May 2, 2022 Show with David Bissett on “Communion with God”

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May 2nd.

We are thrilled to have A very First time

guest a man that I have known for Known of I should say I have known I have been

aware of his existence for many years and Have known of his

church's existence for even a longer period of time.

His name is David Bissett and he is senior pastor of Clifton Park Community Church of

Clifton Park, New York and I'm so delighted to have him on for the very first time on the show

and we're going to be addressing a very important theme communion with God.

Which is also the theme of the upcoming banner of truth East Coast ministers

conference in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania where my guest David Bissett will be one of the featured

speakers.

But it's my honor and privilege to welcome you for the very first time ever to iron sharpens iron radio David Bissett.

To be a part of your radio as am

I brother and.

Tell our listeners about Clifton Park Community Church of Clifton Park, New York.

The Hudson Valley people

know

comes

up

fellowship that's non -denominational.

We're great.

And if anybody wants more information about Clifton Park Community Church, whether you live in

that area and you would like to visit or you're passing through or If you have family friends

and loved ones who are Residents of that area go to Clifton Park Community Church

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Clifton Park community church org and we have a

Tradition on this program.

Oh before I even get to that tradition I just want to make sure before I forget that one of my

pastors at Grace Baptist Church of Carlisle, Pennsylvania John Miller told me to extend to you

his greetings and he was thrilled to know that you were my guest today.

Yes,

great, well we have a

tradition.

I was just as I was just about to say.

Here on the program whenever we have a first -time guest We have that guest give a summary

of their salvation testimony that would include The kind of religious atmosphere if any

they were raised in and the kind of providential Circumstances our Sovereign Lord raised up in their

lives that drew them to himself and saved them.

And I'd like to hear your story.

But

my

dad was

don't think

I ever read it

when my best friend inverted I thought he was in a cult so I

Spent some time with him.

I dust off my Bible to try to the hell

air find what the gospel is and and by my reading the Word of God for myself

The Lord worked upon my heart.

So at the age of 18 as a senior in high school Kneeling by my bedside.

I

prayed

Lord

Jesus.

I did that was

way back in 1978 it's

blessed me and.

Praise God and how and when did you learn of the doctrines of sovereign grace, which are

Commonly nicknamed reform theology Calvinism the doctrines of

grace the doctrines of free grace comes by a number of Nicknames, how did you

discover?

Yeah, how did you discover?

How and when did you discover these truths that we hold very dear and and when did you come to

embrace them?

Great question to understand

more of how God

brings about our salvation.

We need to talk theologically we need to describe what's in the Bible and how God works.

So as a young Christian, I was studying the Bible.

I was mentored by some great folks.

I joined inner varsity as a college

student and

following the

too far from Wisconsin reform.

PCR. Yeah, Philadelphia conference on reform theology, which has a very

vital place in my own heart and life and my own Coming

to really Understand and embrace the doctrines of sovereign grace and not only the

PCR T but actually going Several years in a row to hear and

see.

Dr. Boyce preach in Manhattan as well as the Philadelphia area with my late wife.

We both loved.

Dr. Boyce and Yeah, he it was such an honor for me because every time I

saw him He vividly remembered who I was.

When when he was still with us before I had my own radio program I worked

as an account executive for WMCA Christian radio, which is a part of the Salem Media

Network the largest Christian radio network in the world and every time I would see

dr. Boyce either at the radio station or At an event of some kind he

immediately recognized that I was the only reformed person at WMCA.

And he was very very grateful more for my presence there because of that.

He's a great guy.

I have a doctor voice, but your

question was coming in.

That is so dr. T.

I went to first one.

Dr. John Gerstner was preaching a message on depravity.

And I won't imitate.

I Have done my own imitations and in fact RC Spurl

loved my imitation of Dr. Gerstner when I met him in the basement of a church in

Manhattan where he was preaching and and the funny thing is that.

RC's voice at that time was not very different from dr. Gerstner.

It's a lot of similar,

but dr. Gerstner Cole, you know,

I'll

bet you

we were at

the

same

PCR T

because

one

of

the.

Early PCR T's Attended featured dr. Gerstner and

The the names that you just mentioned and I don't know why.

Roger Nicole that was it.

Roger Nicole whose voice sounds from my memory very much like Henry Kissinger.

