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You Were Asked To Pray For:
All of Our Military, Their Family’s
& All the Civilian Workers in The Middle East, Zee Mink Fuller and
Family, Her son’s Bryan Armstrong and Hunter Hackie, Daughter Shannon, and
Brother Philip & Sondra Thornsberry, Virgil
Hoskins and his daughters Liz Janis and Debbie Gray, Frank & Dawana
Reigel, Andrew Preston, Helen Maggard, Renee
Jackson, Larry & Linda Mollette,
Larry Mollette II & Family, Kirby Mollette, Shawn, Bridget, and Destiny
Bradford, Kerry Pennington, Kim Butler, Danny & Nita Mollette, Verna Mae
Allen, Wendell Henderson, Judy
Dunn, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Donnie Henderson, Kevin Henderson, Ricky
Henderson, Rosalie Graves, Terry Hanson, Jim Stagner,
Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son
Daniel, Larry Platt, Edna Garvin, Bro. & Sister Bob Keller, Wanda Fowler,
Kathy Rosinbaum, Brenda Galusha
and Jewel, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay Johnson, Bobby Walker, Luann
Reynolds, Bro. & Sis. Curtis Pugh and his brother Billy Jack Cooper and
family, Abigail Cattemull, Timothy and Nathan
Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jim & Linda Meier, Brother David & Sister Anne
Shortt, Brother Manuel Seymour, Zach Seymour, Doris Hammock, Letha Langford, Leacho Tittle, Bro. David Green
and Family , Pastor Kelley and Sister Eyvonne
Hinson and Wesley, Anita Marsh, Brother Frank and Sister Cyd
James, Charles Boyd Sr. and Jr., Brother Larry Wilson, Billy and Jo Hobbs,
Michael Hiem, Jerry Hughes, Nita Bookout’s Niece, Kim McCool’s Mother and Father, Pastor
G. L. Burr, Dina Taylor, Alicia Lightsey, Melody
Carr, Bryan Thompson Jr., Betty, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in
Russia.
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A Thought From Our Pastor:
Did
God truly create me this way?
Genesis 1:26, 27 “And God said, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth. (27.) So God created
man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female
created he them.
I am never ceased
to be amazed at the amount of people who seem to be biblical theologians but
never read their bibles, never study their bibles, or never attend church
services, but seem to be experts in God’s word. I cannot count the time I
have heard people say “God created me this way and that is why I am this
way”. This is especially repeated by people who are Gay and they could not be
more wrong. God only created two people and they were named Adam and Eve and
out side of those two He never created another person. God took dust from the
earth and created a man and named him Adam, then God performed a major
surgery and removed a rib from Adam and made him a help mate and her name was
Eve and both of these people were created in the likeness of God in an
upright way. Therefore these two people God did create were created in a holy
state, but shortly afterward, sinned against God and it was because of this
sin every person ever born was born in sin and born a sinner. Psalms 58:3
“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.” You may ask who are the wicked
and that answer is everyone born of Adams
seed. Another thing everyone needs to understand is everyone born (and that
is everyone since Adam and Eve) were just that born and not created. Since
everyone except Adam and Eve were born and not created then everyone else is
a reproduction of two sinners and therefore born in sin or born sinners.
James 1:15 “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth
forth death.” So when someone say’s “God created me this way” they are wrong.
God never created any person a sinner nor did God ever create anyone a
homosexual. God can neither sin nor can God cause or create one to sin
because it would go totally against what He is which is completely Holy and
Upright. James 1:13, 14 “Let no man
say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with
evil, neither tempteth he any man: (14.) But every
man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” When an
apple tree produces fruit, it produces apples not oranges therefore when two
sinners produce the fruit of the womb they produce a sinner. People also
blame God for being born in other ways such as retarded, paralyzed, without
limbs, or etc. they are also wrong these disabilities are a result of sin and
should not be blamed on God. So when someone says they were born homosexual
this could very well be true, however God never created them that way because
He did not create them. God does not create anyone in sin.
Some people sit around all of their lives blaming God for problems that they
were born with; however it is not God’s fault nor is He to blame. Other
people try to justify their sinful acts in life by saying “God created me
this way” however they also are attempting to justify their sins and it will
not work. Beloved it is our responsibility to God to overcome sin in our
lives even if we were born with them. Let’s say one was truly born a
Homosexual then that person should practice abstinence. Sacrifice for the
Lord our God is what being a Christian is all about. Mark 8:36 “For what
shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul?”
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Pure Hearts:
It is
written: “purify your hearts, ye double minded.” (James 4:8) The Greek word translated “purify” in this
passage means to purge of all uncleanness by means of sacrifice. Believers are encouraged by the Apostle
James to draw nigh unto God in absolute submission. This drawing near in submission requires
one to purge his heart of all uncleanness even to the point of
self-sacrifice. One cannot draw nigh
into the presence of a Holy God if the intents of his heart are not honorable
and submissive. A pure heart requires
holiness, and holiness requires a singleness of mind to be obedient unto God
at all costs.
Too often churchgoers treat God
as a can of snuff. It is as if they
keep Him in a little can in their back pocket until the urge hits them; then
they put a little pinch of God in their lips for a sweet taste of holiness. When their pleasures are filled and they
have had enough of that for now, they spit Him out until they feel the urge
again. But, they will be sure not to
dip around those folks it may offend, out of a show of respect. They only want to use God when it is suits
their convenience and desires; but they flaunt a proud ring imprinted upon
the back pocket that all might see what MANLY dippers they are.
All of the Scriptures from
Genesis through Revelation cry out against this masquerading hypocrisy. It is a stench in the nostrils of God, and
it is an abomination against His holy nature.
The Judge of all heaven and earth will not hold guiltless those who
attempt to deceive themselves and others with their dipping sanctimonious
pretenses. One may pretend if he dares
but know that he will be put on trial by the Chief Cross-Examiner. If the eternal Judge does not see the
holiness of the red blood of the Lamb slain on the Cross of Calvary, the
hypocrite shall clearly be found guilty of impurity of heart.
True believers cannot be
double-minded. That is, the spiritual
heart of the new creature within the child of God cannot by nature be happy
set upon the things of the world and the things of heaven at the same
time. The believer must die to self
and be filled with Jesus Christ to find his heart’s rightful place. He must become inwardly in the likeness of
the Master. He must submit to God,
resist the devil, draw nigh to God, cleanse the hands, and sacrificially
purify the heart. A clean, purified
heart will be opposed to all that is unclean.
From the Pastor: Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.
Just an added note here; Brother Seymour’s son Zack has an abundance of
cancer, please pray for him and his family.
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