Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 23:4-5

WORSHIP

There is nothing that the church does that is more important than assembling to worship Christ. To gather in order to honor Christ through praying, preaching, and hearing the Gospel is such an important thing that each of us should approach it very seriously. Let each one prepare himself in heart and body so as to arrive on time, having the heart clothed with a desire to hear from Christ and the body dressed modestly so as not to attract attention to one’s self. Let each of us enter into every song and prayer, closing out the thoughts of the world and all the cares it loads on us. Let each of us listen to the Word of God with the intensity of baby birds chirping for food. In short, let each of us give himself to worship in this hour as though there were nothing better or more important in all the world to do, because there isn’t. Pastor Joe Terrell

What is a Good Hope?

God hath given us a “good hope through grace” (2 Thessalonians 2:16).

Being conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity, and brought forth from the womb speaking lies, my hope is that I shall be born again by the Spirit of God and the Word of God and given the very life of God through faith.

Being a sinner by choice and by practice, having offended God in thought, word, and deed, my hope is that my sins shall be forgiven by the mercy of God and blotted out by the blood of Christ.

Having no righteousness nor merit of my own (for even my righteousnesses are as filthy rags in His sight), my hope is of being clothed in the beauty of holiness and the righteousness of God accomplished by the obedience and merit of Christ.

Being frail flesh and subject to temptations both within and without, from the flesh and the devil, my hope is that by the grace of God I will continue in the faith of Christ, hold to my profession, and persevere to the end, able to declare with Paul, ‘I have kept the faith.’

Being a dying man (for I shall go the way of all who have lived before; ‘as it is appointed unto men once to die,’ I shall die), my hope is that, in Christ, I shall have part in the first resurrection and that this mortal shall put on immortality and this corruptible, incorruption.

Having a desire to be with Christ and to be like Christ, my hope is that I shall live eternally in His presence and be perfectly conformed to His blessed image!

Pastor Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1983)

NO OTHER 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).

There is no other SAVIOUR but Jesus Christ to look to for all salvation (Isa. 45:21-22; Matt.11:25-28; John 14:6).

There is no other SACRIFICE but Jesus Christ to cleanse us from all sin (1 John1:7; 1 Peter1:18-20).

There is no other SUBSTITUTE but Jesus Christ to redeem us from the curse of the Law (Gal. 3:13; 2 Cor.5:21).

There is no other SERVANT but Jesus Christ to honor and establish righteousness for us (Isa. 42:21; Matt. 5:17; Phil. 3:7-9; Rom. 4:6).

There is no other SURETY but Jesus Christ to guarantee all the terms of the everlasting covenant of grace (Heb. 7:22; Heb. 9:12; Heb. 13:20).

There is no other SHEPHERD but Jesus Christ that can effectually justify and bring the lost sheep home (Psalm 23; John 6:37-39; 10:11; Matt. 1:21 1 Peter 3:18).

There is no other SURE FOUNDATION but Jesus Christ where weary sinners can find safety, salvation and secure refuge (Psalm 46:1; Isa. 28:16; 1 Cor. 3:11; 1 Peter 2:6).

There is no other SCEPTRE but Jesus Christ to rule and reign for the good of the elect and the glory of God (Rom. 8:28; Acts 2:36; Phil. 2:7-9).