CARVER ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST 4399 Carver School Road Winston-Salem, NC 27105 Office (336)767-7949 Fax (336)767-7906 Website: www.carverroadchurchofchrist.org E Mail Address: [email protected]PREACHER-SHEPHERD JEFFERSON R. CARUTHERS, JR. MARCH 19, 2017 J esus invites men and women to come to him (Matt 11:28–30). And we are thank- ful that he encourages all to come near. Any who come to him are assured that they will be the better for their coming. It is then clear why preachers of the gospel are known for their pleas for believers to come. The encouragement is as necessary today as it ever was. Men and women need to come to Jesus. Whenever they came in Jesus’s day there was opportunity for blessing. Four men came bearing one sick of the palsy, and the man they carried was healed (Mark 2:5–11). A woman with an issue of blood for twelve long years came to Jesus and was healed of her infirmity (Mark 5:30 –34). A Syrophenician woman came in behalf of her daughter who had a demon, and Jesus healed her daughter (Mark 7:24 –29). All of these demonstrate that com- ing to Jesus results in benefit for those who not only come, but who demonstrate faith when coming. What we also need to appreciate is that all who come to Jesus acknowledge that there is a condition that needs to be addressed. The palsy needs to be cured. The issue of blood needs to be halted. And the demon needs to be cast out. Jesus invites that we come. When we come we need to acknowledge the condi- tion that Jesus can heal. Both coming and acknowledging are evidences of faith. And Jesus responds favorably to faith. Jesus saw the faith of those who bore the man sick of the palsy (Mark 2:5). The woman with the issue of blood is assured that her faith has made her whole (Mark 5:34). And the Syrophenician woman is told that her say- ing was evidence of her trust in Jesus (Mark 7:29). Insightful also is that those who come are assured that the sin in their lives is for- given or that they are made whole. The man sick of the palsy is forgiven (Mark 2:5). The woman with the issue of blood is made whole (Mark 5:34). And the woman who is uninvited into the Pharisee’s home has her sins forgiven (Luke 7:47). We need what all of these received. We need forgiveness. We need to be made whole. We need, too, to be free of the dev- il and demons. These are the reasons we should willingly come. Jesus speaks to our conditions as clearly today as he did in the days when he walked the earth. We should understand that our walk on earth does not begin with forgiveness, with whole- ness, nor with peace until we are willing to come. It is when we come and receive that we become free to go, and that in peace. What is illuminating in the stories noted above is that all who come are eventually commissioned to go. Here is where Chris- tianity suffers. We come to Christ and are to benefit by our coming. But we are not to come only, we must go. The man sick of the palsy hears, “I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house” (Mark 2:31). The woman with the issue of blood hears, “Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace; and be whole of thy plague” (Mark 5:34). The Sy- rophenician woman hears, “For this saying go thy way; for the devil is gone out of thy daughter” (Mark 7:29). Finally, the unin- vited and sinful woman hears, “Thy faith hath saved thee, go in peace” (Luke 7:50). Christians need to appreciate how coming to Jesus allows them to go boldly into the world. Jesus commanded that those who come heed the admonition to go. But one does not go as he or she came, these go with healing. They go with for- giveness. They go with wholeness. As chil- dren of God we acknowledge by our going that we have been healed. We have been made whole. We have been forgiven. We do not, however, hover at the site of our healing. We don’t wait at the place where we have been made whole. We don’t freeze at the tundra where we have been forgiven. We go. We go saved. We go renewed. We go reborn. We go restored. We go new men and new women. We go as sons and daughters of God. We go as saints and citizens. We go focused on our purpose. We go determined in our mission. We go having been found. We go having been made alive. We go understanding. We go willingly. We go wisely. We go in peace. Jesus commands the woman with the issue of blood to go in peace (Mark 5:34). And Jesus commands the uninvited sinful woman to go in peace (Luke 7:50). There is no need to go in anxiety, Jesus brings peace. There is no need to go in worry, Jesus brings peace. There is no need to go nervously, Jesus brings peace. There is no need to go in fear and trepidation, Jesus brings peace. There is no opportunity that rivals what Jesus offers those who come and those who go. Those who come will find rest for their souls (Matt 11:39). Those who go will go in peace (Luke 7:50). Jesus offers peace, not the peace the world of- fers, but peace that belongs to Jesus (John 14:27; 16:33). It is the peace of God that Paul says passes understanding (Phil. 4:7). It is the peace that says to man that things are right between man and God, between the created and the Creator, between those who must be sustained and the Sus- tainer, between those who need salvation and the Savior (Romans 5:1). Those who come to Jesus find rest. Those who find rest go in peace. Commentary Corner: “THE INVITED, UNINVITED, GIVING AND LOVE” (Part 6-Faith, Salvation, and Going in Peace) “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also. And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace” (Luke 7:47–50).
