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:-AROL.^« i iWLo .-.A i JRuA i, OCrOBER 4, 2003 Pmcli- 'cil Bible Principles for Living God’s Commands Are Not Options .. B.}: J.L. Caldwell, Pastor New .leruvalem ;: -:: Baptist 1 aPiedru! : :Tha 'iVn (Mni'iiandmi'nts are ihc liabri v.- ].:\\\ }-, Lir ol [bc\i\ :lTavc _4o do wlih (xir alliuidc toward XnXk-MX heUC. t') dt) with vnn aiti- 'dftdo toward Old' loliow man. l)ur inghfesio' niini^liA. the Jews had .all, hiuMbigottci^. or iiad ehi' on U' •rorgci.- (jchI's basic insiriicuon to .‘them. In (M(!or to t'auliiaic the .Icw^ •remcinberiiig the 'Icii coinnland- -menb. Jesus condensed tliein into L\vo::’'.Tiiou shall I o\.' ' ;--d in : find'with All th\ Mcait and Soul : and :Sljvngth and Mind: and then. Love 5oiir Neiglihor .is ^ oiirscir." :: d'hese t'oinniandmciiis wciv ?a>i : nrieiAled-to be sukc'' vM'^'oncacc : rtc tlk“ Israelite.^, ivu a wi.'-c fi- .i XiOtVI’or God's jvi'pk to enalde ‘.diofn* io ci'.ici a id; of ioyfiil i'ei- ,l«nvshrp_ liii in^ ii Gieator God. We ■aijust take nots' 'c' ilic !.ic' liuu ail of jbe Gonirnandmcni'’ aio cpcaAce hi .llic New 'fcsiameni ” mIi ih.e excep libhiafiUie fouiiii G..imru: iTReniEmbei the .S.ibba'h l):!\ to : It I!ot\.' ilk ic.w.''- be : ihat Jesus knew liia: afic; iik ( n-ss. the - -Christian w or Id .\ on kl •PvcimiaUy hec.in to wor-.!', ;■> on ;Siit>diiy, Fins tloes 10! in anwwi’ :ihv^iidale Saturda',. or oihei' •ditJ'Ol the wce!^ a-. :. ''.ca'ship das. dfheTact of tlie matter ihal Cla i.s diahs were not nieani n' operate tin- :dei; old Testament law. At anv ra'c. ittlF Ciiri'-tians. or hctiexeis in (lod. zib'k i'Xpeeied t(' obe.N ali (htmmami JTicnts. : : Reverence for Cnkl is the basis of ::lhc Ten Gommandinents. Jesu.s ir*’ -dicuted that He conadered h to I'e man’s most bas,.. apprt>ach -i Ciod ; and made '■ ' ms- jk'; laa in :i:e ; l.ofd’s .pra>i'r: Haih'wed IF.' Th\ : Name. ’ .iesus n' ..-.s mat GodA in- ■ (erpiviation 01 me -C anniaiidiikiio • B.more:strict than m,ii of liie .icws. 'The Tt^i'i Commaikicccnts lopk-S'-mt .'^fe'highc^l le'e! o.f nmr.m_\ .vhiJ) .tCod” wants Cliddfcn , ' 'i-.'i.-v . , Frojn this \.o\c 1- P\- t ; .c m.a tops all (Matthew T.. o. During JO'iisC ni.n'sti' hn. .F had all but 'wai.':«.-.i down (uh;A Ten eommand n-r ■ ho "Decalogue, hi .i 'cns.'. i. us ministry held the >001 . tin.' lev. s 10 the fire in order for ilien; sec that ihcv were lix’ine a ^iiain relieion. Hitiay there are Christians who are vl- uig the very same thing and need lo. !■>. held, or hokl themselves, ac- ■c.>u;Uable to God's command- mc:k'.. I'here is tluii subeonscious bchc; a uung some Christians that God W'li not hold them accountable lor b!v.-'.,uy: any of the His Com- man'.fmeius. Fhcre is an attempt on the pail o, ^^)me woridix' forces to pm U'l-ih. i!k- Hew i^hat God. if He is leal. !s sluwlv Ix'cmumg a power lU’f i(i he ■ .•••'p.kied. Gix en all of the ncgati'v- exenls happening in the ■^orki todm-. tlk- tvhof still exists that ' itkl i.s deatl or nonexistent. I’he. tact remains that we cannot see ihuiklc), wind and lightnina on a b.'.iLiliIul. elea;' day. However, when i!-,e eondilions are right, these . eKmieiUs ^ome forth with power ard (k'ce and no one can stop ti cm In short, we then will only be a'de to gnn and bear it when the sivum Lomes upon us. Gia- L'.c) .sce CkxI's forthcoming Juhgeniem operating like an on- eomiug heaii attack. You've been feeling eood for years with health e!icek-ups and you are confident that ail i.s \'e!l. Fhen two weeks altci' haxiiig he- n given the "phvsi- cai t‘ka> Irom the doctor, sikldeiily and viihout warning, your heart aik! \vki arc no more. Fir.si ol -li. 01m must understand that God aaJ no'hing m do with this tragic endm_. The person did it to hiiii.-he;-s;'!( py not obeying the yeai c.uninandmenls which carry wuh ;hcm life and death. Hmv otten ik!