Bulletin for November 8th, 2020

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"Christs true church is built of living stones, not of dead wood.” Copied

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1) By the same divine power by which Christ made all things—He preserves and sustains all things. All creatures owe their continuance and preservation to Him.

2) It is easy for Him who made all things out of nothing to help His redeemed children. The Almighty Creator, ruler, and governor of the world—what can He not do?

3) There are three things that commend the value of Christ's sacrifice: 1) the dignity of His person, 2) the greatness of His sufferings, 3) and the merit of His obedience.

4) By God all things exist—therefore He can . . .hear all prayers, relieve us in all our straits, supply us in all wants, and preserve us in all dangers. Our whole life is in His keeping, and upheld by His intimate presence with us. Our days cannot be longer nor shorter than He pleases.

5) If God the Father had not loved you before all worlds—then Christ would not have redeemed you. And if Christ had not redeemed you—then the Spirit would never regenerate and sanctify you.

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“He that has Christ has all things.” Martin Luther

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To redeem poor sinners, Jesus . . .came down from heaven, put on the rags of our mortality, agonized, bled, died.

Jesus is made His people's . . .substitute, burden-bearer, sin-remover, guilt-sustainer.

Their debt is placed to His account. His riches pay the full amount. Sin is removed from the sinner and placed on the Sinless!

Their curse is rolled on Him, and He endures it, until no more remains! God deals with Jesus as the guilty one!

He, as spotless Deity, receives imputed sins, and fully expiates them all. In the vicarious victim, God's justice is satisfied, and wrath expires!

Jesus, in His life, in the garden, on the cross . . .suffers their sufferings, dies their death, and so becomes their uttermost salvation!

His pains are their pardon! His stripes are their healing! His agony is their recovery!