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Kitchens Creek Baptist Church
7231 Monroe Hwy @ Kitchens Creek Rd
Ball, Louisiana 71405

Email: Pastor Milton W Howard
Mailing:  PO Box 740
Ball, LoUiSiAna  71405-0740

Weekly Church Bulletin
June 15, 2025

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT – a.w. pink

Ignorance

There is no greater proof that a man is ignorant of the Truth savingly and a stranger to Christ experimentally, than for spiritual pride to reign in his heart. "Behold his soul is lifted up, is not upright in him" (Habakkuk 2:4). The graceless Pharisee, blind to the real character and purpose of the law, prayed thus with himself; "God I thank thee, that I am not as other men"; while the penitent Publican, seeing himself in the light of God, dared not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast (the seat of his spiritual leprosy) and cried "God be merciful to me, the sinner".
The proud religionists of Christ's day exclaimed, "Behold, we see" (John 9:41); but the Psalmist prayed, "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Thousands of deluded people who profess to be Christians prate about their consecration, victories, and attainments; but the apostle Paul said, "I count not myself to have apprehended" (Philippians 3:13).

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"I'll never forget when I found out God wasn't mad at me anymore."
Pastor Don Bell

As we have opportunity to preach or to witness to someone, it is not God honoring to tell them that God loves them and Christ died for them. The word of God and our Lord Jesus Christ gives us what we are to say, "Except ye believe I Am He ye shall die in your sins."  "He that believeth on the Son of God hath life; he that believeth not the wrath of God abideth on him."  To be without Christ is to be without God and without hope in this world again, "God is angry with the wicked everyday." "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, he that believeth not shall be damned." "Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish." "God commands all men every where to repent, because he hath appointed a day in which he shall judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained." These are just a few of the things that sinners need to hear and we must be faithful to tell them that Christ Jesus is the only way God can be approached and the only One by Whom God deals with the sinner.  

As Brother Scott Richardson once said; "God will not be spoken too nor will he speak to any man except through Jesus Christ."  Oh, how I remember the weight of my sins, and God's wrath against my soul,  it struck fear to my heart, and I tried to get on God's good side by my  works, by my sincerity . . . but my burden grew heavier instead of lighter. But thank God, someone told me about Christ bearing my sin in his own body on the tree. I thought, "Did he really do that for me?"  When God gave me faith to believe on Christ, all the condemnation I felt was taken away. I'll never forget when I found out God wasn't mad at me anymore.  What I am saying is this, a soul will feel the weight of sin before he will know the forgiveness of sin, and he will feel the condemnation of God before he will know the acceptance of God. What about God's elect? No man has any reason to believe he is one of God's elect and one for whom Christ died until he repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ. And until that happens all he can expect is the "indignation and wrath of God" against him for their sin and unbelief. 

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CALL TO WORSHIP
William Hammond  1745 

Lord, we come before Thee now,

In Thy presence humbly bow;

Grace, O Lord, for grace we cry,

Grant us each a rich supply.

Sweet the solemn hour of prayer,

Sweet to praise our Saviour there,

Where the Saviour is the theme,

Where we meet and sing of Him.

Send a message from Thy Word

That may joy and peace afford;

Let Thy Spirit now impart

Full salvation to each heart.

Grant that those who seek may find

Thee, our Lord, supremely kind;

Heal the sick, the captive free;

Let us all rejoice in Thee.

(Tune: "I Am Coming Lord To Thee")

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(Psalm 86:3-5)  "Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.  Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.  For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee."