DOCSLIB.ORG

The Gospel of John, and Also the Revela- Tion Prophecy

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Gospel of John, and Also the Revela- Tion Prophecy The Bible Believer’s Handbook JOHN W. Max Alderman Copyright © 2002 by W. Max Alderman First Edition January 2003 Published by Bethel Baptist Church 4212 Campbell St. N. London, Ont. N6P Printed in Canada This book is dedicated to my father, Harmon M. Alderman, who went to be with the Lord during the time that I was writing this book. No greater example for me, than he…. This book is also dedicated to a man who was like a father to me, who also went to be with the Lord during the time that I was writing this book. In a prayer that he prayed shortly before he died, Brother C. L. Roach asked God to give me prudence, power, and protection for my ministry. In Appreciation 1) To my dear wife and family who “shared” me with the book of John for over three years. 2) To my daughter, Amy Thompson, who helped finalize the book, making it ready for publishers. 3) To my dear church family who have encouraged me along the way. 4) To Mrs. Pam Eastridge who typed my “hen scratching” and kept a smile while doing so. 5) To Mrs. Shirley Hughes who proofed my book. 6) To the fine restaurants and their waitresses who would let me “tuck away” with a cup of coffee and write to my heart’s content: R J’s Seafood & Steakery Snooky’s Restaurant Boyd’s Barbeque 7) To the many others who may have contributed in some manner, as well as to you who will read and benefit from this study. 8) To, above all else, my Saviour who made this all pos- sible. Introduction It was during a revival service that God spoke to me about doing a study on John. I had long recognized the Book of John to be a great study on belief. With this being true, I felt that it would be appropriate to call my book, The Bible Be- liever’s Handbook. Each chapter begins with the question, “What do you believe about…?” Taking this approach has thrilled and blessed my heart. This approach allows one to probe and study a particular truth in its Biblical setting. Though this is a verse-by-verse study, one may also consider each chapter in- dependently of the other. It is my sincere desire that this study on John will be a blessing to you and cause you to have a greater appreciation of the many benefits of faith. Dr. W. Max Alderman Statesboro Bible Baptist Church 151 Northside Drive East Statesboro, Georgia 30458 (912) 764-5615 Contents Chapter What Do You Believe About: Page 1 Creation? (1:1-18) 13 2 The Record of John? (1:19-34) 17 3 The Call of God for Service? (1:35-51) 21 4 Miracles? (2:1-11) 26 5 The Holiness of God? (2:12-25 31 6 The New Birth? (3:1-16) 37 7 The Doctrine of Condemnation? (3:17-21) 44 8 The Glory of God? (3:22-36) 51 9 Jesus – The Living Water? (4:1-30) 57 10 Real Hunger? (4:31-42) 64 11 Long Distance Miracles? (4:43-54) 69 12 Sin and Sickness? (5:1-16) 75 13 Judgment? (5:17-29) 81 14 A Witness’ Qualification? (5:30-47) 88 15 The All-Sufficient One? (6:1-14) 95 16 The Bread of Life? Part I (6:15-40) 102 17 The Bread of Life? Part II (6:41-71) 108 18 The Doctrine of Christ? Part I (7:1-29) 115 19 The Doctrine of Christ? Part II (7:30-53) 122 20 The Wise Teacher? (8:1-11) 129 21 The True Light? (8:12-30) 136 22 The Truth Versus The Lie? (8:31-59) 143 23 Spiritual Blindness? Part I (9:1-12) 151 24 Spiritual Blindness? Part II (9:13-41) 160 25 The Good Shepherd? Part I (10:1-18) 167 26 The Good Shepherd? Part II (10:19-42) 175 27 Resurrection Power? Part I (11:1-26) 182 9 Chapter What Do You Believe About Page 28 Resurrection Power? Part II (11:27-43) 191 29 Resurrection Power? Part III (11:44-57) 198 30 True Worship? Part I (12:1-11) 205 31 True Worship? Part II (12:12-26) 212 32 The Purpose of His Crucifixion? (12:27-33) 220 33 Jesus As Light? (12:34-50) 228 34 Love’s Posture? (13:1-20) 236 35 Demon Possession? (13:21-38) 244 36 God’s Solution for Troubled Hearts? Part I (14:1-4) 251 37 God’s Solution for Troubled Hearts? Part II (14:5-31) 258 38 The True Vine? (15:1-17) 266 39 The World’s Hatred of the Christian? (15:18-16:6) 275 40 The Operation of the Holy Spirit? (16:7-15) 284 41 His Return? (16:16-33) 291 42 The High Priestly Prayer? (17:1-26) 297 43 The Arrest of Jesus? (18:1-12) 306 44 Peter’s Denial? (18:10-27) 314 45 Pontius Pilate? (18:28-19:16) 322 46 Jesus’ Death? (19:17-37) 328 47 The Empty Tomb? (19:38-20:9) 334 48 His Resurrection