The
great danger of Diotrephes is not so much his stated doctrine, but his hidden
motive, his insatiable desire for preeminence.
Daily
Sunday 2
Chronicles 16-19 Thursday 2 Chronicles 28-29
Monday 2
Chronicles 20-22 Friday 2 Chronicles 30-32
Tuesday 2
Chronicles 23-24 Saturday 2 Chronicles 33-34
Wednesday 2 Chronicles
25-27 Sunday 2 Chronicles 35-Ezra 1
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Tuesday
night, I plan to preach to you on the subject, “Keep Yourselves in the Love of God” (Jude 19-20).
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I am
scheduled to preach next weekend for the First Baptist Church in
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The Lord
willing, Bro. Henry Mahan
will preach the gospel to you next Sunday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jesus is the One Thing
Needful — Don
Fortner
(Tune: #300 — More Secure is No One Ever — LM
Trochaic)
1. Jesus is the One Thing needful,
O our precious Lord and Savior!
Ever true and ever faithful,
We will sing Your praise forever.
2. Boundless fulness in Him dwelling,
Boundless grace for all His chosen,
Like a mighty river flowing
To all weary sinners broken.
3. Mercy from Him overflowing
To the poor and tried believer,
And His blood in heaven pleading,
Brings salvation to us sinners.
4. Trusting Christ, we are accepted,
Justified, our sins forgiven,
Holy as our dear Beloved,
And joint-heirs with Him of heaven!
5. Yes, Christ is the One Thing needful,
Precious to believing sinners,
Ever true and ever faithful!
Be exalted, Lord, forever!
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“Salvation Ready to be Revealed”
1 Peter 1:3-9
The Scriptures speak often of our salvation in the
future tense. Truly, with regard to this matter of our salvation, “the best is
yet to come.” There is a very real sense in which the salvation of our souls is
a salvation yet to be revealed (1 Pet. 1:3-9). Obviously, I cannot say much
about this aspect of our salvation, because I do not yet know much about it;
but I know a little.
Not Unclothed, but Clothed Upon
Soon, I will drop this robe of flesh and live. — Then, I shall be saved (2 Cor. 5:1-9). For the unbeliever, death is a horrible thing. For the unbeliever, anything short of death is mercy. But, for the believer, death is a great blessing. John Trapp wrote, “To those that are in Christ death is but the day-break of eternal brightness; not the punishment of sin, but the period of sin. It is but a sturdy porter opening the door of eternity, a rough passage to eternal pleasure.”
For us death is
not a thing to be feared, but anticipated. Why should
Blessed
Death will bring us into the presence of many friends. Death takes a wife from her husband, a child from its mother, and a father from his family. We cheer ourselves, however, with the prospect of a happy reunion in glory. It is true, above all else, that we will see Christ and be with Him. But it is also promised that we will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When we die we will leave some behind, but we are going up to “the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.” And we shall know one another then, even better than we do now, even as the disciples knew Moses and Elijah on the mount.
Answered Prayer
Dying in Christ means our most earnest and constant prayers will all be answered. How often have we prayed to be free from our trials and temptations! When we close our eyes in death, we will leave this veil of tears behind. Does your soul long to be free from all sin? It will be when this body lies in the grave. Oh, how our hearts long to be more like Christ! And we shall be perfectly like Him in glory, when we have put off this body of flesh. We pray for a brighter and clearer vision of Christ in His glory. After we are no longer hindered by the
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sight of things in this world, our eyes will be opened to see the Son of God as he is! We need not to weep for those who have died in the Lord! We might well envy them, but not weep for them.
Sweet Consolation
The death of God’s saints is accompanied with many comforts. Death
can never separate us from the love of Christ. He will go with us through the
dark valley. It may be that we will have fuller revelations of Christ’s love, grace, glory, and greatness in the hour of death than
at any other time this side of eternity. The Lord will make His people
triumphant over all their enemies in that hour (Ex.
When Christ Comes
Then, when Christ comes again in
his glorious second advent, our bodies shall be raised from the grave (1 Thess.
When we are raised in incorruption and immortality, we shall be glorified forever with Christ, glorified with the very glory of Christ himself (John 17:5, 22). What will that everlasting thing we call “glorification” be? What will heavenly glory be? No words of man can begin to describe that which awaits us. But we are told a few things about it. There will be no sorrow more or sighing forever! There will be no more sickness, bereavement, or death forever! There will be no more pain forever! There will be no more crying forever! — “Our God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes!” There will be no more sin forever! And we “shall see his face” forever!
“We read of a place that’s
called heaven. It’s made for the pure and the free.
These truths in God’s Word
He hath given. — How beautiful heaven must be!
In heaven no drooping nor
pining, no wishing for elsewhere to be.
God’s light is forever there
shining. — How beautiful heaven must be!
Pure waters of life there
are flowing; and all who will drink may be free.
Rare jewels of splendor are
glowing. — How beautiful heaven must be!
The angels so sweetly are
singing up there by the beautiful sea.
Sweet chords from their gold
harps are ringing. — How beautiful must be!
How beautiful heaven must
be! Sweet home of the happy and free,
Fair heaven of rest for the
weary, — How beautiful heaven must be!”
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Grace Bulletin
GRACE BAPTIST
CHURCH of DANVILLE
Telephone (859) 236-8235 - E-Mail don@donfortner.com
Donald S. Fortner, Pastor
Sunday
10:00 A.M. Bible Classes
10:30 A.M. Morning Worship Service
6:30 P.M. Evening Worship Service
Tuesday
Channel
6 - Sunday Morning
Channel 6 - Wednesday Evening
Channel 6 - Friday Evening
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