Prayer
List
Charles
Counts skin condition is improving but he is having blood pressure
problems.
Kathy
Hill is home from the hospital. She is waiting for test results.
Frank
Rhoden is home recovering from surgery.
Andy
LeDane is scheduled to have surgery Dec. 21st.
Rose
Harrington is having severe back pains.
Eddie
and Tabitha Griffin, Florene and Jimmy Griffin, Jerry and Betty
Harris, Billie Phillips, Billie Bradford, Betty Clark, Gary Counts,
Carl Hall, Jim Hallman, Eddie Hickerson, Gary Hickerson, Dorothy
Hodges, Ron Hunter, Bobbi King, Audrey McKin, Beryl Miller, Kylie
Painter, Ryan Patti, Della Price, and Eddie Rollins.
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…
It
was decided in the Business Meeting that the evening worship services
for December 24 will be moved to 2:00pm.
There
will be no Ladies Class until January 2, 2018.
Pantry
Item: Toilet
Tissue
December
24: Prayers: Morning: Robert Courtney – Don Baker
Evening:
Robert Embry – Don Harrington
Scriptures: Robert Courtney
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Does Matthew 18:20 Exempt
Christians From Attending The Regular Worship Assembly?
Some Christians quote Matthew
18:20 to try to justify their practice of going out on Sunday to
fish, golf, attend travel ball or perform some other recreational
activity, missing the first-day-of-the-week assembly and simply
holding their "own services" since two or three are
gathered. Many verses like this are abused in like manner (such as,
Matthew
7:1 where people claim that you cannot
judge (see our Question in the Q & A- Is It A Sin To Judge?).
This verse has to be put into
its whole context: Matthew
18:15-20: "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and
tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you
have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one
or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word
may be established.' And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the
church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you
like a heathen and a tax collector. Assuredly, I say to you, whatever
you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on
earth will be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you that if two of you
agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for
them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered
together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."
The context indicates that Jesus
is talking about conflict resolution, not the worship assembly.
Notice there is a progression of what is to happen to gain your
brother or sister in Christ back if they have sinned against you.
First, you are to go to them personally. If that does not work,
secondly, you are to bring two or three witnesses. If that does not
work, then bring it before the congregation. Notice that Jesus goes
back to the part about two or three witnesses because such was done
in His name (by His authority - Colossians
3:17). Therefore Jesus will be honored when His commandments are
being obeyed by that company of His precious followers who are trying
to do the right thing.
(The
Gospel of Christ)