CHURCH
Holiday Island residents have
worked hard to raise the
money and to build a non
denominational church in
their community.
"The Chapel on the Sound"
waa hoat to ita firat
congregation on August 5,
when the 100-plui member* of
the church ventured from
their former meeting place,
the Holiday Island Club
House, led by their two
ministers, James. A. Hodge
and Wayne Jarrett, to the
new chapel.
' Sunday School lesson
DO "GOOD" PEOPLE SIN?
(Romans 2:1, 12-24; 3:9-12, 1?)
"They are all gone out of the
way, they are together become
unprofitable: there is none that
dtoeth good, no, not one. (Romans
3;12)
I ; The question posed in the title
' of this lesson is answered in the
text of the scripture given for
today's lesson. Paul is writing to
the Christians in the church at
Rome. In another place in this
same letter, (Romans 3:23) Paul
said, "All have sinned." In yet
another place ~ he~ said ' "The
wages of sin is death." Perhaps
the key to the question lies in the
| word "good." How do we define,
or explain, the word "good"?
On one occasion Jesus was
challenged by a rich young raler
who came to Him with a
question. He addressed Jesus
and said, "Good Master," that is
to mean teacher. Jesus replied,
"Why do you call me good?"
"Only God is good? and no one
else." (Luke 18:18,19 L. B. ) Did
} Jesus mean that He was not
good? No. He was and is good, as
He said only God is good. He
ment that only God is completely
and entirely good.
The scriptures record that
Jesus did on occasion speak
about some people as being "a
good man." Getting back to the
question, "Do good people sin?"
Sure they do, and God has made
provision for them. Paul said
that when we sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, even
Jesus Christ.
Christ taught His disciples a
model prayer in which they were
to ask that God would forgive
them of their sins. Sin is one's life
is devastating? and can be
deadly, but because of Jesus it is
not necessarily fatal to us.
THE JEW AND THE LAW
(Romans 2:17-24)
The Jewish people are the ones
to whom the law had been given;
they were "in the law," or living
under the law supposedly. But
having the law was not
sufficient? living accordingly to
the precepts of the law would
justify them.
Paul used the occasion of this
letter to draw some comparative
conclusions between Jews living
under the covenant of laws? and
Christians living under the new
Nutrition site menus
The following is a list of meals
planned for the week of
^ September 17 through 21
sponsored by the Albemarle
Commission at Wynn Fork Court
served at 12:00 daily. If you have
any questions please call
Darlene Harrell, Nutrition
Project Director at 426-5753.
Monday ? baked chicken,
green beans, yellow squash with
onions, whole wheat bread,
margarine, fresh orange, milk.
. Tuesday ? cheeseburger,
' baked beans, cabbage slaw, bun,
margarine, rosey pear halves,
milk.
Wednesday ? sliced turkey
with gravy, cranberry juice,
choppped broccoli, roll,
margarine, applie crisp, milk.
Thursday ? chicken pastry,
copper penny, spinach, whole
wheat bread, margarine,
orange/grapefruit sections,
milk.
Friday ? roast beef, scalloped
potatoes, tomato juice, roll,
margarine, cranberry crunch,
milk.
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covenant of love.
Did it make a difference when
people sinned? In these verses,
(17-24) Paul makes a pointed
reference to some particular
sins. He calls their attention to
stealing, adultery and that of
placing "things" in importance
above God.
We all know that these acts are
sinful according, both to the law,
and the teaching of Jesus and His
Apostles. Yet, there was one
thing that Paul was especially
agrieved about. Jews claimed to
be God's chosen people? even
boasted about their special
relationship to the Lord. Paul
said that because of this when
they committed sins they
dishonored and blasphemed God.
What Paul said to them he says
to us, also. That kind of
inconsistancy is not limited to the
Jews, of course.
THE JEWS AND THE
GENTLEMEN
(Roman* 3:9-12, 1?, 20)
Paul was a Jew. In these
verses he now speaks as a Jew,
and asked the question, "What
then, are we better than they, the
Gentiles?" Paul answers his own
question very decisively: No
Way! He follows this in verse ten
by stating, "As it is written,
there is none righteous, no, not
one!"
We go back to the original
question stated in the lesson title,
Do good people sin? Do good
Christian people sin? Yes, they
do. They do because they are
imperfect people, trying the best
they can to live according to
Christ's teaching, but sometimes
they fail.
= For Your Information
Dear friends,
GRANT that I may not
so much seek to be justified,
as to console;
to be obeyed,
as to understand;
to be honored,
as to love . . .
for it is in aiving ourselves
that we heal,
it is in listening
that we comfort,
and in dying, that we
are born to eternal life.
ST FRANCIS
Respectfully,
SWINDELL
FUNERAL HOME
Church news
PERQUIMANS UNITED
METHODIST CHARGE
The Rev. David Goehring will
hold services Sunday at the
following times: Cedar Grove ?
9:00; Oak Grove ? 10:00; and
Epworth ? 11:00.
THE LIGHTHOUSE
Covenant Ministries are going
to be at the Lighthouse this
Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Also,
a car wash and yard sale will be
held Saturday at 7:30 a.m. until
noon. All proceeds go to the
Lighthouse, Christian Outreach
Center.
ELIZABETH CITY
WOMEN'S AGLOW
The Elizabeth City Chapter of
Women's Aglow will meet
Saturday, September 15th at 9:00
a.m. at Tucks Restaurant.
Guest speaker will be Rev.
Betty F. Forbes of Virginia
Beach. She has been a Bible
teacher for many years and at
the present time oversees the
Rock Church School of Ministry.
This meeting is open to the
public. Coffee and doughnuts
available.
UP RIVER FRIENDS
Michael Winslow and The
Searchers Quartet of
Chesapeake, Va. will present a
Sacred Concert at Up River
Friends Meeting on Road 1208
twelve miles north of Hertford,
Sunday, September 16 at 7:30
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p.m.
Pastor Rendel Cosand and the
people of Up River Friends
Meeting cordially invite the
public to this service of worship
and inspiration. An offering will
be received for the guest
musicians.
SNUG HARBOR
COMMUNITY CHURCH
The Snug Harbor Community
Church invites you to attend
revival meetings beginning
Sunday, September 16 at 9 a.m.
and Sunday through Friday
evenings at 7:30p.m.
Guest evangelist will be the
Rev. John Alford, pastor of the
Calvary Baptist Church in
Roanoke Rapids. Special music
will be provided each night with
special youth emphasis on
Tursday night.
A Word From
Mt. Sinai
It was looking at some turn of
the century photographs with
Mrs. Ainsley the other day. A lot
has been built and added to
Hertford since then. What
Hertford did not offer was not a
discouragement to them. Rather
it was an opportunity to mane
their own way. There was no
waiting around for a handout and
government development
grants. By personal investment
and hard work, men and women
developed their own future.
One thing noticeable about
home folks is religious
convictions. Farming is totally in
God's hand. When farmers
realize every other business and
institution draws its income from
the farm. Wouldn't it be great if
we all prayed for each other?
Jesus says it is the law.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself." (Mark 12:31)
George Wilmore, Pastor
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church