November 24 Allagash Baptist Church Allagash, ME Morning Service MIKE GRANT November 3 Grafton Baptist Church Grafton, NB Morning Service November 10 East Hodgdon Bible Church East Hodgdon, ME Sunday Services November 17 Open Bible Campus Church Victoria Corner, NB Morning Service KEITH McMAHON November 16-17 Free Baptist Church E. Waterboro, ME Fall Bible Conference DAVID DOHERTY November 7, 21 Open Bible Campus Church Victoria Corner, NB Prayer Meetings November 10, 24 Open Bible Campus Church Victoria Corner, NB Morning Services
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FAMILY FILE MARRIAGES April Mann (’13) to Jimmy McInnes on August 10, 2019.
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Exceeding Sinfulness Of Sin
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The famed 19th century Presbyterian evangelist Wilbur Chapman told of a pastor friend who delivered a powerful sermon. After the service, one of the church officers confronted the minister in his study and offered what he thought was some needy counsel. “Pastor,” he said, “We don’t want you to talk as openly as you do about man’s guilt and corruption, because if our boys and girls hear you discussing that subject they will more easily become sinners. Call it a mistake, if you will, but do not speak so plainly about sin.” The pastor removed a small bottle from the shelf behind his desk. Showing it to the man, he said, “You see this label? It says ‘Strychnine,’ and underneath in bold red letters is the word ‘poison’. What you’re asking me to do would be like changing this label. Suppose I
write over it ‘essence of peppermint.’ Someone who doesn’t know the danger might use it and become very ill. The milder the label, the more dangerous the poison becomes!” It must grieve the heart of God that when the world tells the Christian to “tone it down”, we oblige by softening the blow of our words. The justifications for such a step are many. Some say “we need to show them we love them”; “we don’t want to turn them away”; “they won’t listen to us if we offend them”; “doesn’t God call us to be people of love?” Yes, we need to demonstrate the love of Christ and yes, our lips need to be marked by grace. But, in an attempt to be relevant, we often change the label and the people are still drinking poison. Romans 7:13 says, “… that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” The Law says that sin is “exceedingly sinful”. What in the world does that mean? “Exceed-
ing” has the idea of going beyond all bounds. It means there is nothing more sinful than sin itself. It is saying that the only thing worse than sin is more sin piled on top of it. Sin is not a harmless toy; it is a poisonous snake. The Bible teaches that God does not simply want us to see that we are sinful, rather He wants us to know that we are exceedingly sinful. In many Christian circles, others are being convinced to tone down the sin rhetoric, but the suggestion of Scripture is that we haven’t toned it up enough. The message of redemption, through the blood of Jesus Christ and faith in His finished work alone, becomes all that more impressive in the midst of the sober reality of the depths into which sin has plunged us. We are not simply sinners We are exceedingly sinful. Luke 7:47b says, “but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little .” The deeper our understanding of our own sin, the more deeply we will love the One who has forgiven us. 1