March
13, 2022
Weekly
Schedule of Services
Sunday:
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10:15 AM
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Bible Class
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11:00 AM
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Morning Service
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Thursday:
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7:00 PM
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Mid-week Service
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Services
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Weekly Meeting Location
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Ewing, NJ, 08638
Clay Curtis, pastor
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Phone: 615-513-4464 | Email: clay@freegracemedia.com
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Proverbs 17:27: He that hath knowledge spareth his
words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace,
is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of
understanding.
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It is pride in
man that insists on putting his hand to the work of another. He finds something
lacking so that he must add to it or take from it or else he is not satisfied
it has been done as it ought. But when a sinner beholds Christ crucified so as
to see his own judgment in the death that Christ accomplished on the cross, it
is a humbling sight. Beholding Christ’s perfect love to God the Father and to
such a wretch as he, slays his proud notion that he could even begin to add to
the work his Savior has finished, while at the same time, making him cry tears
of joy that he cannot and need not. That sight creates satisfaction in his
heart from knowing he has beheld the one work in all of time so perfect and
complete that he can rest his entire eternal soul into Christ’s hands with
assurance that the work of making him accepted of God has been accomplished by
one who is his Righteousness. That is the power of Christ that makes a sinner
willing to cease from his works and rest in Christ.
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“Except a corn of wheat
fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth
forth much fruit” (Jn 12:24). Life
could not come to us but through His death; resurrection—life out of death
accomplished. Except a man be born again he cannot enter the kingdom of God;
and except Christ had died none could be born again. The new birth is the
impartation of a new life, and that life none other than the life of a
resurrected Savior, a life which has passed through death, and, therefore, forever
beyond the reach of judgment. “The gift of God is eternal life in Jesus
Christ our Lord” (Rom 6:23).
–AW Pink
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UNDERSTANDING THE GOSPEL
“These
things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified,
then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had
done these things unto him” (John 12:16).
When
the Lord is pleased to glorify and reveal Himself to us and in us, in the way
of mercy and grace, then He also gives us an understanding of the gospel of
Christ (1 Jn 5:20). Consider these four things:
1.
When we see the
glory of His electing grace (Eph.1:3-6), then He gives us an understanding,
that had Christ not chosen us we never would have believed and loved Him (2
Thes. 2:13).
2.
When we see the
glory of His atonement for our sin, how
complete, how eternal, how full and how powerful it is, that our sin is put
away forever (Heb. 9:26; 10:14-17), then He gives us an understanding to see
and know the absolute necessity for Christ to put away our sin (1 Jn 1:7)) and
how futile and useless is our vain attempts to redeem ourselves by the deeds of
the flesh or law, “by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified”(Rom.
3:19-24). We are redeemed by the blood of Christ alone (1 Pet 1:18-20).
3.
When we see the
glory of His salvation, taking the rebel and making him righteous in Christ,
taking the ignorant and the foolish and making them new creatures in Christ,
taking those dead in sin and giving them spiritual life (Eph. 2:1), then we understand
the need of the new birth…regeneration and being reconciled to God in Christ (2
Cor. 5:17-21). “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,
he cannot see (understand) the kingdom of God” (John 3:3-8).
4.
When we see the
glory of His person, who the Lord Jesus Christ really is, Almighty God and
sinless man in one blessed person (1 Tim. 3:16), then we have understanding of
the only object of saving faith (Heb. 12:2) and the only message we are to
preach (Jn 12:41; 1 Cor. 2:2; 2 Tim. 4:1-4).
–Tom Harding
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“The spirit of a man will
sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?” (Pro 18:14)
One bore it in perfect faith to the Father and perfected his people by
doing so. “Now is my soul troubled;
and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I
unto this hour” (Jn 12:27).
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One
thing I know that happens when a lost man dies, no matter how rich he is, the
second he dies he is penniless. Mark 8:36-37 “For what shall it profit a
man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what
shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” He can give nothing for his
soul for he is broke.
However,
those who die in Christ are rich beyond measure. Proverbs 8:18, “Riches and
honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.”
1Co 3:21-23 “Therefore let
no man glory in men. For all things are yours; Whether Paul, or Apollos, or
Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come;
all are yours; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.”
–John Chapman
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In Our Latter Years
In
our latter years there is a keener sense of sin! Older believers are more aware
of the NATURE of sin than the acts and deeds of sin. Attitude and spirit occupy
the mind more than the acts and deeds.
In our latter years our prayers begin to
change. There is less asking and more thanksgiving, less petition and more
praise. We do, however, ask things for our children, but our needs are
different than theirs.
In our latter years there is a clearer
understanding of the FRAILTY OF LIFE. It is more difficult to think of death
when we are young, but when this flesh begins to crumble and the keepers of the
house tremble, the strong men bow themselves, we begin to think more and more
of our house not made with hands.
–Henry Mahan