{"id":6893,"date":"2025-09-14T08:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T08:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6893"},"modified":"2025-09-14T08:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T08:28:29","slug":"bulletin-edition-september-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6893","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Omniscience cannot be deceived. Omnipresence cannot be eluded.\nOmnipotence cannot be overpowered. Augustus Toplady<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omniscience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When David spoke of God\u2019s\nomniscience in Psalm 139, he concluded with; \u201csuch a knowledge is too wonderful\nfor me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compare that to the\nexplanation men give for Divine omniscience. They say he looks down through the\nportal of time and sees who will choose him. That is not our God. That is\nnothing more than a Seer looking into a crystal ball. No, our God created time.\nHe exists completely within Himself, outside of time. He has ordained\neverything in time to accomplish his sovereign purpose. \u201cI know that,\nwhatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any\nthing taken from it: and God doeth it<\/em>, that men<\/em> should\nfear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath\nalready been; and God requireth that which is past.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eccl. 3:14-15.\n                                    \n                                   \n  ~GE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His Glory is Our Salvation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cMy glory will I not\ngive to another\u201d Is 42:8. Yes, our Lord is jealous for His glory.  But let\nus not think that His jealousy is anything like ours. He is not in the least\nthreatened by the vast majority of men who do rob him of his glory.  He\nthat sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.\nPs 2:4. It is the Lords mercy that He strips His people of their glory Job 19:9\nand makes Himself their ONLY glory. 1 Cor. 1:31  The Lord loves His\nchildren too much to allow them to rob themselves of Him, by robbing Him of His\nglory.  Truly He has set His glory among the heathen Ez. 39:21, by putting\nChrist in us, our only<\/em> hope of glory. Col. 1:27.  \n    ~GE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

——-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established Hearts   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cBe not carried about with divers and strange\ndoctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not\nwith meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein\u201d <\/em>(Hebrews\n13:9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multitudes are \u201ccarried about with divers and strange doctrines,\u201d <\/em>the\nmany different doctrines of men that are strange, totally foreign to the\nScriptures and contrary to the gospel of Christ, the character of God, and the\nperson, work and offices of Christ as our Mediator. The doctrine of Christ is\none. Truly, it is a good thing to have our hearts established with grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is written, \u201cWith the heart man believeth unto righteousness\u201d <\/em>(Romans\n10:10). The Lord God requires, \u201cKeep thy heart with all diligence\u201d <\/em>(Proverbs\n4:23). \u201cMy son, give me thine heart\u201d <\/em>(Proverbs 23:26). Faith is a heart\nwork. Repentance is a heart work. The confession of sin is a heart work. Prayer\nis a heart work. Worship is a heart work. Our Lord declares in Matthew 5:8 that\nthe pure in heart shall see God, and no one else. In all things spiritual, the\nheart is the principle thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grace of God establishes the hearts of men. It does not leave us\nfloundering in religious mysticism, religious intellectualism, and\nphilosophical speculation. Believing hearts are convinced, persuaded, and\nsettled regarding the righteousness of God and the way to God. Being built upon\nthat foundation God himself has laid, Christ Jesus, we are established in the\nlove of God, convinced of acceptance with God, the complete expiation of our\nsins, and our righteousness before God in and by Christ. Trusting Christ, we\nare no longer looking for the way to God and eternal life, but are established\nin the way. We no longer grope about in the blindness and darkness of religious\nconfusion, but walk in the light of revealed truth, firmly looking for and\nexpecting eternal happiness by, with, and in Christ, rejoicing in hope of the\nglory of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our hearts are established with the gospel of the grace of God, the\ndoctrine of the grace of God, the truth of the grace of God, and by the work of\nthe grace of God. We understand that salvation, justification, and eternal life\nare the result of God\u2019s grace to us in Christ Jesus, not by deeds of the law or\nworks of the flesh (2 Timothy 1:8-11; Titus 3:5-7). Let us never be unsettled,\ntossed about, and carried away from the gospel of God\u2019s free and sovereign\ngrace in Christ by the many winds of strange doctrine, which come our way from\nthe lips of men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work-mongers and religious legalists are occupied with outward, carnal\nthings: eating and not eating certain meats, the keeping of sabbath days, and\nthe observance of religious ceremonies. Such carnal practices gratify the\nflesh, but do not profit their souls. These things cannot justify, sanctify,\nestablish the heart, or give peace to the soul (Romans 14:17; Colossians\n2:16-23). It is Christ alone who is all our acceptance with God. \u201cBut of him\nare ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,\nand sanctification, and redemption\u201d <\/em>(1 Corinthians 1:30).  