Yes,

I don't know

if if

indeed this was the same conference that that I'm thinking of the same exact one.

There was a very memorable scene at the conference where John Gerstner

With James Montgomery voice sitting behind him looking as white as a ghost because I think

he was fearful about the Really outspoken way, which dr.

Gerstner said this.

But he he said I think that he developed an Acronym for Arminians that was

lilac.

If I'm not mistaken, it could have been a different flower but it brings about and he said

you can't be a Lilac Christian actually believe what you

say you believe and be saved.

Let me repeat that you cannot be a lilac Christian actually believe what you say you believe

and be saved.

And what what he meant by that I believe is that if you take Arminian ism to its logical

conclusions I don't think he was discounting the salvation of evangelical Arminians.

Which why is why dr. Boyce I think was very nervous by his statements.

But but I think he was saying if you really were to take those views to their logical conclusions, you

would have a false gospel.

Yeah, yeah.

In dr. Gerstner

We might refer to dr. Boyce is maybe the more

intellectual of that squad dr

Nicole

as

well as some good men in college some older classmates.

Well, I'm gonna give our listeners our email address if they care to send in a question.

Since our guest today David Bissett is a pastor. We will broaden

The subject matters over which you may ask him a question to any

Theological issue regarding the scriptures or even a pastoral issue.

But we are mainly primarily speaking on the theme communion with God and we would prefer questions on

that theme.

And our email address is Chris Arnzen at gmail .com.

Chris Arnzen a gmail .com.

As always give us your first name at least your city and state of residence and Your country of residence if you live

outside the USA.

Well hearing a title like this communion with God.

Very likely you may have listeners perhaps they're new believers and

Perhaps they're not very familiar with a lot of the terminology of Christianity.

They might immediately jump to the conclusion that you're speaking of the Lord's Supper the Eucharist

the Lord's Table.

And of course that does without question involve communion with God.

But there's a much broader and deeper issue that involved in this theme in this phrase.

Perhaps if you could just define it right off the bat.

So our listeners and that will know Where what direction we're heading here?

Yeah, but is

to

draw

upon the broader understanding that was popularized by the Puritan John Owen that our communion is

With

God

the Father

Son

and

Holy

Spirit maker

of

heaven

and

earth.

The

Apostle

John with

our hands

praise God.

Well.

Before I start to dissect with you even further that theme of communion with God.

Do you have the specific topics that you are addressing or topic singular that you are

addressing at the banner of truth conference?

Yeah, the banner of truth conference.

I want to chime in a little bit

an opening address and I

shadow of the Almighty.

And I'm very excited about this conference because not only does it feature you it

features Rhett Dodson and Ian Hamilton and a man that I consider to be the most

powerful preacher alive on the planet earth Conrad and Bayway who I've heard.

Oh, I've heard him preach many times.

In fact, I don't know if you're aware of this.

But the church where I was saved Which eventually became

Went by the name Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Long Island on Long Island, New York.

It was originally called Calvary Baptist Church of Amityville but very first

American church where Conrad ever preached was Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Long Island in Merrick and

I was present there for it.

In fact, I helped promote it when I was working for WMCA radio and over a three -day

period we had not including the Members of our own congregation.

We had over 500 visitors During that three -day weekend to hear Conrad

because of the radio commercials that which included a clip of him preaching.

And he's become a very dear friend.

And if anybody wants to hear his Interviews with me on this program.

All you have to do is go to the Iron Shepherd Zion radio .com website click

on past shows podcast and type in Conrad in

the search engine and nearly all of the interviews that pop up will be interviews

with Conrad and Bayway, I believe I have interviewed other people by that name at least one other

but Conrad and Bayways interviews certainly will come up and

The conference also features John Payne and Chad Van Dix

horn, so I'm really looking forward God willing to being there myself.

It's always a great time of not only learning and being edified but fellowship as well.

Conrad and Bay

brother.

An encouraging and joyful brother, but he's a

few men I've ever

well.

I want to give our listeners the website if they want to find out more about the conference and if they

want to register for it.

You could go to banner of truth org Banner of truth org

and then you can click on the events tab Banner of truth

org and click on events and then you will click on East Coast ministers conference.

And if if any of our West Coast listeners a desire

to attend the West Coast conference Just click on West Coast ministers conference.

