Thus Saith God's WnrH
by Rev. Ted Brook., Pastor. West Saddletree Baptist Church
'By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one
. to another." (St. John 13:35). Jesus in this verse points to submissiveness.
Today there is a desperate need in our churches, not for intelligent folks or
gifted persons, but there is a need for deep people who want to know what
Jesus meant when He said "What 1 do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt
know hereafter." (Verse 7)...And Brother Peter replied, "Lord not my feet
only but also my hands and my head." (Verse 9). My friend you and 1 need
to recognize the danger of not keeping close to God's word. Now for the next
few sermons let's lay aside out commentaries, Wuest. Iron-side. Matthew
Henry and all Biblical Illustrators. 1 know this will be hard for some of you,
in fat. it will be like breaking a habit of smoking. Some of you are afraid to
read God's word by itself. You feel like God's word needs your help. What
we all need to do is to acquaint ourselves with Gods word and do what God
says to. When persons fai I to act out God's word, they are either lost of found
straying from the true doctrine of Christ. What you have failed to realize is
that there are all sorts of lewd, wicked persons commonly called spirits who
w ill come upon them and by falsehood and if language draw them further
out of their way. And you wind up in a church that says and does not and
they w ill refuse to be led by the good guidance of the blessed spirit.
These persons that keep not to the law and to the testimony, nor stick
close to the word of God, which is in itself a lantern to their feet and a light
unto heir path, then no marvel if they meet with wicked spirits, seducers and
false teachers who lead them captive at their will and that, not receiving the
truth in the love of the truth, God gives them over to strong delusion to
believe a lie. What madness for the church to court and to embrace such
madness as a"Peter."..."Thou shalt never wash my feet."
Hold on now, leave that commentary whero it may be. They are like
cigarettes, you don't need them. You can break the habit if you leave them
alone. So if you can for this week, put them awav. also school notes and
creeds of man's tradition.
Did you know one of the things Jesus could not do was to break folks
tradition? Jesus spoke with authority and spoke not as a scribe. You and I
can break this deadly habit called tradition. Jesus promised us freedom
when He said "Truth shall set you free and ye shall know the truth." (John
8:32) Friend, you don't know the power of tradition until you seek to break
loose. There are those ofyou who have been bound for years with tradition.
Your souls have been cry ing for freedom, wanting real joy and wanting to
apply the knowledge of God to your life. You long to be set free, to feel and
to see that old man of sin die and pass away like the person who is on drugs
and tobacco. You want to be set free but rather than break loose, you let them
kill you (tradition). Man knows tobacco is killing him. shortness of breath,
even at the advice of his physician, he keeps on smoking. Like church folks
crying like Peter, "Never. Never." Oh my friend, the world wants to see
your good works inside the church. Now lets look more closely at the word
of God in St John 13:1 "Nwwhere fore before the feast of the pass over,
when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this
world unto the father, having loved his own which were on the world,
he loved them unto the end."
Let me ask you some questions. If you knew that you only had one
hour to live, what would you do? What places would you visit, if you
were going to die in the next hour:> What would you do? Take a
vacation? Buy a new car? Preach a sermon? Join the church choir?
Rededicate your life? What would you do if you had one hour to live?
Some folks would say, "I want to be like Jesus when I die."
My friend, if I had only one hour to live, I would want to hear from
someone who had been there. I would want to know what he did with
his one hour which he had to live. Jesus said. "You ought to obey God
rather than man." (Acts 5:29)
We sing a song entitled "May the work that I do speak for me." I ask
you again, if vou had one hour to live, what would you do? Could you
be submissive to God's will? May I ask you another question? What is
it that a basin of water and a towel has that frightens you so? When Peter
was confronted, he cried. "Never."
Next week, God does not have any saints whosefeet are unworthy.
Getting Away For A Day Or Two
By BILL HISTED
We al can have a bad day, feel burned out or just get a
case of the doldrums. My greatest remedy for curing the blahs is
to go somewhere for a day, even without advance planning. If
you work required hours every day, wait until the weekend to go
or just do something different for a couple of hours after work.
