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Church God's charges against a corrupt society (Ezekiel 22:9-4; 23-31) "I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me Lord, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." (Ezekiel 22;30) Mrs. S. Edward Tesh, writing for the Sandard Publishing Co., Interna tional Sunday School Lessons, made this statement concerning today's Bi ble lesson. "Pew people need to be reminded of the corruption in mod ern societies. It se^ms that murders, rapes and burglaries have become a matter of routine reports in our news media. Ezekiel's description of Judah, which we read in chapter 22, is dis turbingly similar to our own society. Charges are often made against the evils in our society, but frequently they are made by the unbelieving edi torialists, socialogists or pyscholog ists, rather than one speaking in be half of God. Many believe that God has no claim over them since they have not claimed God, but God's authority ex tends to all people not just to the Christian community." (Unquote) The text for today's lesson contains some of the last words of warning prior to the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 587 B.C. Ezekiel was already in Babylonian exile at this time; God had made him a "Watch man" to the house of Israel. He was told to speak God's mes sages to them whether they listened or not. At least they would know that a prophet had been among them; they would know why they were in their disastrous condition. Perhaps the foremast point of today's lesson Dear friends. When the death of a loved one has been pre ceded by a long illness, the bereaved may be physically .and emotionally exhausted and more sus ceptible to illness them selves. The grieving process is an added bur den. At this time, the pro longed support and caring of friends is truly needed for physical and emo tional health, and to re turn to a socrblly satisfying life. Respectfully, ?>uriniieU 3Funeral Home, 3nc. 509 Dobbs Street Hertfoni, N.C. 426-7311 may be found in the area of responsi bility of God's people. God's called preachers ( proclaim - ers) and teachers are to deliver all of God's message. The unpleasant as well as the pleasant. We today, like Judah o t old, do not like to hear the messages of God's justice, judge ment and righteous requirements. CONSEQUENCES OF JUDAH'S GUILT (Eiekiel 22:3, 4. 23, 24) Judah's quilt may be summed up in one word, "transgression." TV peo ple were transgressing God's com mandments. These verses focus on just two, the guilt of bloodshed and idolatry. When we read the books of Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Micah we see a pattern of progression in Ju dah's sin. It begins with a lax attitude to wards God's requirements. Small things that perhaps God would hardly notice, they thought. It pro gresses to corruption in society, courts and government. This led to a crisis in their national life, all of which God viewed as an abomination. When they failed to heed the warning messages from God through His prophets, the crisis eventually led to collapse and finaiiy God's judgement. Reynolds sponsors seminar Five Perquimans women have been selected to attend the Lead ership Development Program for Rural Minority Women from July 3lst? August 1st at the Holiday Inn in Wilson, N.C. Those attending the seminar are: Estelle Felton, Marian Frierson, Ce lestine Modlin, Gloria Thomas and Joyce G. Felton. The theme for the seminar is "Family and Community Lead ership." Several group sessions have been planned for each day. Mrs. Estelle Felton is a member of the Advisory Committee for this pro gram. If you are interested in upcom ing seminars or general information concerning the program, please feel free to contact her or the Home Ex tension Office for details. McMUHIALb Ant UUM ONLY BUSINESS 4 ?x monuments, 3nc. ? I ii n_1_gu_1_M|^a t~ Hwy. 17 South, across from Whistling Pines. Hours- V.ondoy-Friday 8 to 5 Saturday 8 to 1 2 noon. loRal 1 M Cttftm. Omm 333-1570 "Cards of Thanks f I with I could thank all my friends and loved ones personally for evey deed of kindness shown to me while ^ I was in Norfolk General Hospital and since my return home but since that is impossible, I say thank you all for the beautiful cards, flowers, gifts, food, phone calls, vis its, and especially your prayers, they meant so much to me. May God bless you as he has blessed me. We acknowledge with grateful appreciation your de voted love and kindness to our mother, Pauline 0. Perry, during her years at Winslow Memorial