Meetings

We are a small fellowship gathering in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We sing traditional hymns from a hymn book and have messages directly from the Bible in our Family Bible Hour. Our assemblies normally do not have pastors; laymen from our chapel and the Edmonton area speak.

Sunday mornings - 9:30 am

Breaking of Bread - for those who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and trusted and received Him as their Saviour and Lord

Sunday mornings - 11:00 am - Family Bible Hour

January 29 - Luc Tremblay - Bethel Bible Chapel

February 5 - Nick Srochenski - Sharon Gospel Chapel

February 12 - Preston Holoway - Clareview Bible Church

Sunday evening - 6:00 pm

First Sunday of each month, except July, August and September - message, hymn sing, fellowship

February 5^th, Louis Voyer - Christian Transportaton Ministry

Remaining Sundays of the month - Biblical Foundations; a Bible School level course in Old Testament Foundations of the New Testament (see below)

Wednesday evenings - 7:00 pm - Prayer and Bible Study

February 1 - 2 Tim 4:14

Sunday Evenings

Biblical Foundations - Bible School-level course designed to provide a 'conservative' in-depth Old Testament back-ground to New Testament truths. Informal, open to all, and held downstairs.

Topic One - God's revelation to man through Christ in Creation,

Scripture, and in dreams and visions

Nov. 13          Creation - Science that evolution can’ explain

Topic Two - Adam and Eve to Noah

Nov. 20            Why Did God Create Man? 

Nov. 27            The Essence of Sin - Temptation

Dec 11              The Essence of Sin - Temptation - Part 2

Dec 18             The Essence of Sin - Consequences

Dec 25             No Evening Meeting

Jan 1               No Evening Meeting

Jan 8               God’s remedy for sin - Genesis 3:15: the Bible verse that has given rise to Mary worship

Jan 15            In the Image of God

Jan 22             Meeting cancelled

Jan 29             In the way of Cain

October, 2011

Peace For The Doubter

by John Richie

Taken from Milk & Honey, Vol. XXV Oct, 2011 No. 10,

Published by Spread the Word, Inc., Dover, PA

"Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.. .The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace." (Exodus 14:13,14)

There are many believers who do not enjoy settled peace. Sometimes they are bright and happy, at other times sad and downcast; sometimes their assurance is full and clear, but at other times they are found doubting if they are really the Lord's. Occupied with their frames and feelings, their joys and sorrows, they live upon their own experiences, looking IN, instead of having the eye of faith on Christ, and rejoicing in Him and the full deliverance that He has wrought for them. This may arise from a variety of causes. Some, at the time of their conversion, have only heard and believed an obscure Gospel, or part of the Gospel of God concerning His Son. They have been taught that to doubt and fear as to their ultimate safety is a certain mark of grace, and that the very best thing that God can mark in His saints, is an everlasting wail over the evil that dwells within. Thus they continually lie in a hazy atmosphere, brooding over their own experience and attainments, their inward holiness or corruptions. It is very far from our object, in speaking thus, to make believers think lightly of indwelling sin, or underrate the power of Satan. We believe it is highly important that every saint of God should know the character of the flesh within him, and estimate aright the power of the devil against him. But we are equally persuaded of this, that brooding on these things gives no victory over them, and that victory, not defeat, and liberty, not bondage is the normal condition of the man who has believed the Gospel of God. The latter part of the seventh chapter of Romans may be the experience of many; but that it is the everyday experience of a soul knowing death and resurrection with Christ, we do not believe. How could God command His saints to "Rejoice evermore" if He gave them no higher note to sing than "O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me?"

The foregoing thoughts have been suggested by the position and experience of redeemed Israel, encamped between "Migdol and the Sea." They were still on the borders of Egypt, and within the boundary line of Pharaoh's kingdom. The Red Sea rolled before them —the wilderness had shut them in. Maddened and infuriated at the thought of losing them, Pharaoh with six hundred of his chariots was hastening on their track—to make at least a desperate effort to recover his prey. The people, in fear, cried out to God—for as yet they knew not that He was on their side and against their foes.

The history at this point tells the experience, and describes the state of many a young" believer and trembling saint of God. Do you see yourself in this? Perhaps only recently an awakened sinner, asking, "What must I do to be saved?" Then the eye was turned to Jesus, as the One who died for sinners, and through faith in Him you had peace with God. Not so with Satan. Like Pharaoh, he presses hard upon your soul—he brings up the past—he beclouds the future. He tells you that you are his, that you have done his work, and must receive his wages. Your state is apparently worse than when you were Christless; you had no such troubles then, for the devil held his goods in peace. Like Israel, you almost wish you had been left in Egypt, quietly doing the devil's work; for it looks as if he were soon to heave you in his clutches again. Others around you are happy; they sing for joy, but you can only groan. Possibly they give you but little sympathy, for they do not understand your case. They passed into liberty at once, and in the full sunshine of the Gospel of God, they sang their song of deliverance. But no such song is yours, for there is no song in Egypt and no praise between "Migdol and the Sea." "The Salvation of the Lord," as typified at the Red Sea, must be known, ere the song of deliverance, or the shout of victory can be heard.

The word to Israel was, "Stand still, and see the salvation of the lord....The lord shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."And what a word it was, for the trembling thousands of Israel! The Lord had undertaken the battle! It was no longer a question between Pharaoh and Israel; it was now between Pharaoh and Israel's God. The rod of Moses was stretched over the sea, and immediately its waters were cleft asunder. A pathway was opened through the surging waves, and they stood like crystal walls on either side. This was the Lord's doing, and surely it was marvellous in their eyes. The place of their feet was firm and sure; there was no yielding beneath the step. But it was a path where faith alone could walk, and step by step in faith they trod it, until the other shore was reached.

Outward, then, rushed the foe, but alas for the strength of Egypt, it had entered the scene of its utter destruction. This is the figure of a mightier conflict, and a grander victory, once won for guilty man. 'Through death He destroyed him that had the power of death, that is the devil" (Heb. 2:14,15). Satan's head was bruised — he was defeated in his own stronghold; his power was broken, and his kingdom conquered. He has won for all His people a life beyond death and Satan's power. The weakest saint has life in Christ, even life forevermore. Satan can never capture him again; he is delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of the Son of God’s love (Col. 1:13). Because Christ lives so does he, and through Him he is more than conqueror. The victory is complete. The “Salvation of the Lord” is sure. Doubting one, “Stand still,” and behold it.

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