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Last Update - February 19, 2025 Wednesday Night Bible Study Cancelled for February 19th We've had more snow and are still supposed to get more. And wind chill factors will be as low as single digits. Canceling will also keep us from spreading all the sickness that's still going around.
ALL Kids' Classes Cancelled Until March
Baptism Scheduled for Sunday, February 16th (POSTPONED)
Children's Wednesday Bible Study Currently Cancelled
Secret Sister Reveal on Sunday, February 23rd
Ladies Meeting is Saturday, March 8th
Children's Church (Note: Currently Cancelled) On the remaining Sundays the children will be dismissed to Children's Church at "Hug & Howdy" time, which is right after Communion.
Studying the Gospel of John on Sunday Mornings John's gospel is written intimatley from the perspective of one who considered himself to be Jesus' best friend as you could argue no one knew Him better. He lived a long life following Jesus from perhaps his teens into his 90s. It was a long life, but sometime difficult one often being persecuted for his faith. He was exiled to the island of Patmos later in his life where he was given wonderful visions of heaven and future events which he wrote about in the Book of Revelations. He is the only apostle to die of natural causes. His Gospel differs from the other three in that rather than telling a story in order, he hand picks events to prove a certain point. The point he emphasizes is that Jesus is the Son of God. His close relationship with Jesus empowers his words to have extra special meaning as an insider rather than one observing from the outside. He actually states the purpose for writing this account near the end in chapter 20. "And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name."
Studying the Book of Revelation Sunday Evenings Sunday evening is a wonderful time of digging into God's Word. Also, we are usually blessed with a couple of Bluegrass gospel songs from Dick and Rita on Sunday evenings. Come join us!
Adult Bible Study on Wednesday Evenings
Bride of Christ Fellowship Ladies
Guidelines for Church Service Cancellations In addition, we will attempt to get them posted to this web page and the Bride of Christ Ladies Facebook page.
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February 9, 2025 I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." "And where I go you know, and the way you know." Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." For those of us who love clarity and things to be spelled out clearly for us to easily understand, Jesus does that right here. He does not simply point us in the direction of the way to be reconciled to God, but He, with authority, tells us "I am the Way." Salvation does not come through a certain path or process, but through a Person, Jesus Christ. We must confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that He is the Son of God and our Savior to enter into that redemptive relationship. He states that He is not one of the many ways to God, but that HE is the ONLY WAY; "no one comes to the Father except through Me." This does not go over well with our society which wants to a culture that has "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in all facets of life including religion. They feel everyone should be free to choose their own path to God and it may be different than ours. "Oh there are a really nice person, but they don't follow Jesus, surely God will take them to heaven." Wrong, your works, lifestyle, degrees, genealogy, or even church membership do not reconcile you to God. That happens only through a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus and through accepting His forgiveness for your sins are you reconciled with your Creator, which is a task none of us could do on our own. Heavenly Father, we come to You this morning with a gratitude that You have loved us so much that You have presented to us a Way to receive forgiveness, reconciliation, and eternal life. Help us to keep our eyes upon Jesus, our Savior, to keep us on the narrow path that leads to You.
"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." On the day our Father in Heaven decides today is the day that Jesus will return to earth, we will find these previous two verses be carried out just as they are written. The way to avoid the second death is to ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins, put your faith in Him and walk daily in the ways of the Lord. The Lord wants to forgive everyone from their sins, but God left the action of repenting and believing up to us to express our faith. The path to redemption is a narrow path and few enter it, wide is the path to destruction and many will find their way to it. This is the deal of a lifetime; Jesus did all the work on Calvary years ago. He only asks that we believe He was the Son of God paying our sin debt on the cross, because we are not worthy to atone for our own sins. The sinless Lamb of God paid our debt because He loves us and does not want us to perish.
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