{"id":6773,"date":"2024-10-07T08:54:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6773"},"modified":"2024-10-07T08:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:54:52","slug":"bulletin-edition-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6773","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nothing\nyet Everything<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nprice for the salvation of all God\u2019s people was paid in full by the Lord Jesus\nChrist. Any attempt to add anything to His finished work is to rob Him of his\nglory, and to say His blood is not sufficient to cover my sins. It is to change\nfree grace to works and make God a debtor.  Nothing can be added to His\naccomplished work. Grace must be free, or it is not Grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though\nour salvation cost us nothing, it will cost us everything. When Christ becomes\nour life, everything in our life becomes His. Truth is, it was always\nHis.  Just as He is Lord over the living and the dead, so He has always\nhad sovereign control over all that we are and have.  The difference is\nnow we willingly and joyfully bow to Him being Lord over every part of our\nlives.  \u201cFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your\nbody, and your spirit, which are God\u2019s\u201d. 1 Cor.\n6:20.                          \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg\nElmquist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip\nHenry, Matthew Henry\u2019s father, wrote a little book on Christ is All<\/em>.\nAnd he said, \u201cThe fact that Jesus Christ is our righteousness will do us well\nthree times.\u201d When we do something awful, how sweet it is to know that Jesus\nChrist is our righteousness. When we do something good, how necessary it is to\nknow that Jesus Christ is our righteousness. And when we come down to die and\nwe know that in moments we go out to face the most holy God, the thrice holy\nGod, and the God before whom the stars and moon are not pure in his sight, the\nGod whose eyes are too pure to behold evil. I will tell you what I want. I want\nChrist as my righteousness. And that righteousness is righteousness accounted\nto us imputed to us, based on the fact that God the Son glorified God the\nFather and gave us eternal life.        <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim\nJames<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A GOOD HOPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is only when our Lord in grace\nand mercy takes away our imaginary <\/p>\n\n\n\n

strength that we truly look to\nHim and trust Him. This we do not learn <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in creeds and confessions of\nfaith. This we are taught by Him in <\/p>\n\n\n\n

personal relationship in the\nexperience of grace. I only find hope in Him <\/p>\n\n\n\n

when there is no hope anywhere\nelse. It is easy to learn correct <\/p>\n\n\n\n

doctrine, but faith, hope,\ncomfort, rest in Christ is a living experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justification, redemption,\natonement, sanctification and glorification <\/p>\n\n\n\n

are not only doctrinal truths\nbelieved in the heart, they are truths <\/p>\n\n\n\n

experienced in the heart in\nregeneration. Our Lord is our life, and all <\/p>\n\n\n\n

that is in Him is ours. There is\nno hope in what I know, my only hope is <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in Him and what He has done. May\nGod in mercy shut us up to Christ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

alone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tommy Robbins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Law and Grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few contrasts between\nlaw and grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law manifests what is in man-sin;\nGrace manifests what is in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God-love. Law demands\nrighteousness from men; Grace brings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

righteousness to men; Law\nsentences a living man to death; Grace bring a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dead man to life; Law speaks of\nwhat men must do for God; Grace tells<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of what Christ has done for men;\nLaw gives a knowledge of sin; Grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

puts away for sin; Law brings God\nout to men; Grace brings men into<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Richardson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the true gospel is preached,\nbelievers are made happy, the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

