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Grace Baptist Church of Danville February 28, 2010 The Lord
Jesus, our Mediator and Savior, possesses all power and authority over all
things. That means no one else has any power or any authority over anything. Daily
Readings for the Week of February 28-March 7 Sunday Deuteronomy
15-18 Thursday Deuteronomy
28-29 Monday Deuteronomy
19-21 Friday Deuteronomy
30-32 Tuesday Deuteronomy
22-24 Saturday Deut.
33-Joshua 1 Wednesday Deuteronomy 25-27 Sunday Joshua
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I am scheduled to preach next Friday – Sunday
for Kitchens Creek Baptist Church
in Ball, LA, where Bro. Milton Howard
is pastor. The Lord willing, Bro.
Donnie Bell, pastor of Lantana Grace Church in Crossville, TN,
will be here to preach the gospel to you next Sunday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Stephanie
Wall-4th
Charlotte Hart-7th CHURCH CLEANING
IN MARCH: Ron and Pam Wood NURSERY DUTY
THIS WEEK Today: ShanteÕ Birchum (AM) Pam Wood (PM) Tuesday:
Debbie Bartley Be Still, My Heart — Don
Fortner (Tune: Jesus, and Shall it Ever Be? —
LM) 1. Be
still, my heart. My soul, be still. — The Lord performs His sovÕreign
will. He rides the storms beneath His
feet, And sits upon a mercy seat. 2. His
ways, though hidden from our sight, Are always just and always
right; To His decrees all worlds must
bow, And none may say, ÒWhat
doest thou?Ó 3. This
blest assurance is enough, — In every path, though dark and
rough, Goodness and mercy shall attend
My footsteps
daily to the end! ÒSome years ago
an old Christian man whom I never saw wrote to me thus: ÔMy dear brother in
the Lord Jesus, you have need of many prayers, for I am certain you are the
object of fierce attack on the part of Satan, whose cause you have much
injured.Õ Never was a truer word written! Every man who will speak the truth
as it is in Jesus is sure to be fiercely opposed by the father of lies. The
reason why preachers and professors in general spend such quiet and
apparently happy lives is they never oppose Satan. Poor deluded souls! They
eat, and drink, and are merry with their fellows, never for a moment alluding
to serious things, but speaking of the news of the day, and are Ôhail
fellows, well met,Õ with the world at large! Why should such suffer
persecution? They oppose nothing, therefore Satan leaves them unmolested. But
it is not so with a truth-speaking minister. He must identify himself with
God, and consequently he is shunned, and hated, and tempted.Ó — William Parks ÒThen, the EndÓ 1 Corinthians
15:24 / When
everything has run its predestined course, when time shall be no more, when
this earth is dissolved in a ball of fire, the resurrection is past, and the
judgment is over, we read, ÒThen cometh THE END!Ó The text might better be translated — ÒThen,
the end!Ó Though
creation has revolted against God and sin has marred his handiwork, though it
appears that everything here is in utter chaos, though antichrist seems to
reign among men without rival, though Babylon (the great whore of free-will,
works religion) has made all the earth drunk with the wine of her
fornications, there is a day coming called Òthe times of the restitution
of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets
since the world beganÓ (Acts 3:21). Though today
all the world, all men and all events appear to be set in direct opposition
to Christ, there is a day coming called Òthe dispensation of the fulness
of times,Ó in which the Lord God will Ògather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are
on earth, even in himÓ (Ephesians 1:10). Though all
men by nature despise his rule, there is a day appointed by God, in the which
Òat the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth; and every tongue shall confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the FatherÓ (Philippians 2:10-11). Though all
men by nature are the enemies of God, though Satan and all the demons of hell
oppose his purpose, though men and devils unite as one, in thought, word and
deed to rob the triune God of his glory, in the end, through the blood of his
cross, by our Lord Jesus Christ, almighty God shall Òreconcile all things
unto himself, whether they be things in earth or things in heavenÓ (Colossians 1:20). The
Lord our God tells us exactly how things shall be in the end (Isaiah
45:20-25). In the end every creature in heaven, earth and hell, every deed
performed in GodÕs creation, by men, angels, devils and Satan himself, (Every
deed!) great and small, good and evil, and every event of providence shall
magnify, honor, exalt and praise our great and glorious God. May God the
Holy Spirit graciously turn our hearts and minds away from the cares and