\e we iieard the Bible say to each 't u.s."'rhc soliI waiich sins, dies." mod's wortl to be obedient brings us life, eternal life.'God cannot make a holy nation out of a people who will >Ku obey His Command ments. I'he Old Te.stament iiible bears record of such, 'fhe New Testament is God's latest Will for His children. "I come to give you life and to give ii to you more abundantly" ('John 10:10). The Bible leaches that we snould not become weary in well doing. It is an error lor any Christian !t> think that he/she is, in a sense, .wcu'king for the Lord. We are taught in a practical sense, ih.ai we iic'cr w'ork for the Lord, but in realitv. w-'c , praise Him and affirm Him as our Creator God when we obey Him. "Obedience is better than sacrifice (w'ork). And we are nm without help. I Peter. 1:2 tells us that we are helped to obedience by Cmd's iloK Spirit. Otherwise, we wcnild not be able to obey Him on our own. Our own persona! experience of failuix 'has shown us this is true. There would be some Christians more inspired to faithfully obex, if God automatically scut them a thousand dollars a day. Just as He fed the Hebrews in the Wilderness for forty years, fhese sm^.'.. Chris tians have yet to xalue the pos sibility of eternal life moie than '■'inancial gain. Are xx e mu eminded bx’ seriplurcs. "What Akild it mean to a man il he gained he whole world and losi his own sou! in the process." Yes, we get tired- ol gmiig 10 ■hurch. singing in the elioir. '^'e,-'. ve get tired of going to nud-xvee.x prayer service, and elniieh pixt- gnims, not to mention giving the church our hard earned nionev. All of this, and God at times seems not to care. It seems that we are always begging God for our upkeep, at least until we get tired of begging and waiting for the blessings to come. Then we take matters into our own hands and begin to de value God’s holy Commandments and may even dare Him to get on our case about our taking over our oxvn lives. You see, God does not react to our foolishness as an angry person would do. He does not have 10. The fact of the matter is, whatever judgements come to us as the result of our disobedience arc already built into the act of dis obedience itself. And the unw'anted consequences will eventually rai.se their ugly hcad.s in our lives. If you accidentally or intentionally put your hand on a hot stove, it will get burned, the consequence of st^h an act i.s built into the act. Again, we do thi.s to ourselves and God had nothing to do with it; uusi as He told Adam what would happen if he ale of tiie tree of life (a test). Adam, for whatever reason, decided on his own to take a bile. And now you know the rest of the story. All of this has to do with obeying God's commandments with our Ireewill. which fie has given us as a gift. The Commandments are for us to do or not do. the choice is tru ly ours to make. Wc must reinem- 'vr this! What thi.s all boils down to is the tact God’s Holy Command ments arc not optional to Chris tians! Durham Chamber of Commerce Accepting Leadership Durham 2004 Applications 'fhe Durham Chanibpr of Com merce is accepting applieaiions for iis Leaxlership Durham 2004 pro gram. For the past '21 xears. Leadership Durham has trained and inspired over 800 area cili/ens to heetmie more involved in Chaqiber. community and gox-ernmenl affairs. 'fhroLigii faee-io-f.iee meeting> vxiih inlluential area leaders and on-site visits to local instiiiiiicn^. class participants gain in'-ighi inio community issues such as public eiluealion. human necu.s. local gtw- ernmenl. law e-nforcemeit!. no nomic development ami he;il(h care. Applications for i.eadership Dui- ham 2004 arc due by 0 p.m. on Fri day. October 10. The selection pm- ccss is highly competilix'c and is based upon demonstrated leader ship ability, evidence of com munity involvement, willingness to assilme greater community responsibilities and recommenda tions. Approximately.20-30 people are accepted annually. Leadership Durham is a six- month program that runs from late November to early June. Classes meet every other Thursday (exclud ing holidays) for a total of 13 full- day .sessions. Regular attendance is expected: if you miss more than three sessions, you will not be able to graduate from the program. I.eadership Durham commences xviih a mandatory orientation on Ihursday. November 20, 8 a.m. - 4 p.tn. at Treybum Country Club. In •addition to the sessions, class mem bers xviil adopt community service [M'ojccts that vary in length depend ing on the scope. Projects will be discLiss.ed in detail at the orienta tion. 