{"id":6791,"date":"2024-11-26T03:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T03:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2024-11-26T03:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T03:19:10","slug":"bulletin-edition-november-2024-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6791","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nreligionists of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

“And\nye shall be hated of all men for My name sake.” Luke 21:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professors\nof religion<\/em> have always been the deadliest enemies of the true children\nof God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who were\nso opposed to the blessed Lord as the Scribes and Pharisees?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was\nthe religious teachers and leaders who crucified the Lord of glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so\nin every age the religionists of the day<\/strong> have been the hottest\nand bitterest persecutors of the Church of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor is\nthe case altered now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more\nthe children of God are firm in the truth,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the more\nthey enjoy its power,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the more\nthey live under its influence, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the more\ntenderly and conscientiously they walk in godly fear\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the more\nwill the professing generation of the day hate them with a deadly hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us\nnot think that we can disarm it by a godly life; for the more that we walk in\nthe sweet enjoyment of heavenly truth and let our light shine before men as\nhaving been with Jesus, the more will this draw down their hatred and contempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The\nworld hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of\nthe world.” John 17:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If\nthe world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of\nthe world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world,\nbut I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth\nyou.” John 15:18-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Gospel to Believe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gospel of God\u2019s grace in Christ\nJesus is not a thing to be proved, but a Truth to be believed. It is not\nsubmitted to our reasoning powers as a subject for critical examination. The\nGospel is a MESSAGE FROM GOD, addressed to the conscience, feelings, and\naffections. For this reason, men fond of argument and proving everything by\nstrictly logical deduction generally make very poor preachers. In the\nScriptures, God does not argue. He proclaims!        \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

         \n                     \n                    ~J.C.\nPhilpot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDavid encouraged himself in the\nLORD his God.\u201d (1 Samuel 30:6) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every child of God needs to learn\nto encourage himself in the LORD his God. This is true because every child of\nGod will at some time as he goes through this sin cursed world meet with\ndiscouragement. David was discouraged because he felt responsible for the loss\nof not only his family but the families of all of his men. He had led his army\naway from their camp, leaving them left to be prey for the Amalekites. His men\nwho were loyal to him were so grieved for the loss of their families that they\nspoke of stoning him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does he do in such a sad\nsituation, when he and his men were so discouraged? He turned to the LORD his\nGod to encourage himself. None of us will ever be discouraged because of the\nthings that discouraged David, but there are many other causes which may\ndiscourage us. We all face sickness, disappointment, loneliness, being\nmisunderstood by family and friends, and a host of other troubles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did he encourage himself in\n\u201cthe LORD his God?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did he remind himself of \u201cthe\ntender mercies\u201d of the LORD his God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did he remind himself of God\u2019s\neverlasting covenant of grace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did he remind himself of the\ntruth: \u201cthe LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did he remind himself that\nnothing is impossible for \u201cthe LORD his God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did he remind himself that \u201cthe\nLORD his God\u201d is able to bring good out of evil, which He soon did? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We soon read: \u201cDavid recovered\nall\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are not told how David\n\u201cencouraged himself in the LORD his God\u201d, but we do know that there is never a\nlack of truths in the LORD our God with which we may encourage ourselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Pledger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \n      Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of\nmy salvation.                 \n                       \n                     \n           (Hab. 3:18).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith in\nJesus prepares us for every event. Though he put forth his hand and seem\nto threaten our dearest comforts, yet when we remember that it is HIS<\/strong> hand,\nwhen we consider that it is HIS<\/strong> design, HIS<\/strong> love, HIS <\/strong>wisdom,\nand HIS<\/strong> power, we cannot<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

