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Anything which dues not glorify God is a sin.
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world If any man
love the world, the love of the father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eye. and the pride of life, is not of the father,
but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; hut he
that doeth the will ofGod abideth forever." (I John 2:15-17)
When I see folks who say they are Christian and they are still sinning. I
know they are not dead yet. They are still going back to the cemetery of their
soul, feeding lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life which God has
promised is going to pass away and those who hold on to it will pass away
Let us again hear from the words ofGod from Romans. Chapter 12: "Be not
overcome of evil; but overcome evil with Good." (Verse 21). "And if possible,
as much as lieth in you. live peaceably with all men." (Verse 18)
Can you imagine what the church would be like if we recompensed to no
man evil for evil, what it would be like if we were to provide honesty in the sight
of all men? Can you imagine if we were to-live peaceably with all men? Can you
imagine if we were to avenge not. but rather give place unto wrath, for it is
written vengeance is mine. I will repay saith the Lord.
Can you imagine if thine enemy w ere to hunger and you did as Jesus said,
"feed him." My friend, you better be careful how you set out to destroy your
enemy. God's word warns us severely. "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good." Romans 12:21)
1 remember years ago a church was having a severe problem in their
fellowship. Two members had become angry at each other. One said to the
other that she would get even and she would do so in the name of Jesus. Some
few months later that person died very suddenly. You see. she was overcome
of evil. She could have still been alive, if she had overcome evil with good. We
are warned not to give place unto. Satan, to beware of his devices. Jesus said
revile not when men shall persecute you, shall say all manner of evil against
you. This word evil means any action which does not glorify God. We need to
put it to death. It does not need to be back there wiggling, but it needs to be
dormant (dead). Jesus said those who are dead in Christ are blessed, blessed
are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. Those who are dead are called
peace makers, those who are dead are called the merciful and they are promised
by Jesus to obtain mercy. Another thing about being dead in Christ. They are
referred to as the pure in heart for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:3-12).
No wonder Brother Paul said, "Now being made free from sin and become
servants to God." (Romans 6:22) We were buried and baptized into Jesus
Christ, were baptized into his death, therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up form the dead by the glory
of the father, even so we also should walk in newness of 1 life for if we have
been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed that henceforth we should not
serve sin for he that is dead is freed from sin. Now we being dead with Christ,
we believe we also shall live within." (Romans 6:3,5)
Now we need to be sure. Again, are you his witness? Are you dead from the
things of this world? "If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in
him; for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the pride of life is not of God, but is of the world." (I John 2:15)
We said before, anything which is dead does not seem to be
uncomfortable, does not want to change its position. It is dead, a very restful
state. So then, anything which does not glorify God ought to be put to death.
When we know that it does not please God, we ought to put it to death. You
don't feed something that ought to be dead.
Now when I say the word evil, we are not speaking of killing, stealing,
murdering, these are evil, hatred, but we are talking about evil on another level.
Evil in the church. Evil that does not factor out to God's plan. Any
conversation which does not glorify God's way of life. Anything in our life
which does not glorify God, we need to put it to death.
The reason we ought to put to death the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eye, pride of life is that it is a life controlled by flesh. It is not prepared to enter
the presence of God. Pride, deception, licentiousness, cruelty, have become
fixed in your character. Can anyone who has not glorified Christ by being dead
to sin enter into heaven to dwell forever with those whom they despised and
hated on earth '
I isien rm friend, truth will never be agreeable to a liar, meekness will never
satisfy self esteem and pride; purity is not acceptable to the corrupt,
disinterested love does not appear attractive to the selfish What source of
enjoyment could heaven offer to those who are wholly absorbed in earthly and
selfish interest'1
You mean to tell me those persons who have not died from the lust of this
world, those persons who are not over comers of ev il. suddenly be transported
to heaven and witness the high, the holy state of perfection, that ever exists
there, every soul filled wtth love, every countenance beaming with joy.
enrapturing music in melodious strain rising in honor of God and the Lamb and
the ceaseless stream of light flowing upon the redeemed from the face of him
who sitteth upon the throne, could those hearts that have been filled with the
hatred of God. of truth and holiness, mingle with the heavenly throng and join
their songs of praise; could those persons whose lives which have never
glorified Christ endure the glory of God and the Lamb?