'fhe cost of the program is $950. 'fhe fee includes breakfasts and lunches, tours, materials, group transportation, receptions and a graduation ceremony. A $100 non- refundablc deposit is due by orientation on November 20. The remainder of the balance is due by December 15. F4ease contact Jack Boyd for information on available scholarships and payment options. Leadership Durham is an ex cellent way to become an active and influential force in our com munity. William A. Kalkhof. Presi dent of Downtown Durham Inc., said, "Leadership Durham taught me that it I wanted to get involved. 1 could make a difference — and it taught me how to gel involved." Kalkhof was a member of Leader- ^hip Durham Class of 1989. For an application, brochure and additional information, visit the Durham Chamber of Commerce Web site at www.durhamchamber.org/member s/leadership.html. You may also contact Jack Boyd at the Chamber at 682-2133 or jboyd@durhamehamber.org. Shaw’s Woodard Named National Player Of the Week Shaw- University cornerback Shawn Woodard was named Divi sion II Player of the Week by D2Football.com. Woodard (6-0, 180). a sophomore trom Rock Hill, SC recorded four interceptions, five passes defended, two solo tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in the 21- 7 xiclory Hdward Waters in the Willie F. Gary Cla.ssie in Jackson ville. FL, Woodard was also named ClAA Detonsive Back of the Week lor the .second lime this year. Woodard leads the nation in in terceptions (7).' Note: Shaw nose tackle Walif Campbell was named honorable mention D2Foolball Player of the Week as he recorded 10 tackles (8 •volo) and four ’tackles for loss. ( ampbell is amongst ilic nation’s ii] |'ni: hiss. Trans Fats By Suzzette Goldmon Family and Consumer Educator North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Saturated fat, un.saturated fat, how trans fat.s? Many peo| are asking what are trans fats and are tliey a new kind off Trans tats are fats produced when other oils are changed I cooking purposes. This is not a new kind of fat that hasji been created or discovered. Trans fats have been around foi while, however it has received a lot of attention recently tt has caused it to be thrust into the forefront of niitritioii studies. Trans fatty acids or trans fats are created when liquid, u saturated oils such as soybean oil are converted into a sol fat. During this process hydrogen is added to the oil to crea a solid fat that can be used for cakes, biscuits, pie crusts ai many other foods. .Adding hydrogen will change the co: sistency and increase the shelf life of the fat. As a result the hydrogenation process, all of the fat molecules are n completed converted or changed, therefore creating the trai fats. Some trans fats occur naturally in foods such as milk. However the main way it is created is through the chemic process to produce solid fats from liquid oils. Cooking doi not cieate trtins fats. The solid fats containing trans fats ai typically found in the form of shortening, margarines and i many convenient and snack foods. The reason trans fats are important nutritionally is that the present some serious health concerns. Consuming high level of trans fats can raise your total cholesterol. It can also it crease your bad" cholesterol or low-density lipoproteit (LDL) as well as lower your "good" or high-densit lipoproteins (HDL.) By affecting the cholesterol