NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH OF CHRIST
February 09, 2025
Home: Gerald Clemmons, hopefully Ricky Rogers will be
home after his surgery.
Cedar View: Barbara Parker
LCNH: Prue Kelley/1
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 #8 for next weeks Auditorium Class, The Lord’s
Supper as Taught by Christ and His Apostles 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 #13 for the Wednesday night class is on the table
in the foyer. That lesson is Zecheriah.
Please check the Bulletin Board for cards, etc.
Please sign the list in the foyer if you would like a copy of
your contribution for 2024.
Gordon & Marie Krieg have a new address: 7401 Parkwood
Street, Florence, 35634. Please make a note of that in
your directories.
Singing at LCNH Thursday night, beginning at 6:30.
We need volunteers to teach the Cradle Roll class for March
and for May.
There is a list on the table in the foyer for help with the Shut-In Meal on Friday, Feb. 28th. Please look at the list to see if you could help with the meal this month.
Thank you to all who signed the list to feed
the folks who will be staying Friday night in
the Fellowship Building. That list is full! Once
again, North Carolina is answering the call.
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, 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
A TURNING POINT IN BIBLE STUDY
I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a young man I had just baptized years ago in Birmingham. He was on fire for the Lord and told me that he was spending a lot of time reading the Bible. I wanted him to have a better study Bible than the one he had, so I explained the concept of translation from the Greek to English and gave him a New American Standard Version, which has outstanding center column references I find so helpful.
He called me the next day and was so excited. Now keep in mind that he had been using the King James Version. He said, “I am now so amazed as I read the Bible. You really can understand what it says! I thought reading the Bible was like reading Shakespeare—just a lot of words but no one was sure what they meant.”
Now if you were Satan, how would you deal with the powerful impact reading the Bible has on individuals? I can immediately think of two lies I would foster on all mankind. The first can be illustrated by imagining you were given a 300-page book and told beforehand that you should read it, but that it was so far above your intelligence level you would never understand it. How much would you read it? How interested would you be in wasting your time reading it? Isn’t this what Satan has done? Does not America believe that the Bible is so complex that almost no one can understand it?
The second lie would be that if you spend too much time reading the Bible you will end up being a religious fanatic, bordering on insanity. Who would read a book which is so “dangerous” it might warp you forever? Isn’t this what Satan has done?
Now consider the promises of God. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled” (Matt. 5:6). Who said this? When God became a man, God said it. Ours is not to deny this by believing lies originating from Satan. Ours is to believe and seek for righteousness, confidently assured that God will reveal it to us.
The Bible does have truths that are more difficult to understand than others easily understood, but even the difficult truths can be known (2 Pet. 3:16)! The amazing thing is that every truth related to becoming a Christian is so simply grasped. Read the Bible expecting to find the path to heaven, and God Himself has promised your desire will be fulfilled. “You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me will all your heart” (Jer. 29:13).
That’s the turning point in reading the Bible. You do your part. Open your Bible and read it seeking to find His will. He will do His part!
Via: Dan Jenkins
Palm Beach Lakes Church of Christ
Palm Beach Gardens, FL