Appearances? Part I (20:10-31) 341 49 His Resurrection Appearances? Part II (21:1-25) 348 10 Chapter 1 WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ABOUT CREATION? John 1:1-18 Certainly you believe something about creation. The hu- manist educators will teach you that you were evolved, not created. Those who embrace the teachings of Scripture are taught that God made all things. This teaching is true. Yet, theologically, we find it necessary to build upon that truth and to expand our thinking in accordance with God’s taught Word. During the first century of the Church, beginning with the apostolic age, there were two different mindsets pertaining to Creation. There was the “Hebrew mindset” and the “Greek mindset.” When I refer to the Greek or Hebrew mindset, I am simply conveying that the Hebrews and the Greeks were “set” in their thinking as to what they believed. The Hebrews found no difficulty believing in God and be- lieving Him to be the Creator God. The Greeks, however, were more prone to an atheistic or an agnostic position. The Apos- tle Paul’s approach was different when he spoke to the He- brew and Greek cultures. As he spoke to the Hebrews, he could immediately preach the Gospel to them because they believed in God and also in creation. In preaching to the Greeks, he first pre- sented Christ as the Creator God, then gave them the Gospel. I. NOTICE THE POWER BEHIND THE CREATION 1:1-3 A credible creation (vv. 1-3a). What you believe about the creation is determined by what you believe about the Creator. Who made us? What was the source of His power for such an event? Consider the magnitude of creating out of absolutely nothing everything that is. When stating that the Word created all things, John was confirming the deity of Christ. Christ or the Word is God. “Word” in the Greek is “logos,” which means “word, thought, concept, and the expression thereof.” God ex- presses Himself through His Son. When God the Son walked 13 JOHN upon the earth, He was doing the will of the Father. Literally, He was expressing the Father’s will. He was demonstrating the awesome power of His deity as He did so. Though He lim- ited Himself while upon the earth, while walking as a man, He was certainly no less God. He could weep and tire, but He also could create and heal. He was able to die as a man, but only He could be raised in resurrection splendor as the Eter- nal God. The power of His deity allowed Him to manifest His power in His duty. God commissioned Him to do the initial work of creation, but also he was commissioned to do the work of Sal- vation as the Light of the world. A credible Christ (v. 3b). Christ’s credibility is established in the miracle of creation, it is believed upon in the miracle of salvation. God communicated the account of Himself through His Son, the Word. Those who believe in and receive Him, become the sons of God. It is the duty of the “Word” to say everything the Father wants said to His creation. For that rea- son, the Son declares that He came not to do His own will, but the Father’s. The purpose of Christ the Word is clearly spelled out in John 20:31. He communicates the heart of God the Father through the Word by His seven sign miracles. They are: 1. The turning of the water into wine (2:1-11); 2. The cure of the no- bleman’s son (4:46-54); 3. The cure of the paralytic (5:1-18); 4. The feeding of the multitude (6:6-13); 5. The walking on the water (6:16-21); 6. The giving of sight to the blind (9:1-7); 7. The raising of Lazarus (11:1-45). During the course of these miracles, people either re- ceived or rejected the Person and the work of Christ. II. NOTICE THE PURPOSE FOR THE CREATION vv. 4-10a The Creator’s purpose (vv. 4-5). Everything God does has purpose. Just as Christ Himself had a purpose in the econ- omy of God, there was also purpose in the creation work. Each element of the creation was designed to compliment, assist, serve, support, sustain or in some way perpetuate life.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Gospel of Mark
