Guest Speaker
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
ANNOUNCEMENTS ►A Special Thank You to all of our ministry workers for meeting together every third Saturday
Sunday
9: 30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m.
Bible Study Morning Worship Afternoon Worship Morning Bible Study Evening Bible Study
4th Sunday
2:00 p.m.
Ladies Class Men Training Class
TBA
2:00 p.m.
Youth Devotion
Wednesday
► A Call to Encourage: Please call to encour age the follow ing m em bers. Matthew Ellis, Tiffany Robinson, Clevelan Buggs, Shavonne Ciara, Kawanna Robinson, Larry Smith and Willie Wardlow.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT ►Senior Round-up 2nd Saturday 10:00am—12:00pm ►Ladies Nursing Home Visit –4th Sat. @ 11:00 ► Ladies Bible Study— 4th Sunday @ 2:00 PM. ► Men’s Training 4th Sunday @ 2:00pm
► Youth Sunday Every Fourth Sunday: We are encouraging our young men to work in various aspects of the worship services. Duty assignment will be made during our 9:00 Sunday morning devotion. See Bro. Barnes. with any questions.
STUDY POINT: Destruction of sexual gender is serious. God says it is an abomiORDER of SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS *** CALL TO WORSHIP
*** RESPONSIVE READING *** OPENING PRAYER *** SCRIPTURE READING *** SERMON
*** COMMUNION *** OFFERING *** GUEST RECOGNITION *** BENEDICTION
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
SERMON NOTES
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Welcome to Rock Springs Road
Church of Christ
nation. The confusion or blurring of the distinction between the sexes shocks and sickens God. This is one of a list of wicked, repugnant things that God righteously puts under the sentence of the ban. Apparently, the Amorites' degeneracy included gender confusion as well as homosexuality, bestiality, and the sacrifice of children to the idol Molech. God declares this to be moral perversion and worthy of severe punishment. Man's imaging of God is marred. This blurring and confusion of the sexes is part of God's punishment as well as a cause of it, Rom. 1:18-32.
FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY : JUNE 28. you are encouraged to invite as many friends and relatives as possible to come and worship with us. Will You Confess Too Late? Confession is the acknowledgement of some-thing we need to show in our lives. Christianity (the point of salvation) begins by confessing (freely acknowledging through personal faith) Jesus for whom He is (Matt. 10:32-33). Great men and women always confess. Peter said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). The gospel of John records five confessions:
Join Us in Worship Let the people praise thee, O God; Let all the people praise thee. Psalm 67:3
Nathanael confessed, “Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel” (1:49). The Samaritan woman confessed, “[I]s not this the Christ?” (4:29). Peter again confessed, “And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God” (6:69). Martha confessed, “I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world” (11:27). Thomas confessed, “My Lord and my God,” only after his doubts were erased (20:28). Consequently, confession is repeated in scripture as necessary for our salvation (Rom. 10:9-10; 1 John 2:23; 4:2-3, 15; 2 John 1:7). Yet, confessing our faith is not always easy. Even after Peter confessed Jesus twice, he later denied Jesus when the situation was different. John the Immerser confessed Jesus even in the face of the Pharisees (John 1:15-18, 29; cf. Matt. 3:7ff). Eventually, the Pharisees agreed to cast out any Jew caught confessing Jesus (John 9:22; 12:42-43).
You are truly our honored guest. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to visit with us today. We look forward to your next visit.
June 20, 2015
Volume 4 Number 25
Dr. Nelson V. Hare, Evangelist/ Teacher 6481 Rock Springs Road Lithonia, GA 30038 (770) 482-9724 Fax 770 482-9714
D. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith about Salvation (error, false gospel) and Expect Baptism to Save the Lost, Mk. 16:16; 1 Pet. 3:21.
