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Grace Baptist Church of Danville

December 22, 2013

 

He who made man was made a man that he might be made sin to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

 

 

Daily Readings for the Week of December 22-29, 2013

Sunday                2 Peter 1-3                                        Thursday       Revelation 4-7

            Monday                      1 John 1-5                                         Friday             Revelation 8-10

            Tuesday                    2 John-Jude                                     Saturday                    Revelation 11-13

            Wednesday  Revelation 1-3                                  Sunday                      Revelation 14-16

 

·      We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Pam Wood whose brother Dennis Rumburg died on Wednesday.

·      Bro. Frank Hall is preaching today for Redeemer Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, where Bro. Fred Evans is pastor.

·      There will be no service here this Tuesday night.

 

Happy Birthday!  Frank Hall-23rd    Martie Hellar-25th    Matthew Rice-27th

 

Nursery Duty Today:  Debbie Bartley (AM)  —  Vicci Rolley (PM)

 

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Christ is Born in Bethlehem! Don Fortner

(Tune: ##84  — Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus  —87.87.87 SM)

 

 

1.    See the Son of God assuming human flesh once stooped to earth;

Heav’nly hosts proclaimed His coming; and a virgin gave Him birth.

Angels sang it, angels sang it, — Christ was born in Bethlehem!

Angels sang it, angels sang it, — Christ was born in Bethlehem!

 

2.    Christ, the Lord, our Sur’ty, willing to fulfil what He decreed,

Came, His promises fulfilling, God in flesh, the woman’s Seed.

To redeem us, to redeem us, Christ was born in Bethlehem!

To redeem us, to redeem us, Christ was born in Bethlehem!

 

3.    All the prophets to Him pointed, all the types and pictures said,

That on Christ, the Lord’s Anointed, all our sins Jehovah laid!

To fulfil them, to fulfil them, Christ was born at Bethlehem!

To fulfil them, to fulfil them, Christ was born at Bethlehem!

 

4.    Satan’s vanquished, though he rages, crushed by Zion’s mighty King!

We shall, through eternal ages, this triumphant anthem sing. —

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Christ was born at Bethlehem!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Christ was born at Bethlehem!

 

Thank You! Your love and generosity to us throughout our years in serving our Redeemer with you is more appreciated by us than words can express. We thank you for your very thoughtful, generous gifts to us; and we give thanks to our God upon every remembrance of you. Merry Christmas!

Don and Shelby

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“Call His Name Jesus”

 

Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:20-21)

 

The angel’s message to Joseph was a message of grace, redemption, and salvation to sinners. The Lord of glory came into this world as the Son of Man. As the Son of God he was not born but given. As the Son of Man he was born through the womb of a chosen virgin (Isaiah 9:6). By God’s command, he was named, “JESUS,” Savior, because he was sent of God to save his people from their sins. What he is called, that he is — Jesus, our Savior.

 

His People

The Lord Jesus came into the world to save “his people” from their sins. Those he came to save were his people before he came to save them, his by eternal election. There are some people in this world, an elect multitude, chosen in him before the world began, who are peculiarly and distinctively his people, the objects of his everlasting love, chosen in him unto salvation (Ephesians 1:2-6; 2 Thessalonians 2:13),and given to him as sheep to the shepherd (John 6:39).

 

Shall Save

It is the office, work, and responsibility of Christ, the Son of God, as the God-man our Mediator, as the Surety of his people, and as Jehovah’s righteous Servant, to save all who were given to him in the covenant of grace (John 10:16-18). And save them he shall. The Lord Jesus Christ is an almighty, effectual Savior. The angel said to Joseph, “He shall save his people from their sins!” He saves his people from the penalty of their sins by his blood atonement (Romans 3:24-26), from the dominion of their sins by his regenerating Spirit (John 3:5-8; Romans 6:18), from the being of their sins when he takes them out of this world (John 14:1-3; Romans 7:24-25), and from all the evil consequences of their sins in resurrection glory (1 Corinthians 15:51-56). It is written of him, “He shall not fail!” — “He shall save his people from their sins!

 

Jesus

Jesus” is our Savior’s Mediatorial name. It is the same as Joshua in the Old Testament. Jesus is our Jehovah Savior, Jehovah our Redeemer, Jehovah our Deliverer, Jehovah our Salvation. — “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

 

“The name of Jesus is so sweet, I love its music to repeat;

It makes my joys full and complete, the precious name of Jesus!

‘Jesus,’ O how sweet the name! ‘Jesus,’ every day the same;

‘Jesus,’ let all saints proclaim its worthy praise forever!’

 

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      “Jesus” is the name of encouragement and hope for guilty, heavy-laden sinners. Sinners may draw near and come to God, with confident hope of finding mercy, grace, and forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:16-17).

      “Jesus” is the name of him who is peculiarly sweet and precious to believers (1 Peter 2:7). “Thy name is as ointment poured forth” (Song of Solomon 1:3). We breathe our Savior’s name in prayer, trusting his blood, his righteousness, his grace, his power, and his intercession (Trusting him!), and have peace with God. Calling on his name, we are saved, justified, forgiven of all sin, and forever accepted with God.

“How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer’s ear!

It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,

And drives away his fear!”

 

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Emmanuel

 

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” (Matthew 1:22-23)

 

Who would ever have imagined that the prophecy found in Isaiah 7:14 had reference to the Lord Jesus Christ? We are so spiritually dull in this body of flesh that before we are capable of understanding prophecy, we must see it fulfilled. When we know even as we are known, we will see how that all the Scriptures speak of him whose name is Emmanuel (Luke 24:27, 44).

 

This name, “Emmanuel”, is only found three times in the Word of God (Isaiah 7:14; 8:8; and Matthew 1:23). But it is a name full of instruction and comfort to believing hearts. Emmanuel is God with us. Emmanuel declares the union of two natures in the Person of our Savior. He is both God and man in one glorious Person, as perfectly God as though he were not man, and as completely man as though he were not God. We must never lose sight of this great, foundation truth of the gospel. Jesus Christ is a man, just like us, only without sin. Yet, he “is over all, God blessed forever” (Romans 9:5), “God manifest in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16). He must be both God and man, or he could not be our Savior.

 

      Someone said, “God could not suffer, and man could not satisfy; but the God-man both suffered and satisfied.” Our Savior is a man. Therefore he is sympathetic with us. But he is not at all limited by his humanity. “In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9). Therefore he is able to save all who trust him.

Emmanuel is our Savior’s name! Through a virgin’s womb He came,

Fully God and fully man, without sin, God’s holy Lamb!

Christ came here to save His own; and His work He’s fully done! –

See Him yonder on the throne, Christ, Emmanuel, God the Son!

 

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The Grace Bulletin

 

December 22, 2013

 

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 7:45 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.

 

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