That one will be in November first through the third in Ramona, California.

But the one that's coming up very very soon the East Coast ministers conference in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania is

May 24th through the 26th.

So I hope to see many of you in my listening audience there in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

at the banner of truth conference.

Go ahead.

I would get about it to check the website today.

I think

amen and.

We are going to go to a Station break route right now because I don't want to

interrupt you in mid -sentence.

So I think this would be a wise time for me to take our first break if anybody listening.

Would like to send in a question.

As I've already told you you can send it to Chris Arnzen at gmail .com.

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If you just tuned us in our guest today for the entire program is David Bissett the

pastor at Clifton Park Community Church in Clifton Park, New York.

He's also one of the featured speakers at the upcoming banner of truth East

Coast a conference Of the banner of truth East Coast

ministers conference and That is on the theme the communion with God and we are

also discussing that theme right now.

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If your question involves a personal and private matter, and in fact before we enter into

The theme of the communion of God. We do have a listener who has an off -topic question.

This is this is CM from Avril Park, New York.

Mm -hmm, and he says pastor Bissett who is the man of lawlessness of Second Thessalonians?

Chapter two.

Oh, and then he's saying just kidding

Oh now I see his name is his first name is actually Chad.

Yeah, and he's a

interviewee.

Great.

Well his real question Apparently is how do you keep up and maintain communion with God on a daily basis?

Further will you be addressing the work of John Owen on this subject and I assume he means in the conference.

But perhaps he means in this interview either or both.

So the first part of his question is how do you keep up and maintain communion with God on a daily basis.

Well, thank you Chad and guess what since you are a first -time questioner Not only have you won

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wise to let our listeners know I mean, it's unlikely that most of our listeners do not

know who John Owen was but we have Very often gotten emails with

questions From new believers and even non -believers on a rare occasion even a

Muslim or an atheist and agnostic Roman Catholic

Even on rarer occasions a Jewish individual Orthodox Jew.

But for those of our listeners who are unfamiliar with John Owen please let our listeners

give us a thumbnail sketch of him because he is truly one of the giants of Christianity

and one of the things that I loved about him is that even though he was a prominent

and beloved academic He was humble enough and wise enough and discerning

enough to share his pulpit with John Bunyan who was

didn't did not have any formal education and Was also an ex -convict Because he was

arrested for proclaiming the gospel as a non ordained

Minister of the gospel.

He was a baptistic Evangelist and minister and pastor and not ordained

in the Anglican Church, but if you could.

Living.

Yeah, I've

got to

get

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back on

my show

because I

want

to

interview

him

on his

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And he has been on before and has written a very glowing commendation of this program.

Well, thanks again Chad for that great Question and

or questions and keep your eye open for the Bible.

And by the way the book By John Owen, you're gonna have to be patient with us because banner of truth

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Thanks a lot.

Right

here,

yeah,

I just.

Had instantly recalled to my memory the rare jewel of Christian contentment by Jeremiah

Burroughs Which is a part of that series of Puritan paperbacks and all of those

all of those volumes in the Puritan paperbacks are must reads and You will

for those of our listeners who are apprehensive when they think or when they hear a

Puritan wrote this what possible application will this have to my life in the 21st century you'll be

amazed How often the Puritans, right?

And in spite of any Grammar or outdated

vocabulary that they may have if a if a work has not been Translated in an

updated English edition modern English edition.

You will be amazed at how relevant These writings are even in the

21st century.

It's just astonishing.

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And they have all of banner of truth's titles, but I'm sorry.

You were about to say something David.

Oh.

I hope

the young

listeners

cradle on the

internet around the world.

I think modern Christian bookstores are filled

with

a lot

of fat.

We

have

another listener.

We have Bobby in Hartsdale, New York who asks

Can someone truly have communion with God and lose it or is?

Communion with God something that is only granted to the elect

and rather than

Communion with God

call God father out them

at our church

and then

the Holy

See

so

so

in

other

words an elect

person.

Especially when you are considering The understanding of backsliding.

I know that there are many reformed Christians that don't like that term because it's an Old Testament term

but the The concept I mean, it's it's just it's patently and blatantly

obvious That there are Christians not all I mean every Christian sins, but there are some

Christians Who temporarily fall into a deep dark state of

rebellion and I can even say Because I've said it many times in this show.

