Sunday Morning/Wednesday Evening
Adult 1 - New Testament Survey (David Smitherman)
Adult 2 (Sunday morning) – Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Rob Perkins). The first few weeks we’ll look at the conquest of Judah and the events that led up to it.
Adult 2 (Wednesday night) – Mark’s Gospel (Joey Vaughan)
Sunday Night
Auditorium – Old Testament (Various speakers)
Adult 1 – Between the testament studies (Walker Perkins)
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Who is the Greatest?
Mark 9:33-50. Who is the greatest?
While traveling with his disciples Jesus perceived that they were disputing with each other about who the greatest disciple would be. Some of Jesus’ actions may have contributed to this argument because Jesus did upon occasion choose Peter, James and John for preferential treatment (Transfiguration, etc.)
Jesus sat them down and addressed the issue. He told them that to be “first” one must be “last”. And then he illustrated the issue by taking a child in their midst and holding the child in his arms and stating, “Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name… receives me…” Conversely (verse 42), if they were to cause one of these “little ones who are believers” to stumble… it would be better for them to take their chances with a millstone around the neck and be thrown into the ocean.
The disciples in their “disputing” about who the greatest was were potentially causing some of their number to stumble. The concept of elevating one person necessarily involves the lowering of another.
The disciples should have been receiving each other like little children who are believers instead of disputing and possibly causing one of their number to stumble.
The chapter concludes with this, “Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another”.
Don’t dispute, don’t cause to stumble… be at peace with each other and God will be at peace with you.
While traveling with his disciples Jesus perceived that they were disputing with each other about who the greatest disciple would be. Some of Jesus’ actions may have contributed to this argument because Jesus did upon occasion choose Peter, James and John for preferential treatment (Transfiguration, etc.)
Jesus sat them down and addressed the issue. He told them that to be “first” one must be “last”. And then he illustrated the issue by taking a child in their midst and holding the child in his arms and stating, “Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name… receives me…” Conversely (verse 42), if they were to cause one of these “little ones who are believers” to stumble… it would be better for them to take their chances with a millstone around the neck and be thrown into the ocean.
The disciples in their “disputing” about who the greatest was were potentially causing some of their number to stumble. The concept of elevating one person necessarily involves the lowering of another.
The disciples should have been receiving each other like little children who are believers instead of disputing and possibly causing one of their number to stumble.
The chapter concludes with this, “Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another”.
Don’t dispute, don’t cause to stumble… be at peace with each other and God will be at peace with you.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Why the 10 Commandments?
Exodus 20 records the giving of the 10 Commandments. A question one might ask is why did God give the 10 Commandments?
In Exodus 19:5-8, “… if you will obey My voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples… and all the people answered and said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do…”
God offered the people a contract that if they would obey his Laws then he would richly bless them. By agreeing to this they not only obligated themselves but they also obligated successive generations… their children and their children’s children.
God’s law existed before the giving of the 10 Commandments. In fact, Moses was dispensing God’s Law as a judge before the people. Moses’ father-in-law Jethro observed Moses settling the people’s problems and warned him that he would exhaust himself. He advised Moses to “teach the people the statutes and the laws” to reduce the burden on Moses (Ex. 18:14-22).
So, in order for the people to keep their end of the contract and to be able to teach it to successive generations, the Law had to be recorded in written form. Hence, the giving of the 10 Commandments and other laws in written form so that the people and successive generations could understand what God required of them.
In Exodus 19:5-8, “… if you will obey My voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples… and all the people answered and said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do…”
God offered the people a contract that if they would obey his Laws then he would richly bless them. By agreeing to this they not only obligated themselves but they also obligated successive generations… their children and their children’s children.
God’s law existed before the giving of the 10 Commandments. In fact, Moses was dispensing God’s Law as a judge before the people. Moses’ father-in-law Jethro observed Moses settling the people’s problems and warned him that he would exhaust himself. He advised Moses to “teach the people the statutes and the laws” to reduce the burden on Moses (Ex. 18:14-22).
So, in order for the people to keep their end of the contract and to be able to teach it to successive generations, the Law had to be recorded in written form. Hence, the giving of the 10 Commandments and other laws in written form so that the people and successive generations could understand what God required of them.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Church News
The Fosters are having a hard time just keeping up with the ordinary things in life. Brother Foster will be turning 100 years old this year. They are looking to pay someone to prepare a few meals every week for them. Even if you cannot commit to that you might consider just taking a meal over there every once in awhile. Talk to Julie about that.
Friday night Bible study in the Meyr home at 7 pm.
We had a visitor from in town...
Kristen Florence
4317 Carrol Lane (rear apartment)
CC, Texas 78411
Friday night Bible study in the Meyr home at 7 pm.
We had a visitor from in town...
Kristen Florence
4317 Carrol Lane (rear apartment)
CC, Texas 78411
A Rare Thing
Proverbs 31: 10-31.
“An excellent wife who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.”
When most people get married they are at a point in their lives when they are the least qualified to make one of the most important decisions in their lives… the selection of a mate to spend the rest of their life with.
Julie and I were married when we were 18… she was the only girl I ever dated. I wish I could say that I carefully evaluated all the available young women and weighed their virtues and made a careful choice… such was not the case. And yet even though that was not my process I ended up with an excellent wife far more precious to me than anything else in this world. Without her nothing else really matters.
I trust her and as the years go by I trust her more and more and in fact have complete confidence in her. Trust is liberating. Trust and the absence of mistrust allow you to devote your full energy to other things like living a life of service to others.
“She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.”
Not only does Julie do good for me but she often does it at the expense of her own needs. She looks for and pays attention to things I might need. She keeps me happy. One of the huge things I appreciate about her is that she believes in me and supports me in my role as an elder in the congregation.
“She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”
Julie knows her Bible. Oftentimes in class when the teacher asks a question she is one of the few voices that consistently knows the correct answer. She has a quiet spirit and does not push herself on others and yet I often see young women come to her for advice.
She has a wonderful sense of humor.
“Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all, charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her the product of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.”
I saw these sentiments expressed and I wish I had written them….
And I said to myself
What a wonderful world
Because today is the day the world was made forever brighter and sweeter
Because today is the anniversary of your birth
Lucky world
Lucky me
Happy Birthday
“An excellent wife who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.”
When most people get married they are at a point in their lives when they are the least qualified to make one of the most important decisions in their lives… the selection of a mate to spend the rest of their life with.
Julie and I were married when we were 18… she was the only girl I ever dated. I wish I could say that I carefully evaluated all the available young women and weighed their virtues and made a careful choice… such was not the case. And yet even though that was not my process I ended up with an excellent wife far more precious to me than anything else in this world. Without her nothing else really matters.
I trust her and as the years go by I trust her more and more and in fact have complete confidence in her. Trust is liberating. Trust and the absence of mistrust allow you to devote your full energy to other things like living a life of service to others.
“She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.”
Not only does Julie do good for me but she often does it at the expense of her own needs. She looks for and pays attention to things I might need. She keeps me happy. One of the huge things I appreciate about her is that she believes in me and supports me in my role as an elder in the congregation.
“She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”
Julie knows her Bible. Oftentimes in class when the teacher asks a question she is one of the few voices that consistently knows the correct answer. She has a quiet spirit and does not push herself on others and yet I often see young women come to her for advice.
She has a wonderful sense of humor.
“Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all, charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her the product of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.”
I saw these sentiments expressed and I wish I had written them….
And I said to myself
What a wonderful world
Because today is the day the world was made forever brighter and sweeter
Because today is the anniversary of your birth
Lucky world
Lucky me
Happy Birthday
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Church News
This is Wednesday night is our special services night. Shane Torno is in charge of the service and the topic is "Lessons from Failure". Shane has several speakers lined up.
The Hickman boys, Derek and Daniel, are doing better after having been in and out of the hospital with high fevers.
Crystal (Lindsay) Chester was in town and at services with her new baby.
The Neubauers, Eric, Liz, Elaina and Ethan were in town. Eric teaches some of the younger women shooting skills at the Cargile ranch once a year.
The Hickman boys, Derek and Daniel, are doing better after having been in and out of the hospital with high fevers.
Crystal (Lindsay) Chester was in town and at services with her new baby.
The Neubauers, Eric, Liz, Elaina and Ethan were in town. Eric teaches some of the younger women shooting skills at the Cargile ranch once a year.
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