The Sunday
School Lesson
A Ministry of the
Burnt Swamp Baptist Association
FEBBUABY 21, 1M2
EMPOWERED TO WITNESS
St. John fc7-13< Acts lit-11
by lev. Tmy E. Bcewfegtae
This Sunday's lesson is an
excellent continuation of last
week's attention upon fruit
bearing in Christ or the lack of
it apart from him. Attachment
to the vine is good and
essentia], but not enough.
Attachment can exist and still
yield no fruit. Underneath the
skin at the branch must flow a
sap spreading life giving,
fruit- bearing energy from the
root of the vine to the tip of
the branch.
This Sunday's lesson is
about that spiritual sap with
which God empowers His
human branches to produce
baskets of fruit. Vehicles that
run out of energy stop. Lungs
that have no breath collapse.
Veins that transport no blood
dry up and teeth that have no
bite leave a gap. So is the
epitaph of any association
with Christ. Christ-likeness
includes attar hnsant to the
body of Christ and enactment -
of his spirit. Follow that
process with Jesus' disciples
in our lesson.
DISCIPLES AKE CALLED
Mark 6*7
Like the Gospel writer John
(IS: 16), Mark states the im
portance of being chosen by
Christ for the task. Mark
indicates that Jesus caled his
disciples, an act of soverign
selection in the midst of
human rejection. Man is able
to move toward God only
because God has first moved
toward him. Jesus's calling
disciples was a part of the
Divine blueprint of the King
.don of God to be buit on
earth. H was to be a cooper*
uVC interaction en divinity and
humanity, of Creator and
creature working together.
DISCIPLES AKE
COORDINATED
MarkM-11
Have you ever watched an
? individual or group attempt to
perform an act when there is
an obvious lack of coordina
tion? Good performance de
mands equally good coordi
nation and balance.
In these verses Jesus
stresses the importance of
balance in the disciples' mini
stry. Not only is there a
tendency sometimes to go
unprepared, there is an equal
likelihood that excessive pac
king may be the case. Either
can handicap the achieving of
an assigned task. Jesus offers
suggestions on how to pro
perly journey as witnesses for
him. In like manner, Christ
ians today must always use
humble judgement in deter
mining bow much physical
luggage is needed in the
Christian journey. We must
be careful of our life style,
social gluttony, and unneces
aary weight." (Hob. 12:1)
la Jeans' day hospitality
was a natural ingredient of
Jewish culture. Travel was
made without a great deal of
concern for reservations in
public places. The Jewish
household would provide lod
ging for thwdisdples. It would
facilitate their mobility and
availability to reside in a
particular home while minis
tering in s certain area. vs.
10. The town folk wouldn't
have to worry about where to
visit God's man during his
stay, and the disciples would
be able to concentrate on who
they could feed with God's
Word rather than who would
next feed them.
Not all people warmly wel
come the message or the
messenger. In such incidents
the disciples are instructed to
illustrate God's impatience
with rejection and ridicule of
His abiding Spirit by dusting
off, or turning from, such
unsightly selfishness.
THE DISCIPLES ABE
CONSIGNED
Mark 6il2-13
The word consign means to
give in charge, commit or
entrust. These verse point to
the task immediately assigned
them. They ware compelled
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Jesus had cease to draw men
to repentance. The disciples
were seat to preach that
message. Not only did they
deliver the souls of men
through repentance, they re
moved the demonic and phys
ical handicaps. God intended
for His Word to be peaarhsd
to men and also plarsd upon
their hurts and humiliations
THE DISCIPLES All
CORRECTED
Acts life-7
The Jewish community had .
been oppressed by numerous
pagan cultures for centuries.
At this time Rome was at its
heighth in power and domi
nated the people of God.
Prophets had declared that a
Messiah would deliver them.
Jesus, the Messiah, was now
in their midst and the disci
ples, still misunderstanding
his true mission, cornered
Jesus to encourage his haste
toward nationalizing the Jew
ish land. Jesus found it
necessary to correct their
misconceptions And political
expectations.
We may b e guilty at times
of "expecting" certain acts of
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God does aot work srmtdtag
to oar time frame or loag
range plans. God designed
the blueprint and wrote the
specifics tions- He did not
leave room for oar re design
ing or re-scheduling of the
Master Plan.
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THE DISCIPLES AKE
. v COMPLETED
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The teak set before the
dimples would require more
than determination and sin
cerity on their part. They
could learn all the do's and
don'ts and follow the instruc
tion to the finest details, and
still fail. Their true disciple
ship absolutely depended up
on the spiritual energy that
Jesus would provide. The
empowering of the Holy
Ghost was not an afterthought
in Jesus' plans, but He (the
Holy Ghost) was the ink in the
pen that drew the plans and
the fuel in the equipment that
would do the construction.
The premises of this work
would not be limited to k
particular neighborhood or
community but would extend
beyond all boundaries arid
cultures.
Hit DISCIPLES ABC
COLLAR!ID
Acts Ir#-1!
