{"id":6797,"date":"2024-12-16T05:22:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6797"},"modified":"2024-12-16T05:22:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:22:06","slug":"bulletin-edition-december-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6797","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

            \nIn election<\/em> the Lord set us apart to be His children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nIn adoption <\/em>He gave us the relationship of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nIn regeneration<\/em> He gave us the nature of being His children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nIn justification<\/em> He gave us the perfect standing of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nIn glorification <\/em>He will give us the inheritance of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      David\nEddmenson <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our speech betrays us. Those who\ndon\u2019t know Christ speak great things concerning themselves. Those who do know\nChrist speak greater things concerning Him. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

A sinner doesn\u2019t believe in Christ\nbecause he\/she makes a choice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A true believer trusts in Christ\nalone for the putting away of their sin, when<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God reveals to them that there is\nno other choice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Pastor David Eddmenson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For he said, surely they are\nmy people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.” <\/em>Isa. lxiii. 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh what a tenderness of expression is\ncontained in these words! Jesus not only takes his people into relationship\nwith him, but undertakes for their faithfulness. In the birth of God’s\neverlasting purpose, this was done from everlasting; so that in one and the\nsame moment, we are his people, his children, his brethren, his wife, his\nredeemed, his fair one, made comely in his comeliness, and in his blood\ncleansed, and in his righteousness justified before God. And observe, my soul,\nthe grounds of this relationship: surely, he saith, they are my people. Not\nonly as God’s workmanship and property, but as his purchase. Not only in first\ngiving them being, but in giving them new being in Christ Jesus. The Lord hath\ntaken them into covenant with him in Christ, and granted them a charter of\ngrace and salvation in Jesus. Sweet and precious thought. God the Father, whose\nright they are by creation, hath given them to his Son. And Jesus hath made\nthem his, both by his own purchase, and the conquests of his grace therefore he\nhath an interest in them, and in all that concerns them. Surely, saith Jesus,\nthey are my people, my jewels, my treasure, my hidden one. And observe further,\nhow he speaks for them as well as of them they will not lie. How is this? Why,\nthey are children of the covenant. And because he hath undertaken for them,\ntherefore he was their Saviour. Oh the preciousness of such a Saviour, to every\ncircumstance, to every state, in every way, and upon every occasion in life, in\ndeath, in time, and to all eternity. Jesus, thou art indeed a Saviour, thou art\ntruly called Jesus, for thou hast saved, and thou wilt save, thy people from\ntheir sins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

 True faith is built\nupon the strongest evidence possible \u2013 THE WORD OF GOD!  True faith is a\ntotal dependence upon THE LORD JESUS CHRIST for all our needs; such as\nforgiveness, sanctification, peace, and eternal life.  The true believer renounces\nall confidence in his flesh, rejoice only in Christ Jesus, and worships God in\nSprit.  He feeds upon Christ as the bread of life, embraces Christ as his\nwedding garment, derives all strength and comfort from Christ, and trust\nhimself to the care of Christ as his Shepherd, Teacher, Priest, and King. This\nis THE LIFE OF FAITH.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Mahan <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOSING A SENSE OF NEED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nThe lukewarm state of the church of Laodicea nauseated Christ.  And what\nis this state of lukewarmness?  They lost their sense of need!  \u201cThou\nsayest I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and\nknowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and\nnaked\u201d (Rev 3: 17).  <\/em>A sense of need is essential in walking with\nChrist.  \u201cHe healed them that had need of healing.\u201d  \u201cThe\nwhole need not a physician, but they that are sick.\u201d  <\/em>Ten times,\nDavid, the man after God\u2019s own heart, described himself as \u201cpoor and\nneedy.\u201d  <\/em>The only way I can hear the Gospel is as poor and needy.\nWhen that leaves, I start to analyze, see if I agree, and critique.  The\ndoctrine of the Gospel looses its sweetness.  It is one thing to know the\nmeaning of election. It is another thing to need it! It is one thing to\nunderstand justification. It is another to need to be justified. May the Lord\nkeep us poor and needy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Nibert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great Power of Christ necessary to\novercome the Power of Satan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the blessings of inheritance,\nbelieving, sanctification are revealed to a child of God there must be a\nturning from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only when we can see the darkness into\nwhich Satan holds his prisoners captive will be understand something of the\nremarkable power of our Saviour, and the wonder of the means in which He\ndestroyed the works of the devil and the glorious liberty of the sons of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to usurp God\u2019s authority                     Christ delights always to do\nHis Fathers will <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to overturn the character of\nGod          Christ came to magnify God\u2019s\ncharacter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the eyes of His children<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to cause doubt to God\u2019s word              Christ came to honour God\u2019s\nword<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to attack the covenant of\nworks            Christ came to fulfil the\ncovenant of works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to destroy the relationship     Christ came to restore that\nwhich He took not away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

between man and God<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to be served                                     \n  Christ came to serve<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan came to take life unto himself                      Christ came to give His life a\nransom for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan was proud                                                \n  Christ was humbled \u201cleast\nin the kingdom\u201d  Mt11:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan was a liar, a deceiver                                 \n  Christ was the truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan was a murderer                                                         Christ was light – the light\nof the world. Life the life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan seeks to elevate man in his own\nmind         \n  Christ was humbled as a\nman the world knew Him                                                                                                        not<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan seeks to use God\u2019s law both to\nelevate        \n  Christ came to magnify\nGod\u2019s law and keep it fully<\/p>\n\n\n\n

