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June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 admin Scott Henry

DEATH AND THE LIFE AFTER (2)

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” —Philippians 1:21 The Christian’s death is absence from his body,

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June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 admin Scott Henry

DEATH AND THE LIFE AFTER (1)

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” —Philippians 1:21 How could the Apostle Paul write the words

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June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 admin MARK Hallock

Fighting the “Respectable” Sins of Gossip and Slander

By Mark Hallock One of my favorite authors, Jerry Bridges, wrote a book several years ago called Respectable Sins. In this book,

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June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 admin Scott Henry

CORPORATE WORSHIP

“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,

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June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 admin BURK PARSONS

Freedom from Fear

by Burk Parsons The world is a dangerous place, full of perilous things and unsafe people. Dangers, toils, and snares lurk around every

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June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER…

My Father and My God,You are the Sovereign One: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.You alone rule in Heaven above, the earth below, the

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May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 admin Scott Henry

ALL MEN ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even

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May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 admin Scott Henry

THE CALL TO PRAY FOR RULERS

“Therefore, I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and

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May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 admin Scott Henry

REMEMBER…

“Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also

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May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 admin Tim Challies

THE BIBLE: A BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER —Tim Challies

“The Bible may be a book, but it is a book unlike any other. The Bible is inspired—breathed out by God and

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ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE

“Nor is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name given under heaven among men, whereby we must be saved.”
—Acts 4:12

AS FAR AS earning your place in heaven, your “good” works count for nothing. They are, as Isaiah said, “Filthy rags!” (Isaiah 64:6). However, that does not mean our works are unimportant. Good works must be found in your life if you belong to Jesus Christ (John 15:1-5). However, there is much confusion regarding the Christian and good works. People either think they are saved by their good works, or they are saved by Christ alone and therefore good works are unimportant, but both positions are unbiblical.

THE BIBLE TEACHES that the believer does good works not to be saved but because they are the saved. Notice what Scripture teaches concerning the Christian and good works:

• The Apostle Paul said that a widow under 60 years old is not to be financially cared for by the church unless she has been “well reported for good works…” (1 Tim. 5:10).
• Ephesians 2:10 teaches that believers are God’s “workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
• Jesus, in His sermon on the Mount, taught believers to “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
• The Apostle Paul taught that godly women ought to “adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works” (1 Tim. 2:9-10).
• Concerning the rich, the Apostle Paul told Timothy to “Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share…” (1 Tim. 6:17-18).
• In the book of Titus, the Apostle Paul teaches that the young men of the church are “…to be a pattern of good works…” (Titus 2:7); that the redeemed of Christ are to be “…zealous for good works” (Titus 2:14); “…that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works” (Titus 3:8); and that Christians must “…learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful” (Titus 3:14).
• And the writer to the Hebrews admonishes the saints to “…let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works” (Hebrews 10:24).

NEVERTHELESS, THE BIBLE also teaches that our “good” works are not the cause or ground of our salvation. The cause and ground of our salvation is always and only the perfect law-fulfilling life and sin-atoning death of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). But if you are trusting in anything alongside of or instead of Jesus Christ then you are not trusting Jesus and you are on the broad road that leads to Hell! The Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 30, reads, “Do those also believe in the only Savior Jesus, who seek their salvation and welfare from "saints," themselves, or anywhere else? No; although they make their boast of Him, yet in their deeds they deny the only Savior Jesus; for either Jesus is not a complete Savior, or they who by true faith receive this Savior, must have in Him all that is necessary to their salvation.”

WHAT ABOUT YOU? Are you denying the ONLY Savior Jesus by trusting in something other than Him? Or by true faith are you looking only to the Savior Jesus Christ and therefore have in Him all that is necessary to your salvation? “Nor is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name given under heaven among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Look to Jesus today and live!

Friday Devotional: May 15, 2026
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