September 27, 2015 Go Back, Stand Still, Go Forward —Tommy Tenney, Up Is Down and You Die to Live The process of relinquishment and preparation in life can get confusing at times. Moses tried to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, but things suddenly took a turn toward disaster. He and the Israelites ended up at the shore of the Red Sea with Pharaoh’s army hot on their heels. Pharaoh had just come from the deathbed of his firstborn and there was vengeance in his eyes and violence in his heart. His pursuit of the Jewish people was relentless, and Moses knew he was coming. The people said, “We ought to go back to Egypt.” Moses said, “Stand still.” God said, “Go forward.” Sometimes we find ourselves in a similar place. People around us ask, “What are you doing moving in that direction? Go back to where you were comfortable.” Meanwhile, a leader you may respect may say, “Maybe you ought to just stay put for a while. Maybe the timing is just not right.” The only way to find your way among conflicting opinions is to ask this question: What does God say (in His Word)? “Go forward.” “For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.” —Exodus 14:12-14
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September 27, 2015
Go Back, Stand Still, Go Forward —Tommy Tenney, Up Is Down and You Die to Live
The process of relinquishment and preparation in life can get confusing at times.
Moses tried to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, but things suddenly took a turn toward disaster.
He and the Israelites ended up at the shore of the Red Sea with Pharaoh’s army hot on their heels.
Pharaoh had just come from the deathbed of his firstborn and there was vengeance in his eyes and
violence in his heart.
His pursuit of the Jewish people was relentless, and Moses knew he was coming.
The people said, “We ought to go back to Egypt.”
Moses said, “Stand still.”
God said, “Go forward.”
Sometimes we find ourselves in a similar place. People around us ask, “What are you doing moving in
that direction? Go back to where you were comfortable.” Meanwhile, a leader you may respect may
say, “Maybe you ought to just stay put for a while. Maybe the timing is just not right.” The only way to
find your way among conflicting opinions is to ask this question: What does God say (in His Word)?
“Go forward.”
“For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we
should die in the wilderness. And Moses said unto the people, Fear
ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.”
—Exodus 14:12-14
Sept/Oct
9/21 Linda Weaver
9/22 Dick & Charlton Hillis
9/23 Pam Henderson
9/25 Greg Bayne
9/28 Bill Uhler; Sue Ann Woods
9/29 Ann Foster
10/1 Barrett & Brandi Williams
10/3 Steve Young
10/4 Sarah Hamala; Logan Webb
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The Second Gospel Sermon -Frank Chesser, Montgomery, Alabama
Genesis 12:3 is the second recorded Gospel sermon.
It is the second piece in God's spiritual puzzle of redemption. It looks backward to man's problem in Genesis 3:6 and forward to God's remedy in Calvary. It looks backward to man's separation from God in Genesis 3:6 and forward to man's reconciliation to God in Christ and the cross. It looks backward to man's despair in Genesis 3:6 and forward to man's hope in the blood of God's Son. It looks backward to the beginning of sin in Genesis 3:6 and forward to the closing of Christ's work for sin in John 19:30. God preached the Gospel to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 just as surely as Peter preached the Gospel on Pentecost in Acts 2. The only difference is that Genesis 12:3 looks forward to an event to be accomplished, and Acts 2 looks backward on the accomplishment of the event. Genesis 12:3 is the gospel in promise, and Acts 2 is the gospel in fact.
'And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they
which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.'-Galatians 3:8-9
Please remember our shut-ins in prayer: Burma Black, Jimmie Ann Brown, Debbie Cole, Judi Fraley, Jeannie Granger, Leona Hale, Ruth Koger, Floyd Lones, Frances Parden, Betty Paseur, Patsy Smith, Frances Thomas, and Carl Wallace
FRIENDS & FAMILY Charlotte Richards, Jennifer Holloway’s aunt
Charles Lusk, member @Rossville
Jason Redden , Zina Jackson’s son
Cody Redden, Zina Jackson’s grandson
Joe Keith, Sylvia Edwards’ son-in-law
Larry Gordy, member @Rossville
Jodi McConathy, Marley’s grandmother
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 27 Men’s Business Meeting;
4:30 PM; Fellowship Room
Sept. 27-30 Gospel Meeting @Pleasant
Grove w/Bill Greer; 7:30 PM Mon-
Wed
September 29 Dorcas resumes; 1:30-3:00 PM;
Fellowship Room
October 4 First Sunday Fellowship Meal
after morning worship
October 4 Triple R Meeting immediately
after 1:30 service
October 5 Ladies’ Breakfast and Class;
Fellowship Room; 9 AM
Belated Birthday W ishes
Molly Ellis celebrated her 8th birthday last Sunday. Please wish her a very happy birthday!
RiverSing 2015
Tickets are available for RiverSing aboard the Southern Belle. Price includes cruise and dinner. Tickets are $28.50 per person. Dick Hillis has tickets and they can also be purchased from Ringgold Church of Christ.
Lesson NotesSeptember 27, 2015
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GOD’S WORD COMES FIRST • Daniel was unashamed because his message was unlike any
other (cp. 2:10, 28). • Daniel said God revealed the dream so Nebuchadnezzar would
be aware of what was coming (vv.28-30). • Daniel’s reply showed the limitations of men and the unlimit-
ed power of God (vv.27-28, 34-35). GOD’S REIGN IS SUPREME• Nebuchadnezzar was only concerned with himself and world
domination (cp. 2:1-13).• Daniel said in so many words, “You did not build this; God
granted you these things.” • Little did Nebuchadnezzar know, but his dream was a prophecy
of his own demise (vv.36-43).GOD’S KINGDOM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED• Nebuchadnezzar’s dream culminates with the prediction of
God’s coming kingdom (v.44).• Daniel gave specific characteristics of God’s kingdom (v.44).• The messianic kingdom has come and it’s citizens are those
who’ve been born from above (Jn. 3:3, 5; Col. 1:13).
GET INVOLVED //going on this week
Today // Men’s Business Meeting 4:30PM // Discus-sion (Dan.3) and Devotion 6 PM Tuesday // Hospital Lunch Wednesday // God in the Credits: Daniel 4
God’s people are to be “forth-tellers” (Col. 1:27-29; 2 Cor. 4:7).
We only have because God grants and allows (Rom. 8:28; 11:36).
If you have obeyed the gospel of Christ, you are a part of His kingdom and one step closer to His coming (Heb. 12:28; 1 Cor. 15:24; 2 Pet. 3).
Word SearchDaniel 2
“This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; 38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. 39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45 Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”
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