man and to subject him to its control                                  and\nset the prisoners free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan sought to achieve his ends by\ndeceit and control. Christ achieved His greatest glory, the greatest exemplar\nof faithfulness, the highest obedience, under the most trying circumstances\never witnessed. And this by the only One who knew the horror of sin: it\u2019s\nrebellion against God, denial of His attributes, dishonouring of His word. What\nsins He bore and only He knew their true horror, their deep evil, the legal\ndemands of justice to be meted out upon them to the full satisfaction of God\u2019s\njustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam was shocked when his eyes were\nopened  – Christ knew\nexactly what He was entering when                                                                                                           He\ntook the cup and drank it dry on the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nPaul said, \u201cNeither count I my life dear to myself, that I might finish\nmy course with joy\u201d (Acts 20:24).  <\/em>This is the opposite of the\nway we naturally think.  We think we will find joy and happiness in\ncarefully preserving our life and by doing those things that will lead to our\nhappiness.  But the opposite is true.  The only way we will have true\njoy is by not counting our lives as dear, but counting the glory of Christ and\nobedience to Him as what is truly dear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \nAll of the adjectives we use for grace like sovereign, free, and saving are\ninherent in the word.  When we speak of the Biblical word grace it is\nalways the grace of God that loves, elects, predestinates, justifies, redeems,\ncalls, regenerates, preserves, and glorifies.  Any use of the word grace\nthat does not comprehend all of those things is not the grace of God.  It\nis the word grace without the meaning of grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Nibert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor I determined not to know any\nthing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.\u201d 1 Corinthians 2:2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preaching the Gospel, the Lord\u2019s\ntable, and baptism all have one singular focal point, the finished work of the\nLord Jesus Christ, and how He saved His elected sinners! If my preaching\ndoesn\u2019t point to Him alone, I am not preaching the gospel. If my baptism was\nnot a profession of His death, burial, and resurrection alone as all my\njustification before God, I just went swimming. If my confession when taking\nthe Lord\u2019s table is not His body broken and blood shed for the remission of my\nsins and all my righteousness before God, I just had a physical snack. The\nfocus of the gospel is Christ alone, and the focus of these ordinances is\nChrist is all and the confession of His finished work alone.    \n                     \n   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Hickman <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can they escape? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He will keep the feet of\nHis saints.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     1 Samuel 2:9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord sees His poor scattered\npilgrims <\/p>\n\n\n\n

traveling through a valley of\ntears\u2014journeying <\/p>\n\n\n\n

through a waste-howling\nwilderness\u2014a path <\/p>\n\n\n\n

beset with baits, traps, and\nsnares in every <\/p>\n\n\n\n

direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can they escape? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why, the Lord ‘keeps their feet’.\nHe carries them <\/p>\n\n\n\n

through every rough place\u2014as a\ntender parent <\/p>\n\n\n\n

carries a little child. When\nabout to fall\u2014He <\/p>\n\n\n\n

graciously lays His everlasting\narms underneath <\/p>\n\n\n\n

them. And when tottering and\nstumbling, and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

their feet ready to slip\u2014He\nmercifully upholds <\/p>\n\n\n\n

them from falling\naltogether. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But do you think that He has not\ndifferent ways <\/p>\n\n\n\n

for different feet? The God of\ncreation has not <\/p>\n\n\n\n

made two flowers, nor two leaves\nupon a tree <\/p>\n\n\n\n

alike\u2014and will He cause all His\npeople to walk <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in precisely the same path? No.\nWe have . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  each our path, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  each our troubles,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  each our trials,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  each peculiar traps and\nsnares laid for our feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the wisdom of the all-wise\nGod is shown by His <\/p>\n\n\n\n

eyes being in every place\u2014marking\nthe footsteps of <\/p>\n\n\n\n

every pilgrim\u2014suiting His\nremedies to meet their <\/p>\n\n\n\n

individual case and\nnecessity\u2014appearing for them <\/p>\n\n\n\n

when nobody else could do them\nany good\u2014watching <\/p>\n\n\n\n

so tenderly over them, as though\nthe eyes of His <\/p>\n\n\n\n

affection were bent on one\nindividual\u2014and carefully <\/p>\n\n\n\n

noting the goings of each, as\nthough all the powers <\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the Godhead were concentrated\non that one <\/p>\n\n\n\n

person to keep him from harm . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

J C Philpot <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SECURITY OF THE SHEEP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My sheep hear My voice, and\nI know them, and they follow Me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I give unto them eternal\nlife; and they shall never perish,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

neither shall any man pluck them\nout of My hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Father, which gave them Me, is\ngreater than all;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and no man is able to pluck them\nout of My Father\u2019s hand.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(John 10:27-29)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no stronger passage to\nbe found in the word of God<\/p>\n\n\n\n

guaranteeing the absolute\nsecurity of every child of God. They are His<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sheep, they follow Him, they have\neternal life, they are in the hand of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ, the Father gave them to\nChrist (John 6:37; John 17:2, 6, 9, 11, 12,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24), and they are in the Father\u2019s\nhand. The sheep of Christ have a double<\/p>\n\n\n\n

security; they are in the hand of\nChrist, and they are in the hand of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father. To suggest that any of\nHis sheep could be finally lost is to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

blaspheme the Lord God Himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Henry Mahan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

             In election the Lord set us apart to be His children.              In adoption He gave us the relationship of children.              In regeneration He gave us the nature of being His children.              In justification He gave us the perfect standing of children.              In glorification He will give us the inheritance of children.       David Eddmenson  Our speech betrays us. Those who don\u2019t […]<\/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-6797","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\/6797","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=6797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6798,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6797\/revisions\/6798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}