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Donnie Bell

"Covenant of Grace"

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Donnie Bell March, 13 2024 Video & Audio
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In the sermon titled "Covenant of Grace" preached by Don Bell, the central theological doctrine addressed is the nature and implications of the New Covenant as presented in Jeremiah 31:31-34. Bell articulates that this covenant is distinct yet fundamentally rooted in God's grace, contrasting it with the previous covenant made with Israel, which they broke. He emphasizes that the New Covenant provides a transformed heart and a spiritual nature, fulfilling God's promise to pour His law into believers' hearts rather than relying on external adherence to the law (Jeremiah 31:33). Supporting his points, Bell draws from other Scriptures including Ezekiel 36:26 and Romans 8:2 to illustrate how God enables His people to know Him intimately, ensuring their salvation is secure (as highlighted in verse 34). The practical significance of this message underscores the assurance of salvation for God's elect and the transformational work that the Holy Spirit accomplishes in their lives, emphasizing that salvation is entirely based on Christ's work, not human effort.

Key Quotes

“God’s covenant is certain and guarantees salvation to all of God’s elect.”

“This business of the covenant of grace has to deal with the heart... salvation is a heart word.”

“The first principle that God puts in our heart after He saves us and renews us in our heart is the love of God.”

“When something's gone, it's completely gone… God said, all their iniquities are forgiven, all of them.”

Sermon Transcript

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Let's all stand together and
we'll sing hymn number 298. In shady green pastures so rich
and so sweet, God leads his dear children along. Where the water's cold flow bathes
the weary one's feet, God leads his dear children along. Some through the flood, some
through the fire, but all through the flood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives us all, in the nice season and all the day long. Sometimes on the mount where
the sun shines so bright, God leaves his dear children alone. Sometimes in the valley in darkest
of night, God leaves his dear children alone. Some through the water, some
through the flood Some through the fire, but all through the
blood Some through great sorrow, but God gives us all In the night
season and all the day long If sorrows befall us and Satan
oppose, God leaves his dear children alone. Through grace we can conquer,
defeat all our foes, God leaves his dear children alone. Some through the water, some
through the blood Some through the fire, but all through the
blood Some through great sorrow, but God gives us all In the nice
season and all the day long Away from the mire and away from the
clay, God leaves his dear children alone. Away up in glory, eternity's
day, God leaves his dear children alone. Some through the water, some
through the flood, some through the fire, but all through the
blood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives a song in the night season and all the day long. Be seated. We'll sing hymn number
266. Fate, fate, each earthly joy,
Jesus is mine. Break every tender tie, Jesus
is mine. ♪ Dark is the wilderness ♪ ♪ Earth
has no resting place ♪ ♪ Jesus alone can bless ♪ ♪ Jesus is
mine ♪ ♪ Till God my soul abides ♪ Jesus is mine Here would I ever
stay Jesus is mine Perishing things of clay ♪ Jesus is mine ♪ Farewell ye dreams
of thine ♪ Jesus is mine ♪ Lost in this dawning time ♪ Jesus
is mine Jesus has satisfied, Jesus is
fine. Jesus is mine. Welcome eternity,
Jesus is mine. Welcome, O love unblessed. Welcome, sweet Saints, our friends. Welcome, by Savior's grace, Jesus
is risen. If you have your Bibles, look
with me in Jeremiah 31. Jeremiah 31. There's four verses that we're going
to deal with tonight. Four verses. 31 through 34. Jeremiah 31, 31. Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Jacob, not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in the day. I took them by the
hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. which my covenant
they break, although I was in husband unto them, saith the
Lord. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house
of Israel. After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my
law in their inward parts, write it in their hearts, and will
be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall
teach no man, they shall teach no more ever man, They shall teach no more every
man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the
Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto
the greatest of them, saith the Lord. For I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." Oh, blessed God and Father, our
blessed Redeemer, our Master, our Lord Jesus Christ, who's
God over all, blessed forever. Lord, we come again with thanksgiving,
always thankful for the day you've given us, for how you've preserved
us, how you've kept us, how you've enabled us to live another day
by your will and seeking your glory and your honor, manifesting
the faith that you gave us as we look unto you, the author
and finisher of our faith. Lord, we've gathered here to
worship. We've gathered here to talk about you and what you've
accomplished and what you've accomplished for your people.
Bless these dear saints that's gathered out here tonight. Encourage
them, those that are still frail in body and those that are not
able to attend. We ask for your great and abundant
mercy for them. Please forgive us of everything
that's unlike you. Have mercy upon our lost loved
ones, children, grandchildren, sons and daughters. Oh Lord,
please, please, oh God, for Christ's sake, be merciful, be merciful. Amen, amen. Hymn number 263. When he was reading that, I thought
about, you told me the title. Can I spoil it? I don't care. A Covenant of Grace. A shelter in the time of the
storms we're about to sing. He's our shelter through all
of this life and through all of eternity. Yeah, amen. In that
covenant. Amen. And number 263. The Lord's our rock, in Him we
hide A shelter in the time of storm Secure whatever it'll be
tied A shelter in the time of storm Oh, Jesus is a rock in
a weary land, a weary land, a weary land. Oh, Jesus is a rock in
a weary land, a shelter in the time of storm. Day is shaped
by day, defense by night, a shelter in the time of storm. No fears of harm, no foes of
pride, a shelter in the time of storm. Oh, Jesus is a rock
in a weary land, a weary land, a weary land. Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary
land, a shelter in the time of storm. The raging storms may
round us beat, A shelter in the time of storm. We'll never leave our safe retreat,
A shelter in the time of storm. Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary
land, a weary land, a weary land. Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary
land. ♪ A shelter in the time of storm
♪ ♪ O rock divine, O refuge dear ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of
storm ♪ ♪ Be thou our helper ever near ♪ ♪ A shelter in the
time of storm ♪ Lord Jesus is a rock in a weary land, a weary
land, a weary land. Lord Jesus is a rock in a weary
land, a shelter in the time of storm. Now, if you're still in Jeremiah
31, I do want to talk about the covenant of grace. Just a few
things about it. God said in verse 31, Behold,
the days come. And those who says it, saith
the Lord. God says this. God says the days come. And this
day is coming that I'm going to make a new covenant with the
house of Israel. and with the house of Judah.
Now, this is spiritual Israel He's talking about. Christ came
through the tribe of Judah, but He's talking about His elect
people here is what He's talking about. And we don't have no doubt
believing that. I don't have any doubt of it.
The promises of grace, the promise of the covenant of grace are
sure, everlasting. You know, David said this when
he's on his deathbed, he's lying dying, And he says, The Lord
hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,
and sure. And you know what he said next?
This is all my salvation. This is all my salvation. And
so that's what he's talking about. And the Lord Jesus Christ is
surety of a better testament and a better will, a better covenant.
And God made promise to Abraham, and we entered into a covenant
with Abraham. look what God said, He said,
I m going to make and establish a new covenant. That s what He
said, Behold, the days come, I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and the house of Jacob. And oh, my, you know,
this covenant s called new, but it s always been a covenant of
grace. Everybody that God s ever dealt with that He's ever saved,
it's always been because of the grace of God. God gave us grace
in Christ before the world ever began. Now, that's what the Scriptures
tells us. But it's called a covenant here
because it's not new, not because it's newly conceived, but because
it's newly revealed that God's going to deal with His people
in a different way than He did with Israel. That s what He said. He says, you know, He says in
verse 32, Not according to the covenant I made with their fathers,
when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they BROKE
that covenant. They broke it, so I m going to
make a new covenant. I m going to make one that I
m going to be able to do the things about it. And I tell you,
it s revealed in the gospel of Christ. I tell you something
else about the covenant of grace, it s always, ALWAYS, ALWAYS new,
ALWAYS fresh, ALWAYS a blessing to understand that everything
we have is because of a covenant that God made with His people,
especially with His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. You know,
Hebrews says, You know that the God of peace that brought again
from the dead the Lord Jesus Christ through the blood of the
everlasting covenant. So it was always a covenant of
grace. But why is it called new here?
