Prayer
List
Barry Cox
will have hip surgery November 11.
Kerry King’s
mother is being treated for stage 4 cancer.
Robert
Embry’s uncle Glenn Durham is not doing well.
Andy LeDane,
Eddie Griffin, James and Florene Griffin, Jimmy Griffin, Jerry and
Betty Harris, Don Hickerson, Lester and Billie Phillips, Dan Tucker,
Mary Jean Turner, Aramanda family, Jack and Diane Arnold, Don Boyd,
Betty Clark, Doris James, Gary Hickerson Dan LeDane, Carol Moore,
Beryl Miller, Dean and Della Price, and Terry Turner.
Serving in
the military:
Dakota Smitherman has been deployed to Afghanistan.
Travis Counts has been deployed to Kuwait.
Faith Balzen
is in California.
Cody Blomstedt is in El Paso, Texas.
Let us pray
for our country and government leaders and those who are in harms
way, military and civilian personnel.
“The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much…
Fellowship
is next Sunday Oct 30 after morning worship services. Everyone is
invited and encouraged to attend. This will be the last Fellowship
of the year.
Pantry
Item: Spaghetti Sauce
Tipton
Children’s Home will be here soon and we need to stock our pantry
for them.
Oct 30th
Prayers: Morning: Robert Courtney - Butch Balzen
Evening: Jerry Harris – Kerry King
Scriptures: Don Harrington
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WHEN
THEOLOGY GETS IN THE WAY
J.
K. Gossett
(Minister,
retired, Jonesboro, AR)
On the day of
Pentecost, the ones who crucified Jesus inquired of the apostles,
“Men and brethren, what shall we do?” (Act 2:37) Then Peter said
unto them , Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of
Jesus Christ FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE the gift
of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38). We read further in verses 40-41,
“And
with many other
words did he testify and exhort, saying, save yourselves from this
untoward generation. Then they that gladly received the word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls.” The question here is clear. What then is the
problem? Read on.
A student in a
West Tennessee University inquired of a Greek professor, “Did Peter
actually say in the original language, ‘repent and be baptized
everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE REMISSION OF
SINS?’” The professor said, “Yes, that is what he said
grammatically, but theologically, I do not believe that is what he
meant.” Clearly, the professor thought more of his theology than he
did of the inspired word of God.
Jesus said,
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be condemned” (Mark 16:16).
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The True Test of One’s
Righteousness
Righteousness, simply
stated, is doing that which is good--that which is right in the sight
of God. And, it is to that end the Christian should strive to live
his life in this world according to Paul (Titus 2:11-12).
John most aptly describes
righteousness to include love of one’s brother, and, conversely,
describes unrighteousness as failure to love one’s brother: 1JO.
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you:
he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin
is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of
God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot
sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the
children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that
loveth not his brother.
John further states that
one who hates (fails to love) his brother is yet in darkness (1Jo.
2:9). A. C. Quinn