rebellious get mad, and the\nPharisees are confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolfe Barnard <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n That\n Mystery of Love!<\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/strong>
\n <\/em>by Augustus Toplady<\/em>
\n
\n If anything can awake astonishment, and inflame our
\n gratitude, it must be that<\/strong> mystery of love<\/strong>– God manifested
\n in our nature, and made man, to bleed and die for our\n salvation.
\n
\n That He should condescend to be sold for thirty shekels of
\n silver, to be apprehended and condemned as a malefactor;
\n to be crowned with piercing thorns; to be scourged at the
\n bloody pillar; to bear His cross; to be numbered with
\n transgressors; to be reviled by rufianly soldiers, and a\n merciless
\n populace; to be torn with tormenting nails; and pierced with a
\n hostile spear; and suspended on the ignominious tree, between
\n heaven and earth, as unworthy of either, though He was the
\n maker and preserver of both.
\n
\n What thought can reach, what tongue can tell, the infinite\n riches
\n of His love to man, that induced Him freely to undergo all\n this,
\n only to make man happy!
\n
\n Nay, He not only freely underwent it, but even
\n longed for the time of His crucifixion to come-
\n “I have a baptism of sufferings to be baptized with; and
\n how am I straitened till it be accomplished?” (Luke\n 12:50)\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWhen Jesus therefore had\nreceived the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave\nup the ghost.\u201d John 19:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These three words “It Is\nFinished” are actually just one word in the original Arimaic; \u201cTetelestai\u201d\nPronounced \u201cTe\u2019Tell-ist-eye\u201d, this word has a glorious five part meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debt paid in full: Tetelestai was\nused to describe the completion of fulfilling a debt. Communicating that a debt\nhad been satisfied, Tetelestai would be written on ancient receipts or debts,\nmeaning “paid in full”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pertaining to Legality: In a\ncourt of law, Tetelestai means the law was satisfied the penalty was\n“fully served”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pertaining to the Sacrifice: In\nthe time of Lord, the High Priest would declare Tetelestai after sacrificing a\nscapegoat, this was to signify that the sins of Israel had symbolically been\ntransferred to the scapegoat. This is exactly what Christ accomplished as the\nscapegoat of His people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pertaining to Military:\nTetelestai was the word used to describe a victorious battle it meant the\n“battle has been won”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pertaining to Completed work.\nUpon a job\u2019s completion the worker would declare Tetelestai when they had\nfinished a project or work of art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May God\u2019s people\u2019s hearts rejoice\nin the knowledge of our Lord finishing the work to \u201csave his people from their\nsins.\u201d Matt. 1:21. He finished every aspect of redemption five fold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He paid the debt of our sin by\nsatisfying justice, death Hell and the grave for all time and eternity; 1\nCorinthians 15:55 \u201cO death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy\nvictory?.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     He satisfied\nthe law\u2019s demands and fully served the penalty for our trespasses, iniquities,\nand sin; \u201cthe Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.\u201d Is. 53:6. \u201cThink\nnot that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to\ndestroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass,\none jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be\nfulfilled.\u201d Matt. 5:17 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     He being the\nSubstitute Surety of His people \u201cbore our sins in his body on the tree.\u201d\n 1 Peter 2:24. \u201cFor he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;\nthat we might be made the righteousness of God in him.\u201d 2 Corinthians 5:21.\nThen; \u201cWhen He had by himself purged our sins He sat down.\u201d Heb. 1:3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He is the\nvictorious \u201cCaptain of our salvation.\u201d Heb 2:10. He is seated as \u201cthe only\nPotentate King of Kings and Lord of Lords!\u201d 1 Tim. 6:15. Because He is the\nconquering Savior our adversary is defeated; \u201cFor this purpose the Son of God\nwas manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.\u201d 1 John 3:8. We\nare now enabled to hear what our Victor has accomplished for His Elect; Comfort\nye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem,\nand cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is\npardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. Is.\n40:1-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     He completed\nthe work given to Him by the Father to successfully redeem all God\u2019s elected\nchildren; \u201cI have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which\nthou gavest me to do.\u201d John 17:4. Because the Lord\u2019s salvation is completed\nentirely by the finished work of Christ we hear; \u201cThere is therefore NOW no\ncondemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.\u201d Rom. 8:1. Because it is\nperfectly complete, He will never lose one for whom He died; \u201call which the\nFather hath given me I should lose nothing.\u201d John 6:39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  There can be no doubt for\nthe reason five definitions are what described our Lord\u2019s last word, for we\nknow five is the number of grace. \u201cFor by grace are ye saved through faith; and\nthat not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man\nshould boast.\u201c Eph. 2:8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWhen Jesus therefore had\nreceived the vinegar, he said, TETELESTAI: and he bowed his head, and gave up\nthe ghost.\u201d                  \n                     \n                     \n                     \n      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Hickman <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wedding feast!<\/strong>
\n
\n(Octavius Winslow<\/a>)
\n
\n“Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour to Him: For the marriage of\nthe Lamb is come for the wedding feast<\/strong> of the Lamb, and His\nbride has prepared herself.” Revelation 19:7
\n
