Warm greetings, friends, near
and far. The Lord Jesus Christ be magnified
forever and ever. His loving kindnesses, tender
mercies, and compassions are new every morning. Great is His
faithfulness. His mercy endureth forever. This
is Sinner Saved coming at you with the following short evangelistic
gospel message, which is sponsored by preacher Wayne Boyd and the
Brethren in Christ at First Baptist Church located in Almont, Michigan,
USA. And God willing, this broadcast
will reach you, Lima, Charles, loud and clear. It is my hope
and prayer unto God Most High, the only Holy Father, that His
only begotten Son, Christ Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness, be
greatly exalted, that His everlasting gospel be clearly proclaimed,
that the pride of mere flesh and blood men be humbled, and
that His elect saints be greatly encouraged, cheered, and comforted
in these evil and perilous days. Please consider having paper
and pencil handy to jot down the scriptural references for
your own follow-up study. And so we begin with the weekend
gospel message to follow for all hands. Heads up! Please! Finding closed encouragement
in so great salvation by the perfect and finished work of
our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy, and wretched sinners
by His sovereign free grace. That is to say, Almighty God,
in His unmerited favor, to save me and you from our sins and
from hell. It was because the Son of God,
supremely glorious in His matchless person, undertook to vindicate
the law by bearing the sentence, Do me, that therefore God is
able to pass by my sin. The law of God was more vindicated
by the death of Christ than it would have been had all the transgressions
been punished forever. For the Son of God to suffer
for sin was a more glorious establishment of the government of God than
for the whole race to suffer. The Lord Jesus has borne the
death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder!" That was
from preacher Scott Richardson. Now know I that the Lord saveth
his anointed. He will hear him from his holy
heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust
in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name
of the Lord our God. They have been brought down and
fallen, but we are risen and stand upright. Save, Lord, let
the King hear us when we call. Salvation is God's work. Psalm 92, 4. For thou, Lord,
hast made me glad through thy work. I will triumph in the works
of thy hands. Salvation is of the Lord. It
is entirely a work of His hands, His purpose, His will being done
from God the Father electing a people to God the Son redeeming
those people, to God the Spirit giving spiritual life and calling
those people. Our God and Savior has completely
finished the work of salvation. There is nothing left for the
sinner to do but to rest and rejoice in the complete work
of the triune God. That was from preacher Brian
Dufour. This message is entitled, Trials. Number one, each trial is given
according to the will of God, for nothing happens by accident.
Satan could do nothing to Job, except by the Lord's will. Job
did not attribute his troubles to Satan. Where he said in Job
1, verse 21, that is, the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
2. Each trial is meted out by our
all-wise Heavenly Father, who monitors the furnace of affliction,
lest one of his children be consumed. 3. Each trial is assigned to
Venus from this world to make us long for glory. It is true
that we are not to be a contented people, yet He will not allow
Let me say that again, friends, I'm so sorry. It is true that
we are to be a contented people, yet he will not allow his people
to be perfectly satisfied and comfortable in this world of
wickedness. Let me see, 1 John 2.15. Number four, each trial
is good because they drive us to the throne of grace to find
help in the Lord. That which leads us to cast ourselves
upon God is truly beneficial. See Hebrews 4, 14-16. 5. Each trial is sent that we
might learn patience. Romans 5.3 Tribulation worketh
patience. When we are upheld by the grace
of God in the midst of a trial, patience is learned. How can
patience be strengthened unless it is exercised through more
trials? Number six, each trial the Lord
sends is another opportunity to glorify him and manifest to
our family and friends that we do trust him. After all, it is
written that he worketh all things after the counsel of his own
will. Ephesians 111. Number seven,
each trial you go through and you will go through, I don't
know, all of us will go through them, will enable you to encourage
someone else who encounters a comparable difficulty, who better to help
and admonish someone who is confronting a time of trouble than a child
of God who has already met a similar test. 8. Each trial is a time
of close fellowship with the Lord, for He is always with us. 9. What a joy for Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego to have the presence of the Son of Man with them in
the fiery furnace! Had they not been cast into the
flames, they would have never had that delightful experience.
