February 14, 2016

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Rocky Hill Firehouse, 2nd floor
150 Washington Street
Rocky Hill, NJ 08553 / Mailing Address
7 Birch Street
Pennington, NJ 08534
Clay Curtis, pastor
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We are thankful to the Lord and happy for Adam and DebraKane for the birth of their daughter, Caroline Soladad Kane. Both mother and daughter are well.
Big brother, Sean, has a new baby doll.

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Proverbs 1: 7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” I Timothy 2:5

I must approach unto God by Christ Jesus because I am unholy. God must approach unto me by Christ Jesus because HE IS HOLY. In Christ Jesus, I, a poor sinner, and God, a Holy and Heavenly Father, have an honest and sincere communion one with another. His Holiness is not violated and my sin is not imputed, but all is washed away. Oh, sweet fellowship! Oh, holy union! Oh easy walk! Oh, joyous friendship! Oh, happy me! (1 John 1:7) Bruce Crabtree

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The Lord has made a new covenant with the second Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a covenant without conditions on our part, but with Christ who has fulfilled it. It is a covenant ordered in all things and sure, which consists of promises only. There are conditions in it, but all were fulfilled by our Lord Jesus Christ when He finished transgression, made an end of sin, and brought in everlasting righteousness. This is a covenant which now consists only of infallible and eternal shalls and wills. Milton Howard

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Faith’s Counting

“Behold, we count them happy which endure.” (James 5:11)

Faith never calculates like reason. Faith’s counting is different. — “Behold, we count them happy which endure.” Faith counts those men and women happy who endure trials at the hand of God, knowing “that the trying of your faith worketh patience” (James 1:3, 12). Happy, blessed, honored, highly esteemed of God and his people are those who endure affliction and trouble with courage, constancy, and patience unto the end; for “he that endureth to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 10:22).

They are blessed, happy, and highly esteemed of God and beautiful in his eyes now. They are blessed, happy, and highly esteemed of God and beautiful in his eyes forever. The Spirit of God rests upon them. The grace of God is bestowed upon them. It is an honor done to them by God that they are counted worthy to suffer for Christ and with Christ; and they count it their honor. They who endure unto the end shall, in the end, be glorified together with Christ. “If we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him” (2 Timothy 2:12; Romans 8:16-18; 2 Corinthians 1:7; Philippians 1:29).

Whose Counting

This is faith’s way of counting. — “Behold, we count them happy which endure.” — The pity and tender mercy of God are to be seen in the happiness of those who are called to suffer. This arithmetic is only known to faithand must be learned of the Lord Jesus. — “We,” that is, the Church of God, count them happy who are counted worthy to suffer for Christ’s sake. We do not think those people are happy who chase happiness, wasting their lives in the revelry of death in unbelief. We do not count those to be happy who are fattened like the calves in the stall, but shall soon be brought to the slaughter. We sorrowbecause of them! We are not so foolish as to count those happy who spread themselves like a green bay tree, only to be the sooner laid low by the axe of doom!

God’s Teaching

We count those happy who endure because our Savior has taught us so to reckon. He says, “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”? Did he not say, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted”? This is the verdict of God our Savior and the verdict of faith. Faith does not dispute the Master, but bows to him and learns of him. Those who endure the will of God are the happiest, most highly honored, most blessed people in this world. — “Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord!” (Psalm 94:12)

No Delusion

This counting is not a delusion, but it is a proper and true estimate of things. There is a happiness in affliction which none can know except those who have tasted that the Lord is gracious (Psalm 119:67, 71, 75). Rare gems glisten in the dark mines of adversity. Don Fortner

GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE

1 Timothy 4: 8:…godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Godliness is created of God in the heart when God gives his child spiritual life, a fear of God, faith in Christ our Righteousness and a new walk constrained by the love of Christ. Godliness promotes every interest of the believer in this life keeping our minds clear with peace of conscience. It does nothing to promote things which are bad for our health, never prompts injury toward anyone, and gives nothing bitter to reflect on when we come to deaths bed. It only affects our lives for good in our worship of God, our homes, and in our business. The Spirit of God says godliness is profitable unto all things having promisefrom God in this life and in the life to come.

God promises in this life:

  • No more offering for sin. God has made every born-again child of God righteous and reconciled to God by the body of Christ’s flesh through death. Therefore, God promises there is no more offering for sin. (Heb 10: 14-18)
  • Never forsaken. God promises that by the power of his grace, he will never leave us and we shall never leave him. (Jer 32: 40; Heb 13: 5)
  • No want. God promises to supply all our need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Ps 23: 1; Phil 4: 19; Is 33:16; Mt 6:25-33)
  • Comfort and help. God promises in this life to give us comfort and help when we are afflicted and oppressed. (Is 43:2; Ps 107:41; Job 5: 17-19; Ps 46: 1-5)
  • Constant support. God promises that he will support us even to old age and through death. (Is 46: 4; Ps 23: 4; 37:25.

God promises in the life to come:

  • Eternal life & resurrection.Christ Jesus our God promises every believer eternal life, raised up by Christ at the last day. (Jn 6: 54)
  • Inheritance with Christ. For all whom God has given the Spirit of adoption, we have the promise of inheritance because we are children of God and joint-heirs with Christ. (Rom 8: 17-18)
  • Immortality.God promises to raise us with a new immortal, sinless, eternal body. (2 Cor 5: 1-5; 1 Cor 15: 53)
  • Reign with Christ. Our Savior has given us the promise of reigning with Christ forever in his throne. (Rev 3: 21)

Let us never envy the ungodly but constantly commit our way to the LORD, trust Christ alone and love godliness. (Ps 37:1-6)