Grace Baptist Church of Danville

October 2, 2011

The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ shall never be discovered a miscarriage!

·      Bro. Larry Criss will be moving to Sylacauga, AL in a few days. We will have a fellowship dinner in his honor following our morning worship service today. — There will be no service here tonight.

·      Bro. Ron Wood is preaching today for Grace Baptist Church in Harrodsburg, KY, where Bro. Dave Collier is pastor. Bro. Frank Hall is preaching today for Fairmont Grace Church in Sylacauga, AL, where Bro. Larry Criss is pastor. Bro. Larry Criss will preach the Gospel to you Tuesday night.

·      Missionary Cody Groover and his wife, Winna, will be with us on Tuesday, October 25^th.

·      Renovation: We are giving our kitchen and dining hall a complete renovation. This project is long overdue. If you wish to give a special offer to help with the costs, please mark your gifts “KITCHEN.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Darrin Duff-5^th    Joe Blakely-9^th

NURSERY THIS WEEK:   Today: Alexis Mason (AM)          Tuesday: Shelby Fortner

Vast Beyond Imagination — Don Fortner

(Tune: More Secure Is No One Ever — #300 — LM)

1.    Vast beyond imagination

Is the host of God’s election:

More than all the sands of oceans,

More than all the stars of heaven.

2.    Here they seem a small assembly,

Weak, and poor, and ever needy;

But when all are brought to heaven,

What a mighty congregation!

3.    Mighty, through the Lamb they conquer!

Lord, let me be in that number!

Fixed in Your predestination,

Savior, grant me your salvation!

“There are those who use doctrine as a kind of law.  They would have kicked out the blind man in John 9 just as surely as the Pharisees did, but for not knowing enough.  The thief and the blind man were saved by knowledge of a Person.  Do not use doctrine as a whip, but teach me right doctrine concerning Him, that I may know Him.”                                                                                              — Pastor Chris Cunningham

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Why regeneration is called a new creation?

Pastor Henry Mahan

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”

(2 Corinthians 5:17)

1. The old creation and the new creature have the same Author. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Paul said in Ephesians 2:10, “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.”

2. The first thing in the new creation as well as the old is light! “And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.” 2 Corinthians 4:6, “God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give us the knowledge of the glory of God in Christ.”

3. The first creation is out of nothing; so is the new creation! 1 Peter 2:10, “In time past you were not a people, but are now the people of God.” Ephesians 2:1, “And you hath He quickened, who were dead.”

4. The Spirit of God and the Word of God gave the world its being even as we were born again by the Spirit and the Word. Moses wrote, “The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters and God said, Let there be light; and there was light .”

5. The same word and power which created the world now sustains and supports it! 2 Peter 3:7, “But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store.” Even so, “we are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.”

6. When the Lord God finished the first creation, He surveyed it with satisfaction. Genesis 1:31, “And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” Even so, “We are made the very righteousness of God in Christ.”

Philip Doddridge wrote in 1755:

“That spotless robe, which He hath wrought,

Shall cleanse and cover all around;

And by the Holy eye of God

Not one blemish shall be found.”

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Effectual Atonement

Isaiah 53:10-12

What happened at Calvary? Did the Lord Jesus Christ redeem us from all iniquity; or did He merely make us redeemable? Did He actually put away our sins; or did He merely make it possible for our sins to be put away? Did the Lamb of God reconcile us to God; or did He merely make us reconcilable? Did He justify His people; or did He simply make it possible for them to be justified? Did He effectually secure the salvation of those for whom He died; or did He only make salvation a possibility for them? Did the incarnate Son of God actually make atonement for sin by the shedding of His blood; or did He just make a stab at it?

      Hear the Word of God as it was spoken by the mouth of His prophet Isaiah. Isaiah 53:10-12 is a true, Divinely inspired description of the sin-atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ and its results. Read every word with thoughtful reverence, and learn the Bible doctrine of the atonement.

      “He shall be satisfied”? How I love this word of promise! Let me state it as emphatically as I possibly can. — “He,” the Son of God, our glorious Substitute, our great Sin Offering, our Divine Savior, the One who died in our place at Calvary, “shall,” without a doubt, without the possibility of hindrance, most assuredly, “be satisfied,” fully, completely, eternally satisfied! He was satisfied with the terms of redemption proposed to Him as our Surety in the Covenant of Grace before the world was made. He is satisfied with His purchased possession, His bride the Church. He is satisfied with Himself as a ransom price for the satisfaction of justice. He shall be satisfied with us, His redeemed ones.

      That is an inspired declaration of complete, effectual redemption accomplished by Jehovah’s Righteous Servant, our Substitute and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

      “He shall not fail” (Isaiah 42:4) — The Son of God can never be frustrated in His purpose, defeated in His designs, or hindered in His work. Christ was not conquered at Calvary. He conquered!

      “He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied!” The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ shall never be discovered a miscarriage. The Lion of the tribe of Judah must prevail. Isaiah prophesied of, and the Word of God universally teaches, the infallible efficacy of Christ’s atonement. I want you to see from the Word of God the glorious, absolute, saving efficacy of Christ’s atonement.

      The subject matter before us is a matter of utmost concern. The one thing that characterizes every messenger of Satan is a denial of the efficacy of Christ’s atonement. The one point of doctrine upon which all false prophets are agreed is this: — They all deny that every soul for whom Christ died shall be saved. They may give lip service to Bible doctrine and Bible terms; but they deny the very foundation of the Gospel, which is substitution. The modern day prophets of Baal preach a redemption that redeems no one, an atonement that atones for nothing, and a salvation that saves no one. They preach possibility redemption, possibility atonement, possibility grace, and possibility salvation. The Word of God teaches that every sinner for whom Christ died shall, upon the grounds of justice satisfied, be saved.

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The Grace Bulletin

October 2, 2011

Grace Baptist Church of Danville

2734 Old Stanford Road-Danville, Kentucky 40422-9438

Telephone (859) 236-8235 - E-Mail don@donfortner.com

Donald S. Fortner, Pastor

Schedule of Regular Services

Sunday

10:00 A.M. Bible Classes

10:30 A.M. Morning Worship Service

6:30   P.M. Evening Worship Service

Tuesday

7:30 P.M. Mid-Week Worship Service

Television Broadcasts in Danville

Channel 6 - Sunday Morning 8:00 A.M.

Channel 6 - Wednesday Evening 6:00 P.M.

Channel 6 - Friday Evening 7:00 P.M.

Television Broadcasts in Harrodsburg

Channel 6 - Sunday Afternoon 3:00 P.M.

Channel 6 - Friday Evening 6:00 P.M.

Web Pages

http://www.DonFortner.com

http://www.FreegraceRadio.com

http://www.Grace-eBooks.com

Don Fortner

Listen to sermons at FreeGraceRadio.com