CALL TO WORSHIP
(Tune – “O God Our Help” – p. 10)
(Words by Pastor Gary Shepard)

Oh God in Christ, Thou worthy One,
We come your name to raise.
Grant now your blessed Spirit come,
And aid us in our praise.

Give us both heart and voice to sing
Your greatness and your good;
And grace ourselves to low abase
And worship as we should.

Bring back to our remembrance clear
Your wondrous works of grace,
May praise for all your gifts in Christ,
Unending, fill this place.

For righteousness imputed free,
We thank you Lord today,
For sanctifying grace and love,
No debt have we to pay.

For mercies more than we can name,
For grace that does abound,
For blessings all in Christ alone
Our praises we resound.

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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

Birthdays: Alex Wages – June 1^st

We will serve the LORD’S SUPPER following the messages this morn­ing. All believers are invited to participate in this blessed memorial ser­vice as we remember our Lord’s body and death for our sins and what He accomplished for our complete salvation by God’s grace. Afterwards we will serve lunch in our fellowship hall. All are invited to eat with us.

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AN ORDINANCE FOR SAVED SINNERS

If you claim to believe in Jesus Christ for all salvation, forgiveness, righteousness, eternal life and glory, but are still looking for something within yourself for worthiness and qualification to take the Lord’s Supper, I hope you do not find it. For if you do it will only cause you to look away from Christ and His merits and promote pride within yourself. This in essence is a denial of Christ. Just as salvation is for sinners and by the grace of God based on the merits of Christ, the Lamb slain for our sins, the Lord’s supper is an ordinance for sinners saved by grace through the merits of Christ. The believer’s right and title to partake of the Lord’s Supper is the same as his right and title to salvation and the whole inheritance of grace. It is the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ as his Surety and Substitute found only in His the virtue and power of His blood, His righteousness imputed. This is an ordinance for believers, and believers are those who have been brought by the Holy Spirit to face the reality of their sin which leaves them with no worthiness in themselves. They have been brought by the Holy Spirit to the only Divine remedy for sin – Jesus Christ crucified, the Lord our Righteousness. Those who are qualified to take the Lord’s Supper are those who sing the song of the redeemed – “WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN” (Rev. 5:12).

– Pastor Bill Parker

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Our godly lives and good works do not merit salvation in any way, to any degree, at any time or stage of our lives as sinners saved by grace. They contribute absolutely nothing to the righteousness in which we stand justified before God, the imputed righteousness of Christ. Our works, however, do say a lot about us – our faith in, love for, and gratitude and dedication to the Lord Who has saved and Who keeps us. – Copied

THE WEDDING GARMENT

“And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chos­en” (Matthew 22:11-14). The wedding garment of in Matthew 22 has been a subject of much anxiety to many precious souls. The general belief is that it is Christ’s person, work and righteousness. Hence the church is represented as singing, “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord: my soul shall be joyful in my God, for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with orna­ments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels” (Isaiah 61:10). This is what the Lord Jesus counseled the church of Laodicea to buy of Him, “white raiment, that she might be clothed” (Revela­tion 3:18). Hence, therefore, what is the garment, but Christ’s righteousness, in which all the faithful are clothed, when justified in the perfect salvation of the Lord? — Robert Hawker

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“BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT HEAR THEM”