    The Gospel of Mark A Living Word Independent Bible Study The Gospel of Mark Part 44 Mark 16:1-8 A Living Word Independent Bible Study The earliest manuscripts of Mark’s Gospel that have been found end with the eight verses in today’s lesson. Later manuscripts include a variety of additional endings that are typically set apart from the rest of the Gospel in modern translations. These endings will be the subject of the final lesson in this study. Mark 16:1-8 ( NIV) The eight verses to be covered in this session contain Mark’s telling INTRODUCTION of the events of Easter morning. It should be noted that each of the four Gospels describes the events of Easter morning somewhat differently. Just as four witnesses to one event may give their testimony to the event somewhat differently, the Gospel writers record the events somewhat differently as well. Early in its history, the Christian church found value in keeping all four Gospels as part of its tradition, rather than attempting to consolidate the four Gospels into a single authoritative account of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. While these variations are not unimportant, in a study of a SINGLE Gospel, it is helpful to try to understand the perspective of that particular writer. “Sabbath was over” Mark 16:1 ( NIV) This implies that it was sometime after 6:00 PM on Saturday evening that the women went to purchase spices. When the Sabbath was They would not have been permitted to “work” – over, Mary Magdalene, purchasing or preparing perfumes and ointments – ON the Mary the mother of Sabbath itself.
    [Show full text]
  • The Historical Value of the Fourth Gospel. Iv
    HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL 431 a man of his own'people and age, with all the limitations which that involved, than Christian theologians generally have been prepared to concede. But that he held notispiritual and moral, but often magical views of the sacraments seems to the writer to require far more conclusive evidence than yet has been furnished. That he was a sacramen~arian in the modern sense of the word, the treatment of the Jewish law, and especi­ ally of circumcision, in the Epistle to the Galatians makes it quite impossible to believe. How could the man who de­ clared that both circumcision and uncircumcision availed nothing, only faith energising in love, assign superior efficacy for the Christian life to any " weak and beggarly rudiments " (Gal. iv. 9) ~ It is surely to miss his intention to suppose that his argument is not directed against ritualism generally, but against the combination of Jewish with Christian ritualism. He who laid all emphasis on the sufficiency of faith alone to bring each believer into living union with God in Christ, thus giving the spirit of adoption and freedom of access, was no sacerdotalist. What would he have said of the figment of apostolic succession, who so vehemently claimed that he was an apostle, " not from man, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father" 1 We do best to view the Church with Paul from the standpoint of the faith, hope, and love that are in Christ the Lord. ALFRED E. GARVIE. THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL.
    [Show full text]
  • Giotto's Fleeing Apostle
    Giotto’s Fleeing Apostle PAUL BAROLSKY —In memory of Andrew Ladis Ihave previously suggested in these pages that in the Humanities, to which this journal is dedicated, the doctrine of ut pictura poesis dominates our thinking to such an extent that we often make false or over-simplified equa- tions between texts and images, even though there is never an exact identity between words, which tell, and mute im- ages, which show. The falsifying equation between text and image is a corrupting factor in what is called “iconography,” the discipline that seeks, however imperfectly, to give verbal meaning to wordless images. Texts may suggest connota- tions or implications of images, but images never render the exact denotations of these texts. I would like to suggest here a single example of such a delicate if not fragile link between text and image—a case in which the artist begins with a text but transforms it into something other than what the words of the text describe. My example is found in the art of one of the great masters in the history of European art. I speak of Giotto. Of all the personages that Giotto painted in the Scrovegni Chapel, one of the most mysterious is the forbidding, hooded figure with his back to us, who clutches a drapery in his clenched fist in the left foreground of the Arrest of Jesus (fig. 1). This ominous figure leads us down a fascinating path. In his magisterial book Giotto’s O, Andrew Ladis ob- serves that the “anonymous henchman” has in his “rigid grasp” the robe of an “inconstant and indeterminate apostle who flees .
