According to Scripture
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In the next several weeks we
shall be looking at something that
can be one of the most important
beliefs that can be held by a person.
The doctrine that I am referring to
and that is taught by many is the
teaching of "Eternal Security" or
commonly known as "once saved
alway s saved." This teaching is held
by some whole Denominations and
also by some Independent churches
as well. There is one main text that
is referred to by the advocates of
thisteachingand it is found in John
10:28-29. Jesus is referring to His
followers and He says that no one
is able to pluck them our of Jesus
hand or the Father's hand.
As usual, I would like to encourage
the reader to please observe our
method of Bible study found in
Isaiah 28:9-10. I will be looking
here a little and there a I ittle, searching
the scriptures on this particular
subject. And also looking at some
people whose lives were an example
of what can happen to individuals.
Let's begin by examining the context
of what is being written about
in John, chapter 10., By going back
just a couple to verses to 10:25-26
we find Jesus givingashort outline
of how to be saved. He begins by
saying how important belief is and
then in verses 27 and 28 He further
states how important it is to listen
and to follow what one hears (learns)
from Jesus. It is after this that Jesus
makes the statement that no one is
able to pluck them our or (take their
eternal life from them). If one were
to look back just a few more verses
we see that Jesus was making refer
ence to the Jews' lack of believe in
Him and that the Jews themselves
were to have their special advantage
lost due to their lack of belief
See Jeremiah 18:7-10; Luke 20:919;
Romans 11:17-22. See also
this column for the previous five
weeks concerning Spiritual Israel.
So one can see how a nation (Israel)
could be cut off from being God's
special people. But what about an
individual? After all, isn't that who
Jesus is referring toln John 10:28?
Yes, Jesus is here referring to
individuals and not to groups or
nations. But before I present a Biblical
argument, I would like to
present one based on logic. Being
aGod of love antfknowing that the
only way to truly receive love is
through allowing freedom of
choice, God made us as we are,
creatures capable of choosing to
obey or to disobey, to love or not to
love. He did not create creatures
that were robots. Even though God
knew that eventually Lucifer would
become proud and envious of God
(Isaiah 14:13-14). He created him
with the freedom to choose. God
wants love and he can't get that
from a sophisticated computer. God
gave us the ability to go beyond yes
and no. He gave us emotions an
choices and intelligence that the
resf of the animal kingdom does
not comprehend. And yet the teaching
has come to be that once you
say the words assuming these works
are spoken sincerely) "I'm accepting
you, Jesus as my Savior, please
forgive me for my sins, accept me
on the basis of my belief," this
teaching is saying that once one
says these words one loses their
freedom of choice. If god were going
to take away our freedom of
choice once we accepted Him as
our Sav ior, then why go through all
this earth's's history, wars, famines.
pestilence, murders, rapes,
tortures, etc He could have just as
easily created created us without
the freedom to choose in the beginning
and not had an insurrection
these past millennia to bother w ith.
He w ould not have had to come and
live a life as a man on this earth, be
rejected by all. finally to suffer and
dieadealhon across. Iffreedomof
choice is lost once one accepts
Jesus, then He is back at square I.
God will be spending an eternity
with people who have no choice
but to submit in a forced love to
Him. They could not make another
choice because they gave that freedom
up when they accepted Jesus
as their savior. I would like to submit
that when we are within the
sheepfold (in His hand, elsewhere
described as within the hedge Job
1:5-10). our eternal life is under
God's protection from all outside
forces as long as we listen to his
voice and follow His will as outlined
in the Bible. Our freedom os
choice is still there. We can choose
tQ leave the protection of Hishand.
We can go back to living a life with
everything based on selfishness,
but if we truly experience the love
of God, we will not choose to do
so.
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Pembroke hi nan is
l-l Gov George Holdcn Glass
of 1970 at UNCP inslallcd the new
ofTicijrsof the Pembroke kiwanis
Club for the year of I 997-98 They
arc President-Brian Brooks, vice
president or president elect George
Kcnworlhy. secretary-Todd Jones
and treasurer- Albert Hunt who
has served a remarkable 35 years
Lt Gov Holdcn is the Regional
Consultant for the Dcpl of Health
and Human Sen ices working with
the Youth Division He cited the
world wide Iodineprogramlocrndicate
the Iodine deficiency in so
many children Lt Gov Holdcn
has been the President of the Faycticvillc
Kivvanis Club this past
year He played baseball for the
Braves under Coach Pennington
and majored in physical education
I can recall him in my gymnastic
classes and other classes
Golly, that was 27 years ago
YVc have enjoyed many years of
being served the best meals under
Mrs Lola Revels and Thanked her
with a gift of Appreciation and
Mrs Sharon Locklcar our waitress
We will miss litem Mrs Revels
health has not been up to par as
of late
We now will be meeting at the
Jade Gardens, a splendid Chinese
restaurant on Third street, starling
next week. Tuesday at 7:00 P M
Ray Lowry was v oted the Outstanding
Kiwanian of the Year I Ic
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Padlotrkion ujMt flobaion HaoUh Cora
New parents always hate lots of
questions to ask aflcr the birth of a
new bab> bo> or girl (and so do the
grand-parents of course') One of
the most common questions 1 get
asked in the nursery is about baby
jaundice. commoniy called "ycllow
jaundice".
Bab) jaundice is a condition
caused by the breakdown of red
blood cells in the baby's circulator)
system afterbirth These broken
down cells arc usually taken
care by the liver and cvcrclcd out
the bladder or intestines In the
newborn, howctcr. the liver is nol
\cr> mature and cannot handle all
the cell products and they begin to
build up in the bloodstream. This
buildup causes the skin to take on
a yellowish color, thus the name
"yellow jaundice" As the liter .
gets more mature, it belter handles
red celt products and jaundice usu- V
ally docs nol recur
When 1 speak to parents before ;
llicy lease the nursery with their
newborn. I remind them that a
little jaundice is not common during
the first week of life Usually
mild jaundice will resolve itself
naturally b> the seventh das of life
There arc some conditions that
may prolong or worsen bnb> jaundice
Breastfed babies usually h;i\c
higher lev els ofjaundicc Breastfed
babies usually have higher levels
ofjaundicc than bottle-fed babies,
but usually not enough to harm the
infant (Remember, breast-feeding)
is the best nutrition for a baby!)
Occasionally. a difference in blood
types between the mom and baby
will cause a more severe form of
jaundice Rarely, an infant will
born w ilh a blood disqrder that will
raise the jaundice levels
Ifa baby has mild vcllowingof
the skin during the first week of
life, simple observation will do
You can help mild jaundice go
away faster by placing the unclothed
baby in sunlight that is
coming through a closed window
Remember to protect the eyes by
covering them with a rolled up
yvnshcloth If the skin becomes a
b?lghl yellow or if the jaundice
persist or appears after the first
week, see your doctor to rule out
any serious problems
Well, that's jaundice in'a nutshell
We'll talk again ne\l week!
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