My friend, for a long time now Satan has fooled most of the people to
believe that people who have not put to death anything which does not glorify
God. those who went to the grave unprepared, will have you to believe that
they are in heaven, happy and that they have inherited exalted positions there,
and they will tell you the error is widely taught that no difference is made
between the righteous and the wicked.
I tell you such men are acting and preaching on their own initiative and
have not been under the control of God. My friend, when'there is sin in the
priesthood it will produce sin in the people and. therefore, these things cannot
glorify God. And anything which does not glorify God will not build the
temple of God on a foundation of truth. One cannot erect the palace of purity
on a foundation of corruption. You cannot accomplish the building of the city
of God save as we are true to the divinely prepared plan.
Let me close with this thought on being dead in Christ. You may argue, but
not with me. I tell you the truth. To be dead in Christ simply means to believe
what Jesus has left us as a guide and that is his word. Jesus demands absolute
perfection. "Ye. therefore, shall be perfect, as your heavenly father."
(Matthew 5:48). Wait, now before you go off to the grave, you want to know
if you are going prepared or unprepared. Now I have never read where Jesus
excuses sin. Never, even at this very hour Jesus still demands perfection. In
doing so he has left us all on the highway of life to discover our failure and to
find God's house is to be desired a place where we can dwell. It is discovering,
knowing God desires absolute perfection. For years this world spoke of the
survival of the fittest with strange intuitive accuracy, humanity has fastened
on that phase. And now it seems to apply everywhere today it stands for the
conception that only the fit things ought to survive. Men and women have
been applying it physically and mentally and bless God the church ought to
have been applying it spiritually. You see, it embodies the essential truth. You
see. it reveals a profound necessity. "Be ye perfect." It is a principle apart from
which our life is not worth living. My friend, only fit things must survive. The
unfit must go to the wall. We need to go further and say it is a law of God. And
that the chief exponent in human history of that particular law and that
particular principle is Jesus Christ. There never passed the lips of Jesus a
single plea for the excuses of incapacity. Through the centuries he is not
leading into some heaven that lies beyond an army of mental, moral and
spiritual cripples. No, bless God, Jesus demands perfection and anything
which does not please God is a sin. He demands perfection in this present
world. You and I must not indulge in any kind of criticism which would try to
tell us that Jesus did not mean what he said. He said "be ye perfect." Folks
don't let it frighten you to death. Paul said, "I count all things but dung that I
might know him and the power of his resurrection. Ye shall love your enemies.
Ye. therefore, shall be perfect, as you father." Your father is perfect. This, my
friend, is Christ's demand for the ultimate fitness, the fitness of the soul. Love,
baptize, love inspired, this fitness of the soul that cannot stoop to untruth or
to meanness, cruelty.or devilry because it is mastered by love.
The lost spiritual, mental, physical, fitness of humanity is covered by the
mastery of love. Christ stands with the great words forever sounding in the
listening ear of astonished, ashamed, confounded, humanity, ye shall be
prefect and let there should be some lowering of the ideal." He interpreted his
meaning as your father, your heavenly father is perfect. My friend, we are to
mortify the deeds of the flesh, to tell what does not glorify God, I am not to be
a friend to this world, the reason is that 1 stand in the presence of Christ. We
need to say if that be Christ's standard for a respectable society and you could
pass and would be something the church speaks of lightly and you could very
well pass. But if you come to a solemn holiness of God's spirit, which is the
self consciousness of man in the presence of Jesus Christ, you will say if that
be the standard, God help me. I am not that yet, .which Christ demanded. Now
let me ask sou a question In you body and spirit, does it glorify Christ? The
w ill of you life. does it factor toGod's will0 Let me warn sou again, you cannot
overcome ev il by evil L\ il is over cotne by love There are those in the church
which need to cross over some aisles to settle something. Evil does not over
come evil. Some of you are not comfortable in your spiritual state. There are
some thing which need to be forgiven. You are not prepared to face God. You
need to know there is no future years of probation Now is the time to say I am
sorry. I didn't mean it. Will you forgive me? You might say. Preacher Ted, it
was not me. That could be so. but Jesus said if thy brother has an ought, go
to him. My friend. Jesus is glorified when you will rise and say I want to be
