Grace Alone Christian Assembly, is
a Non 501c3, Independent Christian fellowship; preaching and teaching the whole council of God, so that the body can be edified
and God may be Glorified.
Our passion and desire is to
share the Gospel message with everyone; it does not matter where you have been, our concern is where you are now and where
you are going to spend eternity.
Today's Memory Verse “He
that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides
on him.”John 3:36 Quote of the Day
“Some evangelists are prepared to be anything to
anybody as long as they get somebody at the altar for something.” Leonard Ravenhill Questions & Objections
“How can you know that you are saved?” Christians believed
in God’s existence before their conversion. However, when they obeyed the Word of God, turned from their sins, and embraced
Jesus Christ, they stopped merely believing. In that moment, they moved out of the realm of belief into the realm of experience.
This experience is so radical, Jesus referred to it as being “born again.” The Bible says that those who don’t know God are
spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1; 4:18). We are born with physical life,
but not spiritual life. Picture unbelievers as corpses walking around who, by repenting and placing their faith in Christ,
receive His very life. There is a radical difference between a corpse and a living, breathing human, just as there is when
sinners pass from spiritual death to life. The apostle Paul said if you are “in Christ,” you are a brand new creature
(2 Corinthians 5:17). Those who now have God’s Spirit living in them will love what He loves and desire to do His
will; they will have a hunger for His Word, a love for other believers, and a burden for the lost. The Holy Spirit also confirms
in their spirit that they are now children of God (Romans 8:16). Those who believe on the name of
the Son of God can know that they have eternal life (1 John 5:12, 13). Cameron, Kirk ; Comfort, Ray: The School of Biblical Evangelism : 101 Lessons : How to Share Your
Faith Simply, Effectively, Biblically-- the Way Jesus Did. Gainesville, Fla. : Bridge-Logos Publishers, 2004, S. 587
Famous Last Words: Dylan Thomas,
poet, died 1953: “I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that’s the record...”
Day by Day by Grace Humility
and Grace Be clothed with humility, for "God resists the
proud, but gives grace to the humble." (1 Peter 5:5) We have considered that humility and faith must be developing within our lives, if we are
going to grow in grace. Let's take a few days to reconsider both, looking first at humility.
"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
Pride leads the list of things that God despises. "These six
things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue" (Proverbs 6:16-17). God wants our lives to be edified; pride is destructive. "Pride
goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall"
(Proverbs 16:18). The Lord desires that people be established in truth; pride is deceptive. "The
pride of your heart has deceived you" (Obadiah v. 3). It is God's will that we grow in things that are honorable; pride brings disgrace. "When
pride comes, then comes shame" (Proverbs 11:2). Our Lord does not want His name dishonored or our lives destroyed by pride. On the other
hand, humility is a character trait that God loves to develop in us. Note the terms God
uses in His word to describe humility. "Better to be of a humble spirit with the
lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud" (Proverbs 16:19). The Lord reveals that it is better to be a humble person, who associates with modest people, than to partake of the wealth
that the arrogant can often accumulate. Also the Lord says, "Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3). Here we are told that humility is a blessing, because the kingdom (the spiritual realm of God's rule and provision) is
given to the humble. Elsewhere God revealed, "I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive
the heart of the contrite ones" (Isaiah 57:15). Although our Lord is most fully revealed in His heavenly abode on high, He also dwells with the humble
and the broken on earth below, bringing them spiritual revitalization. Of course, we cannot manufacture humility. It is a relational reality that results from getting to know the Lord.
Isaiah discovered this. "I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up...Then I said: 'Woe
is me, for I am undone'!" (Isaiah 6:1, 5). When the Lord was revealed in all His glory, Isaiah responded in profound humility. This can happen in
our lives, as we get into the Scriptures, seeking a deeper relationship with the Lord. As He is increasingly revealed to us,
our response will be increasingly characterized by more humility. O God Most High, I repent
of those many times when pride was the despicable attitude I displayed. Lord, teach me to despise pride as You do. Stir in
my heart a growing appreciation of humility. I desire to be clothed with humility. I humbly seek You afresh that I might live
by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Here at Grace Alone Christian Assembly We
don't change the message, the message changes us.