I Am such I am one such person.

I Over a decade ago fell back into or dived

headfirst into a sin, that was my prominent sin before

salvation and that is habitual unrepentant drunkenness and I was

under church discipline and I followed all of the Orders of the elders

in order to be restored to full fellowship and to demonstrate genuine repentance.

I went to a Rehabilitation a Christian drug and

alcohol rehabilitation facility in Boone, North Carolina Called

Hebron colony.

I highly recommend anybody listening Who is in that predicament to go there, but

it did without question Halter and Disrupt

my communion with God during the that season of darkness Before I was restored to sanity, but

we're gonna pick up right where I left off there.

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if your question involves a personal and private matter Right before the break David.

I was as I have done many times on this program Told our audience of

how church discipline not only rescued me from being In essence out of

the communion with God because I was living in rebellion To him even as a believer.

But I really was rescued physically.

I think that I probably would have been dead by now if I did not heed the warnings of my pastors on

Long Island, New York before moving to Pennsylvania and I one of the reasons I frequently repeat

that story is that I'm not only want people to know about Hebron

colony in Boone, North Carolina where I Found

a sobriety that has lasted over a decade now.

But also I want people to not be under the impression that church discipline is a bad thing.

It's nothing.

It's something that you should be looking at as a gift from God and when

Performed biblically and with love and with restoration as a primary

motive and intention of the elders.

It is a glorious experience and one that I thank God for and so connecting

to this subject at hand.

We were talking about can even a a true believer someone who is among the elect

Have their communion with God Taken away or interrupted or however, you want to label it.

In

fact,

maybe you could

label it more

biblically for us.

I appreciate your your training

and amen.

We should put that's

informal

about it it

and if a church is

not

conducting

church discipline

to me it's a

sign.

They are more concerned over your tithe and offering

and your friendship and you're liking them and.

They're more concerned about perhaps your feelings than they are about your eternal soul.

And not more that more concerned with you than with God himself.

What needs changing and to come alongside them with?

Go ahead.

I'm sorry.

I'm ready to go back to the topic of communion with God.

Yes, and we do have a listener who has a specific.

Question about communion with God.

We have RJ and White Plains, New York who says what are the

specific elements of communion with God?

That

we

can

practically

understand

as

joyful

benefits

of being

a

Christian.

Hallelujah.

Yes, and

thank

you RJ

and White

Plains.

Make sure you give us your full mailing address because you've also received will receive a free copy

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available.

Banner of truth is revising that edition with a new cover.

So we don't have physical copies yet, but you will get one God -willing in several weeks and

Please make sure you give us your mailing address.

We have a very faithful and longtime listener Grady from Asheboro, North

Carolina Who says greetings brothers before communion.

The Apostle Paul through the Holy Spirit Tells us to examine ourselves.

What's the best way to examine ourselves.

So we can make sure we're pure and holy before taking communion and as we were saying at the very

outset of the program.

That's just one element of communion with God the Lord's Supper To which

Grady is referring.

And so if you could answer Grady's question.

Yes, and

that that's a

great

question because

many Or

eats

the bread will be guilty

concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

Let a person

or anyone who eats and drinks without this

eats and drinks.

So that

and of

course

that

does

not mean

that

churches

that meet

in homes

cannot

have.

The Lord's Supper.

Yes.

And

people jump

to

quit

the well.

The father is those who

see

yes and

a part of the.

Idolatry of Rome.

That people may be unaware of is when you see a Roman Catholic

Cross themselves and Genuflect.

When entering into a Roman Catholic Church, they're doing so.

Because they believe Christ is physically present in the bread and wine.

Even leftovers.

Yes.

Yet even just the bread They believe that that is that is Jesus

so that is Obviously idolatry and also what Grady asked about reminds

us although I am I Count among my brethren those who

believe in and practice Pedo communion I am strongly opposed to it as our most pedo

-baptists interestingly enough.

Because the baby cannot examine itself obviously nor

can a young child who is too

young and Underdeveloped mentally to even understand the magnitude of what is happening.

Well, thank you Grady and make sure we have your full mailing address.

