Prayer
List
Kathy
Hill is doing well after her surgery..
Helen
Counts is recovering from eye surgery and has a chest infection.
Florene
Griffin is in Woodland Nursing Home room 423. It is behind TMC.
Dale
Counts did not received a good report
A
friend of Don Hickerson, Della Skerkis has asked for our prayers.
Frank
Rhoden’s son is recovering from surgery.
James
Griffin, Jimmy Griffin, Jerry and Betty Harris, Billie Phillips,
Billie Bradford, Betty Clark, Eddie Hickerson, Gary Hickerson,
Dorothy Hodges, Bobbi King, Audrey McKin, Beryl Miller, Della Price,
Eddie Rolens, and Brian Scott.
Serving
in the military;
Faith Balzen,
Cody Blomstedt,
Travis Counts, and
Chris Johnson. All are in the U.S. at this time.
Tyler Davies has
been deployed to Guam.
Josh Van Deren is scheduled to be deployed to
Africa in July.
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…
Don’t
Forget Our
Spring Meeting begins today and goes thru April 4th. Services will
begin at 7:30pm each night. Plan now to attend and invite others.
The
Elders would like to thank everyone for participating in the Work
Day.
Fellowship
is today after morning worship service. Everyone is invited and
encourage to attend.
Men’s
Business Meeting is next Sunday April 8 after evening worship
services. All men are invited and encouraged to attend.
Pantry
Item: Paper
Towels
April
8 Prayers: Morning: Robert Courtney – Greg Counts
Evening:
Jerry Harris – Kerry King
Scripture Reading: Don Harrington
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Not
Saved By Faith Only
By
Louis Rushmore
Several
related responses to the Gospel work together
to save a soul. For
example, when an honest person hears
the Word of God, he believes
it, repents of
sins, confesses
that Jesus is the Son of God and is baptized.
The responses in this order are God’s plan for saving a soul and
are recorded in the New Testament. Though one cannot do enough to
earn salvation, our loving God has promised to save a soul from his
past sins when he sincerely makes these responses.
But,
sometimes a person chooses one of these responses and ignores the
rest. Often belief (faith) is the single response chosen. However,
God has not promised to forgive the sins of a person who only
believes or has faith
only. No single
response alone will result in salvation. God clearly stated in the
Book of James that a person is saved “not
by faith only”
(James 2:24). Part of Jesus Christ’s charge to take the Gospel to
the world plainly shows that several responses, in this case belief
(faith) and baptism, work
together and result
in salvation.
“And
He said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned” (Mark 16:16-16).
If
you are an honest person and desire forgiveness of sins, when you
understand the Gospel, you will believe it, repent of sins, confess
Jesus and be baptized. An honest person who understands the Gospel
responses which God expects of him or her will not expect faith
only to save. Are
you truly saved?