Don\nFortner<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Even though I am the worst of sinners, there is a\ngood hope that my sins will be forgiven because there is forgiveness with\nGod.  I know that there is forgiveness with God because God has promised\nto forgive sin. \u201cI will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their\nsin no more.\u201d <\/em>(Jer. 31:34)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I know that God will not withhold mercy from sinners\nbecause \u201che delighteth in mercy\u201d<\/em> (Micah 7:18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I know that God will be merciful to His people\nbecause God found a way to show mercy to sinners in justice.  God forgives\nthe sin of His people because the Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died for their\nsin.  God\u2019s justice demands death for sin.  Since Christ has already\ndied for the sin of His people, they can never die.  Now God\u2019s justice\ndemands that His elect be forgiven of all of their sin and be given eternal\nlife.  Then mercy is sure because the very character of God demands\nit.  \u201cIn whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of\nsins, according to the riches of his grace\u201d <\/em>(Eph. 1:7). Frank Tate \n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blood Before the Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note in\nscripture how many times the blood is said to be “before the Lord<\/em>.”\nWhether any man saw it or not was of small account, for it was offered for sin\n“before the Lord<\/em>.” When the Passover lamb was slain in Egypt,\nwhere was the blood placed? It was on the OUTSIDE of the door “before\nthe Lord<\/em>.” He said, “When I see the blood, I will pass over\nyou.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The\nsuffering and death of Christ on behalf of His people was “BEFORE the\nLord<\/em>,” UNTO the Lord, to declare the Lord’s righteousness, to satisfy\nthe Lord’s justice, to fulfill the Lord’s purpose, to glorify the Lord’s\ncharacter, to enable the Lord to be both just and justifier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The\natonement does not change the NATURE and character of God, but rather the\natonement HONORS and MAGNIFIES the character of God. The death of Christ is NOT\nthe cause of God’s love, but the result of it. God is not merciful because Christ\ndied; Christ died because God is merciful. In order that every attribute might\nbe expressed, glorified, and honored, God gave His Son to be the Saviour of the\nchosen people! Thank God we have an atonement, “before the Lord<\/em>.”                            \n~Henry T. Mahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every True Conversion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s conversion was an\ninstance of divine power, and of that alone, and so is every true conversion.\nIf your conversion is an instance of the preacher\u2019s power, you need to be\nconverted again; if your salvation is the result of your own power, it is a miserable\ndeception, from which you may be delivered. Every man who is saved must be\noperated upon by the mighty God the Holy Spirit. Every jot and title of true\nconversion is the Spirit\u2019s work. As for our strength, it warreth against\nsalvation rather than for it. Blessed is that promise, \u2018Thy people shall be\nwilling in the day of Thy power.\u2019 Conversion is as much a work of God\u2019s\nomnipotence as the resurrection; and as the dead do not raise themselves, so\nneither do men convert themselves.                    \n           \n       ~C. H. Spurgeon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fairest and best of men MUST retire into the shade when tested by\nthe perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. The light of his moral glory makes\nknown the flaws, defects, and blemishes of even the most perfect of the Sons of\nAdam. “In all things he must have the preeminence.” The spotless Lord\nof glory passed through deeper sorrows and in greater number than all his\npeople put together. But, not one complaining word ever fell from his lips. He\npatiently submitted to all and met the darkest hour with words such as these:\n“The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it.”\nBlessed Lord Jesus, Son of the Father, we adore thee. We bow down at Thy feet\nlost in wonder, love, and praise and own thee Lord of All\u2014”The fairest\namong ten thousand and altogether lovely.”  