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GOD'S WORD
by Rev. Ted Brooke
"And the people annuend Him not u uvnl." 1 King* 18:tl.
Earlier Elijah had a confrontation with Ahab. He had
warned Ahab that God was displeased wilh him for he had
done evil in the sight of the Lord. Now, Ahab counted it a light
thing to walk in sin. I Kings 16:30-31.
So now Elijah is standing before the people wanting to know
why they are standing with an indecisive heart If God be God
then serve God, but if Ba'al, then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word.
Hie above is probably the saddest words ever said about
man. He would not or could not say a word. My friend could
this be said about us today? Are we dreaming of peace and
safety knowing that people are asleep in their sins?
When Jesus looked upon the fig tree. He saw her leaves,
but no fniit She was barren. Are we afraid to speak up today?
I want to speak to your hearts this week about a great sin
which lieth at our door. This sin is a monster which is killing
out young people, dividing our homes, assault and even
death. Yet we-have climbed into our nest on high claiming that
evil isn't around us.
I remember a few years ago n petition was going around
telling how this monster could help us relievo the lax burden.
When in reality it has caused a nightmare. Now, like Elijah I
must speak out against this monster which has taken up
residence in out fair county: beer, wine and liquor (alcoholic
hnVUPAMfl).
Did you know what God promised any town which would
build itself from blood money? Listen to His word of warning:
"Woe to him that buildeth a town with blond, and stablisheth
a city by iniquity." Habakkuk 2:12.1 thank Gtxj He has never
allowed me to prosper to build buildings which would allow
men, women and children to become drunk. Mister, God has
placed a woe upon you who giveth his neighbors strong drink.
(Habakkuk 2:15). Don't you know that you are unclothing poor
little children and taking food from their mouths? You are
taking the wages of a hard week of labor. These people will
labor all week for wages only for those who sell beer to take
advantage of them.
Friend, God said you may reveal their nakedness, therefore;
building your fine homes, but he has made a promise. This is
to those of you who are selling and helping to sell alcoholic
beverages. "The cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned
unto thee, and shamfeful spewing shall be on thy gloiy."
Habakkuk 2:16.
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All you 8lore owners, ciema, ana aiconouc (leverage yucn
drivers rest assured that God is going to pay you. If you think
that Gbd will sit on His throne and hear the voice of these
children who are being taken advantage of, then you are badly
fooled. Not only that, but you have invaded God's holy day,
"the Sabbath" to sell and operate.
Friend, you who claim to be saved better wake upl Yout
boast upon a form of religion. You have too much pride,
formalism, vainglory, selfishness and oppression instead of
tto |imm at the Spirit, law. mfrimsti joy, w>ng suffering
and temperance, like Elijah saiayou have not said a word.
Could it be that the church has backsliden and closed her eyej
to the signs around us7
God has not forsaken us that our faithfulness should fail.
No, my friend, the church has departed from God and has
separated themselves from His love. The church has failed to
comply with her condition, and now His promises .go
unfulfilled.
You see, we have set in our pious state and refused to
answer God. He has told us to abstain from evil. Now, your
children have become the prey of becoming alcoholics,
prostitutes, yes, even murderers. Why? Because we have
neglected to preach and to warn the people about AGod and
His laws. We have failed to follow His light; nor have we
performed His duties.
Friend, obedience requires a sacrifice, and it involves a
cross. This is why so many ministers won't preach this
sermon. Most of the people involved are their friends. Rather
than follow the light they follow man.
One of the most heart breaking things you can see is at a
supermarket. Just watch the beer and liquor carried out
Think about all those little children who week after week go
through a divided home or a neglected life.
Cashiers, stoqjk clerks and store owners remember God has
promised to pay those who help build a city on blood. Those of
you who take clothing off of children's backs, He has promised
to pay you. Friend, God has never owned a debt He didn't pay.
