April 6, 2008
Church Items
Greg and Ruth will be gone next Sunday for their trip to Alaska to see Tate for the first time. There will be no bulletin next Sunday. Darrel will handle the services. Johnie will teach Sunday School. We thank all those who will keep things going in Greg’s absence.
The corrected prayer chain and updated requests are on the back of the bulletin. April Birthdays and Anniversaries: Kellie Craig, 2nd; Nancy Jenkins, 15th
Prayer Requests:
- Ben Woolard and Woolard family, illness
- Dan Campeau, health
- Joy, health and recuperation
- Bertha, health
- Bertie, unspoken
- Martha’s friend Ann Dickey, daughters, surgery and car accident, Ann’s husband illness
- Mitchell, health
- Carolyn, friends
- Lynn, unspoken
- Ben Campeau, broken foot
We Shall not all Sleep….. The minister gave his Sunday morning service, as usual, but this particular Sunday, it was considerably longer than normal. Later, at the door, shaking hands with parishioners as they moved out, one man said, "Your sermon, Pastor, was simply wonderful - so invigorating and inspiring and refreshing." The minister of course, broke out in a big smile, only to hear the man say, "Why I felt like a new man when I woke up!"
Today’s Sunday School Lesson
New Testament Postcards - I John 5:16-17
The Sin Unto Death - The sin here is a severe commission of sins that has resulted from a carnal and ignored relationship with Christ. No one seeking to abide in Him can reach this state. But there can be the final event, after years of ignoring a practiced relationship with Christ; the commission of that sin that finally “crosses the line” of God’s grace. As in the case of Ananias and Saphira, God must take that believer home. (I Cor. 11:29-30; Acts 5:1-11) Do not pray that a brother be removed by God. Always pray for restoration (Gal. 6:10).
Today’s Sermon
I Corinthians 15:50-58
The Resurrection of the Living - Facts breed questions: Is there proof of the resurrection? Yes: there is historical, logical, theological and practical proof. If Christ rose again, we also shall rise again. But what kind of body will we have? How is this body achieved? Verse 23 mentioned Christ coming “in order” (“But every man in his own order”). What is this order? What about those alive when He comes? In the previous section we learned that the resurrection body will be a spiritual body (“as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly” vs. 49). The spiritual one, Christ, will change our bodies into glorified bodies by His spiritual power. Our bodies will be like “His body.” (“It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption” vs. 42)
When We All see Jesus-We’ll Sing and Shout the Victory!
WORSHIP SERVICE
WORSHIP SERVICE
As the Deer (see bulletin)
Scripture Reading
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. I Corinthians 15:50-52
I’ll Fly Away p. 554
The King is Coming p. 238
When We All Get to Heaven p. 542
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)
The Truth Shall Set You Free
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