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APRIL 27. 1958.
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4) V V V V V D
GOD'S MIGHTY
DELIVERANCE
Memory Selection: " He saved
them for hit name's sake, that
he might make known his mighty
power." (Psalms 106:8)
Lseson Text: Exodus 11:1
through 15:18.
The purpose of today's lesson
is an attempt to show that God's
is always active in history, and
that he sometimes expresses his
will through catastrophic events
which become incentives to faith.
In reading the lesson from our
bibles, Exodus 11:1 through 15:
18, we see that the Lord visited
Vne plague more" upon the
Egyptians, and he charges Moses
to instruct the Israelites to mark
their doors with the blood of a
lamb, so that , when he passes
through the land and takes the
firstborn of every Egyptian
house, and the firstborn of the
animals owned by the Egyptians,
he will recognize the sign on the
doors of the Israelites' houses, and
pass them by with t'ne plagues of
death. He further instructs
Moses that they (the Israelites)
shall eat unleavened bread for
seven days, and that these cove-1 brews were certain of the power-
giiu'rai Utun to come.
Heading further through the
book of Exodus, we see the chll
drea of Israel delivered from the
wrath of the pursuing Egyptians;
and the safe conduct of the' Isra
elites through the Bed ; Sea,' and
the 'destruction of the pursuer in
the closing of the waters, '
Even for , the 'story;; of "the
Exodus is more "than sacred ' his
tory. The evenjta are. not nearly
as importanc es the message this
history conveys. As we' study
this lesson today we can relate it
to the problems of our own cen
tury. The plague of Moses' day
should not constitute any problem
for us. The universe does work
against oppression. Every tyran
nical regime carries wdtfhin itself
the seeds of its own destruction.
This is God's universe. He has
made this world to operate under
the rule that "whatsoever a man
sows, that he will also reap" (Ga-
latians 6:7). In our century it
is difficult for us to believe,
sometimes, that good will triumph
over evil. Evil, in its continuing
guise of one form following an
other, seems so strong as to de
fy destruction. One bad regime
is upset, only to be replaced hy
another of equally threatening
proportions. The atomic , age,
with its threat of total destruc
tion, carries danger for more than
t"he firstborn. But the church
still believes that God is at work
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symbol, to titt-m, of i
of God was the a
eloud, which became a i
(fire at night (Exodus 13:H1; I
(1940), 'i The illuminated cl
whjch,wa symbol to the 1
brews ' '' f ' the 'understand',
brought by God to' his people, w
the very same eloud that was a
Bounce' of eonfusion fc their ene
mies, v Without -this visible bi'ti
of God's ' presence , the Israelites
mUfixt have gone back t jbeypt.
!3od recongized the need of the
people for sacramenta; that could
become a part of their life. Chief
among these sacraments Was the
Passover. The feast of Unleaven
ed Bread eventually became ' a
part of the Passover celebrations.
Also arising from the "! Exodus
was the rite of the Dedication of
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First-Born. Since God had. them 0r
the
spared the firstborn among , the
Hebrews during the dreadful
plague, tfhey now became the pos
sessions of the Lord. (Exodus IS
1-16) Infant baptism in the
Christian Church fulfUles much
of the same 'purpose as the He
brew rite of the Dedication of the
First-Born. So this ancient sac
rament of God's people is con
tinued by God's people today. The
Passover rite also stems from the
deliverance of the Hebrews from
the last plague . the death
of fhe first-born. The purposes
of the two rites commemorating
this event, differ, however. The
Dedication of the First-Born
in this world. Christians do noUdooks forward to the life dedicat
iook to God to smite down the h u. God's service. The Pass-
foes of Christianity by
plague; rather, they see God at
work in the lives of Christian
men.
In their hour of crisis the He-
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over looks back to the deliverance
which made any life possible
(Later the Passover came to re-.
present a deliverance from pre'
sent sons. Forgiveness for sins'
was included in the deliverance.
The Chrisian Church has con
tinued the Passover in the Holy
Communion. Parallel elements
are to be found at many points,
Jesus was crucified at the Pass
over season. The Last Supper
was possibly a preparatory meal
for the Passover. Indeed, it may
have been the Passover feast it
self. The Chrisian Church has
seen Jesus as the Christ, the lamb
of God. 1 Corinthians 5:7). His
sacrifice has beep for our deliver
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ance. The synnoois 01 me iAru
Supper even include eating and
drinking as commemorative rites;
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The Rev. J. Bascombe Brigman,
60, pastor of Mt. Bethel Free Will
Baptist Church at Jupiter, died
at 10 a. m., Thursday, April 17,
1958 in an Asheville hospital fol
lowing an illness of two weeks.
He resided on Asheville RFD 4.
The Rev. Mr. Brigman had been
a Free Will Baptist minister for
35 years and had served pastor
ates both in Madison and Bun
come counties.
Services were conducted at 2
p. m., Saturday in Mt. Bethel
Church with th ReV. Jesse Laws,
the Rev. W. S. Vehaun, the Rev.
Charlie Elkins and the Rev.
Clarence Howell officiating. Bur
ial was in West Memorial Park,
Weaverville.
Masonic rites were conducted
at the graveside.
Pallbearers were Barnett Eld
wards, Mack Buckner, Tommy
Payne, Howard Payne, Preston
Metcalf and Stanley Buckner.
'Honorary pallbearers were dea
cons of Mt. Bethel, Marshall, Lau
rel Fork, Foster's Creek, Cedar
Bill " and Shoal Hill Free -Will
Baptist, 'churches.-
- The Rev. Mr.- Brigman wag a
Mason,' a member of ' Blackmer
Lodge, No 170, Weaverville, and
a member of Weaverville Chapter
No. 49, Eastern Stars.
In addition to bis ministerial
duties, the Rev. Mr. Brigman was
a farmer and once owned and op
erated the B and B Furniture
Store on Biltmore Avenue, Ashe
ville.
He Was well known in Marshall
and Madison County, having pas
tured churches in this county, and
was, for several years, pastor of
the Marshall Free Wild Baptist
Church. ;
(Surviving are the widow; two
idaughters, Mrs. Charles Pritch
ard of Asheville and Mrs. Clyde
Gillespie of Toddendorf, Germa
ny; five sisters, Mrs. W. R. Buck
ner of Waynesville, Mrs. Floyd
Holcombe, Mrs. Frank Brdggs and
Mrs. Virgil Metcalf, all of Mars
Hill, and Mrs. Bernie Stanley of
Barnardsville; five brothers, Tom
Brigman of Mars Hill, Wayne
Brigman of Asheville, Owen and
Roy Brigman, both of Cincinnati,
Ohio, and James. Brigman of
Salt Lake , City, Utah and five
grandchildren. . , , ; ,
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