The Sunday ^ School Leeson A Ministry of the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association oy lev. Ltwnan P. Hardy, TIMOTHY, PAUL'S TKOUBLESHOOTEB Focal Act. 16,1-3,1 , Cortethhms 4:4-2, 16:10,11,1 Thnsiliinlaai 3,1.10, 2 Ttai t/kj 1:3-7 The Apostle Paul was look ing for someone to take young John Mark's place since Paul felt that Mark had failed him. However, more than an assis tant, Paul needed a compani on. No one is entirely self sufficient, and the greater the person the more he needs someone with whom he can share the heights and depths of his experiences. Paul found such a person in young Timothy. Timothy was in every way an outstanding young man, well suited for the enviable place which he was to take by the side of Paul as his troubleshooter in the newly established Gentile mission churches. Timothy had in the first place the advantage of a good background. a godly heritage. Paul knew Ms grandmother, Lois and his mother Eunice. They were both women in whom religion was a natural and spontaneous thing. From hiy Greek father Timothy inherited the Greek love of knowledge and beauty, and that added to the strong Hebrew and Christian strain of faith which came from his mother's side of the family, gave him a rich heritage. He was brought up on the Hebrew scriptures so that the Old Testament was in his "mh" ??*JF* ^ been soured by Hie. But Timothy had one big divided"home. Hta't^her was a Jewess and a Christian; his father, a Greek and unbeliever. Even though Timothy had the advantage of a Christian mother and grand mother, how much more helpful it would have been ? had his father also been a devout believer. Sometimes, Christian young people have to break through their disad vantages. We who are older and more mature must always be on the look out for break throughs and do everything we can to foster the spiritual nature of these exceptional young people no matter what their background. It is not so much where you come from that counts but rather where you are going. God's selective process is very mysterious. Some of those whom he calls are from unlikely back grounds. It is to Paul's everlasting credit that he did arnT havdig him Paul showed how much he was emancipated from Jewish prejudices and .all prejudice As has beep noted. Timothy was the result of a mixed marriage. The strict Jew would have refused to accept that as a marriage at all. In the case of a really strict Jew, if s Jewish girl married a J Gentile boy. or a Jewish boy married a Gentile giri, that Jewish boy or girl was regar ded as dead. So much so, that sometimes their funeral was actually carried out. By accepting the child of such a marriage as a brother Jew, Paul showed how definitely he had broken down all national and racial barriers for he knew, "God is no respecter of persons." A hint to the wise is sufficient. Timothy was in a very special relationship to Paul., When Paul wrote to the Corinthians he called Timothy his beloved son. When Paul wrote to the Philtipians he ggsgg Kaul realized that the fhureh of Cornith needed ?tore dun kit admonition. They needed an example of the Christian life around whom they could rally. There fore, Paul sent to them his son , in the faith and in the ^tinlstry, young Timothy. He was in essence saying, "you want to know what it's like to he a real Christian? Then look at Timothy." Timothy embodied the teachings of Paul and the Christian ideal. In deed, the world is judging Christianity by the fives of Christians more than ?hey are by what they read ihe Bible or Christian litera ture. Everywhere a Christian gees for good or ill he or she is putting Christianity on dis play and in the spotlight. Whether people accept it or not depends upon how favor ably the Christian displays it. A hint to the wise is sufficient. Amen. FKHTMfi MfUTtOM DURING RCTItEIKIIT ' Cut yon urn ?"? ? come but ttifl collect Social Security benefits' Tee. Ike folks at CobbW Peon In tuuM Group report that: ?*-11 I I' . ? t I' IT^SE; ? If you're under 66, ytou cm earn $4,440 a year in a temporary job. e If you Ye between 66 and 72, you can earn up to $6,000 a year. ? And, if you're 72 or older, there'a no dollar limit on what you can earn. J L - - I An automobile traveling 3 miles per hour will go 44 feet in the space of a single second. Bowem Family Reunited The children of (he late Mr. and Mb. ' Warren Afeert Be?w ol the Hepewel area, recently gathered together far (he first time la 35 yean. Thoee descendants are shewn above. First row left Is right they are: Eva Jacobs of the Shannon area) Marie Rafferd ef Lynchburg, Virginia; John Bewsn of High Point, NC. Second row left to righti Rev. ( . ' Back Bowsn of Pembroke; Murray Bewsn of High Point; Florence Bowsn ef the Shannon area; and Marshall Bewan ef Pembroke. s?? J 1 I ?? Tony Brewington speaks to Pembroke Kiwanis Garth Locklcar, Chairman for the evening introduced the Reverend Tony Brewington who spoke concerning the Indian Religion Museum which is located near the PSU Performing Arts Building in Pembroke. Reverend Brewington is a native Robeson County Lum bee Indian. He attended Pembroke State University, received his B. A. degree from Furman University. Greens ville,. $.C. and his M. Div. degree from Southeastern Seminary in 1970. He has been pastor of the Pembroke First Baptist Church and since 1970 has been the Director of the Burnt Swamp Baptist Asso. His wife, Peggy Barnes Brewington is a graduate of PSU in Musk Education. The Indian Religion Muse um will be dedicated in October. The Burnt Swamp Baptist Asso. started in 1881, located near what is now the Converse Rubber Co. It began with just three churches and now has 51 churches. It also includes a church in Baltimore Md. The work of the Asso. is progressing well and wishes to honor those men and women who have worked ko hard over the years to bring the As so. to its present status. Thus the Museum has been erected to honor those hard working, faithful people in God's work. Pictures of all the churches will be displayed in the Museum as will profiles of church leaders and the foun ders of each congregation. Also included will be all the Moderators, the Conventions the Mission Fields, from 1881 to the present time. The Convention considers all of this area as a mission field. Pictures of many of the early leaders were saved by Miss Mary Livermore who for many years was the librarian at PSU. These will be shown in a special section of the Museum. This museum is not in competition with the Old Main Museum but rather separate Mstofy cf- fWfBBh gious aspect of the Lumbee Indians. The Museum is in need of financial contributions and the Museum Committee is chaired by the Reverend Sanford Locklear and Com mittee members Or. Daiton Brooks, Mr. Bruce Barton, the Rev. Michael Cummings, and the Rev. Tony Brewing ton. All donations are invited to join in this effort to establish the Lumbee Indian Religion Museum. Contribu tions are tax deductible and checks can be raaypd to: Baptist Building, P.O. Box 997, Pembroke, N.C. 28372. Presiding at the meeting was Club President John L. - Ij Carter. Theodore Maynor gave the invocation and Lank ford Lowry led the singing accompanied by Ira Pate Lowry, pianist. "Happy Birthday" was sung to Patty Bullard, our cook and waitress at the "Town and Country Restau rant", and she was presented a purse of money. FREE: 28 PAGE MOVING GUIDE Packing tipa, along with loading advice, arc avail abic in a fm, 28-page Moving Guide from the U-Haul Company. Write Moving Guide, Dept. MM, P.O. 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