Scott Richardson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salvation is of The Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonah 2:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord gets all the glory\nfor every part of our salvation. He left no part of it up to us. He did it all.\nSalvation is of the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1.     \nIn Conception<\/strong> the Father chose a people, the Son became their eternal\nSurety, and the Holy Spirit agreed to make them willing in the new birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.     \nIn Execution<\/strong> the Son of God was made flesh, fulfilled all righteousness\nand put away all the sin of all His people by the sacrifice of Himself on\nCalvary\u2019s Tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.     \nIn Application<\/strong> the Lord does it all. a) In Regeneration<\/strong> He births\nus into the Kingdom of Heaven. b) In Revelation<\/strong> He opens the eyes of our\nunderstanding to the glorious gospel of His free and sovereign grace. c) in Sanctification<\/strong>\nHe grows us in His grace and in the knowledge of Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.     \nIn Culmination<\/strong> He keeps us from falling away and presents us faultless\nbefore the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank God, Salvation is of\nthe Lord!\n                                   \n ~GE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this to prove him:\nfor He Himself <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

knew what He would do. Jn\n6:6.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord always knows what He\nis going to do. We decide what to do in response to our circumstances. The Lord\npurposes all circumstances to fulfill his predetermined response. Beginning\nwith the fall, this has always been true in everything. Before Adam sinned, the\nLord knew what He would do. The gospel was not God\u2018s response to the fall. The\nfall was God\u2019s purpose in fulfilling the gospel. He Himself already knew what\nhe would do. Before there was sin, there was a Savior. Before all our\npreparations and plans, He Himself knows what he will do. Pr. 16:9. What hope,\nwhat comfort, what peace, we have in our Sovereign, Omnipotent and Omniscient\nGod.\n                               \n                                   \n  ~GE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ Our Gospel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The doctrines we preach and\nlove are not mere teachings of some particular method or plan, but the\ndoctrines of Christ, who IS <\/strong>our Gospel; Christ who is\nsovereign over all flesh; Christ, whose grace is both sovereign and free. Not\nto preach a sovereign Christ, is to preach another Christ. To preach another\nChrist is to preach another gospel (which is not another, Galatians 1:6-9). It\nis just that simple. Mark it down, you cannot separate Christ from the Gospel\nor the Gospel from Christ, for they are one and the same. Christ is sovereign\nover all things and over all flesh, giving life freely to whom He will. The\nmessage of life for poor guilty sinners is the message of the Christ of God,\nwho saves sovereignly and freely, even the chief of sinners! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

         \nMaurice Montgomery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good\ntidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that\npublisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!\u201d  (Isaiah\n52:7)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\n<\/em>    \nOh, how God\u2019s people rest in His absolute sovereignty over all things\nconcerning them. That is their good news. That is their peace.  That is\ntheir hope of salvation. No matter how much their sin has abounded, it will\nnever be able to reign over His mercy and grace that He has mightily supplied\nin the death of His Son! Every soul that the Father sovereignly chose, the Son\nsovereignly redeemed, and the Spirit has sovereignly called will through the\nages of eternity cry, \u201cAlleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth!\u201d 
\n                                                         Pastor\nGabe Stalnaker<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, MIGHTY TO SAVE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dying Thief \u2013 Luke.23:39-43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How near a person may be to hell and yet be saved! That thief was, as it\nwere upon the very brink of hell. He had one foot in the pit. Hell was in his\nheart. Hell had been his life. Soon, hell must be his portion forever! He had\ndone nothing but evil continually all the days of his life. In the very last\nhour of his life, he is heard blaspheming and railing against the Lord Jesus.\nYet, he was plucked from the fire by omnipotent mercy! – Saved by the Son of\nGod! He was just about to step into everlasting damnation when the omnipotent\nhand of the Son of God seized him and lifted him up to Paradise! Oh, what grace\nis here! What boundless love! What power to save! Who after this need despair?\nTruly our Lord Jesus Christ is mighty to save!  Pastor Don Fortner<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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