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My Sins Are Ever Before Me

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.” | 1Peter 3: 18

What is to be done about my sins?

It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

It is evident that no man is justified by the law.

The tears of Esau would not restore his birthright.

The water of baptism left Simon Magus in the gall of bitterness.

Judas’ confession that he had betrayed innocent blood only led him to suicide.

The wonderful works professed in Matthew 7 were called “works of iniquity” by Christ.

“How can he be clean that is born of a woman?”

Here is the answer: “HE (the Lord of glory) APPEARED (came to earth in flesh) TO PUT AWAY SIN (all sin–past, present, and future) BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF.“

“My sins are ever before me,” we cry with the fathers.

~ Pastor Paul Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “From Ichabod To Ebenezer” (38:45 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 27 March, 2021

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Christ Is The End Of The Law

“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.“ | Romans 10: 1

Man must have a righteousness of one kind or another; and if he has not a God-given righteousness, he seeks to have one of his own making.

“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.“ (Romans 10: 2)

As the spider spins her web out of her own bowels, so do sinful men try to manufacture a righteousness out of that which is within them; but this they can never do.

“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.“ (Romans 10: 3)

The only righteousness which will stand the test of the Day of Judgement is that which God bestows upon believers in His Son Jesus Christ.

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.“ (Romans 10: 4)

Oh, that all men were willing to submit themselves to the righteousness of God!

~ C.H. Spurgeon

Click here to listen to the message “More Certainties For Believers” (30:50 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 25 March, 2017

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Brethren, Listen!

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” | Mark 16: 15-16

“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned”… “He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the WRATH OF GOD abideth on him.”

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” (John 3: 36)

You have wives, husbands, parents, sons and daughters, grandchildren… that do not know the Lord; that do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

They are going to perish if they do not hear and believe the Truth.

Do you talk to them?

Are you able to bring them to hear the Word?

Are they under your roof and under your influence?

If you care for their souls you must tell them, you must talk to them, you must bring them.

You are their minister and they are your ministry.

It is your purpose in life to bear witness to your Lord.

Nothing else matters.

Nothing!

Do not let the god of this world blind your minds with the things of this world so that you do not see it for what it is.. TEMPORARY… PERISHING!

Scripture says, “Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.” (2 Peter 3: 11)

What do you talk to these lost ones about?

How we ought to have our affection set on things above, how we ought to talk of those things, rather than things on earth.

O’ what manner of persons we ought to be in all seriousness and earnestness, rather than vain, light, frivolous, and worldly minded persons.

Brethren, the time is short.

Very soon it will be as though we had no wives, husbands, children or things, and the only thing that will matter is whether we have the Son.

For “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life”… “shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”

~ Pastor Paul Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Teach Us To Number Our Days” (37:30 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 22 March, 2021

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The Only Thing That Matters

“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.” | Philippians 3: 10-11

This is the only thing that matters: “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”

This is the only thing that matters!

After all of these other little things in life are finished — some of them are going to have some kind of affect on us for three-score-and-ten – they do affect us, they are important to us – but winning Christ is the only thing that matters.

Being found in him, knowing a saving union with him, is life eternal and it is all that matters. 

It doesn’t matter how great or terrible my day was — if he would just speak to me for just a moment – this is the only thing that matters.

Christ is not a “big part” of a believers life, he is not “number one” – Christ is all!

Knowing him, having him, being found in him is the only thing that matters.

May the Lord cause us to truly see this and live it!

Click here to listen to the message “The Message That Is Not In Vain” (29:46 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 10 March, 2018

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‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” | 2 Timothy 3: 5

TRUST is a wonderful thing, and SWEET is a good word to describe it.

Whether between husband and wife, parents and children, friends, or whomever…..trust is sweet!

The word implies faith, confidence, and reliance, but that is not all.

There is also a wonderful rest and repose in trust; a freedom from doubts, suspicions, anxieties, and fearful apprehensions.

Trust is calm, peaceful and assured. “Tis so sweet” when guilty sinners come to “trust in Jesus.”

~ Pastor Maurice Montgomery

Click here to listen to the message “Waiting For Christ” (40:37 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 18 March, 2021

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God Performs The Salvation Of Sinners

“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” | Mark 16: 14-15

God’s grace is not an offer, but an operation.

It is not a passion in God desiring the salvation of sinners, but the operation of God performing the salvation of sinners.

-Pastor Don Fortner

Click here to listen to the message “Go And Preach The Gospel” (34:57 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 18 March, 2017

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As A Sinner, I Rest Myself In Him

“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” | Joshua 1: 9

The mere knowledge of facts about the Bible, and even about the person and work of Christ, will not save us unless that knowledge leads us to really and truly trust our souls in the blessed Redeemer’s hands.

Faith must act in this fashion: “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; that He came to save sinners, and therefore, as a sinner, I rest myself in Him. I know that His righteousness and blood justify the ungodly; therefore, I trust Him to be both my righteousness and redemption before God.”

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “The Lord Said Unto My Lord” (34:46 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 15 March, 2017

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It Shall Be Perfect

“Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.” | Deuteronomy 32: 18

The voice from the cross did not summon men to do, but to be satisfied with what was done, “It is finished.”

The sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ is the only perfect thing which has ever been presented to God on man’s behalf.

“It shall be perfect to be accepted, there shall be no blemish therein” (Leviticus 22: 21)

~ Pastor Scott Richardson

Click here to listen to the message “God Is Angry With The Wicked” (38:44 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 11 March, 2022

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Unworthy Of Mercy; No Hope In The Law

“For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?” | Ecclesiastes 2: 21-22

You say you are unworthy of the least of God’s mercies.

Aren’t you glad Christ is worthy and that the redemption He accomplished was for the unworthy?

You say you have no goodness or merits to claim.

Aren’t you thankful God accepts sinners based upon the goodness and merits of His Son?

You say the law affords you no hope.

Right you are, but the gospel declares that the mercy and grace of God is freely given to sinners because of the doing and the dying of His dear Son! This is the only salvation worth having and the only one worthy to be proclaimed.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

~ Pastor Jack Shanks

Click here to listen to the message “Is It Wrong For A Man To Enjoy This Life?” (45:59 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 8 March, 2022

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In Everything Give Thanks

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” | 1 Thessalonians 5: 18

Every time you insist that I am a sinner, you call me to remember the benefit of Christ my Redeemer, upon whose shoulders, and not mine, lie all my sins.

So when you say I am a sinner, you do not terrify me, but comfort me immeasurably.

~ Martin Luther

Click here to listen to the message “In Everything Give Thanks” (29:11 minutes)

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: Special | Previous post date: 6 March, 2021