burdens, heartaches and sorrows, trials and temptations, difficulties and
disappointments of this world of time and sense. It is my prayer that he will
even take our hearts away from the pleasures, joys and comforts of this world
and this brief existence. Come, O Spirit of God, come! Set our hearts and
minds upon Òthe end.Ó Teach us, O Holy
Spirit of God, teach us to live for eternity! When everything that shall be
has been, when everything that must be has come to pass, when all the will,
purpose, desire and pleasure of the triune God has been perfectly
accomplished and fulfilled in all things and by all things, Òthen,Ó the
Scriptures declare, and not until then, Òthe end!Ó When All Things are Subdued to Christ ÒThen cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to
God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority
and powerÉAnd when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son
also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may
be all in all.Ó (1 Corinthians 15:24 and 28) When the Scriptures here declare
that the Son shall deliver up the kingdom unto the Father, they do not teach,
suggest, or in any way imply that Christ is not God (1 Timothy 3:15), that
the Son of God is in any way inferior to the Father (1 John 5:7), or that
Christ will cease to be Prophet, Priest, and King over his Church and Kingdom
(Hebrews 1:8). What, then,
does Paul mean when he tells us that when the end comes Christ shall deliver
up the kingdom unto God, even the Father, and shall be subject to him? When
the resurrection is over, when the great white throne judgment is done, and
all things are created new, when all GodÕs elect are saved, there will be one
final work to be done by our Lord Jesus Christ as JehovahÕs Servant, as the
Surety and Mediator of the covenant. The Shepherd will present his sheep to
the Father, who trusted them to him. The Savior will present his Church in
glory. The Son will present his brethren, all of them, to their Father. The
King will present his Kingdom to God, even the Father (John 10:16; Ephesians
5:25-27; Hebrews 2:13). Augustus
Toplady was exactly right when he wrote, ÒI take the kingdom to consist of
that innumerable company whose names were written in heaven; and which, when
their numerical fulness is completed, the Son of God, who graciously
consented to become the Son of Man for their sakes, will present in one,
entire, and glorified body to the Father.Ó In that great
day, in the end, Christ will stand before his Father and our Father, with all
his elect by his side in the perfection of his holiness, and say, ÒLo, I
and the children which thou hast given me. All are here. Not one is lost!Ó
— ÒAll, my Father, you chose and
gave to me, all you trusted me to redeem, here they are, just as I promised,
holy, unblameable, unreproveable, washed in my blood, robed in my
righteousness.Ó — ÒAll that I redeemed, every blood bought soul is
here.Ó — ÒAll those who have been regenerated, called, and sealed by
the blessed Holy Spirit are here.Ó He will, no
doubt, go on to say, ÒNow, my Father, all the purpose of grace is fulfilled.
All the counsel of peace is accomplished. All that we agreed upon in the
covenant is done. In all things our great purpose in predestination is now
fully accomplished. Now grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal
life!Ó This shall be
the end of all things: — ÒThat God
may be all in all!Ó God Almighty has from
eternity ordained everything that comes to pass in time to make himself an
everlasting and a glorious name (Isaiah 63:12, 14), that in all things Christ
might have the pre-eminence (Colossians 1:18). And in the end God, the triune
God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as he is revealed, known, loved and
worshipped in the Person and work of Christ, our God-man Mediator, shall be ÒALL
IN ALL.Ó The name of our God shall be
hallowed as God in all things and by all things forever! Grace Bulletin February 28,
2010 Grace Baptist Church
of Danville 2734 Old Stanford
Road-Danville, Kentucky 40422-9438 Telephone (859)
236-8235 - E-Mail don@donfortner.com Donald S. Fortner, Pastor Schedule of Regular Services Sunday 10:00 A.M. Bible
Classes 10:30 A.M. Morning
Worship Service 6:30 P.M. Evening Worship Service Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Mid-Week
Worship Service Television Broadcasts in Danville Channel 6 - Sunday Morning 8:00 A.M. Channel 6 -
Wednesday Evening 6:00 P.M. Channel 6 - Friday
Evening 7:00 P.M. Web Pages http://www.donfortner.com http://www.freegraceradio.com http://www.sovereign-grace.com/gracechurch.htm Don Fortner Listen to sermons
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