{"id":6472,"date":"2023-09-10T07:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T07:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6472"},"modified":"2023-09-10T07:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T07:53:54","slug":"bulletin-edition-september-2023-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6472","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“In those days, and in that time, saith the\nLord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and\nthe sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I\nreserve.” <\/em>Jeremiah 1:20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What those days and that time refer to is very plain; namely, the\nday when the great trumpet shall be blown, and when they shall come which were\nready to perish; the glorious day of gospel grace by Jesus. For God the Father,\nhaving appointed and accepted a Surety for poor sinners, in the blood and\nrighteousness of his dear Son, beholds no iniquity in Jacob, nor perverseness\nin Israel. Blessed thought to comfort a poor soul that, seen in Christ, and\naccepted in the beloved, “there is no condemnation to them that are in\nChrist Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit!” Pause,\nmy soul, over this precious scripture, and take to thyself the comfort of it.\nIf thou art in Christ, thou art beheld righteous in his righteousness; and, as\nthy Surety, what he wrought, and what he suffered, was for thee. So that, in\nthis sense, thou art, as Christ tells the church, all fair, and there is no\nspot in thee. So that, amidst all thy groans for the remains of indwelling sin,\n(and groan thou dost daily,) and as thou sometimes art prompted to think, there\nis growing imperfection in thee; yet, in Jesus, as thou art found and beheld in\nhim, sin is pardoned, and thy person accepted, and thou art in a state of\njustification before God in the righteousness of God thy Saviour. And, as this\nis so essential to be known and enjoyed, see to it, my soul, that thou livest\nupon it. Go in the strength of Christ’s righteousness every day to the throne,\npleading that righteousness, and that only. And, under a perfect conviction\nthat not a single sin of thine was left out when Jesus bore the sins of his people\non the tree, beg for grace to exercise faith, and to know that in Jesus thou\nart justified before God, and that God hath cast all thy sins into the depths\nof the sea. “Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and goodness of\nGod!” What shall separate from the love of Christ? surely not sin. For\nJesus hath put away sin by the sacrifice of himself! The law of God cannot: for\nthat law, Jesus, as the sinner’s Surety, hath satisfied. And justice, so far\nfrom condemning, now approves. God is just to his dear Son, as our Surety, who\nhath answered all the demands of sin, and therefore hath forgiven sin, and\ncleansed from all unrighteousness. Blessed thought! in this day sin is pardoned\nin Christ: and in that day, when God shall arise to judgment, the sin of Judah,\nand the iniquity of Israel cannot be found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Hawker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ Made\nSin for Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\nCorinthians 5:21<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were our\nsins transferred to Christ and made his, or was our Savior only treated as if\nthat were the case? \u2014 What do the Scriptures say? I am not even\nslightly concerned about what men say concerning this matter. I only want to\nknow this. \u2014 What does God say in his Word? This is what God says. \u2014 \u201cHe\nhath made him sin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMade\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this\nstatement, \u201cHe hath made him sin,\u201d <\/em>the word \u201cmade<\/em>\u201d is\nvery significant. It is not a legal term, but a word that carries the idea of\n\u201ccreate.\u201d Writing by divine inspiration, the apostle Paul is tells us that God\nthe Father, by one great, mysterious act, gathered together all the sins of all\nhis elect throughout all the ages of time, and caused his darling Son to be sin\nfor us. This is exactly the same thing we are told by other inspired writers\n(Isaiah 53:6, 12)). Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God, \u201chis own self\nbare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should\nlive unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed<\/em>\u201d (1 Peter 2:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Word of God plainly teaches that Christ our blessed Surety was\nmade sin for us, that he bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that the\nLord God laid upon him our iniquities, that \u201cHe hath made him sin.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosaic Types<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\ntransfer of sin from the sinner to the sinner\u2019s Surety was clearly set forth in\nthe typical sacrifices of the Mosaic law. <\/em>It was typified and\nprefigured by the sinner laying his hands on the head of the animal he brought\nto be sacrificed in his stead before God. You will recall that when Aaron and\nhis sons were to be consecrated as priests unto God, they were commanded to \u201cput\ntheir hands on the head of the bullock<\/em>,\u201d which represented typically the\ntransfer of their sins to the bullock, which was then counted worthy of death.