We obviously do because you have submitted many questions to us going back to 2005 when we

first launched this program, but You have also won a free copy of

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John Owen and please be patient with us as it will take several weeks to get it into your hand

since it is Going to be a revised edition that is not yet physically in print.

One of the issues that That

Involves the joy and the peace of Being in communion with God

is that we can truly know That Romans 8 28 is not

just a placard.

It's not just Something to hang on your dining room wall.

And in fact, it is a precious truth That all things will work together for the

good for those who love God and are the cold according to his purpose.

But those who are not in communion with God should not be comforted with that truth, wouldn't you say that that is

true that we should not be throwing that that

That that teaching out or that promise I should say out To non -believers

because it really is only a promise to God's children, isn't it?

Yeah.

But

you

know

even some

given hood of all mankind.

That's going beyond

what you're at.

Amen.

And one of

those.

Privileges of being in truly in communion with God is the supper

because Not only are non -believers in a church that's functioning

biblically not only are non -believers.

Urged not to partake in the supper.

Yes, but even if you're under church discipline and That

that issue of Sin in your life that has become so serious that it required discipline

Until it is resolved in the church.

You are to refrain from partaking and Nor are you to partake of it when

visiting another church.

If you're still under discipline in your own congregation people should not be

Looking for ways to Circumvent.

Yes, exactly.

So that is a very valuable gift to be able to

participate in As far as having communion with God, but

before I go to the final break I want to make sure that you also wet the appetites

of our listeners.

About the East Coast ministers conference that the banner of truth will be conducting May 24th

through May 26th in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania I'm assuming it's at

Elizabethtown College once again.

Yes, it's been the venue for a little while.

Yes.

But they hold it on a camp

walking to

the

dorm rooms

and you've

been.

Talking

about books

in the

books.

And

my

brothers

from

yes.

We definitely have listeners.

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Wow.

Jim Efferman is a member of

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And I shouldn't have said my congregation as my

friend Bill Shishko of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Always reminds me.

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I'll say it's the Church of Jesus Christ.

Chris.

It's not yours.

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Other resources, but this conference is a gem.

I'm so glad you're you're highlighting it today Chris.

Thank you.

Well, one of the things that I also like or love about the banner of truth conferences

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Yes, and

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Welcome back.

David Bissett would like you to now summarize What you most want etched in the hearts and minds of our

listeners today about communion with God before this program ends.

Summarize what you most want etched in the hearts and minds of our listeners about This subject that we've been

discussing the communion with God.

Yeah.

Because there's so many dimensions to this.

As I was with father our

Relationship with the Lord Jesus is writing

and he put mentioning

that fellowship.

He said and we are writing these things

so

that our joy

only minded

that we

know.

We have a

question

from

Susan

Margaret

in.

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Who says are Only those who are in true communion with God.

Those whose prayers God hears.

Now, obviously, I know That God is omniscient and omnipresent.

And he does hear what every man and woman and child utters.

But there is a unique way where God only hears The prayers of his

children who are true children, not the children of Satan.

So is communion with God a vital element of God hearing

the prayers of his children.

Yeah,

amen,

I

Want to be very.

It's a Monday and I'm a pastor and I

say oh if only I'd done this yesterday

Go away.

Yes when I'm I am much

more.

We have

Arnie in

Perry

County,

Pennsylvania.

Who asked is there not a danger of those who are in false religions?

Finding an emotional and Gratifying piece that they believe is eternal.

But is only temporal and only a physical or emotional thing.

To claim that they know that they have a true relationship and communion with God.

But they are really worshiping a false

deity Christ.

I I interact remember being a nonbeliever.

I thought it was religious.

I

thought

amen

and

we are

out

of time.

I want to make sure I repeat the banner of truth website.

For more information on the East Coast ministers conference and all their conferences and books.

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And you can click on events to find out more about their conferences both their East Coast West Coast and

United Kingdom Conferences.

Also if you want more information about Clifton Park Community Church where my guest serves as the pastor

the senior pastor Go to Clifton Park Community Church org.

Clifton Park Community Church org.

I want to thank you so much pastor Bissett for being an extraordinary guest.

I look forward to your return your frequent return as a guest to this.

Well, I want you to come back and I want to thank everybody who listened.

I want you all to always remember for the rest of your lives that Jesus Christ is a far greater Savior

Than you are a sinner.