What you ought to do is repent of your sings. Don't say, "I
will quit one day." No, my friend, you must repent and
confess your wrong doing with a broken heart-What God is
saying is this; "You ought to be ashamed to treat people as
merchandise. You should treat them as people made in the
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REVIVAL PLANNED
A revival will begin at Shannon Assembly of God October
4, 1987. Sunday night services begin at 6:30 p.m. Weeknight
services will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Evangelist each night will
be Rev. Ted Brooks, pastor of God's Holy Comforter Church in
the Rennert township.
NEWS FROM
CHEROKEE CHAPEL
by Mrt. Jessie Bell Chains
CHEROKEE CHAPEL HOMECOMING
Cherokee Chapel Methodist Church, Wakulla. NC will
observe its annual homecoming on Sunday. October 4, 1987.
Sunday School will begin at 9:45 a.m. followed by worship
? service at 11 a.m.
The Rev. Julian Ransom, the pastor, will deliver the
message.
Lunch will be served at noon in the fellowship hall.
A gospel sing will be held in the afternoon. Visiting choira
and quartets are invited to participate.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
WHATS HAPPENING
PEMBROKE ELEMENTARY CELEBRA TES
ANNIVERSARY OF CONSimmON .
Pembroke Elementary helped celebrate the 200th'
anniversary at the signing at the United States Constitution. -
The school participated in a flag raising ceremony on the
grounds. The faculty, staff and children wore the (lag colon.
11m children also signed a copy at the United 9tates
Constitution and in doing so they placed their name in spirit
with those of the original thirty nine sigtmss. Each classroom
had a variety at projects dealing with this special event
ftnbrob Elementary wants to aay "Happy Anniversary to
WORDS OP HOPE
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Charles W. Godfrey, Pastor
Pembroke Seventh-da v Advent is t Church
Seventeen thousand Cherokee Indians, more thnn a century
ago, plodded along a road into exile that wound 1.200 miles
from North Carolina to Olkahoma. For six long, hitter months I
a proud people, uprotted and dispossessed, traveled with
sickness, suffering, and humiliation. One person in every four <
died on the forced march.
lb students of history it is known as "Hie Trail of Tears."
In their great hour of need the Indians looked with hope to
President Andrew Jackson, whose life had been saved by the
Cherokee chieftain Junaluska in a battle Wph the Creeks years
earlier. But their friend did not seem to remember.
Junaluska's wife and brothers died and went buried on "The ' i
Trail of Tears." It might well have seemed that "justice
standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity
cannot enter." (Isaiah 59:14.) i
Life, too, is often filled with sickness, suffering, and
humiliation. It may at times seem to be indeed n trail of tears. I
In our hour of greatest need, it may even seem that our i
Omnipotent Friend has forgotten. Through the ages ini|>erfect i
pictures of the heavenly Father have caused His children to
say, as recorded in Isaiah 49:14: "The lord hath forsaken me,
and my Lord hath forgotten me."
Maybe our picture of God has been distorted and wrongly i
colored by the fire-and-brimstone image given by a preacher I
in the mold of.Jonathan Edwards. Our impression may he that I
He is just waiting for us to make one misstep so that He can i
drag us into His court and banish us into eternal death, if not |
eternal burning. i
Or perhaps we have received the picture of a I
semi-tyrannical Father, sitting on His judgment throne while
Jesus pleads our cases before Him. In'onr image the Father I
may be most reluctant to have anything to do with us, but j
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finally Jwua cHm, "My blood! My bkmdl" And than tha
Father give* In: "AH right, bacauaa You want tham ao much,
ril opan tha door of*haavan a crack and let a faw of tham alip
In."
Could auch a picture be partly dua to a falaa concept of
God'a justice?
In the United States especially, we may have lost some of
the beautiful concepts in the word justice. One of the moat
important parts of the executive branch of our government is
the Department of Justice. Its head ia the Attorney General, .
whose office goes back to the beginning of the government
George Washington's first Attorney General was Edmund
Randolph. If you went to the nation's capital and visited the
Department of Justice, what part of it would you be most
interested in? Likely 99 percent of the answers would be: "The
FBI." The Federal Bureau of Investigation is known for its
ability to catch lawbreakers and "bring them to justice,"
which usually means "proper punishment," imprisonment,
and perhaps execution.
