand surrounded by foes . . .<\/strong>
\n  internal,
\n  external,
\n  infernal,
\nall armed against us with deadly enmity!
\n
\nEvery child of God is surrounded by a multitude of enemies
\nwithout and within, who, unless they are overcome–will
\nmost certainly overcome him. And to be overcome is to be
\nlost, forever lost, and to perish under the wrath of God!
\n
\nWhat hope or help can we have, but in . . .
\n  that all-seeing eye<\/strong>, which sees our condition;
\n  that all-sympathising heart<\/strong>, which feels for us;
\n  that all-powerful hand<\/strong>, which delivers the objects of
\nHis love from all the snares and traps–and defeats all
\nthe plans and projects of these mighty, implacable foes?
\n
\nWe daily and hourly feel the workings of our . . .<\/strong>
\n  mighty sins,
\n  raging lusts,
\n  powerful temptations,
\n  besetting evils,
\nagainst the least and feeblest of which, we have no strength!
\n
\nBut as the eye of faith views our enthroned King,
\nwe are led by the power of His grace to . . .
\n  look unto Him,
\n  hang upon Him, and
\n  seek help from Him.
\n
\nTrials in providence,
\nafflictions in the family,
\nsickness and infirmities in the body,
\nopposition and persecution from the world,
\na vile, unbelieving heart, which we can neither sanctify nor subdue,
\na rough and rugged path, increasing in difficulty as we journey onward,
\ndoubts, fears, and misgivings in our own bosom,
\ninward slips and falls,
\nwanderings,
\nstartings aside,
\nhourly backslidings from the strait and narrow path,
\njealous enemies ever watching for our halting,
\nwith no eye to pity, nor arm to help–but the Lord’s!<\/strong>
\n
\nHow all these foes and fears make us feel our need
\nof an enthroned King, Head and Husband . . .
\n  whose tender heart<\/strong> is soft to pity,
\n  whose mighty arm <\/strong>is strong to relieve!
\n
\nWe should be ever looking up to our enthroned King,
\nnot only that He might sway His scepter over our hearts,
\ncontrolling our rebellious wills, and subduing us to His
\ngentle might; but as King over all our enemies–of which
\nour internal<\/strong> foes are much more numerous and mighty
\nthan any external <\/strong>enemies!When we feel the power of sin, the tyranny of our vile
\nlusts and passions, and what our nature is capable of
\nif left to its own will and way–how sweet and suitable
\nis the promise, “You will again have compassion on us;
\nYou will subdue our iniquities<\/strong> and hurl all our sins into
\nthe depths of the sea!” Micah 7:19
\n
\n“We are powerless against this mighty army that is
\n attacking us! We do not know what to do, but we
\n are looking to You for help.” 2 Chronicles 20:12
\n
\n“The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save!”
\n     Zephaniah 3:17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 5:23, Malachi 1:6  “Where is Mine Honour” A man’s god (Henry Law) A man’s god is that which . . .   has the greatest influence over him;   he sets the highest value upon;   he chiefly devotes himself and his energies.         Christ did not say, \u201cIf you want to go to heaven, keep My commandments or, If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin-editions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6210,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209\/revisions\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}