Back from Glens Falls

I enjoyed a great weekend with Pastor Mark Bell, his wife Claudia and their four children at Redeemer Reformed Presbyterian Church in Glens Falls (Queensbury) NY. I preached the four sermons on Acts 2 that I gave recently in Exeter. You can read these by clicking on the sermons link to the right.

I noted two points of particular interest: 1) Frequent communion, and 2) The Visible Church as the place of salvation. Particularly this second item is hard for us to embrace. Though clearly taught in the Westminster Conf Faith 25-2, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Belgic Confession, people think of so many who claim to be Christians but who are not a part of any church and wonder, could it possibly be that they are not saved?

Here is a quote from my message:
"It is time for us to be clear in our thinking and our words. The Bible teaches that the world is headed toward hell. A man who is not in the visible church is in the world. Jesus did not leave us in a fog of confusion on these matters. It is His church. The man who stands outside the church is, well…, outside the church."