1 recall a time in my youth
that my mother gave ate a
chore to do. The timing of that
taik was poor because at that
moment my eye was captured
with intense interest upon a
bird making a nest in the bow
of a tree. Apparently she
repeated her instruction with
out my obedient response.
The next thing 1 knew she had
caught me by the shirt collar,
attracted my devoted atten
tion and said "Get to it!"
That's what happens in
these verses. Jesus has called
them, coordinated them, con
signed them, and completed
their equipping. Now they are
caught with eyes confined to
the clouds. The two men,
heaven's angels, collar them
and remind them of the task
at hand.
Disciples today cannot af
ford star-gazing or time spent
in for Jesus to return.
The task at hand is to prepare
men's hearts for it.
You may be able to do
more for your parents by
doing less. Many sons and
daughters feel their parents
will be happier living with
them when they become
senior citizens. In many
cases, seniors prefer their
own retirement residences,
where they can be with
people their own age. Some
of these are quite elegant,
with daily planned activities
and gourmet cooking. With
medical facilities immedi
ately available, shopping
and movie theaters nearby,
parents are well cared for
and can visit and be visited
by the children as often as is
wished.
Perhaps the most elegant
of these retirement resi
dences in the world is the
King David Manor, a six
million dollar palatial build
ing planned for senior
citizens. Right on the ocean
and lavishly furnished,- it
provides a warm, tasteful
atmosphere where seniors
can meet new friends and
enjoy their golden years. A
free booklet on this elegant
residence is available by
writing to: Cindy Silvian,
King David Manor, 80 West
Broadway, Long Beach,
New York 11561.
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Literally, millions of teea
agert, adolescents, and
sometimes women in Mr
20s and 30a develop a akin
condition caBed acne.
Strangely enough, de
spite the fact that its occur
rence is universal, many
teenagers undergo deep
emotional conflict?to the
point of constant embarrass
ment and even withdrawal.
Also--there are many mis
conceptions about acne
predisposing factors sug
gesting dietary indiscretions,
puberty and sesual over
tones. etc., that are mislead
ing and untrue.
Literally, acne u a
chronic inflammatory hair
follicle disease beginning at
puberty and, though hor
monal and growth factors,
develops into inflamed
nodules, pustules, cysts, and
sacs. It most often involves
the face, neck, chest,
shoulders, and upper back.
The lesions vary in degree
from slight "bumps" to deep
inflamed nodules and pus
filled cysts.
In general, there are two
basic categories of acne:
1-superficial acne, which is
what we see most often. The
lesions are less severe, in
general, and comprise in
flamed papules, blackheads,
whiteheads, surface cysts,
and pustules. Over 80% of
the cases are of the super
ficial type. 2-deep acne (or
acne conglobata), in which
deep inflamed nodules and
pus-filled cysts mar and scar
the skin-much to the chagrin
and embarrassment of many
adolescents. The deep acne
is extremely difficult to
manage and almost invari
ably scars and pits after heal
ing.
Generally, ache is worse
during the winter months,
the sun of summer tending to
improve the condition. Diet
and dietary supplements
have little to do with the
disease process.
Acne can be expected to
spontaneously subside
"beyond the teens". In the
meantime, the next discus
sion will take up some cur
rent management and
healing prospects for the
gig
The first television panel
game show was a six-a
side Spelling Baa, presented
by the BBC May 31, 1938.
"Dillegence is the mother of good luck." Benjamin Franklin
AREA SCOREBOARD i
WARRIORS CONTINUE ]
WINNING WAYS
The Pembroke Warriors (
had on their running shoes y
last Friday night as they j
easily won over the Clinton
Dark Horses 73-64. ,
The Warriors were led by j
stalwart center Rosooe Char- (
les, 20 points, and sleek Ryan
Tuck, who led all scorers with
23.
BUT COMB UP SHORT
AGAINST WEST
COLUMBUS
/Bat they were "out
quicked" by West Columbus
Tuesday night 60-53 in its
final home game.
Again, Charles and Ryan
led the Pembroke effort with
17 and 15 points respectively.
Pembroke Coach James
Howard Locklear, Sr. said,
"Their guards are extremely
quick and we weren't ready
far that...we showed tired
Pembroke finishes third in
the Three Rivers 3-A Confe
rence and earns a berth in the '
District ID 3-A in Lilllngton
?eb. 23-26. The top five teams
n the Triangle 3-A Confleren
x (Southern Durham, East
Wake, Western Harnett, Ox
ford Webb and either Durham
Jordan or Apex) will be there
with the top three in the Three
Rivers (East Bladen, West ' ?
Columbus and Pembroke).
The last week in the Three
Rivers Conference Pembro
ke) will face the first seed in
the Triangle (Southern Dur
ham) Tuesday. Southern Dur
ham is currently ranked No. 1
in the state 3-A pod and is led
by 6-5 high school AD Ameri
can Curtis Hunter.
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