One Cannot be Taught Wrong and Baptized Right! 1. Illus: Must take the correct road from Bellingham, WA to Boise, ID to get there (take the wrong road…never arrive at your destination). Jno. 14:6 -Just like one will never get to Kurnool from Bangalore on the wrong road, one will never get to the Savior and salvation on the wrong road (one can be very sincere, yet still on the wrong road!). Matt. 7:13-20 2. Some wrongly accuse us of demanding that baptism be “by a church of Christ preacher” in order to be valid. That is not true. 3. What we advocate is this: Every lost soul must be Baptized by the authority of Jesus Christ – iIf they want to be saved. (Matt. 28:18-19). 4. Faith comes by hearing the word of God (Rom. 10:17). Only when we hear and believe the right word will we have true faith that leads to true obedience of Christ and salvation from our sins through Him (Acts 4:12). I. FALSE DOCTRINE DOES NOT PRODUCE TRUE OBEDIENCE AND SALVATION. A. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith (error, false gospel) and Correctly Obey the One Baptism of Truth, Eph. 4:5. 1. One Lord gave one faith that commands one baptism. [“One baptism” is the result of preaching the “one faith” that is given by “one Lord” (Jesus Christ).] 2. When two people have different faiths (gospel or body of truth, Gal. 1:11, 23) they cannot both be partakers of the same (one) Lord and baptism (Gal. 3:26-27). a. That would be this: One Lord...two faiths…one baptism!!
1. Acts 16:30-34: Jailer taught truth about salvation in Jesus so he could be correctly baptized and saved.
2. LDS: Salvation is exaltation in a celestial kingdom (become a god); Their baptism doesn’t save them! E. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith about the Church (error, false gospel) and be Correctly Baptized into the Body of Christ, Eph. 4:4; 1 Cor. 12:13. 1. The Holy Spirit (one Spirit, Eph. 4:4) revealed “one faith” that leads us to be baptized into “one body” (the church, Acts 2:47). 2. When Philip preached the church (kingdom) and the authority of Jesus believers were baptized and added to the church (one body), Acts 8:12; 2:47. 3. Denominations teach the wrong church. They say, “join the church of your choice.” Therefore, their baptisms will never put a person into the true church! II. THE AUTHORITY THAT VALIDATES (APPROVES) BAPTISM. (Matt. 21:23: “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?”) (From heaven or men? Matt. 21:25)
A. The Authority that Approves Baptism Belongs to Jesus Christ, Matt. 28:1820 (Col. 3:17).
1. Baptism “in the name of Jesus Christ” is by the authority (power and approval) of Christ (Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5; 1 Cor. 1:13-16).
2. Example: John the baptizer, Acts 19:1-5. a. His “baptism of repentance for the remission of sins” was no longer valid (Mk. 1:4; Jno. 3:30). b. People who had been baptized with an invalid baptism submitted to being baptized “in the name of the Lord Jesus.”
► The CofC at Bouldercrest invites ladies to attend their Ladies Retreat August 27- 30 at The Omni Amelia Island Resort just off the coast of Florida. For more information visit www.bouldercrestcoc.com or call 404-622-4212.
► Morgan County Church of Christ: Gospel Meeting July 5-9, Speacker: Herbert Moore from Old National. ► THE 2015 NATIONAL CRUSADE FOR CHRIST Plans have been made tp host the 2015 NATIONAL CRUSADE FOR CHRIST in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AUGUST 22-27, 2015. This is the largest and most attended event in our brotherhood as Christians from across the nation converge to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and model His Spirit through service and ministry in the community. EVERY CHRISTIAN should make plans to meet the saints in San Antonio as we work together to fulfill the Will of the Lord as stated in THE GREAT COMMISSION!
► Liberty City CofC in Savannah is hosting their 26th Annual Ladies’ Day Program June 6-7. The guest speakers will be Saundra Chisholm and Chearae Warner. ► Please Visit our Health Room following both AM and PM services ► Remember to fill out your attendance card and place
them in the collection basket. ► 5th Sunday Fellowship is coming in August. We are planning for our second 3:00 pm prayer service ► Ministries leaders, please turn in your Ministry Survey Sheets . BUSINESS DIRECTORY: We would like to prepare a business directory for our membership. If you own or are affiliated with a business or service, please put your business card or written information in the box on the table in the foyer. We want to encourage members to do business with other members.
b. Denominationalism that teaches “salvation by faith only” perverts the gospel by teaching another faith that is not the “one faith” and therefore cannot produce the correct baptism (“one baptism”) of the gospel, Gal. 1:6-7.
B. The Misuse of Authority Invalidates the Action, Acts 19:11-17.
B. One Cannot be Taught Another Jesus (error, false gospel) and be Correctly Baptized into the True Christ (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 3:27).
those with evil spirits, but they failed because they had no authority to do so! 19:13-16
1. 2 Jno. 7: Some taught Jesus did not come in the flesh; these were not to be fellowshipped (9-11).
greatly honored, 19:17.
