1689 L.B.C. Chapter 12: Of Adoption All those that are justified, God vouchsafed, in and for the sake of his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption, by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God, have his name put upon them, receive the spirit of adoption, have access to the throne…
Call to Worship, April 26, 2026
1689 L.B.C. Chapter 11: Of Justification 1._____ Those whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies, not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s sake alone; not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them,…
Call to Worship April 19, 2026
1689 L.B.C- Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling 1. Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their…
Call to Worship April 12, 2026
1689 L.B.C. Chapter 9: Of Free Will 1._____ God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty and power of acting upon choice, that it is neither forced, nor by any necessity of nature determined to do good or evil. ( Matthew 17:12; James 1:14; Deuteronomy 30:19 ) 2._____ Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that…
Call to Worship April 5, 2026
Chapter 31: Of the State of Man after Death and Of the Resurrection of the Dead 1._____ The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption; but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them. The souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into paradise, where they are with…
Call to Worship March 29, 2026
1689 London Baptist Confession Chapter 8 (Part 2) Paragraph 6 Although the price of redemption was not actually paid by Christ until after His incarnation, yet the virtue, efficacy, and benefit thereof were communicated to the elect in all ages, successively from the beginning of the world, in and by those promises, types, and sacrifices wherein He was revealed, and signified to be the seed which should…
Call to Worship March 22, 2026
1689 L.B.C. Chapter 8 (Part 1) Paragraph 1 It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, according to the covenant made between them both, to be the mediator between God and man;1 the prophet,2 priest,3 and king;4 head and savior of the church,5 the heir of all things,6 and judge of the world;7 unto whom He did from all eternity give a people to…
Call to Worship March 15, 2026
1689 L.B.C. Confession Chapter 7 Paragraph 1 The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.1 1 Luke 17:10; Job 35:7–8 Paragraph 2 Moreover, man having…
Call to Worship March 8, 2026
1689 L.B.C. Confession Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof Paragraph 1 Although God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach thereof,1 yet he did not long abide in this honor; Satan using the subtlety of the serpent to subdue Eve, then…
Call to Worship March 1, 2026
1689 London Baptist Confession Paragraph 1 God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,1 from the greatest even to the least,2 by His most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will; to the…