    [Show full text]
  • Rembrandt: the Denial of Peter
    http://www.amatterofmind.us/ PIERRE BEAUDRY’S GALACTIC PARKING LOT REMBRANDT: THE DENIAL OF PETER How an artistic composition reveals the essence of an axiomatic moment of truth By Pierre Beaudry, 9/23/16 Figure 1 Rembrandt (1606-1669), The Denial of Peter, (1660) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Page 1 of 14 http://www.amatterofmind.us/ PIERRE BEAUDRY’S GALACTIC PARKING LOT INTRODUCTION: A PRAYER ON CANVAS All four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have reported on the prediction that Jesus made during the Last Supper, stating that Peter would disown him three times before the night was over, and all four mentioned the event of that denial in one form or another. If ever there was a religious subject that was made popular for painters in the Netherlands during the first half of the seventeenth century, it was the denial of Peter. More than twenty European artists of that period, most of them were Dutch, chose to depict the famous biblical scene, but none of them touched on the subject in the profound axiomatic manner that Rembrandt did. Rembrandt chose to go against the public opinion view of Peter’s denial and addressed the fundamental issue of the axiomatic change that takes place in the mind of an individual at the moment when he is confronted with the truth of having to risk his own life for the benefit of another. This report has three sections: 1. THE STORY OF THE NIGHT WHEN PETER’S LIFE WAS CHANGED 2. THE TURBULENT SENSUAL NOISE BEHIND THE DIFFERENT POPULAR PAINTINGS OF PETER’S DENIAL 3.
    [Show full text]
  • Good Friday 4-2-21
    April 2nd, 2021 Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Worship Words of Welcome and Introduction Rev. Dani Forbess Home Worship Supplies: seven candles, a lighter, and communion elements. Call to Worship Rev. Dani Forbess During this reading, we will light seven candles. If you have seven candles at home, please light them along with us. If you do not, light as many as you are able to hold watch together. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the first candle. We remember the night in Jerusalem, when Jesus shared the feast with his disciples. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the second candle. We remember the words that he gave us as a sign and a promise. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the third candle We remember the wrestling prayer of Gethsemane, and our own weakness. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the fourth candle. We remember the betrayal of Judas and the temptation of silver for blood. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the fifth candle. We remember the denial of Peter, and the temptation to reject that which we love. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the sixth candle. We remember the verdict of Pilate, and the power of empire. Let us light a candle of remembrance; light the seventh candle. We remember the darkness of the land, tearing of the temple's curtain, the shaking of the earth, the splitting of the rocks, the taste of sour wine, and the last breath of God. In the flickering of these lights, let us hold remembrance for all of life.
    [Show full text]
  • “God the Accused” Ezekiel Lutheran Church April 2, 2021 7:00 P.M
    April 2, 2021 Good Friday “God the Accused” Ezekiel Lutheran Church April 2, 2021 7:00 p.m. Preparing for Worship As you enter the Sanctuary, you are invited to make the transition from “getting here” to “being here.” Take a moment to silence phones. You may use these moments of quiet time to listen to the Gathering Music as you prepare to come fully into the presence of God and our community of faith. Please stand as you are able during worship. Welcome to Worship At the heart of the Good Friday liturgy is the passion according to the gospel of John, which proclaims Jesus as a triumphant king who defeats sin, death, and the devil from the cross. The ancient title for this day—the triumph of the cross—reminds of that the church gathers not to mourn this day but to see the reality that, in what we consider weakness, God’s kingdom is coming to you through Christ. Christ’s life-giving passion gives you the faith, strength and hope in the tree of life. This is why we put forward to God our petitions for all the world for whom Christ died so that Christ’s promises become real in his word of forgiveness for you and for all who hear and receive this promise. PRELUDE “Ah, Holy Jesus” H. Walcha SILENCE L: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen WORDS OF INVITITATION L: Many centuries ago, an event took place in a part of the world far from here.
