Prayer
List
Charles
Counts skin condition is improving but he is having blood pressure
problems.
Kathy
Hill is in TMC and is scheduled to be moved to Medical City.
Gary
Counts is recovering from surgery.
Frank
Rhoden is scheduled to have surgery Dec. 15th.
Andy
LeDane is scheduled to have surgery Dec. 21st.
Hudson
Hill, is recovering from surgery.
Alma
Long, Joyce Rhoden sister-in-law fell and hurt her shoulder.
Eddie
and Tabitha Griffin, Florene and Jimmy Griffin, Jerry and Betty
Harris, Billie Phillips, Billie Bradford, Betty Clark, Carl Hall, Jim
Hallman, Eddie Hickerson, Gary Hickerson, Dorothy Hodges, Ron Hunter,
Bobbi King, Audrey McKin, Beryl Miller, Corey Miller, Kylie Painter,
Ryan Patti, Della Price, Eddie Rollins, and Jerry Stice.
Serving
in the military:
Faith Balzen,
Cody Blomstedt,
Travis Counts,
Tyler
Davies,
Josh Van Deren, and
Dakota Smitherman all are in the U.S...
Chris Johnson has been deployed to Kuwait.
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…
Our
Prayers and sympathy goes out to Don and Pat Harrington and family in
the loss of Don’s Uncle.
The
Men’s Business Meeting is today after evening services. All men
are invited and encouraged to attend.
Pantry
Item: Paper
Towels
December
17: Prayers: Morning: Robert Embry – Greg Counts
Evening: Don
Harrington – Kerry King
Scriptures: Robert Courtney
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Does 1 Corinthians 3:14, 15
Teach Once Saved, Always Saved?
Some people have misused 1
Corinthians 3:15 to allege the "once-saved, always saved"
doctrine of Calvinism. 1
Corinthians 3:14,15
states: "If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he
will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer
loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
In 1 Corinthians 1-4, Paul
had been dealing with the issue of divisions in the church at
Corinth. The congregation had been divided into various factions such
as the group of Apollos, the group of Cephas, the group of Paul, and
the group of Christ (1
Corinthians 1:12). Paul was appalled by this division because
brethren should be striving to maintain the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace (Ephesians
4:1-6).
Paul helped start the
congregation at Corinth (Acts
18:1-8; 1
Corinthians 3:10). He was building it on the firm foundation of
Jesus Christ (1
Corinthians 3:10,11).
He himself was only a minister (1
Corinthians 3:6-8).
In the remote context of 1
Corinthians Paul states that his work was to make disciples of the
Lord. Paul is not talking about a person's personal deeds, but the
converts he is able to bring to the Lord. Paul uses the same word
"work" in 1
Corinthians 9:1.
Some converts are going to be
built with flimsy materials such as hay and straw because they will
mature in Christ and sadly retreat back into the world and fall away.
Some converts are built with more durable materials such as silver
and gold. The "loss" to which Paul is referring is the toil
of winning souls to Jesus. Those who have studied the Bible with
people know how much dedication, time, and effort is involved in
helping that person to render faith and obedience to the gospel. It
is a tragedy when that person after a period of time turns away from
the faith.
"If anyone's work
(converts) which he has built on endures, he will receive a reward
(enjoying eternal life with those whom he has converted). If anyone's
work (converts) is burned (impenitent converts who ultimately spend
eternity in hell and the soul-winner's loss of effort, John
17:12; 2
Peter 2:20-22, he will suffer loss (the soul-winner's loss of
effort, Galatians
4:11); but he (the soul winner) himself will be saved, yet so as
through fire."
(From
Gospel of Christ)
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“The
cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood
of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the
body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body for we
are all partakers of that one bread.” (1 Corinthians 10:15-17)