Mockery was a great ingredient in our Lord's woe. Judas mocked Him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed Him to scorn; Herod set Him at nought; the servants and the soldiers jeered at Him, and brutally insulted Him; Pilate and his guards ridiculed His royalty; and on the tree all sorts of horrid jests and hideous taunts were hurled at Him. Ridicule is always hard to bear, but when we are in intense pain it is so heartless, so cruel, that it cuts us to the quick. Imagine the Saviour crucified, racked with anguish far beyond all mortal guess, and then picture that motley multitude, all wagging their heads or thrusting out the lip in bitterest contempt of one poor suffering victim! Surely there must have been something more in the crucified One than they could see, or else such a great and mingled crowd would not unanimously have honoured Him with such contempt. Was it not evil confessing, in the very moment of its greatest apparent triumph, that after all it could do no more than mock at that victorious goodness which was then reigning on the cross? O Jesus, "despised and rejected of men," how couldst Thou die for men who treated Thee so ill? Herein is love amazing, love divine, yea, love beyond degree. We, too, have despised Thee in the days of our unregeneracy, and even since our new birth we have set the world on high in our hearts, and yet Thou bleedest to heal our wounds, and diest to give us life. O that we could set Thee on a glorious high throne in all men's hearts! We would ring out Thy praises over land and sea till men should as universally adore as once they did unanimously reject.
Thy creatures wrong Thee, O Thou sovereign Good! Thou art not loved, because not understood: This grieves me most, that vain pursuits beguile Ungrateful men, regardless of Thy smile.
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Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
Date: Sun PM 28th March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Galatians 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Continue ReadingDate: Sun AM 28th March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Continue ReadingRev. Ian Brown, Martyrs Memorial FPC, narrates a summarised history of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. St. Patrick’s Day in Crossgar Separation from Apostasy The Gospel Mission of 1951 The First Free Presbyterian Church The Manifesto of the Free Presbyterian Church Free at Last Poem: the Beginning of the […]
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GENERAL PRESBYTERY OF THE FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ULSTER Government and Morals Committee PRESS RELEASE Rev Gordon Dane: Convenor Rev David McLaughlin: Secretary Phone: 07709117500 email: gbdane@hotmail.co.uk The Government and Morals Committee of the Free Presbyterian Church views with deep concern the reports that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis is […]
Continue ReadingDate: Sun PM 21st March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Malachi 1:1-2 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved […]
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Date: Sun AM 21st March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Continue ReadingAs we remember 70 years since the founding of the Free Presbyterian denomination, we look back at a sermon preached in Mourne Free Presbyterian Church by Dr. S.B Cooke. On 17th March 1951, the first Free Presbyterian Church was constituted in the little village of Crossgar, Co.Down. At the heart […]
Continue ReadingDate: 20th March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Galatians 1:6-8 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of […]
Continue Reading70th Anniversary Service of the Free Presbyterian Church at Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church, featuring: a panel discussion, directed by Rev. Paul Foster, that deals with the Early Days of the FPC (included on the panel is Mr Jackie Allister – who was present at the first Mission in Crossgar); […]
Continue ReadingDate: Sun PM 14th March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Continue ReadingDate: Sun AM 14th March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Matthew 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
Continue ReadingDate: 13th March 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
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Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