I'm going to make a new covenant. Why is it called new? Well, I'll
tell you why it's called new, because it provides everything
new for us, everything that we need it provides for us. The
first thing it provides for us is a new spiritual life. Our
Lord Jesus Christ said, I'm the shepherd, and I lay down my life
for the sheep. I'm the good shepherd, and I
give unto them eternal life, and they'll never perish. So
it's a spiritual life, a new spiritual life. And I tell you,
not according to the law, not according to works. And I tell
you, it's a new spiritual life that God puts in us. And not
only that, we have a new spiritual nature. If any man be in Christ,
he s a new creation. And you know, and I think it
s in Ephesians chapter 4, it says, We re created in righteousness
and true holiness. That s what God said. He said,
We re created in righteousness and true holiness. not the holiness
that we have to produce, or holiness that we're supposed to try to
do something about. So it's a new spiritual nature, a new spiritual
life, and oh my, new creation in Christ, made partakers of
the divine nature. And I tell you what, here's a
new heart too. Now you look, keep Jeremiah,
turn to your right, and look in Ezekiel chapter 36. Look in
Ezekiel chapter 36, just go to your right, Ezekiel chapter 36 and look down here in verse 26
It's a new covenant And everything he does for us,
you know What a spiritual life God brings into existence the
soul of a life that never existed before It's new to us when God
gave us this new life. It was new to us and And I'll
tell you something, when you hear the gospel, it feels like
it's STILL new to you. When the gospel comes to you
in power, it feels like it's STILL new to you. But look what
He said here in Ezekiel 36, 26. New life, new spiritual nature,
but look what He says here, a new heart. I'm going to give you
two. give you a new heart. What s
the wrong one you got? It s stony, hard, harder than
nether millstone. And then what else? He said,
I m going to put a new Spirit in you. I m going to put a new
Spirit in you, a Spirit of grace, a Spirit of love, a Spirit of
mercy, Spirit of kindness. I m going to put Christ in you.
I m going to put a new Spirit in you. And look what He says,
and I will, I've got it. Everything here says, I will.
God says, I'm gonna do this. That's what's so wonderful about
the grace of God. That's what's so wonderful about
understanding the salvations of the Lord. He said, I'll take
away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I'll give you a heart
as flesh, and I'll put my Spirit in you. I'll do that. So, oh
my, He gives us a new heart. And you know, it tells us over
in Revelation, that He's going to give us a new name. He said
He's going to give us rocks with a new name on it, and you know,
that name that only we'll know when He gives it to us, He's
going to give us a new name. And I don't have a clue what
my name's going to be, but when I get there, He's going to give
me a new name. And you know, He says He has these rocks with
our names written on just like when the high priest had the
names of the children of Israel, had them on his shoulders in
little stones engraved in them, and then on his breastplate he
had twelve stones, and they had all the names of the children
of Israel engraved in those little old stones. And that s what God
said, He said, He has a stone And he said, he got our name
written and engraved in that stone. And he said, it's a name
that only you'll know and only he knows. He has that new name. And I'll tell you something else
about new. So this new covenant, it's time
we'll make and establish a new covenant. He gave us a new song
to sing. In Revelations 1.5, yeah, Revelation
1.5. 15, I believe it is, it says that
we sang a new song. Praise unto our God, unto Him
the Lamb that was slain. We sang a new song unto the Lamb
that was slain and has redeemed us out of every kindred, tribe,
nation, and tongue, and people. And oh my, He gave us a new song,
gave us a new spiritual name. And oh, bless His name. And you
know all this all of this. He gave us this new song, this
new song in the heart, and it s going to enable us by God s
grace to enable the New Jerusalem. That New Jerusalem, it comes
down out of Heaven. So He said, I m going to establish
a new covenant with you. Then look down here in verse
32, and it s not according to the covenant that God made with
them because they broke it! They broke it! And then what
it says, and He says down in verse He said, But this covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith
the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write
it in their hearts. So this business of the covenant
of grace, this business of God's covenant, it has to deal with
the heart. You see, He said, I'll deal with
it in the heart, I'll write it in the heart. And this shows
us that salvation is a heart word. God does this, He said,
ìIíll put My law near him, and write it in their hearts, and
Iíll be their God.î You know, when we talk about salvation
revealed, you know, and everything has to be revealed. This is a
revelation. Everything that we know about anything at all, God
has to reveal it to us. And this revelation that God
puts in the house, this salvation that s revealed and manifest
in our hearts is a revelation first and foremost of God s glory,
God s glory. talking to a fellow yesterday,
and him and I was talking. We have a lot of things that's
in common. And, you know, he believes in election. He believes
that man can't do anything. But you know when the covenant
of grace, when we have a revelation, the first thing it reveals to
us is God s glory and the greatness of God Almighty as it s seen
in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. That s the first thing in this
covenant of grace, and when God begins to deal with the heart
and the issue of the heart, the first thing you see is God s
glory and the greatness of God s glory, the face of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the person of Christ. If we see God Almighty,
we re going to see Him in Christ. If we have a relationship with
God, it s going to be through Christ. If we have a vision of
God, a revelation of God, and the glory of God, and the greatness
of God, and the power of God, and everything about God, we
re going to have to see it, and it comes through His Son, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Now, everything God s ever had
for anybody is always in His Son, and I tell you, this great,
great salvation that God has done for us, this great Savior
is all because of Christ, and it s a HEARTWORK! That s where
most folks, you know, God s preachers for years have been trying to
prune the trees all the time, deal with the sins that people
commit. But the gospel deals with, and
the government of grace deals with the root of the problem,
which is the heart. Out of the abundance of heart,
the mouth speaketh that the man thinks in his heart, so is he.
