Everlasting Arms
“Underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 33:27
God-the eternal God-is Himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before God till he scarcely knows how to pray, because he appears, in his own sight, so worthless. Well, child of God, remember that when thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet “underneath” thee “are everlasting arms.” Sin may drag thee ever so low, but Christ’s great atonement is still under all. You may have descended into the deeps, but you cannot have fallen so low as “the uttermost”; and to the uttermost He saves. Again, the Christian sometimes sinks very deeply in sore trial from without. Every earthly prop is cut away. What then? Still underneath him are “the everlasting arms.” He cannot fall so deep in distress and affliction but what the covenant grace of an ever-faithful God will still encircle him. The Christian may be sinking under trouble from within through fierce conflict, but even then he cannot be brought so low as to be beyond the reach of the “everlasting arms”-they are underneath him; and, while thus sustained, all Satan’s efforts to harm him avail nothing.
This assurance of support is a comfort to any weary but earnest worker in the service of God. It implies a promise of strength for each day, grace for each need, and power for each duty. And, further, when death comes, the promise shall still hold good. When we stand in the midst of Jordan, we shall be able to say with David, “I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” We shall descend into the grave, but we shall go no lower, for the eternal arms prevent our further fall. All through life, and at its close, we shall be upheld by the “everlasting arms”-arms that neither flag nor lose their strength, for “the everlasting God fainteth not, neither is weary.” C.H. Spurgeon
The Lord's Day Services
Sunday, November 14, 2021
9:55 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
– Pastor Saunders SermonAudio Link
5:50 p.m. Pre-service Prayer
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
– Pastor Saunders SermonAudio Link
Weekly Announcements
Monday, November 15th
7:00 p.m. New Testament Greek Class
Wednesday, November 17th
7:30 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer
Saturday, November 20th
7:00 p.m. FPC Connect Group – on Zoom
Advanced Announcements
Sunday, November 21st
9:55 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
5:50 p.m. Pre-Service Prayer
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
Wednesday, November 24th
7:30 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer
Thursday, November 25th
7:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study – on zoom
Sunday, November 28th
4:50 p.m. Session and Board Prayer
The Shorter Catechism
A: The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition,1 with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his.2
1. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have. (Hebrews 13:5a).
2. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. (Romans 12:15).
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. (1Corinthians 13:4-6).
The Children's Catechism - History
Q35: What did Joseph’s brothers do to him?
A: They sold him for a slave in Egypt.
