NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH OF CHRIST
January 19, 2025
Home: Gerald Clemmons, Thomas Davis
Our sympathy is extended to Teresa and Daisy on the passing
of Mike Garrison. At the time of doing bulletin, there were
no arrangements to report. Please keep this family in your
prayers.
Cedar View: Barbara Parker
El Reposo: Eldora Clemmons/104
LCNH: Prue Kelley/1
Mitchell/H’worth/Barbara Smith (Call before you visit-Room
4)
SHUT INS: Freddie Davis, Stacy McCormack, Evelyn
Newton, Betty Scott, Vicki Wright.
Please remember those in the nursing homes and our
Shut-Ins
ISAIAH’S CALL: Please continue to bring Hamburger
Helper Meals or give your donations to Amy, Ann, or
Pat.
Lesson #5 for next weeks Auditorium Class, Obedience,
Requirement in the 21st Century, is on the table for
your study. Men…The lessons to be taught are also on the
table in the foyer. As always, please pick the lesson you would
like to teach and sign the appropriate space.
Lesson #12 for the Wednesday night class is on the table
in the foyer. That lesson is Haggai.
Please check the Bulletin Board for cards, etc.
Our Monthly Shut-In Meal is this Friday the 24th. Please
have your dish at the Fellowship Building by 10 a.m. If you
would like to help deliver the meals, COME ON DOWN!!
Randy & Patricia McMurtrey welcomed Ada Jewell
McMurtrey last Saturday. She weighed 8lbs 7 oz and
is 22 ½ inches long. They are home and doing well.
This includes Randy and Patricia!
Aaron & Virginia McDonald welcomed a new great grand-
child. I’m sure they will fill you in on all the details.
Please sign the list in the foyer if you would
Like a copy of your contribution for 2024.
The Fellowship Building is booked for the following dates during January: 24th, 30th, 31st.
There is a Cemetery Committee Meeting after church, in the Fellowship Building.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
Please keep these folks in your thoughts and
prayers.
Michelle Bernstein, Sherry Box, Alma Butler, Billy Bryant, Vicki Burbank, Haley Bugg, Donnie Carroll, Tom Childers, Jane Clark, Gerald Clemmons, Mitch Clemmons, Jim Clemmons, Brandon Cody, Jennifer Davis, Thomas Davis, Caitlyn Dennis, Tammy Dial, Kevin Dillon, Dakota Garner, Bridgett Gattis, Carter Glascock, Kayla Hamner, Lori Hargett, Shirley Harmon, Cypress Hayes, Taylor Hendrix, Charles and Joyce Hester, Lana Hines, Christine Holden, Cindy James, Josh Hones, Brock Killen, Don Lakey, Madalyn Littrell, Brenda McDonald, Porter Mitchell, Peggy Montgomery, Luke Oliver, Tracy Pace, Renee’ Parnell, Ethan Pennington, Kenzie Perkins, Dennis Phillips, Tamika Powell, Mike Prince, Linda Rickard, Ricky Rogers, Lazaro Ruiz, Susan Schmidlkofer, Kim Sharp, Steve Shelton, Kristi Shollenberger, Barbara Smith, Betty Sparkman, Kevin Springer, Jean Symore, Earl Tank, Brad Tank, Patrice Tucker, Rene Voser, Luke White, Donna Wilkerson, Vicki Wright
HIS GLORY IS IN HIS TEMPLE
When David asked the prophet Nathan if he should build the temple, Nathan immediately told him to go ahead and do this. However, that night the Lord came to Nathan and told the prophet what he had said was wrong. He returned to David and gave the king the message from God. Sometimes we, like Nathan, give our own opinions about the Bible.
David had become a wealthy king as God had rewarded his righteousness. He wanted to build a permanent house where God could be worshiped. The tabernacle built at Mt. Sinai was ornate, but it had not survived the almost five hundred years from that time until the time of David. There had been many replacements built, and the furnishings of the tabernacle had gone from one tabernacle (tent) to another (1 Chron. 17:5).
Human wisdom would seem to justify the king’s desire. He said, “See, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains” (1 Chron. 17:1). When Nathan delivered God’s new message to David, God said, “Have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges, of Israel, whom I command to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’” (1 Chron. 17:6). Sometimes we, like David, do not see the world as God sees it.
While the tabernacle built at Mt. Sinai was glorious, we fail to see that the glory of that tabernacle did not come from the riches used to build it, but from the glory given by God’s presence in that holy place and that most holy place.
God then told David the reason the king was not to build the temple was because he had been a man of war. God wanted a man of peace and told David to name his son Solomon (Solomon means “peace”). This son was to be the one to build the temple. David was given the plans for that temple in great detail which he gave to Solomon (1 Chron. 28:11-12). David told Solomon, “The Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it” (1 Chron. 28:10).
Before his death, David worked diligently to gather the material for Solomon to use. He told his young son, “I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the Lord, one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure for it is abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them” (1 Chron. 22:14). He then charged his son, “Arise and begin working, and the Lord be with you” (1 Chron. 22:16).
There is more to this story which will be discussed next week. Here is a challenge to you until then. Use Google to discover the worth of the temple Solomon built!
Via: Dan Jenkins
Palm Beach Lakes Church of Christ
Palm Beach Gardens, FL