The Estill County Tribune, June 6, 2018, Page 7

Watch And Pray?by BOB CASEY, preacher

Cornerstone Church of Christ70 Bond Street at Camp Avenue in West Irvine

InMark 13:31-33isrecordedthereteachingsofJesus,“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” Theword“watch”isusedinthreesentencesintheBible: 1)Towatch,inordertobeonguard, 2)Towatch,meaningtolookfor,and 3)Towatchinthenighttime. Some of the points in this text reveals clearlythatthisearthasweknowitshallhaveitsend.In2 Peter 3:10-11,itisdeclared,“TheDayoftheLord,”that“will come as a thief in the night.”Inthewhich,theheavensshallpassawaywithagreatnoise,bigbang,andtheelementsshallmeltwiththeferventheat.Theearthalsoandtheworksthatarethereinshallbeburnedup.ThenPeteradmonishesallofus,saying,“Seeing then that all these things shall be dis-solved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation (action) and godliness.” IencourageallofourreaderstoreadallofChap-ter3foritisaveryalarmingtext. So,weareadmonishedtobeonguard,tolookfor, because it may happen when we are not pre-paredforit,hence,thethiefinthenight. Oneofthewaysthatwecanbepreparedistobeonguardforourownsouls.OntheDayofPentecost,

recordedinActs2:40,afterPeterhaspreachedthatgreatstory,about3,000requestedbyasking,“What shall we do?”Petergavethemthismessage,saying,“Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall re-ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”(Acts 2:38)CalledinEphesians 1:12-14,“the gospel of your salvation.” “And with many other words did he testify and ex-hort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward gen-eration.”(Acts 2:40)Iask,howwasthispossible?Verse 41gives theanswer,“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.”So,then,inthismannertheysoactedinobe-diencesothattheyhelpedthemselves.Somehaveadifferent opinion concerning this, but their opinions canneverdissolvethisHolyWord.Hebrews 13:8,says,“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”So,ourLordhasn’tchangedhismindcon-cerninghowmenaretrulysaved;so,ifyouhavenotobeyedtheLord,thenyouarenotsaved.So,who’sfaultisit? ThismuchIknowfor101%,thatonlytheoneswhohear,believe,obeythewordsofJesuswillgotoheaveniftheyremainfaithfuluntodeath.Hebrews 5:8-9clearlystatesthatJesus“became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.” So, in closing, let me say this clearly, with thegreatestconcern.Ifyouarenotonguard,watchingforyoursoul,youmayverywellloseitbyfailingtoobey the terms offered by the Lord. So,westandreadytoteachyouthetruth.AttendwithusthisverynextLord’sday.Fornooneknowswhenhiscomingwillbe.

Sincerely, Bob Casey, (1-859-369-4165), local

“Brother,” said St.Francis of Assisi to ayoung monk who hadjust entered the monas-tery,“let’sgototownandpreach.” They left themonasteryandwalkedtothetownanddidnotsayaword toeachotherorthe people they passedinthemarketplace.Afterseveral hours they re-tracedtheirstepsandre-turnedtothemonastery. The young monkwonderedwhatwasgo-ing on and after waitingforwhatseemedlikeaneternity he finally brokehissilenceandasked,“Ithought we were goingtotowntopreach.Whenarewegoingtopreach?” “We have beenpreaching,” replied St.Francis. “Aswewalked,wewereobserved:peo-ple watched our man-

ners, our faces, our be-havior, and our clothes,whatpeople thoughtwestoodfor.Wehavebeenpreaching.” Allofuspreachallofthe time. Our behaviorisourmessageandourplacesofinterestourpul-pits. Our lives becomelecturesandourpursuitsareexamplesofourpri-orities.Peoplewatchusevenaswewatchthem.Andeach timewepassfromviewandourwordscan no longer be heardour sermon ends and adecisionaboutthevalueandimportanceweplaceonbeinglikeChristinallwedoandwhateverwesayismade. The problem we facetoday isnot thequantityofChristiansbutthequal-ity.Andifwewanttowinmore,wemustbemore.How different would theworldbeifwhenwe“de-clared God’s glory,” wealso lived God’s glory.Howweliveismoreim-portantthanwords. Visitusat:

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1IsthebookofBalaamintheOldorNewTesta-mentorneither? 2.FromGenesis8,whatwasthefirstthingNoahdidafterleavingtheark?Burnedtheark,Builtanaltar,Performedamarriage,Hikedtomountains 3.WhatgroupdidJohntheBaptistexhorttobe

contentwiththeirpay?Priests,Zealots,Judges,Soldiers 4.FromGenesis17,whosaid,“Shallachildbebornuntohimthatisa100yearsold”?Adam,Abraham,Aaron,Agrippa 5.WhichkingofIsraelhadareputationasawildchariotdriver?Joash,Je-hoash,Jehu,Jeremiah 6.Whosebiblicalnamemeans“eagle”?Nehemiah,Timothy,Aquila,MiriamAnswers on bottom