\nBecause the bullock bearing their sins was counted worthy of death, the Lord\ncommanded, \u201cAnd thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of\nthe tabernacle of the congregation<\/em>\u201d (Exodus 29:10-11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the clearest, most well-known picture of the transfer of\nour sins to the Lord Jesus Christ, and of him putting away our sin by bearing\nthem and bearing them away in his own body on the tree is the scapegoat\npresented before the Lord on the day of atonement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lev. 16:21 And Aaron shall\nlay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the\niniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their\nsins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him<\/em> away by\nthe hand of a fit man into the wilderness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lev. 16:22 And the goat\nshall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he\nshall let go the goat in the wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carefully observe what the Lord God shows us in this scapegoat\ntypifying our dear Savior. \u2014 Here is the transfer of sin from the people to the\ngoat, from us to Christ. \u2014 Here is the transfer of the sins of a particular\npeople, of their sins and only their sins, the sins of the children of Israel,\nGod\u2019s elect people. \u2014 Here is the transfer of all the sins of all the children\nof Israel, all God\u2019s elect. \u2014 And here we see the sins transferred from the\npeople to the goat taken away. In a word, the scapegoat shows us a clear\npicture of particular, effectual redemption \u2014 limited atonement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweet\nAssurance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing that\nChrist was made sin for us, we understand that he was justly punished in our\nstead, punished to the full satisfaction of divine justice. By his satisfaction\nof justice for our sins, our sins have been completely, effectually, forever\nput away, and can never be charged to us (Psalm 103:12; Hebrews 1:3; 9:26-28; 1\nJohn 3:5; Romans 4:8). If the holy, just, and true Lord God cannot find our\nsins, he cannot punish us for our sins; and that is exactly what he tells us in\nhis Word (Jeremiah 50:20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don Fortner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is This?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd when he was come into\nJerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?\u201d (Matt 21:10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All religious reformers and\nmessiahs come to live; Christ came to die. All others leave monuments and\nmemorials: no one can find His birthplace, grave, nor one possession. All\nothers write diaries and memoirs; He wrote on the sand. All others choose their\nfollowers from the rich, powerful, and influential; He chose the poor and\nneedy. All others praise human righteousness; He condemned it. All others seek\nthose who can help them; He sought those whom He could help. All others promise\nsuccess and happiness to their followers; He promised tribulation and\nsuffering. All others held their disciples with fear and force; He invited His\nto leave Him if they would. All others have palaces, mansions, and\nheadquarters; He had no place to lay His head. All others reward the most\ntalented with recognition, Btles, and honor; He said, \u201cThe least should be the\ngreatest.\u201d All others say, \u201cFollow me; I will show you the way.\u201d He said, \u201cCome\nunto Me, I am the way.\u201d All others claim to be the messengers of God; He said,\n\u201cHe that hath seen me hath seen God.\u201d All others stay dead; He arose; and all\nof His claims, works, and promises are true because God raised Him from the\ndead.\n                                          ~Henry\nMahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murderer!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C.H.Spurgeon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And there followed Him great company of people, and of\nwomen, which also bewailed and lamented Him.” Luke 23:27<\/strong>
\n
\nAmid the rabble crowd which hounded the Redeemer to His doom, there were some\ngracious souls whose bitter anguish sought vent in wailing and lamentations\u2014fit\nmusic to accompany that march of woe!
\n
\nWhen my soul can, in imagination, see the Savior bearing His cross to\nCalvary\u2014she joins the godly women and weeps with them. For, indeed, there is\ntrue cause for my<\/em> grief, cause lying deeper than those\nmourning women thought. They bewailed . . .
\n  innocence, maltreated,
\n  goodness, persecuted,
\n  love, bleeding,
\n  meekness, dying!
\n
\nBut my heart has a deeper and more bitter cause to mourn. MY SINS were\nthe scourges which lacerated those blessed shoulders, and crowned that bleeding\nbrow with thorns!<\/em> My sins <\/em><\/strong>cried, “Crucify\nHim! Crucify Him!” <\/em>and laid the cross upon His gracious\nshoulders!
\n
\nHis being led forth to die, is sorrow enough for one eternity; but MY having\nbeen His murderer<\/strong>\u2014is more, infinitely more grief, than one poor\nfountain of tears can express! Those women who loved and wept, could not have\nhad greater reasons for love and grief, than my poor heart has!
\n
\nThe widow of Nain saw her son restored; but I myself <\/em>have been\nraised to newness of life!
\n
\nPeter’s mother-in-law was cured of the fever; but I myself <\/em>have\nbeen cured of the plague of sin!
\n
\nMary Magdalene had seven devils cast out of her; but a whole legion of devils\nwere cast out of me!
\n<\/em>
\nMary and Martha were favoured with visits from Jesus; but He dwells with me!
\n
\n<\/em>I am not behind these holy women in debt <\/em>to Jesus; let me\nnot be behind them in gratitude <\/em>or sorrow<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Love and grief my heart dividing,
\n With my tears His feet I’ll lave;
\n Constant still in heart abiding,
\n Weep for Him who died to save!”