    [Show full text]
  • The Denials of Peter” John 18:12-28A (Part 2) February 14, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti
    “The Denials of Peter” John 18:12-28a (Part 2) February 14, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we return to John 18:12-28. Last Lord’s Day we looked at this passage and focused on the trial of Jesus. This morning we return to the same passage to consider how the disciples responded to Jesus’s arrest and trial. With that in mind, please do listen carefully, for this is God’s word for us this morning. 18:12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people. 15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16 but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. 17 The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” 18 Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves.
    [Show full text]
  • Cathedral Church of St. Patrick's
    Cathedral Church of St. Patrick’s Anglican Catholic Church APRIL 2019 Service Times Sunday 8:00 AM Mass *St. Bridget’s Chapel 10:00 AM Mass Wednesday Mass 6:30 PM Friday The Rt. Rev. John Vaughan: Bishop Ordinary 12:00 PM Mass Rev. Fr. Tim Gouge, Vicar *Anglican Rosary 1 st Friday 11:30 AM Rev. Chester O’Brien, Deacon Saturday 4797 Curtis Blvd. 5:30 PM La Misa en Espanol (Spanish Mass) Port St. John, FL 32927 *St. Bridget’s Chapel Church Office: 321-632-7634 Rector: 321-208-2324 Website: stpatrickspsj.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/StPatspsj Diocese of the Eastern United States – Anglican Church of America Letter from the Bishop: Dear parish family. Easter is upon us. Are we prepared? Have we done a full and complete examination of our conscience? Have we committed to changing our attitudes? Are we ready to 'die to our sins and rise to new life in Christ’? That is what Easter offers us, the opportunity of new life, full life, salvation now and eternal life in Heaven. God loves all of us even if we are unworthy. He gave His only Son to die on the cross for us. Our sins are nailed to His cross. We can leave our guilt there and be free of our past and go forward with hope. The resurrection is all about hope, it is the promise of life beyond the grave. As Jesus rose from the tomb, we will rise too. Praise Him, thank Him and live in faith and in hope and in love.
    [Show full text]
  • St. Therese Parish Bulletin March 28, 2021
    The Faith Community of ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX CATHOLIC CHURCH 2020 91st STREET KENOSHA, WI 53143 (262) 694-4695 VISIT US AT OUR PARISH WEBSITE: www.st-therese-kenosha.org https://www.facebook.com/ st.therese.kenosha/ OUR PARISH MISSION We are a welcoming Christian family committed to Catholic values, responding to the call of Christ revealed in the diversity of human need. We practice a conscious, living, active faith in a community whose source of strength is the Eucharist. Miraculous Prayer to the Little Flower O Little flower of Jesus, ever con- soling troubled souls with heavenly graces, in our unfailing interces- sions I place my confident trust. From the heart of our Divine Savior, petition the blessings of which I stand in greatest need...........Shower upon me your promised roses of virtue and grace, Dear St. Therese, so that swiftly advancing in sanctity and perfect love of neighbor, I may someday receive the crown of life eternal. Amen March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Welcome to St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin 2 The Crucifixion of Our Lord After the anguish and desolation of His agony in the Garden, after the betrayal of Judas, the arrest, the interrogations of Annas, Caiaphas, Herod and Pilate, after the triple denial of Peter, the bloody scourging and crowning with thorns—all the while being ridiculed, blasphemed and spat upon—after all this, Jesus, our meek and humble Lord and God, who is Love, took up His heavy Cross, carried it to Calvary and was crucified.
    [Show full text]
  • The Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus
    The Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus The Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus Stephen J. Binz LITURGICAL PRESS Collegeville, Minnesota www.litpress.org Nihil obstat: Robert C. Harren, Censor deputatus. Imprimatur: W Jerome Hanus, O.S.B., Bishop of St. Cloud, December 15, 1988. Cover design by Ann Blattner. Cover image: Christ on the Cross by Peter Watts, British (1916–2002). From Chapel 17 in the crypt of Saint John’s Abbey Church, Collegeville, Minnesota. Photo by Alan Reed, OSB. Used with permission. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC, and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. © 1989, 2016 by Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, micro- film, microfiche, mechanical recording, photocopying, translation, or by any other means, known or yet unknown, for any purpose except brief quotations in reviews, without the previous written permission of Liturgical Press, Saint John’s Abbey, PO Box 7500, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7500. Printed in the United States of America. 123456789 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016935135 ISBN 978-0-8146-4634-2 978-0-8146-4615-1 (ebook) Contents Preface 7 Introduction 9 The Passion and Resurrection according to Mark 13 The Passion and Resurrection according to Matthew 39 The Passion and Resurrection according to Luke 70 The Passion and Resurrection according to John 97 Preface This book is a revision of the first manuscript I ever wrote.