This cure may also be good for you in the event you need
to cheer up your better halt. Just get away. Get a quick change
of scenery. It usually works.
The possibilities are endless, even within a da/s drive of
your home. It may just be stopping off to see an old friend or to
stop at the new ice cream store and getting a sundae.
Some of the day trips I've taken may seem odd, but that's
sometimes what it takes?something different to give your mind
a rest from dealing with the same activities and problems.
I've gone on a sudden mobile home factory tour, ended
up in a German restaurant gone to the beach, visited a restored
hotel, toured a candy factory, gone to outlet stores, gone to Amish
country, and ended up at a horse show. '
I once even went to the big city with a relative and ridden
all afternoon on city bus. Using transfers, I saw about all of
Orlando on 75 cents. I saw areas I would never have otherwise
seen. I drove a dirt country road I'd often wondered about and
after 15 miles on my trij> odometer, I turned around and went
back. It was different The road got more narrow and bumpy the
longer I drove.
There are fanners' markets, flea markets, new car lots to
look over and even "open houses" held by real estate firms.
About once every two years I got to the cemetery to
remember people from the past Cemeteries are also historical
sites and many states protect them as such.
One Saturday I drove to a little fan railroad and spent an
afternoon. I think it cost $6 to ride the train for an hour and a hatf?about
the price of a boring movie. They even let me get up in
the cab and ride when I told them I'm a reporter.
There's a place a couple of hours a way that is a yearround
Christmas shoppe, closed only one day of the year?
Christmas! I found the place fascinating.
Malls are starting to look alike to me?the same chain
stores in about every mall. So I occasionally go to stores I would
normally not go into and find items I didn't know existed anymore.
Libraries are still a popular place to get lost for an hour or
two and even supporting your local school students by going to
school games and school musicals and plays can be a change.
When it comes to getting away for a day or two or even
~ for a few hours, you are only limited by your resourcefulness and
creativity.
Bill Histed is a writer in Mulberry, Florida. If you have a topic you
would like him to address, write him at: The Press, 1020 N.
Church Ave., Mulberry, Fl. 33860-2040.
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Dial Sheppard and Ransom Honored
by "Strike at the Wind!" Former Cast
Members on Saturday Niaht
Before the return performance
of "Strike at the Wind!" on Saturday
night, July 3, 1999. The cast
members of the drama from the
first twenty years finally got the
chance to have their plaques presented
to honor those that "made a
difference." Money was collected
from the cast members in .1998 in
order to get portraits of Rev.
Julian Ransom and the late Hope
Sheppard painted. The portraits
... were not available to be presented
as there is still the question of relocation
and also the fact that the cast
members were not allowed to
present their own plaques.
Honored opening night was the
first chairman of Robeson Historical
Drama Association Dr. Adolph
L. Dial with a plaque to honor his
memory and his vast contributions.
The plaque was accepted by his
daughter Mary Doris Dial Caple
who was instrumental in the acquiring
of various facets of this
memorial. "This is something that
my father believed in," she proudly
said as she accepted the plaque.
Back stage with the cast was
Duel Sheppard the husband of the
late Hope Sheppard who was the
original Rhoda for the drama.
"Maybe it was not meant for me to
be on that stage, but 1 Jaiow that she
is watching." Hope and her sister
Dawn were part of the 1976 original
cast. Unfortunately, Dawn died
before opening night but she sent
word before he left this Earth for
Hope to do the show. To know
Hope was to love Hope. She was
the kind of person that always had
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a smile and the familiar line in
Hardee's of "Hi! How are you doing?"
and most of all if you needed
someone to talk to she was always
there. 1 always say that there is an
angel in heaven and her name is
Hope.
The third honoree was Rev.
Julain Ransom. In 1976 he created
the role of the Leader for the drama
. He was honored by the cast for his
many thoughts, talentsand prayers.
You could say that we had a counselor
back stage al I of the years that
he was with us. Both he and his
daughter Victoria (Vickie) were
part of the 1976 cast.
At the end of the memorial various
cast member launched 20 red
white and blue balloons to honor
those who were deceased.
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