And ptjr concept of God may be somewhat like the FBI-we
at least subconsciously think of His justice as being primarily
achieved in catching and punishing sinners.
If this is accurate, we indeed have every reason to fear
God's justice, for we are all sinners. It is true that those who
refuse God's mercy and persist in sin will perish. There is
nothing more He can do to save them. And the righteous
Judge will know who these ase.
However, the word justice has another meaning that shows
us more clearly the picture of the heart of a just God. Psalm
B2:3 proclaims: "Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to
the afflicted and needy." Can you see in this setting the
Cherokees trudging along their "Trail of Tears"? How many
poor and fatherless, how many afflicted and needy, how many
minority groups through the ages have suffered so much
because there was no one to "do justice."
Would it surprise you to know that justice and justify come
from the same root? What image do you get from the words
justify, justified, justification? The dictionary says justify
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immi to "fte# from blame or guilt"
Without Someone to intorvono, none of ua couM dare to tee#
divine judgment Ar David mid. "Bring not tfrytervrmt to trial
before thee; again#! thee no man on earth can be right"
(Paalm 148:2, NEB.)
But Someone doee intervene. The Jehovah of the Old
Testament is the same Jesus of the New Testament Jesus
takes away our sin-if only we are wilHng-and gives u# Hie
righteousness. The theologians call this "Justification"--and
following Paul and the great Reformers, it la "justification by
faith." (Romans 8:28.) Perhaps better yet it is justification by
grace.
Micah 6:8 sums up the Christian ethic this way: "God has
told you what is good; and what is it that the Lord asks of yon?
Only to act justly, to love loyalty, to walk wisely before your
God." (NEB.)
Friend, time is short and Jesus is coming back soon.
Everyone of us must be ready for His appearing. There must
be a reason why He hasn't yet returned. Perhaps He is waiting
for you to be sure that you are following His truth in every
respect Why not come out to the closing week of our OPEN
BIBLE CRUSADE. See for yourself just what the Bible says
about many important topics such as these:
Friday, Oct 2 "The Dragon and the Women in the
Wilderness"-Who are these symbolic creatures of Revelation?
Can Revelation really be understood? Do we need to know?
Saturday, Oct 3 "The Truth about Death and Hell"-Do we
go to heaven or hell when we die? Do we burn forever if we go
to hell? Will our "souls" ever be reunited with our bodies?
Monday Oct 5 "Hie truth about the unpordonable
sin"-Have you committed this sin? Why can't God forgive this
sin?
Tuesday, Oct 6 "Court week in heaven"-ls there a
judgment? What do you need to know about it?
The crusade auditorium is located at the junction of
highways 710/711 just two miles west of Pembroke. Come and
bring a friend. The meeting are at 7:30pm on the days listed
above. We'd love to have you come and join in this special
outpouring of God's Holy Spirit
Deaths
and?
Funerals
ARCHIE OSBONELOWRY
Archie Osbone Lowry,
75, of 613 Lee Street, Wild
wood, Fla., died Friday, Sept
4, 1987. Bom in Pembroke,
NC, the son of the late
Earnest and Luvinia C. Low
ry, he moved to Wild wood in
1947. He retired from a
railroad company, taught
public school in North Caro
lina foranumber of years. He
was a World War II veteran.
He was a member of First
Baptist Church, Wildwood.
Surving are his wife, Moise
M. Lowry; one son, Archie
Jr. of Leesburg, Fla.; daugh
ter, Myra Gambill of Ocla,
Fla.; five brothers: Dorsey,
Vincent Harold, Merlin and
Hughes Dulin LoWry, all of
Pembroke; one sister, Leona
L Carter of Greensboro; and
three grandchildren.
Hie funeral services were
held Sept 8 at 4 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church, Wild
wood. Officiating were Rev.
Wilson Smith and Rev. Claud
McAdams. Interment was at
Greenwood Cemetery.
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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
on a cruise (probably on
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1920s.
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