4. Baptism is not authorized or approved by any of the following:
Where: Gar den Level
2. LDS: Teach Jesus was a spirit child born to God the Father in premortal existence: They baptize for remission of sins, but not into Christ!
a. Not a denomination started by man because their existence is not authorized by Christ (Col. 3:17).
When: Sept. 12, 2015
C. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith about Sin (error, false gospel) and Expect Baptism to Wash Away His Sins, Acts 2:36-38; 22:16. It will not do so! 1. That would be salvation by ignorance and faithlessness, not faith! 2. Catholics: Teach the false doctrine of original, inherited sin; they say baptism is necessary to remove it; but their doctrine is false and their baptism invalid. (Also, they sprinkle, not immerse – false and invalid.) 3. Sin will not be washed away without proper faith about sin and its removal (Rom. 6:1-4).
1. Paul worked miracles by the power (authority) of God, 19:11-12. 2. Some men tried to exorcise evil spirits by calling the name of the Lord Jesus over
Talk it up! Get Ready for Rock Springs
3. This show of true power (authority) caused “the name of the Lord Jesus” to be
►
June
27th, the ladies of Shumate Street Church of Christ in Quitman, invites you to their LADIES DAY. Theme, “Be Not Dismayed, Believe God Can Do Anything!” (Isaiah 41:10). Continental Breakfast 8:008:45am, Program 9:00am- 12:00 noon
1st Mother-Daughter Tea
Time: 8:30 – 12:00
Guest Speaker: Mar gar et Robertson (Saturday) & Marvin Robertson (Sunday)
► August 30th, the Church of Christ @ Chapel Hill, Macon, GA (formerly Houston Ave-
nue) invites you to experience “MY BROTHER’S KEEPER” Youth Sunday. This effort is to organize opportunities to bring our young people together, because we believe t will strengthen them in their Christian faith and life, as they share and learn from each other
► August 26th, Courtland Avenue Church of Christ in Quitman, GA will host their 81st ANNIVERSARY & HOMECOMING CELEBRATION.
Go Ye, means Go ME All approved announcements for the bulletins should be placed in the folder on the Admin Office door or email Sis Dee Elder [email protected] no later than Wednesday of each week. BULLETIN—
ANNOUNCEMENTS ►A Special Thank You to all of our ministry workers for meeting together every third Saturday
Sunday
9: 30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m.
Bible Study Morning Worship Afternoon Worship Morning Bible Study Evening Bible Study
4th Sunday
2:00 p.m.
Ladies Class Men Training Class
TBA
2:00 p.m.
Youth Devotion
Wednesday
► A Call to Encourage: Please call to encour age the follow ing m em bers. Matthew Ellis, Tiffany Robinson, Clevelan Buggs, Shavonne Ciara, Kawanna Robinson, Larry Smith and Willie Wardlow.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT ►Senior Round-up 2nd Saturday 10:00am—12:00pm ►Ladies Nursing Home Visit –4th Sat. @ 11:00 ► Ladies Bible Study— 4th Sunday @ 2:00 PM. ► Men’s Training 4th Sunday @ 2:00pm
► Youth Sunday Every Fourth Sunday: We are encouraging our young men to work in various aspects of the worship services. Duty assignment will be made during our 9:00 Sunday morning devotion. See Bro. Barnes. with any questions.
STUDY POINT: Destruction of sexual gender is serious. God says it is an abomiORDER of SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS *** CALL TO WORSHIP
*** RESPONSIVE READING *** OPENING PRAYER *** SCRIPTURE READING *** SERMON
*** COMMUNION *** OFFERING *** GUEST RECOGNITION *** BENEDICTION
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
SERMON NOTES
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Welcome to Rock Springs Road
Church of Christ
nation. The confusion or blurring of the distinction between the sexes shocks and sickens God. This is one of a list of wicked, repugnant things that God righteously puts under the sentence of the ban. Apparently, the Amorites' degeneracy included gender confusion as well as homosexuality, bestiality, and the sacrifice of children to the idol Molech. God declares this to be moral perversion and worthy of severe punishment. Man's imaging of God is marred. This blurring and confusion of the sexes is part of God's punishment as well as a cause of it, Rom. 1:18-32.
FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY : JUNE 28. you are encouraged to invite as many friends and relatives as possible to come and worship with us. Will You Confess Too Late? Confession is the acknowledgement of some-thing we need to show in our lives. Christianity (the point of salvation) begins by confessing (freely acknowledging through personal faith) Jesus for whom He is (Matt. 10:32-33). Great men and women always confess. Peter said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). The gospel of John records five confessions:
Join Us in Worship Let the people praise thee, O God; Let all the people praise thee. Psalm 67:3
Nathanael confessed, “Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel” (1:49). The Samaritan woman confessed, “[I]s not this the Christ?” (4:29). Peter again confessed, “And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God” (6:69). Martha confessed, “I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world” (11:27). Thomas confessed, “My Lord and my God,” only after his doubts were erased (20:28). Consequently, confession is repeated in scripture as necessary for our salvation (Rom. 10:9-10; 1 John 2:23; 4:2-3, 15; 2 John 1:7). Yet, confessing our faith is not always easy. Even after Peter confessed Jesus twice, he later denied Jesus when the situation was different. John the Immerser confessed Jesus even in the face of the Pharisees (John 1:15-18, 29; cf. Matt. 3:7ff). Eventually, the Pharisees agreed to cast out any Jew caught confessing Jesus (John 9:22; 12:42-43).
You are truly our honored guest. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to visit with us today. We look forward to your next visit.
June 20, 2015
Volume 4 Number 25
Dr. Nelson V. Hare, Evangelist/ Teacher 6481 Rock Springs Road Lithonia, GA 30038 (770) 482-9724 Fax 770 482-9714
D. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith about Salvation (error, false gospel) and Expect Baptism to Save the Lost, Mk. 16:16; 1 Pet. 3:21.
One Cannot be Taught Wrong and Baptized Right! 1. Illus: Must take the correct road from Bellingham, WA to Boise, ID to get there (take the wrong road…never arrive at your destination). Jno. 14:6 -Just like one will never get to Kurnool from Bangalore on the wrong road, one will never get to the Savior and salvation on the wrong road (one can be very sincere, yet still on the wrong road!). Matt. 7:13-20 2. Some wrongly accuse us of demanding that baptism be “by a church of Christ preacher” in order to be valid. That is not true. 3. What we advocate is this: Every lost soul must be Baptized by the authority of Jesus Christ – iIf they want to be saved. (Matt. 28:18-19). 4. Faith comes by hearing the word of God (Rom. 10:17). Only when we hear and believe the right word will we have true faith that leads to true obedience of Christ and salvation from our sins through Him (Acts 4:12). I. FALSE DOCTRINE DOES NOT PRODUCE TRUE OBEDIENCE AND SALVATION. A. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith (error, false gospel) and Correctly Obey the One Baptism of Truth, Eph. 4:5. 1. One Lord gave one faith that commands one baptism. [“One baptism” is the result of preaching the “one faith” that is given by “one Lord” (Jesus Christ).] 2. When two people have different faiths (gospel or body of truth, Gal. 1:11, 23) they cannot both be partakers of the same (one) Lord and baptism (Gal. 3:26-27). a. That would be this: One Lord...two faiths…one baptism!!
1. Acts 16:30-34: Jailer taught truth about salvation in Jesus so he could be correctly baptized and saved.
2. LDS: Salvation is exaltation in a celestial kingdom (become a god); Their baptism doesn’t save them! E. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith about the Church (error, false gospel) and be Correctly Baptized into the Body of Christ, Eph. 4:4; 1 Cor. 12:13. 1. The Holy Spirit (one Spirit, Eph. 4:4) revealed “one faith” that leads us to be baptized into “one body” (the church, Acts 2:47). 2. When Philip preached the church (kingdom) and the authority of Jesus believers were baptized and added to the church (one body), Acts 8:12; 2:47. 3. Denominations teach the wrong church. They say, “join the church of your choice.” Therefore, their baptisms will never put a person into the true church! II. THE AUTHORITY THAT VALIDATES (APPROVES) BAPTISM. (Matt. 21:23: “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?”) (From heaven or men? Matt. 21:25)
A. The Authority that Approves Baptism Belongs to Jesus Christ, Matt. 28:1820 (Col. 3:17).
1. Baptism “in the name of Jesus Christ” is by the authority (power and approval) of Christ (Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5; 1 Cor. 1:13-16).
2. Example: John the baptizer, Acts 19:1-5. a. His “baptism of repentance for the remission of sins” was no longer valid (Mk. 1:4; Jno. 3:30). b. People who had been baptized with an invalid baptism submitted to being baptized “in the name of the Lord Jesus.”