\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He was pierced for our <\/em>transgressions,
\n He was crushed for our <\/em>iniquities;
\n the punishment that brought us <\/em>peace was upon Him,
\n and by His wounds we <\/em>are healed!” Isaiah 53:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 It quenches the thirst of the soul<\/strong>
\n
\n(Horatius Bonar<\/a>, “The Revelation of\nJesus Christ”)
\n
\n“My blood is drink indeed!<\/strong>” John 6:55
\n
\nThe blood of the Lamb contains the true drink for the
\nsoul. It quenches the thirst of the soul<\/strong>\u2014the thirst
\nof parching produced by an evil conscience and a sense
\nof wrath. It removes the wrath and the sense of wrath,
\nby showing us that wrath transferred to the Substitute.
\n
\nIt relieves the conscience when first we come into
\ncontact with it; and it keeps it relieved from day
\nto day, as we drink it by faith.
\n
\nIt is ‘the true drink.’
\n
\nIt calms!
\n
\nIt revives!
\n
\nIt refreshes!
\n
\nIt soothes!
\n
\nIt is like cold water to the thirsty lips under a
\nscorching sun. Nothing but the blood can allay
\nthis thirst; nothing else can be . . .
\n  drink for the soul,
\n  drink for the intellect,
\n  drink for the conscience,
\n  drink for the heart!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Spurgeon, “THE CHILD OF LIGHT WALKING IN LIGHT”<\/em>
\n
\n The glorious Son of God condescends to become the
\n atonement for sin– He is taken to the tree; our sins are made
\n to meet upon his blessed head, and there he dies the just for
\n the unjust. He was made sin for us, that we might be made the
\n righteousness of God in him.
\n
\n Standing by the tree of doom, we look up to that blessed
\n Savior with all-absorbing admiration and love. We admire him
\n as the masterpiece<\/strong> of\n divine wisdom, grace, power, and truth;
\n and, admiring, we love him; we pledge ourselves to him.
\n
\n Joy, joy, joy for ever! The brightest day that ever dawned on
\n us was that day when we saw all our sins numbered on our blessed
\n Scapegoat and carried away into the wilderness of\n forgetfulness!
\n
\n Henceforth we live for Christ!
\n Henceforth our chief glory is the cross!
\n Henceforth our best ideal of glory for ourselves
\n is to see Jesus glorified!
\n The torrents have swept us away!
\n We are no longer bound to this earth!
\n We are borne along by the irresistible force of eternal love!\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

“Who his own self bore our\nsins in his own body on the tree.”<\/strong> 1\nPeter 2:24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

J.C.Philpot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We beg of the Lord, sometimes, to give us a broken heart, a\ncontrite spirit, a tender conscience, and a humble mind. But it is only a view\nby faith of what the gracious Redeemer endured upon the cross, when he bore our\nsins in his own body with all their weight and pressure, and with all the anger\nof God due to them, that can really melt a hard, and break a stony heart. No\nsight, short of this, can make sin felt to be hateful; bring tears of godly\nsorrow out of the eyes, sobs of true repentance out of the breast, and the\ndeepest, humblest confessions before God what dreadful sinners and base\nbacksliders we have been before the eyes of his infinite Purity, Majesty, and\nHoliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, what hope is there for our guilty souls; what refuge from the\nwrath of God so justly our due; what shelter from the curse of a fiery law,\nexcept it be in the cross of Jesus? O for a view of him revealed to the eyes of\nour enlightened understanding, as bearing our sins in his own body on the tree!\nO to see by the eye of faith, all those dreadful sins which have caused us so\nmuch inward grief and trouble, all those fearful backslidings and sad\nentanglements on which we can but reflect with shame and grief; O to see all we\nhave said and thought and done, which conscience testifies against, and all\nthose innumerable evils that we have never seen or conscience has forgotten; to\nview them by the eye of faith taken off our guilty head and put upon the head\nof the Lord the Lamb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where, oh, where, can we get relief from any other source or by\nany other way? There is no relief anywhere else! Where can you find pardon\nsealed upon your breast, forgiveness manifested to your soul, or any\nexpectation of winning heaven and escaping hell, except in the cross, and some\ntestimony in your own bosom of your saving interest in that precious blood and\nrighteousness, and the knowledge for yourself that the dear Redeemer bore your\nsins in his body on the tree? I know, indeed, full well, that it requires\nspecial faith, a faith of God’s own giving and raising up to believe this, an\nespecial manifestation of salvation by the blood of the Lamb to the soul; a\nblessed bringing in of the power of Christ crucified to the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I believe I do but speak the inmost conviction of every heart\ntouched by the finger of God when I say, that until this is in some measure\ndone, there is no solid relief; no true peace with God; no firm, abiding\nfoundation on which we can stand, as if for eternity; nothing strong enough to\nbanish the fear of death and open the gates of heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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