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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
The Supreme Critic - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
The Supreme Critic
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
About 1900 years ago St. Paul wrote to Timothy, with regard to the sacred Scriptures:
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (II Tim.3:16).This truth has been confirmed by overwhelming evidence, and those who have tried, through the centuries, to overthrow the Bible have been about as successful as a man trying to overthrow the Rock of Gibraltar with a pea shooter.
Furthermore, the Word of God towers above the clergy as well as above the laity. The Bereans were called “noble” because they put the words of even the great Apostle Paul to the test of Scripture, to see if he taught anything contrary to it.
That blessed Book is the Supreme Critic. If we overlook vital doctrine, it is the Book that will “teach” us. If we handle the Word deceitfully, it is the Book that will “reprove” us. If we go astray in our conclusions, it is the Book that will “correct” us. Where moral questions are involved, it is the Book that will “instruct us in righteousness.” Well do we remember when we were first convicted by the Bible as the written Word of God — and we have never ceased to thank God for the blessed results.
This Book condemns men as sinners before a holy God, but presents salvation free and complete through the vicarious death of Christ at Calvary.
“Christ died for our sins” (I Cor. 15:3).
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
A Stone Of Stumbling - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
A Stone Of Stumbling
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Some thirty years after the death and resurrection of
Christ, St. Peter wrote to the believers of the Jewish dispersion:
“Unto you therefore which believe He is precious; but unto them which be disobedient, the Stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
“And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient…” (I Pet. 2:7,8).
It is true that Israel’s builders, 1900 years ago,
“disallowed” Christ as the cornerstone for their building, and
that when He became the “Head of the corner,” according to Psa.
118:22, it was for them an occasion for stumbling and embarrassment.
But Christ is a “stone of stumbling” to all who
reject Him. In Rom. 9:33 St. Paul quotes from several Old Testament
passages:
“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence; and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.”
In Peter’s day and in Paul’s, those who looked upon
Christ as their Cornerstone were never given cause to be ashamed. It
was those who disallowed and refused Him who kept stumbling over Him
and were constantly embarrassed by Him.
So today, those who put their trust in the crucified,
risen Christ are eternally secure and will never be put to shame for
having done so. But those who reject Christ keep forever stumbling
over Him. They hear Him preached over the radio, they see Him offered
as the One who died for their sins, they are constantly confronted
with His claims and they are embarrassed. They keep forever stumbling
over Him.
Moral:
trust Him now as your personal Savior, for “whosoever believeth on
Him shall not be ashamed.”
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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Friday, November 25, 2016
THE SON OF GOD - By Robert E. Hanna
THE
SON OF GOD
By
Robert E. Hanna
Scripture Reading: Matthew 3:16,17
"[Christ Jesus] made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Philippians 2:7, 8). " ... John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). The Son of God became true man, that He might perform the work that He was ordained to do. He was to be the substitutionary sacrifice for mankind, that the shedding of His innocent blood might be the way of redemption for all that should believe.
As the Son of God, Jesus Christ explicitly honored the will of God the Father. His mission had been clearly prophesied: " ... He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Isaiah 53:12). As He agonized in prayer over the tortuous death on Calvary, He pled, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done" (Luke 22:42). Knowing the inevitability of His approaching suffering, He nevertheless declared total submission, saying, "1 have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished" (Luke 12:50). He referred to His baptism into death by crucifixion.
"For [God] hath made Him to be sin for us. [Him] who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (II Corinthians 5:21). "In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins" (Colossians 1:14). " ... For this purpose the Son of God was manifested ... " (I John 3:8).
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A Forward-Thinking Man - by Pastor Ricky Kurth
A
Forward-Thinking Man
Pastor
Ricky Kurth
Recently,
Fox News told of a 13-year-old girl who got in trouble at school for
wearing a shirt that said, “Virginity Rocks!” The back of her shirt was
equally delightful and showed that she was one very forward-thinking young
lady. It read, “I’m loving my husband, and I haven’t even met him yet!”
This
sweet girl’s wonderful testimony reminded me of how the Lord Jesus showed
that He was one very forward-thinking Man when He prayed to God about His
eleven disciples:
“Neither
pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me
through their word” (John 17:20).
Most Bible commentaries maintain that the Lord was talking
about you and me, and all of the other members of the Body of Christ who
had not yet believed on Him at that time. The problem with this view
is that you and I didn’t believe on Christ through the words of the
twelve apostles. We believed on Him through the words of the Apostle
Paul! Paul is the only biblical writer who presents salvation by grace
through faith in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 3:25). If
someone introduced you to Christ using the words of the twelve apostles,
they had to read Paul’s gospel into their words, for he is the only
biblical writer to preach the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ as
the gospel that must be believed in order to be saved (I Corinthians
15:1-4).
So
who were those who were saved through the word of the apostles? Well, the
twelve preached their word at Pentecost, which tells us that those who
believed through their word were all Jews, for they were the only people
that Peter addressed on that day (Acts 2:14,22,36). So in praying for
“them also which shall believe through their word,” the Lord was praying
for future Jewish believers. Of course, this means that He had only Jewish
believers in mind when He went on to pray for these future saints.
“That
they all may be one…that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me”
(John 17:21).
But
we’ve already seen that this couldn’t be what the Lord had in mind, since
those who believed on Him through the word of the apostles were all Jews.
So why was He praying that the Jews might be made one?