\nJesus sustains no relation to His Church more expressive than this. From all\neternity He betrothed her to Himself. He asked her at the hands of her Father,\nand the Father gave her to Him. He entered into a covenant that she should be\nHis. The conditions of that covenant were great, but not too great for His love\nto undertake. They were that He should . . .
\n  assume her nature,
\n  discharge her legal obligations,
\n  endure her punishment,
\n  repair her ruin, and
\n  bring her to glory!
\n
\nHe undertook all, and He accomplished all-because He loved her!
\n
\n<\/em>The love of Jesus to His Church, is the love of the most tender husband. It\nis . . .
\n  exclusive,
\n  constant,
\n  affectionate,
\n  matchless,
\n  wonderful.
\n
\nJesus . . .
\n  sympathises with her,
\n  nourishes her,
\n  provides for her,
\n  clothes her,
\n  watches over her, and
\n  indulges her with the most intimate and endearing communion.
\n
\nThe Lord Jesus will come in the clouds of Heaven, and this will be the occasion\nof His public wedding of His Church. Her present<\/em> union to Him\nis secret and unknown-invisible to the world. But He will appear, openly and\nvisibly to take her to Himself; and before His Father and the holy angels He\nwill solemnise her eternal union.
\n
\nOh what a time of splendour and of rejoicing will that be! Arrayed in His\nnuptial robes, Jesus will descend to make her His own; and she, “prepared as\na bride adorned for her husband,” will go forth to meet Him. Then will be\nheard the song of angels, “Let us be glad and rejoice and honor Him. For\nthe time has come for the wedding feast<\/em> of the Lamb, and His\nbride has prepared herself.”
\n
\nYes! “Blessed are they who are called unto the wedding feast<\/em> of\nthe Lamb.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He\nbrought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.”<\/em> Song of Solomon 2:4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“HE brought me!” All of\ngrace! He justifies! He glorifies! The top-stone is brought forth, the\nbanqueting house is entered with shoutings, saying, “Grace, grace unto\nit!” Believer, contemplate the journey ended, the course finished, the\nvictory won. Seated at the supper-table of the Lamb in glory, guest talking to\nguest with bounding hearts \u2014 recounting their Lord’s dealings on earth \u2014 the\nwatchword circulating from tongue to tongue, “He has done all things\nwell!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angels and archangels, too, will\nbe participants in that banquet of glory; and bright seraphs, who never knew\nwhat it was to have a heart of sin or to shed a tear of sorrow. But, for this\nreason, there will be one element of joy peculiar to the Redeemed, into which\nthe other unfallen guests cannot enter \u2014 the “joy of contrast.” How\nwill this present world’s “great tribulation” augment the bliss of a\nworld at once sinless and sorrowless! How will earth’s woe-worn cheek, and\nsin-stricken spirit, and tear-dimmed eye, enhance the glories of that perfect\nstate, where there is not the type or symbol of sadness, nor the solitary trace\nof one lingering tear-drop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then will be realised that sweet\nparadox, “They rest” \u2014 “They rest not!” “The rest\nwithout a rest.” “They rest” \u2014 the eternal pause and cessation\nfrom all the feverish disquietudes of this world’s sins and sorrows; all that\nwould disturb the rapture of a holy repose. And yet, the restless activity of\nholiness \u2014 the Divine energy of beings whose grand element of happiness is\nemployment in the service and executing the will of God. In this “they\ncease not day nor night.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is sublimely said of the God\nbefore whom they hymn their anthems and cast their crowns, “He inhabits\nthe praises of eternity!” My soul, seek often to ponder, in the midst of\nyour days of sadness, the joys of that eternal Banqueting house. “You\nshall hunger no more, neither thirst any more!” One moment at that table \u2014\none crumb of the heavenly manna \u2014 one draught from the river of life, and all\nthe bitter experiences of the valley of tears will be obliterated and\nforgotten!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look upwards even now, and behold\nyour dear Lord preparing for you this glorious “feast of fat things.”\n“Don’t be troubled. You trust God, now trust in me. There are many rooms\nin my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for you. If this were\nnot so, I would tell you plainly. When everything is ready, I will come and get\nyou, so that you will always be with me where I am.” He has Himself\nentered the Banqueting house as the pledge and forerunner of the coming Guests.\nHe, the first Sheaf of the mighty harvest, has been waved before God in the\ntemple of the New Jerusalem, as a pledge of the immortal sheaves still to be\ngathered into the heavenly garner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The invitation is issued,\n“Come, for all things are ready.” “The feast has been prepared,\nand choice meats have been cooked. Everything is ready. Hurry to the wedding\nbanquet!” Reader, prepare for the feast suitably attire yourself for such\na glorious banquet. Put on your beautiful garments \u2014 that righteousness of\nJesus, without which you cannot be accepted \u2014 that holiness of heart, without\nwhich you cannot be an acceptable guest. Soon shall the little hour of life’s\nunquiet dream be over; and then, oh the glorious surprise of being ushered into\nthat banqueting table \u2014 to know, forever, the blessedness of those “who\nare called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the prospect of such joys\nawaiting me in the morning of immortality, with the dark nights of death before\nme, and the grave my couch, I shall be able to say, even of its lonely chamber\n\u2014 “I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me\ndwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing yet Everything The price for the salvation of all God\u2019s people was paid in full by the Lord Jesus Christ. Any attempt to add anything to His finished work is to rob Him of his glory, and to say His blood is not sufficient to cover my sins. It is to change free grace […]<\/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-6773","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\/6773","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=6773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6774,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions\/6774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}