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Grace Baptist Church of Danville

September 30, 2018

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What horrible evil parents bring on their children when those children learn from their parents to mock GodÕs messenger to their souls, as the people of Bethel taught their children to mock Elisha (2 Kings 2:23-24).

 

Daily Readings for the Week of September 30-October 7, 2018

Sunday                Matthew 15-18                           Thursday Matthew 26

      Monday                Matthew 19-21                           Friday                   Matthew 27-28

      Tuesday              Matthew 22-23                           Saturday              Mark 1

      Wednesday        Matthew 24-25                           Sunday                Mark 2-3

á      I am preaching today for Fairmont Grace Church in Sylacauga, AL, where Bro. Larry Criss is pastor. You are privileged to have Bro. Linwood Campbell here to preach the gospel to you today. Bro. Campbell is pastor of Covenant of Grace Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro, NC.

 

Happy Birthday! Randall Hopkins-4th

Church Cleaning in October: Skip & Sandy Gladfelter

Nursery Duty Today: Mindy Shultz (AM) — Debbie Bartley (PM)

 

When GodÕs Elect in Sorrow Mourn Don Fortner

(Tune: #414 — Am I a Soldier of the Cross? —CM)

 

1.    When GodÕs elect in sorrow mourn,

When foes and fears oppress,

Our cries Jehovah will not scorn,

Nor leave us comfortless.

 

2.    He sends His Spirit to impart

A sense of pardÕning love,

Drives doubts and darkness from our hearts,

And hills of guilt removes!

 

3.    Believer, in your trying hour,

You shall His grace receive,

(Some cheering ray, refreshing shower),

Your sorrows to relieve.

 

4.    He stoops to earth and comfort brings;

Reveals our SaviorÕs love,

Then points us to eternal things,

And lifts our hearts above.

 

ÒThis life is not the end. We all will spend eternity somewhere glorifying God: either glorifying his grace for saving us or glorifying his justice for justly condemning us. Some of you are already making plans for where you will spend your spring and summer break next year. Others have spent their lives preparing for how and where they will spend their retirement years. ÒWhereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.Ó (James 4:14) Yet, we all know we shalt die. But who is making plans for where they will spend eternity?Ó                                     — Pastor Clay Curtis

 

Buttermilk, Lard, Flour, and Biscuits

Romans 8:28

 

My wife recently called my attention to something that came across her desk that both she and I found both delightful and instructive.

 

ÒOne Sunday morning at a small southern church, the new pastor called on one of his older deacons to lead in the opening prayer. The deacon stood up, bowed his head, and said, ÔLord, I hate buttermilk.Õ The pastor opened one eye and wondered where this was going.

 

The deacon continued, ÔLord, I hate lard.Õ Now the pastor was totally perplexed.

 

The deacon continued, ÔLord, I ainÕt too crazy about plain flour. But after you mix Ôem all together and bake Ôem in a hot oven, I just love biscuits. Lord, help us to realize when life gets hard, when things come up that we donÕt like, whenever we donÕt understand what you are doing, that we need to wait and see what you are making. After you get through mixing and baking, itÕll be something even better than biscuits. Amen.Ó

 

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ÒThe God of ConsolationÓ

Romans 15:5

 

As he is Òthe God of patience,Ó the Lord our God is Òthe God of consolation!Ó All true, real, solid comfort comes from him. Our Lord Jesus Christ, his dear Son, is Òthe consolation of Israel.Ó He is our Comfort.

      God the Holy Spirit is Òthe ComforterÓ sent down from heaven to comfort chosen, redeemed sinners. He comforts by the gospel in his gracious work of saving conviction (John16:7-11). He comforts believing sinners by the doctrines and promises of his Word, giving strong consolation to the heirs of promise, by the ordinances of divine worship which are the breasts of consolation to his children. And he comforts his people by faithful gospel preachers, the churchÕs ÒBarnabases,Ó her sons of consolation (Acts 4:36)

      O Spirit of God, grand us Òto be like minded one toward another.Ó PaulÕs prayer here is that Òthe God of patience and consolationÓ might make us patient, longsuffering, and forgiving, and a source of comfort to one another, according to his own example in Christ (Ephesians 4:30 - 5:2).

      When I have forgiven every wrong against me, have borne every hard word or thought, and have overlooked every weakness and comforted every fallen friend, I still have not endured one atom of what Christ bore for me and from me (Matthew 18:21-22).

      This is how we Òmay with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus ChristÓ (Romans 15:6). God is glorified when, believing on his dear Son, we are united in his Son and seek to be of help and comfort to one another by our patience and forbearance with one another, and by our forgiveness of one another.

 

ÒThe God of HopeÓ

Romans 15:13

 

What a great name this is for our God! In verse 12 the Apostle speaks of our Lord Jesus Christ, Òthe Root of Jesse,Ó whom he has given us grace to trust. Now, trusting him, we have hope, Òa good hope through graceÓ (Psalm 146:5; Isaiah 11:10-12; Jeremiah 17:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17; 1 Peter 1:3). The Lord our God is called Òthe God of hopeÓ because all true hope with respect to forgiveness of sin and divine favor is from God and is effectually wrought in the heart by God himself. Any hope of which he is not the Author and Giver is false and fatal!

      ÒFill you with all joy and peace in believingÓ — True joy and peace are the gifts of God in Christ. Joy and peace generated by human philosophy, fleshly comforts, and emotional spasms of religious excitement are temporary. The joy of redemption and the peace of Christ are eternal and real, even in the midst of human misery and severe trial.

      ÒThat you may abound in hopeÓ — The more we know the joy and peace of Christ, the greater will be our hope. Joy and peace, as well as all other spiritual blessings, come from God through faith and in proportion to faith. The more we are able to rejoice in our blessings in Christ and enter into the peace of Christ, the stronger will be our confidence and hope of future glory.

      ÒThrough the power of the Holy GhostÓ — God gives us hope through the agency and by the power of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18).

      We have patience and consolation from God just in proportion as we trust Christ and find hope in him (Isaiah 26:1-4).

 

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The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

 

This seems to have been one of PaulÕs favorite names for God (2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; Hebrews 13:20; Romans 16:20). What a good name for him it is — ÒThe God of Peace!Ó

      ÒThe God of PeaceÓ made peace between himself and his people by the blood of Christ. His thoughts toward us are Òthoughts of peaceÓ from everlasting (Jeremiah 29:11). He entered into a Covenant of Peace with Christ for us (Ezekiel 34:25; 37:26). And the Counsel of Peace is between them both (Zechariah 6:13).

      Christ our Savior is the Prince of Peace and the Way of Peace. It pleased God to reconcile us to himself by punishing his own dear Son in our place (Colossians 1:20; Isaiah 53:4-11; Psalm 89:19-37). The chastisement of our peace was laid on him; and with his stripes we are healed.

      It is God the Spirit who gives sinners, when born again by his grace, Òpeace in believingÓ (Romans 15:13), true and solid peace of conscience, the peace of God, Òwhich passeth all understanding.Ó

 

 

 

The Grace Bulletin

 

September 30, 2018

 

Grace Baptist Church of Danville

2734 Old Stanford Road-Danville, Kentucky 40422-9438

Telephone (859) 576-3400 — E-Mail don@donfortner.com

 

Donald S. Fortner, Pastor

 

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6:30   P.M. Evening Worship Service

 

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