► The CofC at Bouldercrest invites ladies to attend their Ladies Retreat August 27- 30 at The Omni Amelia Island Resort just off the coast of Florida. For more information visit www.bouldercrestcoc.com or call 404-622-4212.
► Morgan County Church of Christ: Gospel Meeting July 5-9, Speacker: Herbert Moore from Old National. ► THE 2015 NATIONAL CRUSADE FOR CHRIST Plans have been made tp host the 2015 NATIONAL CRUSADE FOR CHRIST in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AUGUST 22-27, 2015. This is the largest and most attended event in our brotherhood as Christians from across the nation converge to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and model His Spirit through service and ministry in the community. EVERY CHRISTIAN should make plans to meet the saints in San Antonio as we work together to fulfill the Will of the Lord as stated in THE GREAT COMMISSION!
► Liberty City CofC in Savannah is hosting their 26th Annual Ladies’ Day Program June 6-7. The guest speakers will be Saundra Chisholm and Chearae Warner. ► Please Visit our Health Room following both AM and PM services ► Remember to fill out your attendance card and place
them in the collection basket. ► 5th Sunday Fellowship is coming in August. We are planning for our second 3:00 pm prayer service ► Ministries leaders, please turn in your Ministry Survey Sheets . BUSINESS DIRECTORY: We would like to prepare a business directory for our membership. If you own or are affiliated with a business or service, please put your business card or written information in the box on the table in the foyer. We want to encourage members to do business with other members.
b. Denominationalism that teaches “salvation by faith only” perverts the gospel by teaching another faith that is not the “one faith” and therefore cannot produce the correct baptism (“one baptism”) of the gospel, Gal. 1:6-7.
B. The Misuse of Authority Invalidates the Action, Acts 19:11-17.
B. One Cannot be Taught Another Jesus (error, false gospel) and be Correctly Baptized into the True Christ (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 3:27).
those with evil spirits, but they failed because they had no authority to do so! 19:13-16
1. 2 Jno. 7: Some taught Jesus did not come in the flesh; these were not to be fellowshipped (9-11).
greatly honored, 19:17.
4. Baptism is not authorized or approved by any of the following:
Where: Gar den Level
2. LDS: Teach Jesus was a spirit child born to God the Father in premortal existence: They baptize for remission of sins, but not into Christ!
a. Not a denomination started by man because their existence is not authorized by Christ (Col. 3:17).
When: Sept. 12, 2015
C. One Cannot be Taught Another Faith about Sin (error, false gospel) and Expect Baptism to Wash Away His Sins, Acts 2:36-38; 22:16. It will not do so! 1. That would be salvation by ignorance and faithlessness, not faith! 2. Catholics: Teach the false doctrine of original, inherited sin; they say baptism is necessary to remove it; but their doctrine is false and their baptism invalid. (Also, they sprinkle, not immerse – false and invalid.) 3. Sin will not be washed away without proper faith about sin and its removal (Rom. 6:1-4).
1. Paul worked miracles by the power (authority) of God, 19:11-12. 2. Some men tried to exorcise evil spirits by calling the name of the Lord Jesus over
Talk it up! Get Ready for Rock Springs
3. This show of true power (authority) caused “the name of the Lord Jesus” to be
►
June
27th, the ladies of Shumate Street Church of Christ in Quitman, invites you to their LADIES DAY. Theme, “Be Not Dismayed, Believe God Can Do Anything!” (Isaiah 41:10). Continental Breakfast 8:008:45am, Program 9:00am- 12:00 noon
1st Mother-Daughter Tea
Time: 8:30 – 12:00
Guest Speaker: Mar gar et Robertson (Saturday) & Marvin Robertson (Sunday)
► August 30th, the Church of Christ @ Chapel Hill, Macon, GA (formerly Houston Ave-
nue) invites you to experience “MY BROTHER’S KEEPER” Youth Sunday. This effort is to organize opportunities to bring our young people together, because we believe t will strengthen them in their Christian faith and life, as they share and learn from each other
► August 26th, Courtland Avenue Church of Christ in Quitman, GA will host their 81st ANNIVERSARY & HOMECOMING CELEBRATION.
Go Ye, means Go ME All approved announcements for the bulletins should be placed in the folder on the Admin Office door or email Sis Dee Elder [email protected] no later than Wednesday of each week. BULLETIN—
