Faith | New Beginnings

Elmo Griffin spoke about Faith.

Referenced Scriptures: [Romans 5:1-12, 2Peter 1:1-9, Hebrews 11:1-12, Revelation 21:1-4]


 Vernon Johnson spoke about New Beginnings.


Bethlehem PB of Oklahoma City Annual Meeting – 2023
July 8, Saturday Afternoon

Faith, New Beginnings

Faith (and the correlation to #300)

Vernon Johnson spoke using the theme of Faith and the number 300.


Bethlehem PB of Oklahoma City Annual Meeting – 2023
July 8, Saturday Morning

Faith, 300

Patterns in the Scriptures

Vernon Johnson spoke about Patterns in the Scriptures.  He gave comparisons between: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, the conversion of Saul, David and Goliath, Elijah and Elisha, Jesus and Barabbas, and Jesus and the 2 thieves on the cross.

Referenced Scriptures: [Galatians 3:10, 4:21-28]

Note:  There was a video glitch at the 03:40 mark


Bethlehem PB of Oklahoma City Annual Meeting – 2023
July 7, Friday Evening

Patterns in the Scriptures

 

Judgement, Sonship, Liberty

Randy McCarthy spoke using the theme of Judgement, Sonship, and Liberty with emphasis on king David and Saul.


Judgement, Sonship, Liberty

Judgement of God, Jeremiah

Mark Wattenbarger spoke about the judgement of God referencing Jeremiah and the book of Lamentations.

judgement, Jeremiah

Joram begat Ozias

Randy McCarthy spoke using the theme of Joram begat Ozias (Matthew 1:8). He spoke on the purpose of detailing the genealogy in the bible while focusing on: In the kingdom of God, we are all his children, God does not have grandchildren.

Referenced Scriptures: [Matthew 1:1-17, 2Timothy 2:15, 1Chronicles 3:10-11, Genesis 28:13, Ezra 7:1,5-6, Romans 5:12-19]


Joram begat Ozias

Prayer

Allen Daniels read and commented about The Lord’s Prayer.

Referenced Scriptures: [Luke 11:1-13,18:1, Philippians 4:6]


Lord's prayer

No More Sea

Randy McCarthy spoke using the theme of No More Sea.

Rev 21:1  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Referenced Scriptures: [Revelation 21:1-8, Genesis 1, Job 38:8-11, Mark 4:37-41, Isaiah 27:1,43:1-7]


No more sea

1st Corinthians chapter 2

Mark Wattenbarger read and commented from 1st Corinthians chapter 2.

Referenced Scriptures: [Isaiah 64:4, 2Peter 1:3-4, Ephesians 1:4-9, 1Corinthians 15:12-15,21-23]

1st Corinthians chapter 2

The Nature of the World has not Changed

Randy McCarthy began by reading Article #8 focusing on that ministers are to be called by God.  He then spoke about Amos, Jeremiah, and Jehoshaphat and compared those events to what is happening in the world today.

Articles of Faith #: 8: We believe that no minister has the right to administer the ordinances of the gospel but such as have been regularly baptized and called by God and comes under the hands of a presbytery.

Referenced Scriptures: [Romans 5:1-5, Amos 7:10-17,8:11-12, Jeremiah chapter 20, Revelation 3:14-19]


Amos