And that's what he said, he's gonna write this in our hearts,
this law that's established in the heart. Now, when he says,
I'll write my law in their inward parts, in their hearts, What
kind of law do you think He's talking about? I know one thing,
it's not the Ten Commandments. I know one thing, it's not all
the laws that Moses laid down. There are several laws, several
principles in the New Testament. When you talk about laws, it
also refers to principles. You know what? The first principle
that God puts in our heart after He saves us and renews us in
our heart, He puts first and foremost the love of God. He
writes the love of God in our hearts. He writes that there,
He puts that there, He said, I'm going to write it on their
hearts. And oh my, not only does He write the love of God, but
He puts a love, He writes grace in our hearts. He writes down
the grace of God in our hearts. How in the world do you think
we understand grace? He wrote it in our, He said,
I'm going to write these things in your heart. And oh my, how
about the life of Christ? He put it in our hearts. You
keep this and look with me over here. I want you to look in Romans
chapter 8 with me. Look in Romans chapter 8. I want
you to see this. Romans chapter 8 and verse 2,
talking about in the hearts a principle of love. and the salvation is
accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone. I mean
we understand that Christ is all and in all, we understand
that. But look what He says, here we
re talking about the law. God said I m going to write these
things in their hearts. The law of the Spirit, that principle
of the Spirit of life in Christ hath made me free from the law
of sin and death. Now, He wrote that in our hearts.
Sin and death does not have dominion over us. Sin and death cannot
hurt us. Why? Because of the principle of Christ
in us, Christ the Law in us. And look what he goes on to say,
For what the law, now this Old Testament covenant, could not
do, in that it was weak through the flesh. This is how God done
it for us. God sent His own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh. I mean, he was a body, he had
a body, he was a man, but he had no sin in his body, he had
no sin in his flesh. And then he made him in the likeness
of sin, and then as an offering for sin, he judged sin in the
flesh. Now listen to this, that the
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk
not after the flesh." We don't walk after this old rotten carnal
flesh, but we walk after the Spirit. God puts that in our
hearts. He writes that Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ
Jesus in our hearts. He writes that in our hearts.
And I'll tell you something else, He put that Law of Faith in our
hearts. The Principle of Faith in our
hearts. THE PRINCIPLE OF REPENTANCE IN OUR HEARTS. EVERYTHING THAT
WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO CALL ON GOD AND LOOK TO GOD, GOD PUT
THAT, WROTE THAT IN OUR HEARTS. AND I AM VERY THANKFUL, YOU KNOW,
YOU JUST TAKE THE LIFE OF FAITH, YOU JUST TAKE FAITH BEING PUT
IN YOUR HEART. GOD WRITING FAITH IN YOUR HEART.
Everybody, every one of us in this building tonight, every
single one of us, no one wants to be left to themselves. I heard Billy Argeropoulos say
the other day, he was in a bad wreck and he s been hurt bad
in his neck and back, and he said, You know, he said, Whatever
it takes for God to break me down and use me and make me absolutely
utterly and absolutely depend upon Him, that's what I want.
