Happy Thanksgiving

27 November 2014

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"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name." (Psalm 100:4)

This powerful exhortation from the Psalmist David reminded the Jews of old to come to the temple of the Lord and be thankful to God for all their blessings, both natural and spiritual.

Today, we celebrate a holiday that is both uniquely Christian and American. It is a day that is often just passed over as a few days off from work between Halloween and Christmas. But, as American Christians, this should be a VERY special day dedicated to the Lord!

We have been blessed to live in a land of freedom and liberty for over 200 years. Let us not forget that amidst the turkey, football, and Black Friday sales.

We have been blessed to worship freely as we choose any day and any location. But how many will use this occasion to actually miss worship service? At a time when additional thanks and praise should be going up to God, is there actually less?

David's words have an added blessing in this exhortation. We New Testament saints cannot go into the temple. No, but we have a much greater place to worship God. We can now, by the purchased right of Jesus, enter into the very thrown room of God and worship Him without a veil or imagery in between. We can enter His PRESENCE!

Where is this wondrous place you may ask? It is you local church!

Remember to thank the Lord on THANKSgiving Day, and then go to your home church if you are in town. If friends and family are visiting, bring them along! If you are out of town, find a local church and enter into His gates with songs of praise and thanksgiving!

Tags: praise, psalms, thanks

Welcome

Brentwood Hills Primitive Baptist Church is a community of believers working together to transform our lives to the image of Jesus Christ. We believe it is our duty and privilege to live the gospel of the doctrines of grace in such a way as to edify the families within our church and other children of God in our community. Through regular worship based on strong Biblical principles, fellowship, admonishment, and outreach, we glory in the grace of the sovereign God working in our lives thereby showing the Spirit of God in the world.

Brentwood Hills was organized in 1906 in Fort Worth, Texas as Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church. You can find much of the history of the church, as well as other churches here: Primitive Baptist History Database

We identify ourselves as an old-line Primitive Baptist church. If you read our Articles of Faith, you’ll see that we hold to such doctrines as the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible. We recognize the King James Version (KJV) as the only English translation worthy of being called the Bible. We believe in salvation solely by the grace of a sovereign God. We believe that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, came to the earth to do the will of His Father, which was to deliver from the sentence of death all those the Father gave Him before the world began. We believe that Jesus fully satisfied the Father by atoning for all the sins of all His people. In time, we believe the Holy Spirit comes to each person that belongs to Jesus and regenerates them. Then (and only then) can anyone have faith, which is a fruit of the Spirit, by which you are able to believe the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. Whether or not you ever hear the gospel, or believe it if you did hear it, or obey it if you did believe it, rest assured that Jesus will remain forever faithful to you because, if He died for you, He will never deny that you belong to Him.

We believe that everyone for whom Christ died will without fail be raised again from the dead to a glorified life. Even if we are alive when He returns to raise the dead, we shall be changed to a glorified life. All the Redeemed will meet the Lord in the air. Then He will take us to Heaven and there we shall forever be with the Lord. The wicked will be raised at the same time as the righteous, but the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment along with Satan and his angels. Until that glorious day when Christ returns to raise the dead, He has provided a place for His people to find rest for their souls. This place is the Church. Jesus Christ set-up His church on this earth before His death on the Cross. The church is there for those of His people who have come to believe that God saved them by His Son, Jesus Christ. To believe that Christ “paid it all” gives believers the strongest motivation to serve Him. Once enlightened to this glorious truth, then the child of God should feel an obligation to become and remain an active member of the His church. To serve the Lord in His church makes for one of the great blessings to experience this side of Heaven. It fulfills you to serve in His church and it gives your life purpose and meaning.

Living in Liberty

Elder Bryce Lowrance

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