The Sunday
School Lesson
A Ministry of the
Burnt Swamp Baptist Association
Subject: Mary: A Women
Favored by God. Scripture:
Late 1-2; Jobs 2:1-12,-19:25
27-Focal Puuges: Lake 1:
26-38, John 19:25-27.
By lev. Kelly Sanderson '
Outline at Scriptures (Key
Weeds) 1-Luke 1:26-30 An
nunciation to Mary; v. 26-An
gel Gabriel was sent firom
God; v.27-To A Virgin; v.28
Highly Favored; v.29-Was
Troubled; v. 30 Fear Not.
II?Luke l:30-37"Gabriel's
Message-v. 30 Thou Hast
Found Favor With God; v.
31-Conceive; v.32-He shall be
called great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest;
v.33-Reign forever-no end;
v34-How shall this be; v.35
The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee; v 36-Elizabeth
shall coocieve ia her old age
(barren); v. 37-Nothing Im
possible.
Ill-John 19:25-27 Mary's Tra
vail; v.2S Stood by the Cross;
v. 26-Behold the Son; v. 27
Behold thy Mother.
1 invite you to read these
scriptures ia their entirety
from the Holy Scriptures.
Basically, this Sunday's les
son deals with the Announce
ment to Mary, Gabriel's Mes
sage, and Mary's travail.
The Messiah was to be born
in David's family. It had been
a thousand years since David,
and there had come thou
sands of families of David
descent. God, in looking them
over, to choose the one
through whom His Son should
come into the world, passed
up the ruling families around
Jerusalem, as His eyes rested
on a humble woman. He
turned His eyas to om that
'and oJatSu "irrl
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swerad and said unto her.
"The Holy Ghost thai cone
upon thee, sad the power of
the Highest shall overshadow
theei"
Many people teach that
Jesus was not virgin born or
that He is not the Messiah or
the Son of God. Bat Luke
1:32-35 lets as know that He
was virgin bora and that He is
the Son of God.
Not oaiy did God bring
Jesus from a virgin, but He
permitted Mary's cousin, E
lizabeth, who was old and
barren to conceive in her old
age.
Someone may say this is
impossible, but we should
remember with God nothing
shall be impossible. This is a
wonderful hope for us in the
times that we are living in.
We have the asuranee that
nothing shall be impossible
with God. No matter how long
one gets in sin*My Father is
alto to fclivtr you. He cu
save toe soul of toe highest
and toe lowest. He can save
toe soul of toe moet educated
and the lost * inner*. (Who
coever will, let him cane.)
Thfc is ? wonderful hope that
nothing it ivpouhh with I
God.
All we have to do to aay like
Maty said, "be It unto me
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according so my wora.
We should all be Uke
Simeon at old (Luke 2:25-30)
"and, behold, there was a
man in Jerusalem, whose
name was Simeon; and the
same eras just and devout,
waiting for the consolation of
Israel; and toe Holy Ghost
was upon him. And it was
revealed unto him by the Holy
Ghost, that he should not see
death, before he had seen the
Lord's Christ. And he come
by the Spirit into the temple:
and when the patents brought
in the child Jesus, to do for
him after the custom of the
law, then took he him up in
his arms, and blessed God,
and said, Lord, now lettest
thou thy servant depart in
peace, according to thy word:
For mine eyes have seen
salvation." If we can see toe
worry aboet tomorrow, or
4mA. We can My as Simeon
did. -tord, now lettest (boo
cotdif t? thy word: For mine
?yes hove seen Ay salvation
But. my friend if you hove to
depart this life without saateg
the Lord's Christ through
eyes of faith the only thing
that waits for you is hell. 1
pray that before yon leave this
life it can be said about you as
it was about Mary, one
favored by God. There is only
one way that one can find
favor with God and that is to
accept His Son. The Lord
Jesus Christ, as your personal
savior. The Lord bless you
and may heaven shine upon
thee is my prayer.
The longest river in the
world is the Nils River
(-4,145 miles long.
"Moonlight is sculpture."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Piney Grove 1
Retirees Honored I
^iney Grove Faculty aad
stalT held an elaborate retiie
3 dinner in the achool
eria honoring Mrs. Jose
phine Ransom, teacher and
Mrs. Allie Mae Oaendiae,
custodian.
Speakers for the occasion
were former principal James
H. Brewington, Principal
Grady Locklear and Superin
tendent Purneli Swett. Special
music was provided by the
Piney Grove Choir. Each
retiree received an over-night
luggage piece and a plague of
appreciation from the school.
Special tributes were from
Mrs. Ransom's family mem
bers, consisting of one dozen
pink roses, a song, "You
Light Up Myiife," sung by
three daughters and testi
monial speeches by her two
t _
I
ions Supt. Swctt also pro
moted Mrs. Ransom with a
ceninctte of Appreciation roc
her thirty-two years at service
? the school system. He also*
recognized Mrs. Oxeadiae as
having a good name and
wishing the best for her '
retiring years.
Mr.. ?arl Ransom and Mr.
Charlie Oxen dine, husbands
at the retirees, along with
their children were in atten
dance. Other relatives and
friends were present.
Both retirees expressed
their love for the work and
staff of Piney Grove School
They also gave words of
appreciation for this very
memorable occasion. Mr.
James M. Hunt presided
during the program.
AH* Mm OsmmUm
Jim Dusan:
A Gentle Warrior
Jacksonville, Florida
He's a warrior, American
Indian but Jim "Walking
Thunder" Dusan carries no
tomahawk, bow or arrows.
His weapons are words, edu
cation and caring, and his
cause is to keep the dignity,
pride and honor of the Ameri
can Indian alive. "In Holly
wood's image Indians are the
bad guys and Indian children
are often ashamed of their
heritage" he says with under
standable emphasis.
Dusan, a GS11 psychiatric
counselor at the Navy Regi
onal Medical Center belongs
to the Cherokee Indian Nation
and is Chief of Southern
Iroquoian Confederation.
Wearing a white lab coat,
he sits in his hospital office
with one leg draped over the
arm of a chair. A relaxed man,
he puts visitors at ease with'a
warm smile. It's when he
talks about the American
Indian you can sense the pride
he feels in his heritage yet in
his eyes there is a trace of
sadness at the injustice done
to his people. "The main
thing the white man took from
us was not our land but our
pride and identity," he says.
"The non-reservation Indian
is born in the white man's
world and has a constant
struggle to retain his Indian
identity." pusan fears that
one day the American Indian
will face a total loss of the
heritage that has been passed
down from his ancestors.
He works hard to keep that'
heritage alive. The last two
years he played a large part in
setting up the Pow Wows held
on the station. He helped to
start the Southern Iroquoian
Confederation to unite non
reservation Indians. Now they
have a chance to share th?ir
knowledge and cultural ex
perience and become more
visible in the community with
more positive expressions and
actions. He dreams of some
day obtaining land for the
Indian so that the elders can
meet and live in a communal
environment. But in their
children lies the hope of the
people. Dusan has been hard
at work on a big project to get
Government funds to be used
in teaching Indian children
about their culture. In his
efforts to further the cause of
his people, Jim Dusan is a
man of courage and honor, a
gentle warrior.
Dusan received his B.S.
Degree at Pembroke State
University in 1965 and lived in
the Pembroke area for several.
years. He is married to
Mazelene Carter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carter,
Sr. of Pembroke.
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