Bill McCarthy commented on an article written by Elder Daniels on Forgiveness, which was reprinted in this week’s newsletter.
Reference: Forgiveness article by Allen Daniels (April 24, 2011)
Allen Daniels continued preaching on this subject.
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Bill McCarthy introduced services by giving a history of his ministry as he discovered the truth of the gospel. He then read from Hebrews chapter 1.
Mark Wattenbarger read and commented on 1st Thessalonians chapters 4 and 5.
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Randy McCarthy opened services reading from Philippians Chapter 1. (Phil 1:27-30)
Bill McCarthy (1John 3:1-9)
Allen Daniels spoke on baptism.
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Randy introduced services commenting on the Declaration of Independence.
Bill McCarthy spoke on how congregations have changed over time.
1John 3:9 Rom 3:9 Col 3:1-3 Heb 12:6
Randy McCarthy spoke on government and nations.
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Bill McCarthy introduced services.
Randy McCarthy preached on being content and illustrated with the trials of Job.
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Bill McCarthy read and commented from 1John chapter 4 and spoke about the Love of God.
Allen Daniels continued speaking about the Love of God.
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Randy McCarthy
In this third sermon that Randy delivers on our Conscience, he points out that God has given us His commands regarding right from wrong in different ways, such as through the natural law that is written on our hearts (Rom 2:5) and the Mosaic Law (Acts 13:39). Randy points out that these forms of law condemn us, cause our conscience to accuse us, and there is no mechanism in these forms of law to bring us relief. By contrast, the Gospel brings us relief to our condemnation when we believe on Christ and follow Him in a conversional sense. Randy illustrated this by discussing the woman who was taken in adultery (in John 7:37 to John 8:12). Jesus had previously cried out offering living (moving) waters to those who thirsted and came to him in faith (John 7:37). There was much self-righteous scoffing of these words by the religious leaders (Pharisees), and the next day these unbelieving men sought to trap the Lord Jesus by casting a woman before Him who had been taken in the act of adultery, demanding whether she should be stoned in accordance with the Law of Moses. Jesus responded by writing in the dust on the temple floor, stood and challenged that a man without sin cast the first stone at her, and then commenced to write again in the dust. The men then left one by one, being convicted by their own consciences, until all were gone. We don’t know what was written, but it was apparently important and led to their condemnation. Randy suggested that Jesus may have written the text from Jeremiah 17:13 (O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.). Randy suggested that Jesus wrote this as a warning to these self-righteous men, and because they continued to demand of Him, it is possible that Jesus began to write their names and their sins in the earth, in fulfillment of this prophecy. By contrast, Jesus extended mercy and forgiveness to the woman, telling her that He did not condemn her, and that she should go forth and not sin any more. This is a wonderful illustration of how Jesus, through the Gospel, cleanses us.
Bill McCarthy followed up with closing comments on how we should be meek, which means to be submissive to the will of God as we present ourselves to all men. Titus 3:2-3; Gal 5:22.
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Randy McCarthy
In this sermon, Randy asks us to think about this question: what is the purpose of the preaching of the gospel? He refers to 1 Timothy 1:5 which states that the end (or purpose) of the commandment of God is to promote love out of a pure heart, and a good operative conscience, and genuine faith. Randy focuses on the conscience of man, which is a faculty which God has given every man to enable him to know and judge his own behavior; when we disobey our conscience, we feel inward condemnation. Randy shows that while our conscience is operable, it is not infallible due to the fall of man. If we ignore our conscience, it can easily be damaged; if we are not careful, we can do amazingly sinful things and our conscience will not condemn us. Randy looked to three examples in the Old Testament of men whose consciences were “seared over with a hot iron” (1 Tim 4:2): Cain (Genesis 4), Joseph’s brothers (Gen 37, 42) and David (1 Sam 11). God nevertheless promises to cleanse our consciences by repentance and faith in Jesus Christ (1 John 1:9).
Bill McCarthy closed out the services by stating that a good summary of what was preached by Randy was “to beware your conscience” since it can be so easily damaged. Bill spoke of the heart of man and how easy it is for us to sin – no man needs to teach us how to do that. He referenced 1 Cor 9:24-27 and Ps 119:9 to show that we are called by God to be temperate in all things and to run the race before us by applying the things we hear in the gospel.
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Allen Daniels opened services speaking about The Reason for the Season
Bill McCarthy
Allen Daniels
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