Home, and also recently to her family during the time of her death, we are extremly thankful for your concern and support. I would like to thank everyone who remembered me with prayers, cords, flowers, visits, and gifts, and every other act of kindness shown me while in the hospital and since my return home. May God bless you as He has me. The family of Charles Ward would like to thank each of you for the many kind deeds you expressed at the time of his death. For the visits, flowers, rood, cards and do nation* made in his memory and for prayers made for us. I deeply appreciate all the prayers, flowers, food, cords, visits, calls, and other octs of kindness shown me and my family while In the hospital and at home. H Is so wonderful to know that we live in a community that shows great love and concern for others. Your con A | n . . a J ^ m ??? ? m r m II .aMaiia , | a .1 *mm I r ? mmm 4a ft nl ? I TinumJ prayers will D? appreciaT#<j a* i rvTum to KOi??gn to wont. May God Mess each of you in a very special way. Mildred S. Howell Gearld and Geneva Perry Steve and Phyllis Perry Billy and 'Janice Winslow Marjorie P. Fields Barbara F. Harrell Lula Mae and children The teaching is plain. God got no joy from His act of judgement. He stood ready, right up to the last min ute, to forgive the people and restore them, if they would but repent and return to Him. There are many les sons in these verses of Scripture for people living in the twentieth cen tury. The Apostle Paul reminds us that the penalty of sin is death? and what ever a man sows he shall also reap. Yet, it is so easy to be deceived into thinking that we can escape the con sequences of sin. god said, in verse 30 of this chapter, that He looked for one good man among them (a national leader) who would stand in the gap and lead the people back to Him, but found none. THE CHARACTER OF JUDAH'S SINS (Ezekiel 22:25-29) In these verses Ezekiel stressed that Judah was not simply partially polluted because of it's sinfulness: every major group of people was deeply involved in corruption. It speaks of the cruelty of the princes (the royal leadership), the unholi ness of the priests, the callousness of the prominent (the wealtly, the judges, etc.), the deception of the prophets (false prophets who only claimed to speak for God) and the crookedness of the people. It sounds like the jungle syndrome, the "survival of the fittest." This Scripture lesson tells us something today, something loud and clear. God loves us with an everlasting love. He is forgiving, patient and long suffer ing, but a people bent on idolatry and immorality may proceed to the when God says enough is enough, and brings judgement (Lesson based on the International Sunday School Lessons) Nutrition site menus The following is a list menus for the Nutrition Site program for the el derly for the week of July 28? Aug. 1. Monday? bbq chicken, cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, marinated, corn on the cob, dinner roll, margarine, fruit cocktail, milk. Tuesday? baked ham in fruit sauce, buttered baby limas, buttered broccoli, dinner roll, margarine, orange, pineapple juice, sugar coo kie, milk. Wednesday? salisbury steak with gravy, buttered squash with onions, seasoned field peas with snaps, corn bread, margarine, cantaloups, milk. Thursday? baked ham in pineap ple juice, buttered steamed cabbage, buttered sweet potatoes, dinner roll, margarine, cranberry juice, sugar cookie, milk. Friday? fried fish (perch), baby lima beans, coleslaw with green pep pers & carrots, cornbread, marga rine, diced peaches, milk. Bookmobile schedule The following is the schedule for the Perquimans County Boolunobile for August 1 and 15. Cherrix Day Care, 9:45, Wynne Fork Court, 10:00-10:45, Holiday Is land Club House, 11:00-12:30, and Snug Harbor, 1:00-2:00. *' V Also, George's Store, 2:15-2:45, Kirby Drive, 3:00, Gladys Warren, 3: 15 and Gertrude Boyce Drive, 3:30. Church News Dates set for revival Bay Branch A.M.E. Zion Sunday school begins at 10:00 a.m. with Mrs. Esther Hunter in charge. Morning worship begins at 11 : IS. Music will be rendered by the young adult choir. Revival service will begin Sunday, July 20th, at 2.00 p.m. The Rev. Oli ver Kee, Associate Minister of Rid dicks Grove Missionary Baptist Church will render service accom pained by the Celestial Choir and congregation. The Rev. E.H. Whitley, pastor of Greater Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, Norfolk, Va. will be the speaker July 27? Aug. 1 with differ ent area choirs rendering the music. Services