CALL TO WORSHIP
(Tune: “How Firm A Foundation” – p. 268)

A refuge for sinners the Gospel makes known,
‘Tis found in the merits of Jesus alone;
The weary, the tempted, the burdened of sin
Are never excluded from entering in.

This refuge for sinners God’s love did ordain,
In Jesus, the Lamb, from eternity slain;
In Christ the Redeemer Who lived and Who died,
God’s law and His justice are now satisfied.

Should conscience accuse us, as often it may,
The blood of our Saviour has put sin away;
In Jesus, our Surety, the sinner can view
A city of refuge and righteousness too.

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Today: Bible Classes – 10:00 a.m.; Morning Worship – 11:00 a.m.
Messages by Pastor Bill Parker

Television Broadcast: Reign of Grace Television
Sunday morning on WALB-TV @ 9 AM.

Live Streaming – 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. – Sermon Audio web site

Web Sites: Reign of Grace: www.rofgrace.com
Sermon Audio: www.Sermonaudio.com\reignofgrace

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THE LORD’S TABLE

We will serve the Lord’s Table today following the messages. We invite all who truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to participate in this blessed memorial of our Savior’s death for our sins.

We will have a covered-dish dinner in our fellowship hall following the services. All are invited to eat and visit with us. There will also be a slide show of our trip to Sydney, Australia.

Next weekend Debbie and I will be in Ruston, LA, where I will be preaching for Pastor Richard Warmack and the congregation of Grace Baptist Church. Brother Jason Renfroe will be preaching and teaching here on Sunday, March 29. – The Pastor

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CHRIST’S GREAT WORK

What is His work? The work which the Father gave Him to do; the work covenanted from before the world began, the work that shall crown Him with glory and honor for ever and ever; the work of fulfilling, of magnifying, and of honoring the holy law of God; the work of satisfying it and sheathing the sword of inflexible justice in His own heart; the work of vanquishing the powers of darkness, bruising the old serpent’s head, spoiling principalities and powers, taking away the sting of death, and removing the curse forever from all the election of grace. That is the work of God; that is the work of Christ, and it is freely given to the believer.

– Joseph Irons

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“HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE”

Look at a candle and how it burns. The more the light shines, the more the candle diminishes. What a beautiful illustration of the believer in Christ! The more he learns the Gospel of Christ, the more precious Christ becomes and the less he thinks of himself. One who is truly the Lord’s shines forth the light of HIS righteousness, grace, goodness, mercy, forgiveness, and truth. In so shining, self does not get bigger and more noticeable – CHRIST does! The glory is not to self but to HIM. John the Baptist said, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” (John 3:30).

-- Author unknown

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“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD.” (1 Corinthians 10:31)

Here are some things for us to meditate upon as we prepare to take the Lord’s Supper –

“For by one offering HE hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” (Hebrews 10:14). It is an awesome though for us to consider that a just and holy God does not and cannot charge His people with sin(s) because of the “one offering” of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. If we stand in Christ and believe in Him, almighty, holy, and just God has blotted out our transgressions and remembers our sins no more. And this is great reality is established forever upon one ground – THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST WHO BY HIS ONE SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS MADE A COMPLETE PROPITIATION FOR US. The whole record of our sins that testifies against us, God’s elect people, was imputed (charged, accounted) to the Lord Jesus Christ as our Substitute and Surety. All the record of His obedience unto death, His righteousness, was imputed to the account of all for whom He died, all who are brought by God to believe in Him. – Pastor Bill Parker

With this mind, read the following article –

HE HAS BLOTTED OUT THIS WHOLE FEARFUL RECORD!

"I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more." (Isaiah 43:25)

What an amount of guilt has He pardoned! It is impossible to overstate this. No view that I can now take of it ascends to the truth.

My original debasement, my wayward youth, my rejection of His love, my rebellion against His authority, my forgetfulness of His goodness, my backslidings from His way, my inconsistent profession, my vain and sinful example, the wickedness of my unconverted state, the errors of my renewed state. Alas! Every day and every act brings up its separate testimony. And all condemn me! But He has freely pardoned! He has blotted out this whole fearful record! He will remember it no more!