Have you ever really weighed and considered how great the sin of God's people is? Think how heinous is your own transgression, and you will find that not only does a sin here and there tower up like an alp, but that your iniquities are heaped upon each other, as in the old fable of the giants who piled Pelian upon Ossa, mountain upon mountain. What an aggregate of sin there is in the life of one of the most sanctified of God's children! Attempt to multiply this, the sin of one only, by the multitude of the redeemed, "a number which no man can number," and you will have some conception of the great mass of the guilt of the people for whom Jesus shed His blood. But we arrive at a more adequate idea of the magnitude of sin by the greatness of the remedy provided. It is the blood of Jesus Christ, God's only and well-beloved Son. God's Son! Angels cast their crowns before Him! All the choral symphonies of heaven surround His glorious throne. "God over all, blessed for ever. Amen." And yet He takes upon Himself the form of a servant, and is scourged and pierced, bruised and torn, and at last slain; since nothing but the blood of the incarnate Son of God could make atonement for our offences. No human mind can adequately estimate the infinite value of the divine sacrifice, for great as is the sin of God's people, the atonement which takes it away is immeasurably greater. Therefore, the believer, even when sin rolls like a black flood, and the remembrance of the past is bitter, can yet stand before the blazing throne of the great and holy God, and cry, "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died; yea rather, that hath risen again." While the recollection of his sin fills him with shame and sorrow, he at the same time makes it a foil to show the brightness of mercy—guilt is the dark night in which the fair star of divine love shines with serene splendour.
Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
Date: Sun 7:00PM 3rd July 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Matthew 27:29
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
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Date: Sun 11:30AM 3rd July 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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Date: Sun 11:30AM 26th June 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Colossians 2:16-17
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
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Date: Sun 7:00PM 19th June 2022Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, […]
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Date: Sun 11:30AM 19th June 2022 Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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Date: Sun 7:00PM 12th June 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him,
until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:
he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Date: Sun 11:30AM 12th June 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Colossians 2:16-17
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
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Date: Sun 7:00PM 5th June 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark,
which thy fathers have set.
Date: Sun 11:30AM 5th June 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Psalm 45:9
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women:
upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Date: Sun 11:30AM 29th May 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Colossians 2:15
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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Date: Sun 7:00PM 22nd May 2022Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Psalms 49:14-15 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them;and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.But God will redeem my soul […]
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Date: Sun 11:30AM 22nd May 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
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Date: Sun 7:00PM 15th May 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Job 13:15-16
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:
but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16 He also shall be my salvation:
for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Date: Sun 11:30AM 15th May 2022
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Ephesians 2:13-14
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Date: Sun 7:00PM 8th May 2022Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Proverbs 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
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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
