Stillwater Reformed Presbyterian Church

Exercise yourself towards godliness.

Don't be surprised and do not despair. The Spirit has said expressly that some will depart from the faith.

Praise the Lord who has stooped down to save sinners.

This passage gives something of a creed, a simple statement of faith, about the person and work of Jesus Christ. You are called to accept and believe these great truths about the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Deacons are servants of the church who care for the physical and mercy needs of the congregation. They may be women as well as men.

Christ gave elders to care for the church, therefore pray for men of godly character to serve as elders.

Keep your eyes on Jesus, being wary of the sins of immodesty and disrespect. Rather, worship with modesty and respect.

With hands stretched out to heaven, and wary of the sins of anger and doubt, pray that the Lord of heaven would help.

Prayer is made effective by the work of Jesus Christ, therefore, pray with confidence.

God desires all men to be saved, therefore pray all kinds of prayer for all kinds of people to come to salvation.

Christ uses church discipline to rescue the spiritually shipwrecked; so take up the good fight of the faith by humbly embracing this gracious provision.

Jesus gives the ministry of the Word for the building up of the saints, therefore take advantage of the preaching and teaching offered by the church.

By faith in Christ and by a good conscience, fight the good fight.

God chooses God's people according to God's plan. And because God is good and He does good, His plan is good and His people He will make good.

Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Glory to God in the highest!

Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. Trust in Christ's love and work to give you the hope of salvation that Paul had, and to give confidence to serve Christ as Paul did.

If you get the law wrong, you'll get the gospel wrong, too. (David Murray) Therefore, get the law right.

Hold to the truth and reject heterodoxy. In other words, teach no other doctrine.

Receive God's grace, mercy and peace through the ministry of Christ in His church.

"I will build My church." Christ's promise provokes your response.

Jesus' words help you understand the absolute necessity of Jesus's death and resurrection. He calls you to deny yourself, to deny Satan. He calls you to follow Him. Therefore, repent of your sins and believe that He isthe Christ, the one who died on the cross for your sin and who rose from the dead for your salvation.

Who is Jesus? The answer to this question is not open to private opinion, or popularity polls. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Repent and believe in Him as your Savior.

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him" (Romans 5:8-9) Therefore, look to Christ for His mercy and forgiveness.

The Lord chastises those He loves. Therefore, when convicted of sin, let God's character move you to pray as David, "Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercy is great."

Your life is not neutral, just a list of people, dates, and actions. It is much more. God is at work directing all things to His purpose. Recognize this spiritual purpose in your life so that you might faithfully serve the King of Kings.

God comforts us so that we may in turn comfort others. Therefore, find comfort in Him today. Minister comfort to one another today.

Look to your soul and do the King's work.

This psalm points to the justice and the judgment of the King. Beyond David himself, it points to the True King, the promised Redeemer, Jesus. The cup of the wrath of God is poured out against those who would lift up the horn of their own strength against Him. He reigns!

Pray for the victory of Christ the King over all His enemies.

When even the weakest believer cries out in Jesus' name, God comes on the wings of the cherubim with infinite speed and matchless power to save.

In Christ, praise God who saves you when you pray.

The Lord saves and preserves His people through His anointed champion, therefore call on Christ to deliver you when you face fiery trials.

The fruit of the Spirit is self-control; therefore by God's grace bring every thought, every desire, into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

The fruit of the spirit is gentleness; therefore pray for the Spirit to give you strength to patiently and cheerfully serve the Lord.

The fruit of the spirit is faithfulness, therefore be diligent in all that God gives you.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

In Jesus, you are a new creation, bearing the fruit of the Spirit. Therefore, let kindness replace animosity.

Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Our final lesson focuses on close communion with our Blessed Savior, the True Vine. He loves to have us united to Him! Apart from Him we can do nothing.

Christ our peace has come. He brings us to the Father through the Spirit. Therefore, in worship, celebrate this truth.

The channel through which obedience to the Law should run is faith in Christ. This is driven by love coming from a pure heart, all as the work of God. We also delve into the conscience.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

The work of God in the believer, and not of the believer's own strength, is to produce godly living. We look at seven "sister graces" in the believer, from virtue to love, and are spurred on.

God is love, therefore love one another.

Now we turn to the various evidences of true faith. First, the true believer is convinced of his obligation to keep the Moral Law, certainly not for justification, but as a result of it.