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Welcome to our site here at www.gracealoneca.com The fellowship of believers who call Grace Alone Christian Assembly home
would like to welcome you to our website. We believe that salvation is by grace alone, thru faith alone, in Christ alone,
and that the Holy Scripture is our sole source of authority for what we do and how we live, and that everything we do, should
be done for the glory of God. This is commonly called the 5 Solas of the Reformed Faith. We hold to the Reformed Doctrines of Grace known as the T.U.L.I.P.; more information on this can be found on the
Doctrines of Grace page; clicking on the tab on the left side of this page that will take you there. Also, Pastor Mike has
finished teaching on the reformed doctrine of grace, also known as the TULIP. You can hear these messages and many others
by clicking on the MP3 download button on this page. So
here is our invitation to you; If you are looking for
a church that affirms the sole authority of the Holy Scriptures for all of faith and practice, the pre-eminence of the preaching
of the Word of God, the glorious truths of salvation called the Doctrines of Grace, the necessity and responsibility of evangelism
and a serious approach to the joyful worship of God, then we warmly invite you to come and visit us. Join us as we look to the truth of scripture and Worship the Lord. At www.gracealoneca.com we do our best to present the truth of the gospel. American Minute February
5th: Guilty of preaching religious liberty in England, separatist leader Roger Williams
fled from Anglican England to Boston on FEBRUARY 5, 1631.
He pastored briefly before being banished by Puritan
leader John Cotton, who himself had been persecuted by Anglicans in England.
Williams
was befriended by Narragansett Indians and founded Providence Plantation, Rhode Island-the first place where church government
was not controlled by the state government.
In 1639, Williams organized the first Baptist
Church in America.
His "notorious disagreements" with Cotton led to his publishing
"Mr. Cotton's Letter Lately Printed, Examined and Answered," 1644, in which Roger Williams wrote:
"The church of the Jews under the Old Testament in the type, and the church of the Christians under
the New Testament in the anti-type, were both separate from the world; and when they opened a gap in the hedge or wall of
separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world, God hath ever broken down the wall...
Therefore if He will ever please to restore His garden and paradise again, it must of necessity
be walled in peculiarly unto Himself from the world."
This understanding that the
"wall of separation" was to protect "the garden of the church" from being trampled by "the wilderness
of the world" is what Jefferson referred to in writing to Baptists in Danbury, Connecticut, in 1802.
Point to Ponder “Read and read again, and do not despair of help to understand the will and mind of God though you think
they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble your heads though you have not commentaries and exposition. Pray and read,
read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men. Also, what is from men is uncertain, and is often
lost and tumbled over by men; but what is from God is fixed as a nail in a sure place. There is nothing that so abides with
us as what we receive from God; and the reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that
they are contented with what comes from men’s mouths, without searching and kneeling before God to know
of Him the truth of things.” —John Bunyan
Today's Grace Gem We have a brother in heaven!
( James Smith, "Our Father and Comforter")
"For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven--is My
brother and sister and mother." Matthew 12:50
Every relation
in which Jesus stands to His people, is precious. But there are some peculiarly so, especially under certain peculiar circumstances.
He is not only our Savior--but our brother. Possessing our nature, being part of the same family, He watches
over us with a brother's eye, and loves us with a brother's love.
Jesus is the "brother
born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17. He takes the deepest interest in all our affairs, and watches over us to do
us good. We may go to Him in all our troubles--and open our hearts to Him without the least reserve. We cannot go to one who
loves us more--or one who is more able or willing to help us! He laid down his life for us, thereby proving the intensity
of His love to us. He is gone into heaven, there to appear in the presence of God for us.
My tried Christian
friend . . . the eye of Jesus is upon you in your trial; the ear of Jesus is open,
to listen to your cries; the heart of Jesus is affected with your griefs and woes; and the tongue of Jesus
is employed to intercede with His Father for you!
Sweet thought! We have a brother
in heaven! A brother who knows all that we suffer, and who will . . .frustrate the designs of our foes, sanctify
our troubles and trials to us, and eventually make all things work together for our good!
His strong
arm will defend us, His merciful hand will supply us, and His tender heart will ever sympathize with
us!
He will guide us through life and death by His counsel, and afterwards receive, us to glory! Let us, therefore
. . . go to Him in every trouble, plead with Him to supply our needs, trust Him in every dark and dreary hour, and expect
Him to show a brother's love!
"Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers."
Hebrews 2:11 Thanks for
visiting our site here at www.gracealoneca.com
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