Daniel 3.25 9. Each trial presents us with a
time to remember how much the Savior suffered for us. As far
as we are concerned, there hath no temptation taken you, or laid
hold of you, but such as is common to man. 1 Corinthians 10. But
that which our lord suffered was unique to him. He bore the
very fullness of divine wrath In order to save us from our
sins in reality. Therefore our suffering our sufferings
are light afflictions Not heavy as was his That was from preacher
jim bird Merit for mercy. Merit is sought by the self-righteous,
but mercy is craved by those who have been convinced by the
Holy Spirit of their unrighteousness. An old servant of the Lord was
desperately ill and teetered on the brink of eternity. the
preacher from another community came to visit him one last time
and sought to admonish his dying acquaintance. Brother John, he
said, as you will soon see the dear Savior face to face, is
it not comforting to your soul that you can look back upon a
lifetime of faithful service rendered to the Lord? The old
missionary replied, I have done nothing myself. I have not fought,
but Christ has fought for me. I have not run, but Christ has
carried me. I have not worked, but Christ
has wrought through me. I have done nothing. Christ has
done it all. I have no merits. I seek only
His mercy, if any one of us. has done any work used by the
Lord for the benefit of the cause of God in truth, then let's give
Him, the Lord that is, the glory. Remember the words of Paul in
1 Corinthians 15, 10. But by the grace of God I am
what I am, and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not
in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all. Yet not I, but
the grace of God which was with me. The dominion of Almighty God. Psalm 145.13, thy kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout
all generations. There's a threefold dominion
of God. Number one, natural, which is absolute over all creatures
and is founded upon the nature of God as creator. Number two,
spiritual or gracious, which is a dominion over his church
as redeemed and founded in the covenant of grace. Number three,
a glorious kingdom at the winding up of all things wherein he shall
reign over all either in the glory of his mercy as over the
glorified saints or in the glory of his justice in the condemnation
of devils and men The first dominion is founded in nature, the second
in grace, and the third in regard of the blessed in grace, in regard
of the damned in justice. He is Lord of all things. Psalm
24 1, the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the
world and they that dwell therein. The earth with the riches and
treasures and the bowels of it, the habitable world with everything
that moves upon it, are his. He hath the sole right, and what
right soever any others have derived from him. In regard also
of possession, he is the possessor of heaven and earth. Genesis
14.22 Man is not the owner, but enjoys the fruits of things that
belong to another, according to the will of this grand Lord. And that was from old-timer preacher
Steven Sharimanov. Reading from Psalm 145, 17 through
19. The Lord is righteous in all
His ways, and holy in all His works. The Lord is nigh unto
all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in
truth. He will fulfill the desire of
them that fear Him. He also will hear their cry,
and will save them. The Lord preserveth all them
that love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy. Would you be justified before
God? Then learn one thing, Jesus Christ
is all in our justification before God. Only through Christ can
a sinner have peace with the Holy God. Only by Christ alone
can a sinner be accepted and admitted into God's presence.
His righteousness is the only robe which will cover us. His
blood is the only mark that will save us from eternal death. His
name is the only name by which we shall obtain an entrance to
the gate of eternal glory. I pity those who try to obtain
God's favor by their works. And I sound a clear warning.
You are building on sand. You are spending money for that
which is not bread. And you will hear him say, Depart
from me, ye that work iniquity. But this I know, no one person
has ever entered heaven's courts with any testimony but this.
And to him that loved us and watched us from our sins in his
own blood, to him be the glory. Revelation 1, 5 through 6. And
that was from preacher Henry Mahan. Cain came to God with
a bloodless sacrifice, the fruit of his own effort. And God rejected
him. Abel came to God with the blood
of an innocent lamb, a type of Christ, the Lamb of God. And
God accepted him. Blessed be God. It is possible
for fallen sinful men to approach God and find acceptance with
Him. But the only ground upon which
anyone can come to God and find grace and sight is by the blood
of Christ. We are sinners. His blood is
propitiation. We are guilty. His blood is pardon. We are defiled. His blood is
cleansing. We are naked. His blood is righteousness. We are separated from God. His
blood is reconciliation. If you would be accepted of God,
your only means of access to Him is the precious blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ. It is written in Isaiah 45, 22,
where our Lord Jesus Christ commands, look unto me and be ye saved,
all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none else. And the Master also says in Matthew
11, 28-30, Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. And ye shall find rest
unto your souls, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Friends, it is imperative that you flee to Christ Jesus today,
not tomorrow, for none of us are promised another day on this
planet. Today is the day of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ while he may be found, and seek him while he
is near. Only by being in Christ, the
ark of our salvation, may we be delivered from the fierce
wrath of Almighty God, which is coming soon upon the wicked.
This about wraps up this evening's broadcast. I trust Almighty God
will awaken His sleeping elect and draw multitudes of men, women,
and children around the world to His only begotten Son, Christ
Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness. Yehovah Sidkeyu! Bless the name! Baruch Hashem! If you'd like
to communicate, then please feel free to write. The email address
is thelordbmagnified at gmail.com. And please indicate what country
you're from, what life is like where you live. I really look
forward to writing you back. Again, the address to write is
thelordbmagnified at gmail.com. Great is our Lord Jesus Christ,
and greatly to be praised. Take heart, friends. Our mighty
and glorious King of Glory is inbound for His afflicted saints. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Maranatha.