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? Sunday School Lesson
THE PROMISE OF A SON (Read
; Genesis 15:2-18:15)
"My convenant will I establish
. with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next
year." (Gene. 17:21)
A few months back I noted in (his
column a quote from a well know Ch
ristian leader who said that the Lord
J-, can hit a powerful lick with a crooked
stick. The Scripture given for today's
lesson gives us a very good example
of such a person. The point, of course,
is that God uses imperfect people to
accomplish His perfect will. Abra
ham was God's man, chosen for a
particular service. He became
known as a great man of faith and
trust of the Old Testament. However,
on at least two occasions, he appears
to us as one with feet of clay. One
such occasion is recorded in today's
lesson, and concerns Sarai's maid
Ha gar. Abram and his family and
Area church news
Revival scheduled
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iueoi. raui a M b. Zion Church
Revival will begin Sunday, October
U, 1987 at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.
Willie Moore, Pastor of Bagley's
i) Chapel Missionary Baptist Church,
Choir, Ushers and Congregation. The
guest speaker beginning Monday
night through Friday night, October
12-19 will be the Rev. J. H. London,
Pastor of First Baptist Church, Hert
ford, N.C. There will be a different
guest choir and ushers serving each
night during the week.
The general public is invited to at
tend.
First Baptist Church schedule
The First Baptist Church School
will be at 9:45 a.m. and Mrs. R. B.
Gibhs will be in charge.
Morning worship is at 11 a.m. Pas
tor London will be preaching from
- the subject: The Word of Forgive
ness, Luke 5:20. The Senior Choir will
be singing under the direction of Sis
ter Barbara Shannon, Organist. Holy
Communion will be served.
This is the closing of our Fall Revi
val.
AIDS and social security
Aids, or Acquired Immune Defi
ciency Syndrome, has been desig
nated the number one priority of the
U.S. Department of Health and Hu
nan Services. Health officials have
>tated that no vaccine or cure is
likely to be found in the near future,
N and the disease may continue to
spread until the turn of the century.
The mysterious appearance of a
new, transferable, and usually fatal
disease has created an epidemic of
fear in this country. Consumed by
AIDS anxiety, many people have
overlooked the human face of AIDS
and its impact on our citizens. But at
the Social Security Administration,
we are committed to providing
prompt, efficient and compassionate
assistance to those afflicted with this
terrible disease.
In addition to the pain and suffer
ing of the disorder itself, AIDS vic
tims often have to deal with severe
financial difficulties that result from
their inability to work and the large
medical expenses associated with
treating the disease. Very often, they
must look to Federal, State, and local
governments, as well as organiza
tions in the private sector, to provide
cash assistance and medical care to
meet their needs. Social Security ad
ministers two different disability
programs that can provide such as
sistance to AIDS victims.
The Social Security Disability In
surance program can provide
monthly cash benefits to AIDS vic
tims provided the individual has
worked long enough under the pro
gram to be insured. Although the
amount of work required varies, de
pending on an individual's age, it can
be as little as one and a half years.
Monthly cash benefits begin follow
SOCIAL, SECURiTy
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B> Dunns K. Hard) ( ummiuiontr of Social Security
ing a 5-month waiting period. In addi
tion, health insurance coverage un
der the Medicare program is
available after monthly checks are
received for 24 months.
The Social Security Administration
also administers the supplemental
security income (SSI) program,
which makes monthly cash pay
ments, financed not by Social Secu
rity tax dollars but through general
revenues, to 4 million individuals
who are aged, blind, or disabled and
have limited income and resources.
For any AIDS victim eligible for this
Federal, needs based program, im
mediate cash payments can be made
for up to 3 months while a formal
medical decision is
being made on the claim. Persons eli
gible for these payments normally
qualify for Medicaid, a Federal-State
program that pays medical bills for
low-income people who otherwise
couldn't afford the costs of their med
ical care.
During past medical epidemics
and national tragedies, the American
people have tapped vast reserves of
understanding. The ways in which
the medical profession, government
agencies, social agencies, educators,
and the general public respond to this
disease will reflect our capacity to
care as a Nation. The American pub
lic can be assured that Social Securi
ty's proud, 50 year tradition of com
passionate service lives on!
of Thanks
I can't find words to describe the many
good deeds shown to Dorothy and me
while I was in Norfolk General Hospital
and since I've been home. To my many
friends, relatives, church organizations
and clubs, I wish to say thank you for the
lovely flowers, cards, gifts, visits and
the many prayers that were said for me.
I will always remember you and may
God bless each of you with good health.
J. B. Perry
The Family of Ida Stallings wishes to
thank each and every one for their kind
ness show us with the food, flowers,
cards, visits and phone calls. It all meant
so much. May God richly bless each of
you.
Brothers & Sisters
We would like to thank our many
friends and neighbors for the comfort
and support given to us in our time of
sorrow. Also a very special thanks to Dr.
Lane.
The Harold Hurdle Family
Lot and his family were at this time
together, living, nomad lives in Ca
naan. Abrams herds and flocks were
growing larger? so were his nephew
Lot's. It was time to separate. Lot
chose the area near Sodom? Abram
made his headquarters in Hebron.
Sodom and other cities of the plain
were subject to Chedorlaomer, King
of far-off Elam, east of the Tigris
River. When Sodom and the other cit
ies of the plain rebelled, King Che
dorlaomer sent his armies to subdue
them. The invaders took all the loot
that they could transport, including
the people, and started to return
home. Lot, Abram's nephew, was
among the captives. Abram, hearing
of this castrophy, gathered his
forces, overwhelmed the invaders
and brought back all the captive peo
ple and stolen goods (Gen.14) Abram
refused any reward for his service
from the King of Sodom. Our Scrip
ture text for today picks up at this
point.
