Harter: The Sabbath Day
God commanded His people to remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Old testament Jews observed strict rules surrounding sabbath days, months, and years. Violators were stoned to death! As new testament Christians, what is our obligation toward the sabbath? Should we follow old testament law as we plan our Saturday? Is Sunday the Christian sabbath? Elder Gus Harter opens the scriptures to answer these questions in a straightforward and practical lesson on keeping the sabbath holy.
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Harter: The Creation
Elder Harter exposits the Genesis account of creation.
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Harter: The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
On the first Sunday at the Johns Creek interim location, Elder Gus Harter used 1 Cor 2:2 as his text to preach a stirring sermon on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ: “For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”
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Stanaland: Dealing With One Another (Spring ‘09)
Elder Stanaland turned to the book of Nehemiah, chapter 1, focusing on where Nehemiah confesses to God that he and his people have dealt corruptly with God. Elder Stanaland finds parallels between Nehemiah’s time and our own today, and calls us to action with scriptural exhortation.
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Bradley: Introduction and Prayer (Spring ‘09)
Saturday morning services opened with introduction and prayer by Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr.
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Bradley: My God Will Hear Me (Spring ‘09)
Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. spoke from the book of Micah, chapter 7. The prophet records a tumultuous time, a troubling time of ungodliness and widespread wickedness. Elder Bradley notes that today is likewise a time of trouble, perhaps uniquely so in our lifetimes. Let us say with the psalmist, “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord” (Ps 77:2). And let us trust the sweet promise recorded in verse seven of Micah 7: “my God will hear me.”
We regret that technical difficulty caused us to lose the primary recording of the sermon. The version below was extracted from a recording made from the sanctuary. The quality of this recording is poor, but we hope you will be able to hear the content of the message.
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Pyles: God Hath Shined in Our Hearts (Spring ‘09)
Elder David Pyles of Jackson, Mississippi, delivered the first discourse of our Annual Spring Meeting. He took as his text 2 Cor 4:6: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” He presented a compelling case that this verse speaks of spiritual regeneration; the new birth.
We who believe in God while the world does not, believe because of a one-time event in our lives when God commanded light to shine in our hearts.
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Stanaland: Introduction and Prayer (Spring ‘09)
Elder Vernis Stanaland from Tyler, Texas opened our Annual Spring Meeting Friday evening with comment and prayer.
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Elder Gus Harter “Honor our King”
Elder Harter responds to a subject that has permeated households across America these past few months as we have elected a new President for our country. With decisiveness, he reveals what God commands us to do, regardless of the political differences we may have. It is our duty to pray fervently for our president and those in our government. God has blessed the United States of America beyond measure, and He is certainly and completely still sovereign today.
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The Prayer of Jabez
Introduction: “Living an ‘abundant’ life”
Brother Ben Mozingo introduces the services by examining Eph. 2:1. He explains that by emphasizing and studying each of the words in the verse can give a more full meaning of the detail found God’s word.
“The Prayer of Jabez”
Elder Gus Harter follows the opening and leads us to I Chronicles 4:9-10. These 2 verses introduce a man named Jabez and is the only place he is mentioned in the Bible.
The prayer that he offers here is very short. . .very simple. . .but very significant because of its relevance to us today.
First he asks the Lord, “bless me indeed.” “Indeed” here means “emphatically.” Jabez is begging for a blessing just as we, as God’s people, should desire emphatically to be blessed. He wanted his life to be of benefit – in his job, in his family, as a father, and in every other realm of his life. Yet he knew he could not do it on his own. We should ask to be blessed, that all we do would be to God’s glory.
Secondly Jabez asks God to “enlarge my coast.” By this he is saying “enlarge my area of influence.” He is asking for an increase in his vision and sight of a broader ministry. We should ask for an audience, an opportunity to be a testimony. Even if it is just by the way we live, we can be a testimony to everyone around us without saying a word. In any profession wherever we are, we have an influence on all those around us.
Next Jabez says, “That thy hand might be with me.” He is begging God to be with him. He wanted God’s hand upon his life and to have fellowship with God. We need to seek and ask for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We should desire His presence with us, because it takes God’s blessings to make our life “count.”
Lastly, Jabez says, “and that thou wouldst keep me from evil.” That which drags us down is sin – it separates from God. We need to refrain from getting involved in evil. We need to do more than simply resist temptation – we need to not even go where we know there might be temptation.
We should take Jabez’s example. We need to make this prayer personal in our lives today.
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