It is a
sad and painful fact that brethren here are sometimes incapable of living and
working together peaceably, a fact that reveals much about our fallen nature
and depraved hearts, horribly dishonoring to our God, but a fact nonetheless. Blessed
God, our Savior, hasten the day when every breach in
Daily
Sunday Nehemiah
8-10 Thursday Esther 5-8
Monday Nehemiah
11-12 Friday Esther 9-Job 2
Tuesday Nehemiah
13-Esther 1 Saturday Job 3-7
Wednesday Esther 2-4 Sunday Job 8-11
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY! Audrey
Grace Hacker-2nd
Anniversaries in June:
Rex
& Debbie Bartley-1st Don & Shelby Fortner-1st Bill & Vicci
Rolley-13th
David
& Celeste Peterson-16th
Bob & Carole Pruitt-16th Oscar & Nancy Bailey-18th
Ron
& Pam Wood-22nd Larry
& Nancy Criss-26th
CHURCH CLEANING
IN JUNE: Sammy
& Ruth Wall
NURSERY DUTY
THIS WEEK
Today: Vicci Rolley (AM) Laura Peterson (PM) Tuesday:
Debbie Bartley
(Tune: #98 — I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day —
LM)
1.
Who can
describe the joyful scene, when ransomed souls are born again,
When a poor prodigal is turned, who has his Father’s love so spurned?
2. With joy the Father runs to kiss the object of His love and grace!
The Son with satisfaction sees His soul’s travail and agonies!
3. The Holy Spirit, joyful, too, beholds the soul by grace renewed!
God’s saints below and those above, sing for the conquest of God’s love!
The Doctrine of Christ
Pastor Donnie Bell
I remember a few years back someone sent a tape to several here in the
congregation. The preacher had a lot to say about lost Calvinists, and
preachers not dealing with the right issue, which was the imputed righteousness
of Christ. Quite a few came to me about the tape and its message; they neither
knew the preacher or the one who sent the tape. One said, “He is saying no one
but him is preaching the righteousness of Christ, and I know that’s not true.”
But the most pointed and poignant statement came from a young believer, who
said, “It sounds to me like he is preaching the righteousness of Christ as the
savior, instead of Christ who is righteous as the savior.”
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“Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that
are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.” (Jude 1:1)
The servant described in Exodus 21 is a voluntary slave. He is a life-long slave. He is a love slave. That is what Christ became to God for us, that he might save us (Isa. 50:5-7). And that is what Christ makes his people when he saves them by his grace. That’s what I want to be. — The bond-slave of Jesus Christ! — The willing, voluntary, lifelong bond-slave of my Savior! Let me show you from the Scriptures what it means to be “the servant of Jesus Christ.”
A Worshipper
The word “servant” implies worship (Judg. 2:7, 2 Chro. 30:8). All who are the servants of Jesus
Christ call upon his name in worship, faith, and gratitude as their God and
Savior (
Totally Possessed
A slave is one who is owned, totally
possessed, because he wants to be, by his Master. This is what Jude means. He
was purchased and possessed by Christ (1 Cor.
Servants Serve
The one thing that should be obvious
is that servants serve. The servant of Christ lives for the purpose of serving
Christ. He exists only for the purpose of doing his Master’s will. He is at his
Master’s beck and call. He serves not himself, but his Master — His Master’s
Cause — His Master’s Family — His Master’s Honor. May God give us grace ever to
be completely subservient to our Redeemer. We owe
everything to him. We owe him a debt we can never pay, but a debt we can never forget.
High Honor
The title “servant of Jesus Christ,”
as I said before, implies the highest, most honored, most royal distinction in
the world. Throughout history, those men who stand out
as the greatest,
most useful, and
most honored men have been the
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servants of God. This is the highest title of
honor imaginable. The believer’s slavery to Jesus Christ is not a cringing,
cowardly, shameful subjection. It is the position of highest honor — an honor
that bestows upon us the great privileges and responsibilities of serving the
King of kings and Lord of lords. Servants are privy to their Master’s secrets.
— “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his
servants” (Amos 3:7).
Moses
(Deut. 34:5; Mal. 4:4), Joshua (Josh. 24:29; Judg.
2:8), David (2 Sam. 3:18; Ps. 78:70), the prophets (Amos 3:7; Jer. 7:25), Paul
(Rom 1:1; Tit 1:1), Timothy (Phil 1:1), Peter (2 Pet. 1:1), James (James 1:1),
and Jude were all the servant of Jesus Christ (Jude 1). What a great honor it
is to be ranked among such men!
Followers
Servants of Christ are followers of
Christ. — “If any man serve me, let him follow me and where I am, there
shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour”
(John
Whose
servant are you? Whose servant am I? Our Master asks, “Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”
(Luke 6:46). “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling” (Ps.
“Take my
life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.”
Pastor Gary Shepard
If we know ourselves to be saved by Christ alone
through His loving sacrifice and blood, would we not delight at the opportunity
to embrace Him and tell Him of our love for Him? Would we not jump at the
chance to bring Him a glass of water or help Him in any way? At present, this
cannot happen literally. The next best thing is to express our love for Him
through those He indwells! The Lord’s people in this world are the closest
thing to Him that we can reach out to, embrace, express our love and be of
service to. Furthermore, this is just what our gracious and wonderful Savior
told us to do. We are to love them as He has loved us and given Himself for us.
Oh, to hear our Beloved say in that day, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
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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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