GOD'S PROMISE (Genesis 15:1-4)
"After these things the Word of the
Lord came unto Abram in a vision?
(Vs. 1) We are not told what Abram
saw in a vision, only what he heard.
First the Lord said, "Fear not,
Abram, I am your shield, and thy ex
ceeding great reward." God had just
given Abram victory over his foe?
and Abram didn't need to be con
cerned about rewards from earthly
kings. What a great principal teach
ing is set forth here for God's people.
God says to us in essence, "if you are
faithful and obedient to me, I will
take care of all your needs." But
Abram
had a special problem: He and Sarai
did not have children and, therefore,
no heir. Who would inherit all that
God had blessed him with? He asked
the Lord, and the Lord replied that
He would provide an heir to Abram?
a son, literally and physically.
AB RAM'S MISTAKE. (Genesis 16:3
4)
"And he went into Hagar, and she
conceived - (Verse 4) These verses
give us a view of what can happen
when people decide that they can
help the Lord in His plans, and speed
up the process. God had promised
Abram a son, an heir, but Sarai de
cided that by giving her Egyptian
slave to Abram as a wife they would
have an offspring, and an heir.
Abram produced a son by Hagar and
his name was Ishmael (meaning
GoU hears') Because Sarai and
Abram wanted to do it "their way"
there would be consequences down
through the centuries, even today.
Ishmael is the father of much of the
people of the Mid-East today, and we
are aware of the current problems
there. Having patience to wait on the
Lord is difficult for us sometimes
Yet, running ahead of the Lord can
bring on unwanted consequences.
GOD'S ADDED PROMISE. (Genesis
17:15-21)
Thirteen years had passed since
Ishmael's birth; he had grown to a
young teenager. God was ready now
to set His plan in motion to give Sa
rah and Abraham a son. When Abra
ham was 100 years old and Sarah was
90 years old, God caused Sarah to
conceive and bear a son who6e name
was Isaac (Isaac means 'laughter'?
a child of happiness. God did some
thing else. He changed Abram's
name to Abraham (meaning father
of a multitude) and Sarai's name to
Sarah (meaning princess). It was
God's plan that His covenant of re
demption would be worked through
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc.?
through to His Son, Jesus, Who would
be the final revelation of His will for
mankind What did God want from
Abraham and Sarah above all else?
the same as He wants from you and
me; our faith and obedience.
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Death is as natural as
birth. Yet most families
shy away from the sub
ject. It may be wise for
the elderly to discuss it
openly ? with reference
to investments, a will or
trust fund, benefits due,
disposition of personal
effects, funeral prefer
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survivors to cope after
losing a loved one. Other
important matters will
likewise surface for dis
cussion.
Respectfully,
"PUT THAT ON MY
MY ACCOUNT"
Rev. Joseph L. Wills, Pastor
Poole's Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Philemon 1 : 1 7- 1 8
These two verses taken from the epistle of Paul to Philemon, give a
perfect illustration of imputation, "receive him as myself. Philemon,
reckon to Onesimus my merit; receive him as you would receive me.
Think of him as you would think of me. If he has wronged you, if he
owes you anything, put it on my account. Mark down his demerit to
me, and put my merit to HIS credit. Give him credit for all good that
you see in me, and put to my account whatever he had done against
you or whatever he owes you".
That is exactly what Jesus did for us. 1 . Our SIN was put to the
account of Jesus: We have all sinned and come short of the glory of
God. There is none righteous, no, not one. There is not a just man upon
the earth that doeth good and sinneth not. All we like sheep have gone
astray.
O/T God thundered out, "The Soul that sinneth, it shall surely die".
N/T He proclaims, "The wages of sin is death. When sin is finished, it
bringeth forth death". All men are in the same category, from the
standpoint of being incapable of presenting themselves to God. Man
kind is lost, doomed, and without hope. But Jesus took our place as
having to do with S-l-N.
(Rom. 8-1) states There is therefore Now no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus..." The law could not do it, no one could do it
but Jesus. God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:2.3) SIN singular, not SINS,
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plural. SIN singular describes the adamic nature. . we are born in sin
and shaped in iniquity. SINS plural, are the fruits produced by the
Adamic nature. Drinking, gambling murder, adultery, lying, stealing
? these things are the fruits of SIN.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away: behold, all things are become new. And all things
are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, ond
hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; He (Jesus) who knew no
sin. Put it all to his account. All the price has been paid. God put our
sin to the account of Jesus.
SIN. . .is the transgression of God s law Sin is overstepping the
divine boundary between good and evil, between righteousness and
unrighteousness. Sin is failing to meet the divine standard. Sin is exer
cising self-will, rebelling against divine authority. Sin is lawlessness
and unbelief. "Whatever is not of FAITH is SIN
Sin is an act in which we violate the law of God and refuse to be
obedient to HIS revealed will. SIN is taking matters into our own
hands., etc.
God has not changed HIS mind about SIN HE still hates SIN
Our failures were put to the account of Jesus:
Our weaknesses were put to the account of Jesus:
God put all of our CARES on the Account of Jesus:
Our Sorrows have been put on the account of Jesus:
Our DEATH was put on the account of Jesus. Live accordingly.
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