    [Show full text]
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church
    OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH 120 Kings Highway/Tappan, New York 10983 Parish: 845 -359 -1230 • Fax: 845 -359 -1410 Religious Education: 845 -365 -2141 Web Site: www.olshtappan.com [email protected] Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 3PM Clergy: Mass Schedule Pastor: Rev. Francis DConka,ecem C.O.,be r Parochial 24, 20 Vicar17 : Rev. Ravi Dasari, C.O., Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM December 25, 2017 Deacon: Joseph Dass Sunday 8 AM, 10:30 AM and 12 noon Weekend AssociatesFour :t Rev.h S uGeorgenda J.y Torok, of A dC.O.,ve nRev.t John Dwyer, Weekdays: Monday, 8:00F eAM,as t12:30 of tPMhe and Na 7:30tiv PMity The Oratorian Fathers: Rev. Roman Palecko, Rev. Vladimir Chripko; Rev. Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., 8:00 AM and 12:30 PM Thomas Kunnel; Rev. Joseph Narisey; Rev. Raju Narisey Sat, 9:00 AM followed by Saturday Morning Rosary and Divine Mercy Staff and Ministries Chaplet Parish Office: Kathryn Lavery, Parish Secretary; Peggy Marn, Office Assistant First Friday: Recitaon of the Rosary at 7:00 PM followed by Mass at Religious Educaon: Anna Vero, Director; Anne Swann, Assistant Director; 7:30 PM Sarah Hunt, Administrave Assistant. Parish Council: Bob Bechner, Marna Collins, Mary Anne Evangelist, Michele Hanebuth, Mara Hauser, Mary Legge, Joe Marn, Steven Navedo, Tom Quinn, Nick Sfraga, Eileen Taylor, Anna Vero Altar Servers: Suzanne Chiang Bullen/Website: Mary Anne Evangelist Eucharisc Ministers: Trudy Smith Lectors: Tom Smith Ushers: Ray Hayes Liturgy , Learning and Outreach Commiee Mary Anne Evangelist Prayer Shawl Ministry: Rose Gavigan: Meets Thursday 7 PM rectory Music Ministry: Organists: Brian Dwyer, John Piazza; Saturday Choir Direc- tor : Joan Deltoro; Sunday 10:30 AM Choir Director : Peggy Pomeroy; Sunday Leaders of Song : Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh Choir Pracce: Every Thursday 7 PM – 8:15 PM Rosary Altar Society: Anne Swann Meets Monday a er the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.
    [Show full text]
  • The Patience of God During the Days When I Was Unsaved
    The Patience By Rev. Charles Svoboda of God “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” 2 Peter 3:9 INTRODUCTION Yours truly has always marveled at the patience of God during the days when I was unsaved. A godly mother waited, loving me and praying for her son to come to know Christ as Savior. Christians zeroed in on prayer for me to get saved. Well it happened in July 1941. Now I marvel at the patience of God in my life as He speaks to me through His Word concerning the weak areas in my Christian walk. Note God’s patience with Peter at various instances, and note the number THREE in each case revealing God’s patience with him. DENIAL OF PETER Three Tim es “And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the Word of the Lord, and how He had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” –Luke 22:61 • Peter denied the Lord three times and was later restored. –Mark 16:1-7 • Peter who at one time for a brief moment walked on the sea, rebuked the Lord, saw Moses and Elijah on the Mt. of Transfiguration, cut off the ear of the servant of the High Priest, was a very unstable man until he surrendered completely to the Lord. It’s a new Peter in Acts 4:8-12. God patiently waited and worked on Peter.
    [Show full text]