And that's why God puts these things in our heart that causes
us to seek Him and look to Him. If He didn't put faith in our
hearts, we wouldn't look to Him. If He didn't put love in our
hearts, we wouldn't love anything or anybody but ourselves. But
He writes these laws in our hearts, and the first one is love. By
this shall all disciples know, everybody know you're my disciples,
because you have love one toward another. And oh, this covenant
of grace, not only is it new, but it's a heart work. God said,
I'll write in the heart. He said, I'll write it in the
heart. And here's another thing about this. Oh, yeah, I said,
This covenant of grace guarantees, is certain and guarantees salvation
of all of God's elect. How do you know? Cause look what
he says in the last part of verse 33. He said, I'll be their God
and they shall be my people. You know, that's what he said
over in first Corinthians. He said, I'll be their God and they
shall be my people. Now, how in the world can you
just misunderstand that? I'll be their God, they shall
be my people. Now, who in the world is He talking
about? He's talking about His elect, those that He's made this
covenant with. Oh, God is God and Savior of
His covenanted people. Peter said it like this, He who
called us out of darkness into His marvelous light, LET'S GIVE
PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY TO HIM WHO MADE US HIS PEOPLE. WE WERE NOT A PEOPLE, BUT NOW
WE'RE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. Somebody asked me the other day,
he said, Well, if you believe in election and you believe that,
oh, God's going to save just so many people, he said, what
in the world's the use of preaching? And I told him, I said, because
I don't know who God's elect are. I don't have a clue who
they are, but I do know this, that God gets his collect by
preaching the gospel, by the Word of God, and because God
said, I'm going to be their God. If a man's born, there was a
little baby born last night to one of Larry Simpson's daughters,
it's his second grandbaby, and they had that little baby born.
Now, I'll tell you something, if that baby is one for whom
Christ died, God said, I'm going to be his God, and he's going
to be my people. That s just the long and short of it. When
I was born, did I know that God was going to be my God and I
was going to be His people? No. No, I didn t. I certainly
didn t. Oh my, God s elect are His special
people. God s elect are His peculiar
people. God s elect are His distinguished
chosen people. Nobody else like them. He said,
Oh, look, we've looked at this before. Look in 2 Thessalonians
with me. I think that's where I want to
look. Yeah, 2 Thessalonians 2.13. We have used this so many times
over the years. But this tells it all. This tells
it all. You know, James said it like
this, talking about this heart work, you know. look in the perfect law of liberty,
but this covenant of grace is certain, sure, and guarantees
salvation to ALL of God s elect. Guarantees it! Guarantees it! They shall all, and listen to
what He says here in 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 13, But we are bound
to give thanks all the way to God for you, beloved of the Lord,
know how many places this calls God s people the Beloved of the
Lord? So many different places it says Beloved of the Lord,
and this is one of them. Brethren, Beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen you, God from the very
beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth, and He called you by the gospel.
Oh, my! Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God s elect? It s Christ that died. Who is
He that condemneth? It s God that justifies, and
that s why if God Almighty saves a man, He saves him for eternity. He saves him and and it's a salvation
that's guaranteed, not because of what we've done, it's guaranteed
on God's Word, on God's promise and what God said. We can make
all the promises we want to. We can attend all the services
we possibly can. We can pray and pray and pray
and pray and pray some more. We can read our Bibles until
our eyes get blurry. but ABSOLUTELY HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH GUARANTEEING OUR SALVATION. OUR SALVATION IS BASED ON SOMETHING
THAT CHRIST DID. THAT'S WHY IT'S GUARANTEED. YOU
KNOW, THE SHEPHERD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHEEP. AND CHRIST, WHEN
HE ACCOMPLISHED SALVATION, BECAUSE HE DID IT, OUR SALVATION IS AS
SURE AS CHRIST HIMSELF IS. CHRIST WOULD HAVE TO COME OFF
HIS THRONE, CHRIST WOULD HAVE TO LOSE HIS GLORY, CHRIST WOULD
HAVE TO LOSE HIS POWER IF ONE FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED DID NOT
ENTER INTO ETERNAL GLORY. IT COULD NOT BE DONE. OH MY! OH, I TELL YOU, GOD'S PEOPLE,
GOD'S PEOPLE GUARANTEE SALVATION TO ALL OF GOD'S ELECT. NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT. HERE'S A FOURTH THING TAUGHT
HERE, TAUGHT OF GOD. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 34. and they shall teach no more
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know
the LORD, for they shall all know me from the least of them
unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD." You know what that s telling
us? That God teaches all His people. He teaches all these
people. You know, Billy R. Jaropoulos,
he brought a wonderful message out of John 6, 44 and 45, but
it says there, no man. This is one of them laws God
puts in our heart. We understand that we don't have
any ability. No man can come unto me. No man
can come unto me. Except, thank God for the except,
they are drawn of my Father, except my Father draw them. And
everyone that the Father has drawn, they come unto me. And then the scripture says,
and they shall all be taught of God. And that's what he's
talking about. They shall all be taught of God.
