WHO GETS THE GLORY?

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world” (Gal. 6:14).

If you wish to know if the gospel you are hearing preached is the gospel of God, ask yourself this question, “WHO GETS THE GLORY?” If you wish to know whether your religious experience is of the flesh or of the Lord, ask the same question, “Who gets the glory?”

Also examine all of our gifts, works, and missionary efforts by the same rule, “Who gets the glory?” God will not share His glory! That which is OF God, FROM God, and FOR God’s glory will be blessed with His presence and power. “That no flesh should glory in His presence...that according as it is written, he that glorieth let him glory in the Lord” (I Cor. 1:29, 31).

Pastor Henry T. Mahan ( Bulletin 1993)

“It is Christ That Died, Yea Rather, That Is Risen Again!” Romans 8:34

Our hearts rejoice and give thanks for the marvelous incarnation of Christ. When God assumes our nature, we have hope. God in human flesh assures me that God intends to be gracious to the fallen sons of Adam. Taking our nature into union with himself, the Son of God worked out a perfect righteousness for us. But that is not enough. Our sin must be punished. A ransom must be paid.

Therefore, our merciful Savior laid down his life in our place. Only he who is both God and man can be a suitable substitute for sinners. Man had sinned; and man must die. But a mere man could never satisfy infinite justice for us. Our Redeemer must be more than a man. He must be God. As a man, in our nature, Christ could die. As God, he could make infinite satisfaction to the infinite wrath and justice of God. The God-man drained the cup of divine wrath for us, making atonement for our sins.

But still his work is not done. He must rise from the dead. A buried Christ gives me no comfort. But when I know thatOne who bore my sins upon the tree has broken the walls of the grave, then I know that my sins are gone! The risen Christ has power to save! The risen Christ gives me such confidence that I can raise this bold challenge, “Who is he that condemneth?” Nobody can because Christ both died and rose again. Do you know this risen Christ?

Pastor Don Fortner

Salvation Is By Grace Alone

We firmly and strongly believe that God saves sinners by His sovereign and free grace alone in the Lord Jesus Christ. The first time we read the word “Grace” in the Bible is when, “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Gen. 6:8). The Lord our God has always purposed to save sinners by His almighty grace before the fall of Adam (Rev.13:8). Here is just a few verses in the Bible that fully declare and plainly confirm that blessed truth to us.

John 1:16…And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

Acts 15:11… But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Rom. 3:24…Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

1 Cor. 15:10…I am what I am by the grace of God.

2 Cor. 8:9…For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Gal. 1:15-16…But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace to reveal His Son in me.

Eph. 2:8…For by grace are ye saved through faith.

2 Thes. 2:16… Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.

1Tim. 1:14… And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

2Tim. 1:9… Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

Titus 3:7… That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Heb. 4:16… Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

1Peter 5:10… But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus.