The Country Baptist Church Newsletter
1 Mile south of Interstate 30 on HWY 19
September 06, 2009
Pastor: Bro. Harace Hammond                               Pastor’s E-Mail: cbcpastor.hammond@gmail.com
Web Site: www.baptistsonline.org/cbc

“The Voice Of The Country Church”

You Were Asked To Pray For:


Larry Platt, Bro. Archie & Barbara Griffin, Waylon & Pat Abercrombie with their daughter and son, Randy & Donna Johnson, Loyce Smith, Junior & Edna Potts, Roberta Bruce and family, Barbara Fails, Jim & Linda Meier, Dina and The Boys, Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia, Kathy Rosinbaum, Don & Wynell Hammond, Brenda Galusha, Baby Tucker Walker, Helen Stone, Bro. & Mrs. Pinson, Leta Ellis, Chet Reagan, Sidney Strawn, Amanda Tomlin, Helen Rowe, Kimberlee McCool, Brother David and Anne Shortt, Jewell Mathis, Justin Horne, Janette Sims; Richard Swan, Jean and Cheryl, Letha Langford, David Ellis and family, Virgil Young, Gwen Davis, Allison Rodgers Clay, Angela Hutson, Tiffany and Shannon Lemmon, Bob Ellis, Elaine Woodall, Reese Carrington, Jack Whittle, Ronda Douglass, Nancy, Rosa Tomlin, Pastor and Sister Hammond, Katie Fitch and Stephaine, Sarah Dooherty, Scott & Gina, Otis Steward, Mark Ralston, Fay Johnson, Bro. Frank Pittman, David Lemmon, Martha Haygood,Kim Stevens, Lit Hatly, Brian Berry, and all of our Troops and their Families.

 

A Thought From C. H. Surgeon:

 

Victory Without Battle
"But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen" Hosea 1:7

Precious word! Jehovah Himself will deliver His people in the greatness of His mercy, but He will not do it by the ordinary means. Men are slow to render to God the glory due unto His name. If they go to battle with sword and bow, and win the victory, they ought to praise their God; yet they do not, but begin to magnify their own right arm, and glory in their horses and horsemen. For this reason our Jehovah often determines to save His people without second means, that all the honor may be to Himself alone.

 

Look, then, my heart, to the Lord alone, and not to man. Expect to see God all the more clearly when there is no one else to look to. If I have no friend, no adviser, no one at my back, let me be none the less confident if I can feel that the Lord Himself is on my side; yea, let me be glad if He gives victory without battle, as the text seems to imply. Why do I ask for horses and horsemen if Jehovah Himself has mercy upon me, and lifts up His arm for my defense? Why need I bow or sword if God will save? Let me trust, and not be afraid, from this day forth and for evermore. Amen.

A Thought For The Week:

 

Not Without Honor, Except
It is written: “But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” (Mk. 6:4)

 

When the Lord Jesus went back to his own country, into the midst of his own people with whom he grew up, he encountered a stiff resistance and rejection.  They mocked him saying, “From whence hath this man these things?  and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?  Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, ... And they were offended at him.” (Mk. 6:2,3)  The home folk and the relatives encountered the Son of God, and they didn’t know what to make of it all.  So, they took offense, resisted, and refused to believe.  If this happened to Jesus, is it surprising that it happens to his ministers?  This ought not to be!

Most kinfolk and acquaintances can accept the fact that the sinner can be saved.  They also are able to believe God can change the sinner from ungodliness to godliness, but this is usually the extent of their acceptance of the power of God over that “rotten sinner.”  For some strange reason they are able to accept a total stranger as a “man of God,” but when they view that “SINNER” they cannot see beyond his past, though forgiven, to the grace and power of God upon him.  They have an extremely difficult time believing he is a man God would call and use.  They boast, “I remember when.... and I can’t believe God would call him.”  Sad, but it is ever so true of every man of God that has ever been called.  Folks are blinded by the old man; they are unable to see the new creature of divine nature.  A stranger has no “in-your-face” visible past; this makes it easier for folks to accept him as the “Man sent by God.”  As a result, great blessings are missed.

Home folk, near family, and in-home family inflict mega heartbreaks upon God’s man when they refuse to accept God’s calling upon him.  They can accept almost anyone else being called of God, but ...HIM?  This rejection is magnified in their negative attitudes and lack of holy respect toward him.  Yet, he is still “God’s man” because God has consecrated him unto Himself.  The home folk did not honor Jesus, and a preacher will never be honored by his either.  He cannot do mighty works among them, for they will not believe his calling.

 

By Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

Happy Birthday:

 

Steve McCool August 31st
Elaine Woodall August 31st

Nathan Fails September 11th

 

Other men's sins:

 

By other men's sins, a holy man is put in mind of the badness of his own heart. Bernard makes mention of an old man, who, when he saw any man sin, lamented and wept for him; and being asked why he grieved so, for other men's sins, answered, "He fell today—and I may fall tomorrow!" The falls of others puts a holy man in mind of the roots of sinfulness which are in himself. Other men's actual sins are as so many glasses, through which a holy man comes to see the manifold seeds of sin which are in his own heart—and such a sight as this cannot but melt him and break him.

A holy heart knows that the best way to keep himself pure from other men's sins, is to mourn for other men's sins. He who makes conscience of weeping over other men's sins—will rarely be defiled with other men's sins.

A holy heart looks upon other men's sins as their bonds and chains—and this makes him mourn. Ah, how can tears but trickle down a Christian's cheeks, when he sees multitudes, fast bound with the cords of their iniquity, trooping to hell? Who can look upon a sinner as a bound prisoner to the prince of darkness—and not bemoan him?

If holy people thus mourn for the wickedness of others, then certainly those who take pleasure in the wickedness of others—who laugh and joy, who can make a sport of other men's sins—are rather monsters than men! There are none so nearly allied to Satan as these—nor any so resemble Satan as much as these! (The devil always joys most—when sinners sin most!) To applaud them, and take pleasure in those who take pleasure in sin—is the highest degree of ungodliness!

By: Thomas Brooks, From his "The Crown and Glory of Christianity, or, HOLINESS, the Only Way to Happiness", 1662)