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CARVER ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST
4399 Carver School Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Office (336)767-7949 Fax (336)767-7906
Website: www.carverroadchurchofchrist.org E Mail Address: [email protected]
PREACHER-SHEPHERD JEFFERSON R. CARUTHERS, JR.
MARCH 19, 2017
J esus invites men and women to come to him (Matt 11:28–30). And we are thank-
ful that he encourages all to come near. Any who come to him are assured that they will be the better for their coming. It is then clear why preachers of the gospel are known for their pleas for believers to come. The encouragement is as necessary today as it ever was. Men and women need to come to Jesus.
Whenever they came in Jesus’s day there was opportunity for blessing. Four men came bearing one sick of the palsy, and the man they carried was healed (Mark 2:5–11). A woman with an issue of blood for twelve long years came to Jesus and was healed of her infirmity (Mark 5:30–34). A Syrophenician woman came in behalf of her daughter who had a demon, and Jesus healed her daughter (Mark 7:24–29). All of these demonstrate that com-ing to Jesus results in benefit for those who not only come, but who demonstrate faith when coming.
What we also need to appreciate is that all who come to Jesus acknowledge that there is a condition that needs to be addressed. The palsy needs to be cured. The issue of blood needs to be halted. And the demon needs to be cast out.
Jesus invites that we come. When we come we need to acknowledge the condi-tion that Jesus can heal. Both coming and acknowledging are evidences of faith. And Jesus responds favorably to faith. Jesus saw the faith of those who bore the man sick of the palsy (Mark 2:5). The woman with the issue of blood is assured that her faith has made her whole (Mark 5:34). And the Syrophenician woman is told that her say-ing was evidence of her trust in Jesus (Mark 7:29).
Insightful also is that those who come are assured that the sin in their lives is for-
given or that they are made whole. The man sick of the palsy is forgiven (Mark 2:5). The woman with the issue of blood is made whole (Mark 5:34). And the woman who is uninvited into the Pharisee’s home has her sins forgiven (Luke 7:47).
We need what all of these received. We need forgiveness. We need to be made whole. We need, too, to be free of the dev-il and demons. These are the reasons we should willingly come. Jesus speaks to our conditions as clearly today as he did in the days when he walked the earth. We should understand that our walk on earth does not begin with forgiveness, with whole-ness, nor with peace until we are willing to come.
It is when we come and receive that we become free to go, and that in peace. What is illuminating in the stories noted above is that all who come are eventually commissioned to go. Here is where Chris-tianity suffers. We come to Christ and are to benefit by our coming. But we are not to come only, we must go. The man sick of the palsy hears, “I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house” (Mark 2:31). The woman with the issue of blood hears, “Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace; and be whole of thy plague” (Mark 5:34). The Sy-rophenician woman hears, “For this saying go thy way; for the devil is gone out of thy daughter” (Mark 7:29). Finally, the unin-vited and sinful woman hears, “Thy faith hath saved thee, go in peace” (Luke 7:50).
Christians need to appreciate how coming to Jesus allows them to go boldly into the world. Jesus commanded that those who come heed the admonition to go. But one does not go as he or she came, these go with healing. They go with for-giveness. They go with wholeness. As chil-dren of God we acknowledge by our going
that we have been healed. We have been made whole. We have been forgiven. We do not, however, hover at the site of our healing. We don’t wait at the place where we have been made whole. We don’t freeze at the tundra where we have been forgiven. We go.
We go saved. We go renewed. We go reborn. We go restored. We go new men and new women. We go as sons and daughters of God. We go as saints and citizens. We go focused on our purpose. We go determined in our mission. We go having been found. We go having been made alive. We go understanding. We go willingly. We go wisely. We go in peace.
Jesus commands the woman with the issue of blood to go in peace (Mark 5:34). And Jesus commands the uninvited sinful woman to go in peace (Luke 7:50). There is no need to go in anxiety, Jesus brings peace. There is no need to go in worry, