{"id":6478,"date":"2023-10-22T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2023-10-22T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T10:06:13","slug":"bulletin-edition-october-2023-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6478","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n The monster!<\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/strong>
\n Spurgeon, “THE SAINT AND HIS SAVIOR”
\n <\/em>
\n SIN is a madness, disqualifying the mind for sober judgment;
\n a blindness, rendering the soul incapable of appreciating
\n moral beauty; it is in fact such a perversion of all the
\n faculties, that under its terrible influence men will ‘call
\n evil good and good evil, and they put darkness for light and
\n light for darkness, and put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter’
\n (Isa. 5:20).
\n
\n To us in our fallen condition demons often appear more favorable
\n than angels, we mistake the gates of hell for the door of bliss,
\n and prefer the garnished lies of Satan to the eternal truths of
\n the Most High.
\n
\n Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will,
\n are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry.
\n While holiness, peace, contentment, and humility,
\n are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.
\n
\n O sin, what have you done! or rather, what have you undone!
\n You have not been content to rob humanity of its crown,
\n to drive it from its happy kingdom, to mar its royal garments,
\n and spoil its treasure; but you have done more than this!
\n It was not enough to degrade and dishonor; you have even wounded
\n your victim; you have blinded his eyes, sealed up his ears,
\n intoxicated his judgment, and gagged his conscience; yes,
\n the poison of your venom has poured death into the fountain!
\n Your hostility has pierced the heart of mankind, and thereby you
\n have filled his veins with corruption, and his bones with depravity.
\n
\n Yes, O <\/strong>monster<\/strong>,\n you have become a murderer,
\n for you have made us dead in trespasses and sins!<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

In II Corinthians 1:12<\/em>,\none of the things Paul rejoiced in was simplicity.  The word means simple\nas opposed to complex or compound.  We have a simple hope\u2026Christ\nonly.  We have a simple object of faith\u2026Christ only. We have a simple\nrighteousness\u2026the righteousness of Christ. We have a simple message\u2026Him. \nWe have a simple motive\u2026His glory.  We have a simple way of being\nsaved\u2026Grace.  We have a simple ground of assurance\u2026\u201cIt is\nfinished.\u201d  <\/em>We have a simple aspiration\u2026to be found in Him. \nWe have a simple doctrine.  Christ is All.  We have a simple\nfear\u2026being corrupted from the simplicity that is in\nChrist.                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                 ~Todd\nNibert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHRIST IS ALL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Colossians 3:11<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            <\/em>What does\nit mean to say, \u201cChrist is all\u201d<\/em>?  It means Christ is the one\nand only thing needful in this life.  Christ is ALL of our\nsalvation.  Christ is ALL of our forgiveness.  Christ is ALL of our\nmercy and grace.  Christ is ALL of our hope and peace.  He is ALL of\nour righteousness.  He is ALL of our redemption.  When it comes to\neverything that a sinner needs \u2013 Christ is all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

         Christ\nis all that the Father needs for our acceptance with Him.  Christ is all\nthat the law needs for our fulfilment of it.  Christ is all that Justice\nneeds to declare us holy before it.  Christ is all that Judgment needs to\ndeclare our condemnation and punishment complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

         Christ\nis all that heaven needs for the JOY of it.  Christ is all that His\nkingdom needs for the MAJESTY of it.  Christ is all that the Throne needs\nfor the GLORY of it.  Christ is all that His marriage union to His bride\nneeds for the LOVE of it.  For time and eternity, from this world to the\nworld to come, Christ is (and will forever be) All!  Thank God! \nAmen!                    \n                     \n      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                         ~Gabe\nStalnaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ died for the elect, those given Him before the foundation\nof the world, and they will all most assuredly be saved and only they will be\nsaved.  It is equally truth that, \u201cWhosoever shall call upon the Name of\nthe Lord shall be saved\u201d and, \u201cHim that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast\nout.\u201d These two truths are not contradictory. They are both essential to\npreaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.            \n                     \n                     \n                   \n ~Todd Nibert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PERFECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     God never said, \u201cDo the best you\ncan do.\u201d God said, \u201cYour best isn\u2019t good enough, because it must be perfect to\nbe accepted.\u201d (Leviticus 22:21) Perfection can never come at the hand of the\nsinner.  Perfection comes at the hand of Christ the perfect Saviour. That\nis why His grace is always sufficient. For His strength is made perfect in our\nweakness. (2 Corinthians 12:0)              \n                     \n                  ~David Eddmenson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Things are for God<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proverbs 16:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing is\nmore delightful and nothing more comforting to God\u2019s saints in this world than\nthe realisation that all things are under the absolute control of our great and\nglorious God. And nothing inspires us to bear our trials and troubles,\nsicknesses, sorrows and bereavements here with patience like the fact that all\nthings are for the glory of our God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nLORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil<\/em>.\u201d\n\u2014 I do not presently see what God is doing in all things; but I am assured that\nin all things the Lord is making for himself an everlasting and a glorious\nname. Isaiah tells us that the Lord God led Israel \u201cby the right hand of\nMoses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them;\u201d <\/em>and he\ndid so \u201cto make himself an everlasting name<\/em>.\u201d He \u201cled them through\nthe deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble, as a\nbeast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so\ndidst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name<\/em>\u201d (Isaiah\n63:12-14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\neverything that is, has been, or shall hereafter be the Lord our God is making\nhimself an everlasting and glorious name. He who raised up Pharaoh and cast him\ndown in the Red Sea for the glory of his own great name brings all things to\npass exactly as he has purposed for the everlasting praise and glory of his\ngreat name. \u2014 All things are for God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequently,\npeople point to specific things and say, \u201cHow can that bring glory to God?\u201d\nUnbelieving people point to sickness, war, famine, pestilence, crimes and other\nevils and say, \u201cIf there is a God in heaven, how can these things be?\u201d Once, I\neven heard a preacher say, after considering a great disaster, \u201cGod has a lot\nof things to answer for.\u201d What a horrible statement! The very thought of man\ncalling God Almighty to the bar of human judgment is incredibly blasphemous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I readily\nacknowledge that I do not see and cannot explain how isolated events,\nconsidered by themselves will bring glory to God. But I do understand what God\nsays in his Word; and I rejoice to believe him. Somehow, when everything that\nmust be has been, when all the purpose of our great God has been perfectly\nfulfilled, everything will render praise and honor to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nEphesians l:10-11 the Holy Spirit informs us that all things are disposed of by\nGod in time according to his own purpose of grace in eternity in divine\npredestination. Everything that comes to pass in time was predestinated by God in\neternity, and is brought to pass according to God\u2019s purpose for the salvation\nof his elect and the glory of his own great name. Happy is that soul which has\nlearned to trust and rests in the purpose and providence of God. All things\ncome to pass exactly according to the eternal purpose of our God for the glory\nof our God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Don Fortner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miserable suicide of my own soul!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Spurgeon’s sermon, “Warning Neglected”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let every man remember that if he perish after having<\/p>\n\n\n\n