Well,
if you know your Bible, you know that there came a time in Israel’s
history when the ten northern tribes broke away from the two southern
tribes and formed their own kingdom (I Kings 12). While God allowed this,
He had no intention of letting His people be divided forever! To
illustrate this, God instructed Ezekiel to take a stick and write “Israel”
on it to represent the ten northern tribes, and then to take another stick
and write “Judah” on it to represent the two southern tribes, then to join
them together and “make them one stick” (Ezekiel 37:15-19). He was told to do
all this to illustrate God’s plan to take Israel and Judah and “make them
one nation” (v. 22). This, then, is the oneness for which the Lord prayed
in our text.
Was
His prayer answered? You know it was! At Pentecost, “there were dwelling
at Jerusalem Jews…out of every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5). “And all
that believed…were together…continuing daily with one
accord…with…singleness of heart” (Acts 2:41-46).
Of
course, the Lord had a purpose in mind for praying for the reunion of
Israel’s two houses. It was, as He said, “that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent Me”; and when the reuniting of Israel’s two houses
continues in the millennial kingdom, their oneness will cause the world to
believe on
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
A Prayer We Never Pray-,by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
A Prayer We Never Pray
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Down through the centuries many sincere believers have uttered
this prayer: “Come, Lord Jesus; come quickly,” but we have not
joined them in this.
Lest we be misunderstood, we hasten to explain that we,
personally, long to see and be with our blessed Lord, and did we
think only of ourselves we would have Him come now, without further
delay.
But this continued absence of our Lord in grace is the special
subject of Paul’s epistles, as Peter states:
“AND ACCOUNT THAT THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS SALVATION; EVEN AS OUR BELOVED BROTHER PAUL ALSO ACCORDING TO THE WISDOM GIVEN UNTO HIM HATH WRITTEN UNTO YOU;
“AS ALSO IN ALL HIS EPISTLES, SPEAKING IN THEM OF THESE THINGS…” (II Pet.3:15,16).
How gracious has our Lord been in delaying His return for His own
and the judgment to follow! How gracious to extend the day of grace
until now! Now that we are saved we would fain be with the One we
love and long for, but how grateful we should be that He waited for
us, and how eager we should be to win others to Him while He waits
still longer!
As we consider the lost about us, therefore, we cannot implore the
Lord to “come quickly,” though His coming for us is indeed a
“blessed hope,” and we remain on the alert for it to take place
at any time.
In this connection it is interesting to observe that the prayer,
“Come, Lord Jesus,” and its counterpart “How long!” are both
“tribulation” prayers, uttered by saints (not of the Body) who
will live during that dreadful time of God’s wrath. Both are found
in the Book of the Revelation and both in connection with our Lord’s
return to earth to judge and reign, and not in connection with the
rapture. In both Revelation 2:5 and 2:16 our Lord says: “Repent…or
else I will come unto thee quickly,” i.e., to judge. In Revelation
3:11 He writes to the church at Philadelphia, but again in warning:
“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no
man take thy crown.” Revelation 22:7 and 12 are used in the same
way, indicating that in that day only those who are “overcomers”
will long for the Lord to come and put an end to the world’s
rebellion. Thus John closes the Revelation with the declaration: “He
which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly”, and
the response: “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Verse 20).
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Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Paul, The Master-builder - by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Paul,
The Master-builder
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
In
I Corinthians 3:10, the Apostle Paul declares by divine inspiration:
“According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a
wise [instructed] master-builder, I have laid the foundation,and another
buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.”
In
what sense was Paul the master-builder of the Church, and what “foundation” did
he lay? Did he not himself say that “other foundation can no man lay than that
is laid, which is Jesus Christ”? Yes, he did — and in this very passage! He
sought to lay no other foundation than Christ, but God had chosen him to
proclaim Christ in a new way.
Some
years previous our Lord had asked His disciples: “Whom say ye that I am”, and
Peter had instantly replied: “Thou art the Christ [Messiah], the Son of the
living God” (Matthew16:16). This is how believers in general had recognized Him
at that time (John 1:49; 6:69; 11:27; 20:31). Indeed, the Messianic kingdom was
to be established upon Christ as God’s anointed Son (Messiah means “anointed”).
But
with the raising up of Paul, God began to form “the Church which is Christ’s
body” (Ephesians1:22,23; Colossians 1:24,25). This is the Church of today, and
it is founded, not on Christ as King, but as the exalted Lord and Head of the
“one body” (I Corinthians12:13).
Paul
does not present Christ as Messiah, but as Lord. In Romans 10:9 he declares:
“That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as LORD, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved.” Again in I Corinthians 12:3: “No man can say that Jesus is the Lord,
but by the Holy Spirit”. And again in Philippians 2:9-11, he declares that
God has highly exalted Christ and given Him a name above every name, “that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father”.
Have
you confessed Him as your Lord and Saviour?
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THE SON OF GOD - By Robert E. Hanna
THE
SON OF GOD
By
Robert E. Hanna
Scripture Reading: Matthew 3:16,17
"[Christ Jesus] made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Philippians 2:7, 8). " ... John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). The Son of God became true man, that He might perform the work that He was ordained to do. He was to be the substitutionary sacrifice for mankind, that the shedding of His innocent blood might be the way of redemption for all that should believe.
As the Son of God, Jesus Christ explicitly honored the will of God the Father. His mission had been clearly prophesied: " ... He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Isaiah 53:12). As He agonized in prayer over the tortuous death on Calvary, He pled, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done" (Luke 22:42). Knowing the inevitability of His approaching suffering, He nevertheless declared total submission, saying, "1 have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished" (Luke 12:50). He referred to His baptism into death by crucifixion.
"For [God] hath made Him to be sin for us. [Him] who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (II Corinthians 5:21). "In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins" (Colossians 1:14). " ... For this purpose the Son of God was manifested ... " (I John 3:8).
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