levels in negative way. consuming large amounts of trans fat could it ciease your risk tor heart disease. .lust as many other foo souices, too much ol it can cause adverse health con sequences. Even though trans fat.s could increase your ris for heart disease, it is controllable. The point to remember for controlling trans fats is to eati in moderation. Soon nutrition labels on food will include tb amount of trans fats along with saturated and total fat con tent. For additional information contact: Suzzette Shaw Gold moil. NC Cooperative Extension, Durham County Center 72 1 Foster Street. 560-0.125, http://www.ces.nc.su.edu/durham/ Suzzette_Goldmon@ncsu.edu History of Sycamore’s in Illinois’ 0rst black church By Chris Rickert SYCAMORE, ill. (AP) - Members of the Israel of God’s Cht gathered recently m Sycamore for their annual conference, their ^ since the church's founder arrived in Sycamore and set up what is aln certainly the first black church in DeKalb County. In between baptisms, services and church business meetings, the 50( so people who attended were able to visit a small museum across street trom the church. Until 1979, the building housed one of denomination's pastors. Known simply as The Museum, it was set up shortly after the R Samuel Parker died at the age of 97. It contains hundreds of phoi newspaper articles, plaques and other artifacts from the church's histoi That history began when the denomination's founder. Apostle Geo Washington Flowers, a former slave, arrived in Sycamore in 1907, veais alter lounding his lirst church in Chicago, recounted church me bet Nathan Thomas. Ihomas lather, lOl-year-old Joseph Thomas, bishop at the Sycamore church today. Chuich members lefer to Idowers as the "visible founder,'' becai while God i.s believed to be the true founder of the denomination, FIc ers was the one visible to people and carried God’s message. foday. the church has 16 congregations located as far away as I. Angeles and Arkansas, but primarily in Midwestern cities such Racine, Wis.. and Detroit. Since Flowers arrix al in Sycamore, the church's spiritual mi.ssion f had an impoitant social component as well. Its members weiconi blacks new to the area during a time in which, according to Nath Thomas, they were es.sentiaily not allowed to live anywhere but aio North S[:cc[. where the church is located. Ihc ii'.;u.se has always been a place for people who needed." I yoLingci Ihomas said, reterring to a home the church owns next door ihc^museum. Because at that lime wc couldn’t live anywhere else.’ The church owns 14 properties along a stretch of North Street, indu mg a dormitory where conference visitors stayed, an apartment buildi wheic Nathan himself lives and a five-acre campground that serves as I home ol the church's summer camp. Nathan lecalls that the church built a house (wo doors down from t museum for a professor from Africa who was leachincr at Northern linojs University in the early I96()s. The professor came to the chun alter being turned away by every other landlord he approached, all whom claimed to have Just rented out the apartment the professor was i leresied in. For the people in that neighborhood, it was very important " DeKa County historian Phyllis Keiiy said of the church. Keiiy noted that the neighborhood is iocated near the former Anacoiii Wire company, where many of those who iived in the neighborhot worked during World Wars I and II. Thomas said the church had something of an informal agreement wi Anaconda to provide workers for the factory if the factory would provit jobs. Young black men would then come to Sycamore to work in Ihc tin lory, and at the same time train to become ministers in the cliiirch. Thomas .said the museum has never h'ad a formal relationship with tl city or local tourism groups to publicize its collection, allhou"!! he sii they would be welcomed to do .so. ^
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