June 3, 2018
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
MEETING LOCATION
251 Green Lane
Ewing, NJ, 08368
Clay Curtis, pastor
Telephone: 615-513-4464
MAILING ADDRESS:
7 Birch Street
Pennington, NJ, 08538
Schedule of Services
Sunday 10: 15 AM Bible Class
Sunday 11:00 AM Morning Service
Thursday 7: 30 PM Midweek Service
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NURSERY
We have a nursery equipped with a
digital flat screen television broadcasting all services live, for children
four and under.
All
articles by the pastor unless otherwise noted.
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sermons, as well as full services—click here.
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SUNDAY’S READING IN PROVERBS
Proverbs 11: 18: The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that
soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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Next Sunday, June 10, Brother Scott Keller is scheduled
to bring both messages. I am scheduled
to preach at Sovereign Grace Chapel in Crow, WV with Pastor Mike Walker. Walter Pendleton is the host pastor.
Our 11th Annual Summer Meeting is
scheduled July 20-22. The speakers will be Pastor Don Fortner from Grace
Baptist Church of Danville, KY; Pastor Mike Walker from Millsite Baptist Church
in Cottageville, WV; and Pastor Gabe Stalnaker from Kingsport Sovereign Grace
Church in Kingsport, TN. Bring a friend.
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“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be
reprobates?” (2 Cor. 13:5)
One man described False or Counterfeit
faith in this way:
1. It is never broken over its own
sin.
2. It
never hungers and thirsts for the blood and righteousness of Christ.
3. It never sees itself to be
nothing.
4. It never bows to the absolute
sovereignty of the Lord Jesus Christ.
True faith
says:
1. “Oh wretched man that I am!” (Romans 7:24)
2. “Wash me and I shall be whiter
than snow.” (Psalm 51:7)
3. “I know nothing by myself;” (1 Corinthians 4:4)
4. “I know whom I have
believed.” (2 Timothy 1:12)
Pastor Gabe Stalnaker
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HOW DO YOU HEAR?
Many hear
the gospel carelessly, caring nothing for their souls, the glory of God, or the
will of God. Others hear the preached Word critically, only listening for
the preacher to say something they can differ with and criticize. Multitudes
hear the preaching of the gospel selectively, hearing only what they want to
hear. Saved sinners hear the Word profitably, saying as they hear, “Speak
Lord, for thy servant heareth Thee.” -- Pastor Don Fortner
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YOU SHALL FACE GOD SOON!
“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.” (Ro 2:16)
There is a day coming when you shall
face God. Think about that! (Rom 2:
5-16) God says if you go through life refusing to repent from your sin and vain
works and believe on Christ then you are treasuring up wrath against that day
of God’s wrath. It means you are heaping
up God’s wrath against yourself like a man saves up money. In that day the righteous judgment of God
shall be revealed. God will deal justly with every man by rendering to every
man exactly according to his deeds. Not only the outward deeds that are known, but
God shall judge the secrets of men, even the secrets sins of the heart. And get this, the judge shall be the very one
you called a liar, the Righteous Lord, Jesus Christ. (Rom 2: 5-6)
The judgment of God is nothing fearful to the believer. To them who
patiently continue doing that which is good, that is, who patiently continue in
faith, trusting Christ alone to be all their salvation before God, seeking the
glory, honor and immortality that is by Christ alone, God shall give eternal
life. All who believe on Christ are free
from sin and condemnation. We have fulfilled the law and suffered its just
penalty by the obedience and death of Jesus Christ our Head and Substitute. (Rom
5:19-21) But if you have never believed on Christ then you have no reason to do
anything but fear the righteous judgment of God. God promises to those who are contentious, and
do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, God shall pour out his
indignation and wrath. There will be
anguish and tribulation like you have never imagined. You may think it wise to
ignore my gospel and go through life never giving a thought to eternal matters but
remember you shall face God soon! And do not imagine that God will show
partiality based on who you are or what you have done. God is no respecter of
persons. Men look on the outward
appearance. So they imagine they will please God by an outward show of goodness
and righteousness, religious deeds and morality. But God's judgments are true
and righteous. God looks on the heart, not on the outward appearance. (Rom 2:
28-29)
Therefore, sinner, seek Christ today! Except you trust the Lord Jesus
Christ, you shall be forever damned. It will be just. You will have earned it!
But trust Christ and you shall be forever saved. It will be just because it is
what Christ earned for his people. God give you grace to trust him!
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WHO IS THE WORD OF GOD ABOUT?
The word of God is concerning the
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Rom 1: 1-4) The whole Bible is concerning
God’s glory and righteousness manifest in the Lord Jesus Christ in the
salvation of his people. (Luke 24: 27, 44)
The Old Testament scriptures declare Christ is coming and will
succeed. God told the devil that in the
garden, “And I will put enmity between
thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Gen 3: 15) The first blood shed
after the fall declared Christ and the work Christ would accomplish, “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD
God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” (Ge 3:21) Christ was typified
in Abel’s lamb by whose blood Abel found acceptance with God. Christ is the
Prophet like unto Moses. He is typified in the brazen serpent to whom the
people looked and lived. Christ is the
smitten Rock from whose stripes the water of life flows freely to his people.
He is the Passover Lamb whose blood God sees and passes over his people. In all the ceremonies it is Christ glorified:
in the Temple, the Lamb, the Blood, the Altar, the High Priest, and the Mercy
Seat. The prophecies are all written concerning him and what he would fulfill.
The Psalms are all written of him.
The New Testament begins
declaring Christ in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We behold
Christ made of a woman, made under the law. In Christ Jesus we behold God in
human flesh in the manger, growing up and living amongst his people. We behold
him calling his apostles and establishing his church. We behold him working
physical miracles which picture the spiritual miracles he works in his people. Then
we behold him laying down his life for his sheep on the cross, obtaining
eternal redemption for us. Then the message of the epistles is that he is now
reigning from God’s right hand in his church, calling out his lost sheep
through the gospel and he shall soon return. Together with God the Father and
God the Holy Spirit, it is Christ sending his preachers; it is Christ preaching
in the gospel; it is Christ calling out his people; it is Christ growing and
preserving his people; it is Christ who will return when the last lost sheep is
called out!
Concerning all sinners in Adam, the message of the book is, “All flesh is grass.” Christ said, “The flesh profits nothing.” We are law-breakers by Adam and by our own
transgressions. Our nature is unholy by Adam’s seed. Our flesh will not and
cannot seek God; our flesh cannot understand the word of God or receive the
good news therein. So when we read scripture, hear it putting you and me in the
dust. Do not read it thinking God is
telling us how we can have life by our hand. He is not.
Concerning God in Christ the message of the book is, “Thy God reigneth.” In eternity, God
chose a people, giving the whole work of their salvation into the hands of his
Son. Each of God’s elect enter the world sinners so we had to have our sin put
away by Christ. We had to be made righteousness for God to be just and justifier
and for God to receive us and this was by Christ. God gave the whole work to
Christ to accomplish. The message of the book is “[Christ] shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in
the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.” (Is 42: 4)