[Biblemat] Walking in the Light (5/27/07)

Mon May 28 15:37:23 CDT 2007

Walking in the Light

"For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light."
"The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the
simple." 

"But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with
one another...."
(Psalm 36:9; 119:130; 1 John 1:7a)

May 27, 2007

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CONTENTS:

"Memorial Day - Celebrated Weekly" (Richard Thetford)

"Joseph - Never Defeated" (Lalo Enriquez)

"One of the Dangers Facing the Church" (Selected)

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MEMORIAL DAY - CELEBRATED WEEKLY

Richard Thetford

Tomorrow, May 28th is "Memorial Day," a time when our nation pauses to
reflect on the thousands of military men and women that have given their
lives for our country so that we can continue to enjoy our freedom without
molestation. These men and women paid the ultimate price as they sacrificed
their lives so that you and I and our children might have a better place to
live. We can certainly understand their sacrifice knowing that when they
died, they would not enjoy the blessings and freedom that they gave to us.
We should be very thankful to each one of these individuals that loved and
respected our country to the point of death! But in the giving of their
lives, this country sets aside only one day per year called "Memorial Day"
to remember their lives that were sacrificed for this country.

The Memorial of Jesus

As Christians we have the opportunity to observe "Memorial Day" in a
spiritual sense when we observe the Lord's Supper EVERY first day of the
week. The disciples left us a clear example of this in Acts 20:7 "And upon
the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break
bread...." We are required to "remember" Jesus Christ as we understand that
he paid the greatest price of all in that while we were yet sinners He died
for us (Rom 5:8). He died so that you and I can have the freedom of
everlasting life with Him. We remember Jesus in the emblems that we partake
of each and every week. The unleavened bread which represents His body that
was broken on the cross for us and the fruit of the vine which represents
His blood that was shed for us that we can have forgiveness of our sins.
Jesus said that when we partake of these emblems that we are to do so "in
remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19).

The Greatest Sacrifice of All

When we remember our men and women once a year on "Memorial Day" that have
given their life for this country, we are remembering their sacrifice and
the life they gave for us. When we remember our Lord Jesus Christ each
"Memorial Day" (first day of the week), we think of His great sacrifice for
us. But we remember not just His death, but His RESURRECTION! If Jesus would
have simply died and never risen, then His death would have been in vain.
But oh what a precious memory it is to know that He AROSE! And it was
through that resurrection that we can have life (John 3:16). As we remember
our Lord Jesus on the first day of every week we can remember that He
suffered and died for us, but more importantly, that He was risen on the
third day, overcoming death, so we too might also live. This remembrance of
Jesus is sad in that He had to die for sinners but it was also joyous in
that He loved us, even to the point of death. Now as we remember His
resurrection, gaining new life, that we too might have new life in Christ.
The apostle Paul said it very plainly when he wrote "Know ye not, that so
many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin
might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is
dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead
dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he
died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise
reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:3-11). What a wonderful thing it is
as Christians to have the opportunity to have "Memorial Day" EVERY WEEK, as
we remember the greatest sacrifice of all!

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JOSEPH - NEVER DEFEATED

Lalo Enriquez

The Old Testament story of Joseph is one of the most beautiful in written
literature. It is found in Genesis chapters 37-50. It's a wonderful story of
never giving up; of faith in the midst of trial. Because of his complete
trust in God, he would not acknowledge defeat.

Beginning at age seventeen much tragedy would befall him. His brothers, out
of envy, sold him to slave traders who then took him to Egypt. As a slave to
an Egyptian official, he was falsely accused of attempted rape and was
thrown in prison for several years. In all his trials, Joseph would not be
defeated.

He never lost hope, and because of this he was blessed. He eventually became
a ruler in Egypt, second only to Pharaoh. And, he eventually brought his
family to Egypt, saving them from the great famine that plagued the world at
that time.

It would do well for us to read this story often, especially when we're
pressed down with problems. We'd be wise to apply to our lives it's
beautiful truths of faith and perseverance under trial. There's absolutely
no excuse to lose faith in God and to give up. God knows our problems. He
wants to bless us. But only if we maintain our faith and trust in Him, and
only if we keep doing those things that are right in His sight.

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ONE OF THE DANGERS FACING THE CHURCH

Selected

This danger is the growing tendency among churches to compromise the truth
in order to win public favor. The desire to win public favor has already
compromised the preaching of the truth. Too often people are told what they
want to hear rather than what they need to hear.

The modern trend in denominational preaching is to take the sting out of
death, the blood out of the atonement, the inspiration out of the
Scriptures, and the fire out of hell; and preach a "social" gospel, changing
God-fearing assemblies into little more than "social clubs" with the
preacher gadding about feeding members on a little more psychology which
goes under the heading of "personal work." Much of the spirit is gone from
the worship, the truth from teaching, and hope from the soul.

The gospel and it alone is the only hope for the new world - it does not
need the wisdom of men to do just what God intended for it to do!

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SERMON

GOD HAS SPOKEN (with PowerPoint Charts)

Sermons can viewed at my web site:  <http://www.thetfordcountry.com/>
www.thetfordcountry.com

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Bible Study....................10:00 A.M.
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Bible Study......................6:30 P.M.

Evangelist
Richard Thetford

(970) 626-5558

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Web Site:  <http://www.thetfordcountry.com/> www.thetfordcountry.com

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Richard Thetford

E-Mail:  <mailto:Richard at Thetfordcountry.com> Richard at Thetfordcountry.com

1491 Canyon Drive, Ridgway, CO  81432

Home: (970) 626-5558

Please visit my web site:  <http://www.thetfordcountry.com>
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Evangelist, San Juan church of Christ

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