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Contemptible Religion
FOR A COMPLETE ORDER OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING BIBLE READING, HYMNS AND SERMON...
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Freely Given All Things
FOR A COMPLETE ORDER OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING BIBLE READING, HYMNS AND SERMON...
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Jacob’s Wrestling
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Delivered Up For Us All
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The Great Interpreter Of Covenant Love
Love is ever open and communicative; it conceals nothing from the object beloved, which may profit or comfort the mind. ‘Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do,’ saith the God of love, concerning his friend. Gen. 18:37. Of those that follow the Lamb he saith, ‘Ye are my friends.’ Servants are not made acquainted with their master’s secrets, but friends are. Therefore saith Jesus, the great interpreter of covenant love, ‘All things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.’ John 15:15. Children shall not be chastised, but they shall be told of the Father’s kindness and mercy in it. Love is ever in his heart, though wrath may appear in his conduct.
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Delivered Up For Us All
In coming to the world to save sinners our Lord Jesus Christ was not spared humiliation, contradiction of sinners, cruel suffering or the loss of divine fellowship with His Father. He was given as our Substitute and delivered up in our behalf to bear our sins, endure our punishment and die in our place. Substitutionary atonement is a central gospel truth and the Lord Jesus died as our Substitute. The price of our salvation was paid by Christ and our Redeemer bore our grief and carried our sorrow in His own body on the tree. Knowing your audience Here Paul speaks of ‘us all’. He is referring to all for whom Christ died. The ‘all’ refers to God’s elect whom He foreknew, predestinated, called, justified…