refuse to\ntrust him. The reluctance we feel is against our judgment; for we are sure that\nwhat he chooses for us must be best. Then again, to think how much less\nour sufferings are than our sins have deserved; how many mercies we still enjoy\non every hand; how much heavier burdens are the portion of many around us; to\ncompare the present momentary affliction with the exceeding weight of glory\nwhich shall be revealed; to recollect that the time is short, the hour is\nswiftly approaching when the Lord shall wipe away all tears, and constrain us\nwith wonder and joy to sing, ‘He hath done all things well.’  Such\nconsiderations as these, together with the remembrance of what he suffered for\nus, are always at hand to compose our souls under troubles, and will be\neffectual according to the degree of faith. Our faith also is\nstrengthened by affliction; we learn more of our own insufficiency\nand the vanity of all things about us; and we discover more of the power,\nfaithfulness and nearness of a prayer-hearing God. Upon this ground,\nHabakkuk could sit down and rejoice under the loss of all. He could look at the\nblasted fig-tree and the withered vine, see the herds and flocks cut off, and\nevery creature-comfort fail; YET, says he, ‘I will rejoice in the Lord,\nand joy in the God of my salvation.’  Oh, the name of Jesus, when we can\nspeak of him as ours; this is the balm for every wound, cordial for\nevery care; it is as ointment poured forth, diffusing a fragrancy\nthrough the whole soul, and driving away the hurtful fumes and fogs of\ndistrust and discontent! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \n                     \n                     \n                     \n                       John\nNewton<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weak and singular and\nodd!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Newton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A consistent Christian, whose\nintegrity, humility, and philanthropy, mark his character and adorn his\nprofession – will in time command respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But his attachment to the\nunfashionable truths of the Gospel, and his separation from the maxims and\npursuits of the world – will render him weak and singular and odd<\/strong> in\ntheir eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If the world hate you, ye\nknow that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world\nwould love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you\nout of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:18-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINISCING & REJOICING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 As I sit here in my study\nthis 5th day of September, 2000, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recall when God first put me\ninto the ministry. I soon found <\/p>\n\n\n\n

that the admonition of Jude,\n\u201cEarnestly contend for that faith <\/p>\n\n\n\n

which was once delivered unto the\nsaints\u201d (vs. 3), to be a <\/p>\n\n\n\n

real, vital and perpetual\nnecessity. I found that in holding to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cthat faith,\u201d I was opposed on\nevery hand by numerous and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

varied \u201cdoctrines of\ndevils.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 In the zeal and ignorance\nof youth, I studied night and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

day, determined to have an answer\nto every opposer of the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

truth of my God. I read book,\nafter book, after book! I studied <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lapsarianism, Eschatology,\nAntitrinitarianism, Arminianism, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antinomianism, etc.; and every\ntheory of Christ\u2019s Atonement <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could get my hands on (Christ\u2019s\natonement being the very <\/p>\n\n\n\n

heart of \u201cthat faith which was\nonce delivered unto the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

saints.\u201d). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Sitting here today, 61\nyears of age, with great joy and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

peace of heart, I declare unto\nyou by the Spirit and grace of <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God that the answer to every\nquestion raised against \u201cthat <\/p>\n\n\n\n

faith which was once delivered\nunto the saints\u201d is found in <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJesus Christ and him crucified.\u201d\nSo I say unto you, Study <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Gospel! Study Jesus Christ\nand him crucified! Study <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s eternal purpose of grace in\nChrist Jesus! In doing so, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

dear believer, by the Spirit and\ngrace of God you may deliver <\/p>\n\n\n\n

your soul from every false way,\ninnumerable hours of <\/p>\n\n\n\n

misguided study, and much\nanxiety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGrow in grace, and in <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the knowledge of our Lord and\nSavior Jesus Christ. To HIM <\/p>\n\n\n\n

be glory both now and forever.\nAmen.\u201d (II Pet. 3:18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cGrace <\/p>\n\n\n\n

and peace be multiplied unto you\nthrough the knowledge of <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God, and of Jesus our Lord\u201d (II\nPet. 1:2). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cAnd to know the love of Christ,\nwhich passeth knowledge, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

that ye might be filled with all\nthe fulness of God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ephesians 3:19 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Two seeds?<\/strong>\n  \n Spurgeon, “In the Garden with\n Him.” #2106.<\/em>\n  \n And the Lord God said unto\n the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art<\/em> cursed\n above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt\n thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 <\/strong>and\n I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her\n seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Genesis\n 3:14-15\n  \n There are two seeds<\/strong> in\n the world- the seed\n of the woman, and the seed of the\n serpent.\n  \n And if the seed of the serpent never\n hisses at you,\n you may be afraid that you do not \n belong to the\n seed of the woman. God has put an\n enmity between\n  the serpent and the woman;\n between the serpent’s\n seed and the woman’s seed.\n  \n And so it must be till the end  of\n time.\n Take any opposition that you get from\n worldlings as\n a token for good, a sign that you are\n of a different\n race from those who despise you, a\n testimonial to\n your character from those whose homage\n to goodness\n embodies itself in persecution. That is\n the way in which\n they compliment us.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n The highest honor?<\/strong>\n  \n Spurgeon, “INDEPENDENCE OF\n CHRISTIANITY”<\/em>\n  \n To be pampered, flattered, and\n applauded by men,\n is a poor, base thing, that is not\n worth having.\n  \n To be despised, to be spit upon, to be\n caricatured, and to\n be jeered, is the highest honor<\/strong> that\n a Christian can have.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