begin nightly at 8:00. The public is invited to attend. Watchtower convention held in Hampton Jehovah's Witnesses from the Hertford area just returned from at tending a four day convention at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Vir ginia, July 10-13. Local spokesman Floyd McDowell, of Washington, stated that they were part of a group of over 8,500 delegates that attended the four days of Bible talks, experiences and dramas, acted out in authentic costume. On Saturday, the Baptism was held, where 82 new Witnesses were Baptised in the lake behind the Col iseum, by total immersion. The high point of the convention was the public address on Sunday. The title of the talk, "Peace at Last When God Speaks", really concerns one of teh basic beliefs of the Wit nesses It was given by Kelly Bond of Tyner, N.C. McDowell reported that the theme of the convention was "Divine Peace", and that each day consid ered some aspect of how Divine peace was to be made manifest in the lives of the convention delegates. The information really highlighted how failies played a vital part in promot ing Divine peace among themselves, and then extending this peace to oth ers. On Friday, the audience thor oughly enjoyed the Bible Drama about Joseph, his father Jacob, and the famine in Egypt, and what these events mean for our modern times. This drama was directed by Kenneth Miller or Tarboro, N.C. Over 8,600 persons attending the "Divine Peace" Conven tion on Sunday listened as Kelly Bond Delivered the Public Discourse: "Peace At Last! "When God Speaks" "NO SOFT TOUCH" Kendall Hastings Woodville Baptist Church We describe someone who con easily be talked into a loan or a gift of money as a "soft touch". Sometimes it's to pay the price to bail someone out of a jam he's gotten himself into. The presence of a soft touch among one's acquaintances is an encouragement to careless living. We say, "don't worry, so and-so is always good for a buck ! " Unforunately, many people view God as a soft touch. They see God as "that somebody up there" who will help out if they ever get in a pinch. True, God will help you out ? and you're already in a pinch if you have not taken his warning seriously: "The wages of sin is death "(Romans6:23); and the greatest sin is unbelief: "He who believes on Christ, God's Son is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned al ready"(John 3:18). As the Creator of all people and as the ultimate Judge of everyone, God does not cease to be righteous, holy ? and de manding. "All have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious ideal." At the same time, however, we can indeed be grateful that he has already paid the price to deliver us from the wrath of his judgement because of our sins. The Bible specifically em phasizes this fact: "But when the time came for the kindness and love of God our Savior to appear, then he saved us ? not because we were good enough to be saved, but because of his kindness and pity" (Titus 3:4,5). That characteristic of God's dealing with us is perfectly exempli fied at the cross where Jesus died for our sins. As he suffered death on the cross, he did not curse those who had placed him there. Rather, he uttered this prayer to God: "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). We must forever rid ourselves of any notion that we deserve God's favor or that we can somehow earn our standing with him: "Because of his kindness you have been saved through trusting Christ. And even trusting is not of yourselves: it too is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good we have done, so none of us can take any credit for it" (Eph. 2:8,9). We may imag ine that we can earn our standing with God, but that route leads only away from him? forever. God has mercy, however, for those who are painfully aware of their need for him and know that they don't deserve his forgive ness and salvation. If you sense within you at this moment o need for God, just tell him so and trust Jesus Christ who died for your sin. If you do it now, you then become a member of God's family. Yes, God is tender, kind, and compassionate, but he is no soft touch. He does ask questions: "Do you believe in Christ my Son? have you accepted him personally as your savior?" People's Bank & Trust Co. MEMBER FDIC Hertford, N.C. Reed Oil Company EXXON PRODUCTS HERTFORD, N.C. HOLLOWELL OIL CO. SUPPLIERS OF OIL PRODUCTS Phone: 426-5745 Quality Clothing Outlot Ward's Shopping Cantor US IT By Pom frrttarj NX. 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