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Stephen Addresses the SanhedrinActs 7:11-13 11NowtherecameadearthoverallthelandofEgyptandChanaan,andgreataffliction:andourfa-thersfoundnosustenance.12ButwhenJacobheardthattherewascorninEgypt,hesentoutourfathersfirst.13AndatthesecondtimeJosephwasmadeknown to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred wasmadeknownuntoPharaoh.Sponsored by Crooked Creek Christian Church Inc.

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God’s Wayby Mabel Tipton

859-358-5137 Itseemslikewearealwayshavingtomakeachoiceinlife.Nomatterhowsmallitseems,it’sinourpowertodecidewhichwayorthingswechoose.Believeme,I’vemadealotofchoicesandwishedthatIhadmadetheotherchoiceinstead.But,toolate...Ihavetokeepmychoice. WhenIfirstcametochurchwithmyyoungdaugh-ter,IgottowitnessGod’shealingpoweronsite.Mydaughter alwayshadaproblemwithpoison ivy andpoisonoak.Anythingofthatnaturethatshecameinthevicinityof,shewouldbreakoutalmostimmediately.Imean,justpassingbyit,notevenincontactwithit,sheliterallywouldswellupandbreakoutsobadly,anditwouldheadstraightforhereyes.Whichmeantdoc-tortimeandinhurry!However,thisservicetime,mydaughterhadalreadycomeincontactwithpoisonivy,rightbeforeservicetime.So,wewentintochurch,nonethewiser.AschurchstartedInoticedthatinthatshorttimeperiod,hereyeshadalreadyalmost swelled to-gether.Aspeoplegatheredaroundforprayer,mylittlegirlgotprayedforandinstantlytheredswellingstartedgoingdown,aroundhereyes,neckandarms.Bythetimechurchwasdismissed,shehadhereyescomplete-lyclearedupwiththeswellinggone.Iamsureshewasgladshemadethechoicetogetprayedfor. Joshua 24:15 -“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”It’sourchoicetoservetheLordorfollowafterouronwillandways.Ifthechoicewemakeisright,wecanrejoiceinit.Ifthechoiceiswrong,wewillhavetosufferthroughwhat-evertheresultsmaybe. Psalms 119:30 -“I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.” I choose thisWordofGod,asmychoice.Luke 13:27 -“But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; de-part from me, all ye workers of iniquity.”

Backyard Bible Club willbeheld,Monday-Wednesday,June11-13,2018from10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at SalemBaptist Church, 4470 SpoutSprings Road in Irvine, forchildreninpreschool through

sixthgrade.Lunchwillbepro-vided. Theprogramwilltakeplaceatthechurch’sPavilion.Pleasetakethegravelroadbehindthechurch.Ifitrains,itwillbein-sidethechurch.

Monday-Wednesday, June 11-13 @ 10:30

Salem Backyard Bible Club

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Everyone is invited to aGospelMeetingattheSouthIrvine Church of Christthrough Wednesday, June 6,2018at7:00p.m TheguestpreacherisDar-rellBlankenship,ministerforCharlotte Heights Church of

Christ and teacher at Lips-comb High School in Nash-ville. Come join us for worshipof God and proclamationof the Gospel of Christ. Formore information call 606-975-0550.

Wednesday, June 6th @ 7:00pm

SI Church of Christ Gospel Meeting

CowCreekBaptistChurch,1575CowCreekRoad,Raven-na, will be having VacationBibleSchool,Monday-Friday,

June 11-15, 2018, from 6:30p.m.to8:00p.m.Thethemethisyearwillbe“GameOn”. Everyoneisinvited.

Monday-Friday, June 11-15 @ 6:30pm

Vacation Bible School at Cow Creek

Movie Night at RavennaChristianChurchwillbeFri-day,June8that7:00p.m. ThemenuwillbeMexican,themoviewillbeWarRoom.

Bringafriendajoinus! Everyonewelcome! Locatedonthecornerof7thandElmStreetinRavenna.

Friday, June 8th @ 7:00pm

Ravenna Christian Movie Night

Providence Baptist Churchat 1115 Winston Road in Ir-vine, will be having its 1stAnnualCruise-InonSaturday,June 16, 2018, 11 a.m. to 3p.m.Theevent isopen toallyears,makesandmodelsofallvehicles. Therewillbeinflatablesfor

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Saturday, June 16th @ 11:00am

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