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IN THIS ISSUE January 2015 Vol. 23 No. 1 a Periodical for Young And PERIODICAL January 2015 Vol. 23 w No. 1 From The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth POSTAGE PAID AT Publication Number (USPS 010584) GRAND RAPIDS, MI 540 Crescent St. NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 LOVING SHEPHERD OF THY SHEEP Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep, Loving Shepherd, ever near, Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep; Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear, Nothing can Thy power withstand, Suffer not my steps to stray None can pluck me from Thy hand. From the straight and narrow way. Loving Savior, Thou didst give Where Thou leadest I would go, Thine own life that we might live, Walking in Thy steps below, And the hands outstretched to bless Till before my Father’s throne Bear the cruel nails’ impress. I shall know as I am known. —JN A E E. LEESON I would praise Thee every day, Gladly all Thy will obey, Like Thy blessed ones above Happy in Thy precious love. A Periodical for Young and Old the IN THIS ISSUE Banner Another Year for Worship! of Sovereign Grace Truth The Union of God and Man in Christ OF F ICIAL PUBLICATION of THE HERITAGE REFORMED congregATIONS Teaching Children Character A Periodical for Young and Old January 2015 Vol. 23 w No. 1 Official Publication of the Heritage Reformed Congregations THE BANNER OF SOVEREIGN GRACE TRUTH Publication Number (USPS 010584) Official Publication of the Heritage Reformed denomination. Typeset at Grand Rapids, Michigan (Gardner Graphics); CONTENts printed at Grand Rapids, Michigan (Grandville Printing). J ANUARY 2015 • Vol. 23, No. 1 Subscription price for ten issues per year: $25.00 in the United States. $30.00 in Canada, payable in U.S. funds. To foreign countries $35.00 (surface mail) or $65.00 (air mail), payable in U.S. funds. Rates listed are for one year subscriptions. MEDITATION | Dr. Brian DeVries Dr. Joel R. 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The Life of William Perkins . 19 ADDITIONAL SOURCES The Works of William Perkins Finally Being Reprinted! . 21 For a list of printed Reformed literature (both new and used BOOK TALK | Dr. Joel R. Beeke . 22 books in English, and used books in Dutch), write: Refor- mation Heritage Books, 2965 Leonard Street NE, Grand MEDITATION FOR CHILDREN | Mary Beeke Rapids, Michigan 49525, or visit our on-line bookstore at Open Ears . 24 www.heritagebooks.org; 616-977-0889. BIBLE QUIZ FOR CHILDREN | Andrea Scholten . 25 For free sermons write: Inheritance Publishers, P.O. Box 1334, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501. STORY for children | Andrea Scholten . 26 For free sermons and radio messages of HRC ministers write: NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS . 27 The Gospel Trumpet, 540 Crescent Street NE, Grand Rap- ids, Michigan 49503. CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW | John Goudzwaard . 28 For tract distribution write: Banner of Truth Tract Mission, CORNER FOR TEENS | Rev. Maarten Kuivenhoven/Rev. 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In all publications, the Heritage Reformed denomination aims to remain true to inerrant Scripture and its Reformed How a Husband Should ove His Wife heritage as expounded in the Reformed doctrinal standards: L the Belgic Confession (1561), Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Jesus Christ’s love was real, for He died of it. The husband must write after this copy. Canons of Dordt (1618–1619), and the Westminster Stan- dards of the 1640s (the Westminster Confession of Faith, Not to love his wife in word and tongue only, but in deed and in truth, so that if his and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms). heart were opened, her name might be found written there. For additional information on HRC ministries, please visit —R ICHARD STEELE (1629–1692) our website at www.heritagereformed.com. AN OTHER YEAR for PALM S 50:14–15 Worship! MeditatioN | dr. BriaN deVries What a wonder of God’s goodness that we are entering another year! In the words of Psalter 420:5, “Let God be praised with reverence deep/He daily comes our lives to steep/In bounties freely given.” Does the call to praise the Lord resonate within your soul as you step into 2015? What does it mean to praise the Lord? How can we do it? Psalm 50 pictures the gathering of God’s people for worship. Phrases like God dwelling in Zion (v. 2), God gathering His saints together unto Him (v. 5), God speaking to His people (v. 7) and God receiving offerings and prayer (vv. 14–15) all set this in the context of worship. This psalm declares to us what true worship is, pointing us away from outward performance towards the heart of giving thanks and calling on the Lord. Too often we separate the familiar verse 15 (misery, deliverance, gratitude) from verse 14. But together they show the acceptable worship of the righteous. So what is acceptable worship? At the heart of true worship is thanks- giving for the saving grace of God. It calls for the believing, self-denying, holy service of the Lord Most High or, in the words of Romans 12:1, “presenting our bodies a living sacri- fice, holy, acceptable unto God.” This is all accompanied by prayer as God’s people journey through these troublesome days. So how do we resist mere formalism in worship and life this year and experience truly blessed worship? We must start by considering the God we are called to True worship involves the entire person; it does not leave worship. In verse 14, we read of “God” and “the most High,” behind the body and only concern the spirit. God refers in and, in verse 15, we read of God as deliverer (“I will deliver verse 10 to “…every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle thee…”) and the glorious One (“thou shalt glorify me”). One upon a thousand hills.” If He cares about beasts, He cares of the first things that happens when we come to know God about bodies. A person transformed by grace recognizes only is that we worship Him as God. We seek to banish earthly God can do certain things. He alone delivers and guides conceptions of Him and His worship. Sometimes we can get those He delivers. He does this by His Spirit using the Word. away with an empty formalism before people, but the living At the start of another year, Jesus Christ the Righteous God looks right through us to our heart. He knows how we must be at the center of our worship. He banished earthly think about and approach Him. conceptions of God but He also brought God close at hand Another important consideration is the time for wor- to expose hypocritical formalism and to model righteous ship. This is at the specified time of sacrifice (v. 14) and worship. The death of Christ the Righteous One paid for appointed days of religious service and fasting, but also at the separation sin caused while providing a spotless righ- all times when in trouble. Unfortunately, we often divide teousness to cover all His people. The intercession and reign Sunday and mid-week services from the rest of our lives. of Christ encourages us to “call upon Him” at all times This divide between the sacred and the secular often leads knowing that He hears and is all-powerful to deliver. to formalism because it was not meant to be. Righteousness May the Lord grant us a year of living, true, blessed and sin are the biblical realities that promote living, true, worship, for His glory! blessed worship.
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