pure in heart. I will go. Can I say this? This is a dirty world. We are not to think
like this world or to act like it. "Beware least you be also being led away with
error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness." (I Peter 3:17) There is a
danger when our life does not glorify Christ. When Lot went out to testify to
his daughters and son-in-law. Lot was laughed at. When he tried to warn them
of Sodom's destruction, they laughed at him because he had been seated with
this world's philosophy and they would not hear his warning. Lot like some ofyou
who are rotten morally, your loved ones are going to die and go to hell
because they are stumbling over your rotten testimony. Your children laugh at
you when you tell them about Jesus. You know why? They can see the
perversion of this world in you. They see you living, one foot in the church
and one in the world. Some of you very soon will suffer the loss of your faith,
family and even our fortune. Soon all our business will go up in smoke. Evil will
destroy you. Look around you. killing, murder, stealing. Why? The church
which was left here to glorify God has mingled w ith the world and we seek to
destroy evil with evil. The world will laugh at you when you try to tell them
about Jesus. Too long now they have seen how we overcome evil. They do it
with hate, killing, murdering one another, all because Jesus is not being
glorified. . /
I will stop for a while but I want you to know my heart burns for the
righteousness of God. I could write forever about God and his mercy, tell how
good he has been to me and my family, and I will until his blessed return.
Amen.
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The Club voted to provide Pembroke
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Pediatric Pointers I
by Dr. Joey Bell, Pembroke Pediatrics
If you read the early history of
North and South Carolina, you find
how devastating European settlement
was to the Native people of the area.
The Europeans carried diseases that
these Natives had never been exposed
to and to which they had no
immunity. These disease, especially
smallpox, killed many Natives during
those early years.
Today we have ways of preparing
a child's immune system to help fight
off infections. One important way is
by immunizations (or vaccinations).
Immunizations are products of the
germs given as shots or by mouth.
These germ products stimulate the
child's immune system against that
particular infection. This allows the
body's immune system to fight offthe
infection. If it ever comes in contact
with that gem again.
Vaccines are very safe and are
rarely associated with major side effects.
The minor side effects, such as
fever or swelling, are uncommon and
usually are only seen with the DTaP
vaccine. I usually tell parents to give
some Tylenol or Motrin before vaccinations
to help with pain or fever.
The following is the American
Academy of Pediatrics recommended
schedule for immunization in the US:
? At birth, infants receive the first
Hep B (Hepatitis B) vaccine.
? At two months of age, they
receive the second Hepatitis B, the
first DTaP.
? (Diptheria/Tetanus/Pertussis),
the first Hib (Haemophilus influenzae
type b), and the first IPV (injectable
polio vaccine).
-- At four months of age, they
receive the second DTaP, Hib, and
IPV vaccines.
? At six months of age, they
receive the third DTaP. Hib, and the
Hep B and IPV may be given at this
time or at any time over the next 12
months.
-- The next vaccines may be given
over a range of time, as follows: the
fourth DTap can be given over a
range of time, as follows: the fourth
DTap can be given between 15 and
18 months, the fourth Hib can be
given between 12 and 15 months, the
first MMR (measles, mumps, and
rubella) can be given between 12 and
15 months.
? Varicella vaccine (chickenpox)
may be given after 12 months.
? Preschool children (ages 4-6)
receive the last DTaP and 1PV injections,
and the second MMR.
? Children ages 11-12 years may
receive boosters of Hep B, MMR, and
Varicella injections. In some areas
of the country, they also receive a
Hepatitis A vaccine.
As parents, we should try our best
to make sure our children are current
on their vaccinations. Remember, it
will not only help your own child safe
from infections, but will also help
prevent the spread of infections
through schools or communities. If
you have any questions about immunizations,
please feel free to write me
at PO Box 3010, Pembroke, NC,28372.
In case you are seeing this article
at www.pembrokepeds.com, or you
have access to the Internet, here are
a few sites that can give you more
information about immunizations,
from reputable sources.
? http://www.aap.org/family/parents/immunize.htm
This one is
from the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and includes the year 2000
immunization schedule.
? http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/6mishome.htm
This one
talks about worries that parents have
regarding vaccines.
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Saturday, June 30,2000
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