heard the Gospel, he will be his own murderer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinner, you will drive the dagger into your heart yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you despise the Gospel, you are preparing fuel for your<\/p>\n\n\n\n

own bed of flames, you are hammering out the chain for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

your own everlasting binding; and when damned, your<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 mournful reflection will be this–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have damned myself,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cast myself into this pit;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for I rejected the Gospel;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I despised the message;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I trod under foot the Son of Man;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would have none of his rebukes;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would not hearken to his exhortations,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and now I perish by mine own hand,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the miserable\nsuicide of my own soul.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If hell must be filled<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Wailing of Risca”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, my brothers and sisters in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if sinners will be damned, at least<\/p>\n\n\n\n

let them leap to hell over our bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if they will perish, let them perish with our<\/p>\n\n\n\n

arms about their knees, imploring them to stop,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and not madly to destroy themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If hell must be filled<\/strong>, at\nleast let it be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let<\/p>\n\n\n\n

not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude Toward Others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Henry Mahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nothing reveals the true state of my heart, my\nrelationship with God, and my understanding of the gospel quite like my daily,\ngeneral ATTITUDE toward others, toward God\u2019s providence, and toward my lot in\nlife. It is one thing to be discouraged occasionally, to get upset, to disagree\nwith someone, to feel neglected, or even to withdraw for a time to reflect on\nthe matters at hand. But it is quite another thing to CONTINUE in a negative\nattitude, pouting and feeling sorry for myself, neglecting to exhort and\nencourage others, and showing by my countenance and conduct that I am not happy\nwith the way things are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cLet not the sun go down on thy wrath,\u201d clearly\nteaches that we are NOT to allow wrath, misunderstanding, nor bad feelings to\ncontinue!  Let it be over when the day is over.  Forgive as you are\nforgiven and give of yourself to make this difficult journey easier for\nothers.  The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a family working together,\nliving together, and functioning as one body for the glory of God and the good\nof the whole.  It is very important that every member of that body be in\nharmony.  I believe if a member is in harmony with the HEAD, he will\ncertainly be in harmony with the rest of the body.  Christ is not divided!\n \u201cHe that hath ears to hear, LET HIM HEAR.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*The Christian shall gain that which he cannot lose\u2014by parting\nwith that which he cannot keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Out of Christ’s condemnation\u2014flows our justification!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His agony\u2014comes our victory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His pain\u2014comes our ease!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His stripes\u2014comes our healing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His gall and vinegar\u2014comes our honey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His curse\u2014comes our blessing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His crown of thorns\u2014comes our crown of glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of His death\u2014comes our life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O what a melting consideration is this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Christ is not sweet\u2014until\nsin is made bitter to us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*If God should damn you to\nall eternity\u2014your eternal sufferings could not satisfy for the evil that is in\none vain thought! O the depth of the evil of sin! (and the<\/em> depth\nof Mercy found only in the Lord Jesus Christ<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Flavel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Is a Man Truly\nSaved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026when it pleased\nGod\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Galatians 1:15-16)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone asked, \u201cWhen is a\nman truly saved?\u201d Well, my friend, to be saved is more than to believe in one\nGod, the demons believe that! It is more than just trembling under the\npreaching of the Word, Felix did that! It is not only to hold an office in the\nchurch, Judas did that! It is not submitting to the ordinance of baptism, Simon\nMagus did that! It is not only to weep over sin, Esau did that! It is not just\nrespecting the preacher, Herod did that! It is not to keep company with\noutstanding believers, Demas did that. To be saved is to know God and Jesus\nChrist Whom He hath sent. It is to be a new creature in Christ Jesus,\nregenerated and converted by the power of God. It is to believe on Christ with\nthe heart and confess Christ with the mouth. It is a miracle and deliverance\naccomplished through the preaching of the gospel and the work of God\u2019s\nSpirit.                    \n                                   \n         ~Henry Mahan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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