What is\nthis babbler trying to say?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John\nNewton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What\nis this babbler trying to say?<\/strong>” Acts 17:18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nApostles were accounted as foolish babblers<\/em>. We are no better than\nthe Apostles; nor have we reason to expect much better treatment\u2014so far as we\nwalk in their steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the\nother hand, there is a way of speaking of God<\/em>, and goodness<\/em>,\nand benevolence<\/em>, and morality<\/em>\u2014which the world will bear\nwell enough. But if we preach Christ as the only way of salvation, lay open the\nhorrid evils of the human heart, tell our hearers that they are dead in\ntrespasses and sins, and have no better ground of hope in themselves than the\nvilest malefactors; if we tell the virtuous and moral, as well as the\nprofligate\u2014that unless they are born again, and made partakers of living faith,\nand count all things loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ\u2014that\nthey cannot be saved\u2014this is the message they cannot bear!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\nshall be called knaves or fools, uncharitable bigots, and twenty harsh names!\nIf you have met with no treatment like this\u2014you should suspect whether you have\nyet received the gospel; for, depend upon it\u2014the offence of the cross is not\nceased!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And\nas he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art\nbeside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.” Acts 26:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n His children began to hiss!<\/strong>\n  \n (Excerpts from the letters of William\n Tiptaft)\n  \n Dear brother,\n Since I last wrote, I have preached in\n Abingdon Great\n Church, on Christmas evening. I\n preached the truth, I\n trust, to a very crowded congregation,\n supposed to be\n (sitting and standing, who were able to\n get in) about\n 5,000 people. I pleased the believers<\/strong>;\n but very much<\/strong>\n displeased the carnally-minded<\/strong>, who were never\n before\n so puzzled and confounded in all their\n lives! I spoke the\n truth faithfully, and so as all could\n hear; but I had no\n idea that the gospel would have given\n so much offence!\n It is the truth that offends and\n disturbs Satan’s<\/strong>\n kingdom!<\/strong> The\n neighboring clergymen, who are in\n darkness, say of me, “Away with\n such a fellow from\n the earth; it is not fit that he should\n live!”\n  \n My mind is not moved by the\n persecution. I believe\n if God has a work for me to do, I shall\n do it, in spite<\/strong>\n of the devil and all his children!<\/strong>\n  \n Nature<\/strong> is not\n changed, the gospel<\/strong> is not changed,\n and Christ<\/strong> is not\n changed. What reason is there why\n they should not hate the truth now, as\n much as in the\n time of the apostles? I never saw any\n fruits of my\n labors until I roused and disturbed the\n ‘roaring lion’.\n When, through the grace of God, I began\n to disturb\n his kingdom, I soon found that<\/strong> his\n children began<\/strong>\n to hiss!<\/strong>\n  \n The world and Satan hate\n believers. The Pharisees<\/strong>\n hate me the most.<\/strong> I cut off all\n their rotten props,\n and all their fleshly devotion!\n  \n It is not coming near to the truth, it\n is not the ‘mere letter’\n of the gospel, that will convert men;\n but the Holy Spirit.\n  \n Make the Word of God your study. Pin\n your faith to<\/strong>\n no man’s views!<\/strong> I scarcely\n read any other book.\n  \n Beware of those who want to exalt\n man<\/strong> in any manner.\n  \n Yours very affectionately,\n William Tiptaft, Jan. 30th, 1830\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The religionists of the day J.C.Philpot “And ye shall be hated of all men for My name sake.” Luke 21:17 Professors of religion have always been the deadliest enemies of the true children of God. Who were so opposed to the blessed Lord as the Scribes and Pharisees? It was the religious teachers and leaders who […]<\/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-6791","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\/6791","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=6791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6792,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6791\/revisions\/6792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}