New Prospect Reformed Church

Please, bring your babies to church! It doesn't matter if they fall asleep on the pews. It doesn't matter if they take off the little tie or hair bow. It doesn...'t matter if they whisper or cry during church. It doesn't matter if people give you dirty looks. Church offers stability. Church makes them feel safe. Church is a place they hear the Gospel! So, please, bring your babies to church! We love them! But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:14 KJV

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Bible Study on the Minor Prophets was not held tonight. We will resume next week with the book of Habakkuk.

Nice to see former pastor and his wife, Paul and Doschi Rosa today. Doschi shared this picture.

God's Word should affect the way we live.

Total Depravity or the Bondage of the will taught in Holy Scripture.

The Marks of A True Shepherd "What are the marks of a true shepherd, how are God’s people to identify those called and qualified by Him to minister unto His peo...ple? First, the genuine pastor has the doctrine of Christ on his LIPS. The ministers of the new covenant are described as those who had "renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness." Christendom today is infested with men who are full of deceit and hypocrisy, trimming their sails according to whatever direction the breeze of public opinion is blowing. "We have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God." (2 Cor. 4:2). The true servant of Christ holds back nothing which is profitable, no matter how unpalatable it may be unto his hearers. He is one who magnifies not himself, nor his denomination, but Christ--His wondrous Person, His atoning blood, His exacting claims. Second, the genuine pastor has the Spirit of Christ in his HEART. It is the Spirit who opens to him the mysteries of the Gospel, so that he is "the faithful and wise servant" (Matt. 24:45). It is the Spirit of Christ who gives him a love for His sheep, so that it is his greatest delight to lead them into the green pastures of His Word. It is the Spirit of Christ who enables him to use "great boldness of speech" (2 Cor. 3:12), so that he shuns not to declare all the counsel of God. It is the Spirit of Christ who makes him to be "prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction" (2 Tim. 4:2). It is the Spirit of Christ who gives efficacy to his ministry, making it fruitful according to the sovereign pleasure of God. Third, the genuine pastor has the example of Christ in his LIFE, which is a conforming of him to the image of his Master. It is true, sadly true, that there is not one of them who does not fall far short both of the inward and outward image of Christ. Yet there are some faint tracings of His image visible in all His true servants. The image of Christ is seen in their words, spirit, actions; otherwise we have no warrant to receive them as God’s servants. Find a man (no easy task today!) who has the doctrine of Christ on his lips, the Spirit of Christ in his heart, and the example of Christ in his life--and you find one of His genuine ministers--all others are but "thieves and robbers." ~ Arthur Pink, "The Marks of a True Shepherd" (Studies in the Scriptures, May, 1939)