God is the teacher. Ain't you grateful that God,
that all shall be taught of God. And you know what we're taught?
The first thing we're taught is that we don't have any ability,
Christ's got it all. We're taught that we can't save
ourselves, that Christ is our only Savior. We're taught that
we have no strength, and Christ is only our strength. We're taught
to look to Christ, trust Christ, come to Christ for all our spiritual
blessings. For everything you know, Paul
told Tim, when Paul was writing in 1 Corinthians, he says, Christ
is made unto us. God made Christ unto us. wisdom,
righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, and oh we're
taught of God, we're taught this of God too that we are complete
in the Lord Jesus Christ who's the head of all principalities
and powers, and we're not only taught that but Christ is all,
all, and then He's in all, And He s not only ALL, but He s in
ALL the scriptures, He s in ALL the gospel, He s in ALL that
we need, ALL spiritual blessings come to us through our Lord Jesus
Christ. And then let me show you this,
and then I ll be done. Look at the next thing. He says
down there in the last part of verse 34, For I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. want to guarantee salvation,
and that grace is going to teach us, and we re going to be taught
of God. We don t have to tell anybody, we don t teach anybody,
God s going to teach them. But oh my, here we have an eternal,
complete redemption from all sin. He said, I will remember
their sin against them no more. I ll forgive all their iniquity. You think of that, that God Almighty,
God Almighty said, I forgive everything they ever did. And
you know what? I'll never remember it against
them ever again. Huh? Oh, listen. God says, I'm
not going to remember one sin that anybody's ever committed.
Now we don't have no problem remembering. We don't have any
problem remembering. But God says, you know, there
are sins and iniquity. Will I remember no more? And
where remission of sins are, if sins are gone, you know why
God can't remember them? Because we don't have any. That's
the reason He can't remember them, because we don't have them.
When something's gone, it's completely gone. And God said, all their
iniquities is forgiven, all of them. And the blood atonement
of our Lord Jesus Christ honored God completely and entirely and
honored Him and put away all sin, satisfied God's justice
and sets us free in the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone. Oh
my, let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Oh my, for God whom He
foreknew, then He also did predestinate. Whom He did predestinate, He
also justified. Whom He justified, He also glorified. Oh, my, well, so what shall separate
us? Who shall separate us from the
love of God which is in Christ Jesus? Nothing shall be able
to separate us from Christ. And He entered once into the
holy place and obtained eternal redemption for every one of us,
every single one. And I am so thankful. I've not
told you anything that you don't know, and I haven't told you
lots and lots of times, and not a lot of other preachers have
told you. But I pray that's a little blessing tonight. Our Father, in the blessed name
of our Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us another opportunity
to gather with the saints of God. Lord, I pray that you'll
take what few things were said tonight and make them a blessing.
Please bring glory to yourself through the service. And Lord,
forgive us of everything that's so unlike you. Preserve these
dear saints of God going out and coming in. Meet the need
of every home that's here. Every heart that's represented
in this body of believer and all my dear preacher brethren.
and all our sister churches. Oh Lord, bless these dear saints
of God. All your children, all your children's
gonna be taught of you. And Lord, we pray that you'd
teach us all. Lord, we need to be taught. Be
our teacher. Oh, teach us the things of Christ.
Teach us the things of, you write in our hearts and forgive us,
oh God. For everything is unlike you,
for Christ's sake, amen, amen. ♪ Learning to lean, learning
to lean ♪ ♪ I'm learning to lean on Jesus, on Jesus, on Jesus
♪ I'll see you Sunday, God willing.
Donnie Bell
About Donnie Bell
Donnie Bell is the current pastor of Lantana Grace Church in Crossville, TN.
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