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Kitchens Creek
Baptist Church Email:
Pastor
Milton W Howard
Weekly Church Bulletin
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2024 |
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daily
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7:45
a.m. |
kwdf
am 840 |
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morning
worship: |
11:00
a.m. |
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wednesday
worship: |
7:00
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FOOD
FOR THOUGHT – don fortner
My friend, Bro. Harry Graham, once
said to me, "When men attack truth with error, it's like throwing a
rubber ball against a brick wall. You can wear your ball out throwing it
against the wall. But the wall will never be effected by it."
That is exactly what the Holy Spirit tells us in
2 Corinthians 13:8 — "For we can do nothing against the truth, but
for the truth" The Lord God omnipotent reigneth! Our God is sovereign. — "None
can stay his hand, or say unto him what doest Thou?" Christ is the
Truth. His gospel is truth. And his cause is true. All the vile designs,
wicked words, and evil deeds of men, or of hell itself will never affect "the
truth," not even slightly. God's will will not be defeated. His
purpose will not be altered. His work will not be hindered. His truth will
not be affected by anyone, or anything. Either by man's obedience or
disobedience, sincerity or hypocrisy, his will shall be done! Truth shall
stand unaffected!
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(Psalm 118:17) "I
shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD."
John Wycliffe, at Lutterworth, had been speaking against the monks, and
various abuses of the church. He was the first man known to history that
preached the Gospel in England during the Popish ages – we know him as
the Morning Star of the Reformation. He was a man so great that, if he had
possessed a printing-press, we might never have needed a Luther; for he
had an even clearer light than that great Reformer. He lacked the means of
spreading his doctrine, which the art of printing supplied. He did much:
he prepared everything to Luther's hand: and Luther was but the proclaimer
of Wycliffe's doctrine.
Wycliffe was ill — very ill, and the friars came round him, like crows
round a dying sheep. They professed to be full of tender pity; but they
were right glad that their enemy was going to die. So they said to him, "Do
you not repent? Before we can give you viaticum — the last oiling before
you die — would it not be well to retract the hard things which you have
said against the zealous friars, and his Holiness of Rome? We are eager to
forget the past, and give you the last sacrament in peace." Wycliffe
begged an attendant to help him sit up; and then he cried with all his
strength, "I shall not die, but live, to declare the works of the
Lord, and to expose the wickedness of the friars."
He did not die, either: death himself could not have killed him then;
for he had work to do, and the Lord made him immortal until it was done.
How could Wycliffe know that he spoke truly? Certainly he was free from
all foolhardy brag; but there was upon his mind a foreshadowing of future
work that he had to do, and he felt that he could not die until it was
accomplished.
Taken
from one of C.H. Spurgeon's sermons.
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CALL TO WORSHIP
Thomas Kelly
1769-1855
How
sweet to leave the world awhile;
We
seek the presence of our Lord,
Dear
Saviour, on Thy people smile;
And
come according to Thy word.
From
busy times we now retreat;
Oh,
Lord, behold us at Thy feet,
That
we this day may hear from Thee;
May
this the "Gate of Heaven" be!
"Chief
of ten thousand" now appear;
O
speak, that we Thy voice may hear,
That
we by faith may see Thy face,
And
let Thy glory fill this place.
Then
shall we count this season dear
To
those who preach and those who hear;
And
all unite with sweet accord
In
hymns of joy, to praise our Lord.
(Tune:
"Doxology")
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(Psalms
115:1-3) "Not unto us, O
LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for
thy truth's sake. Wherefore
should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath
pleased."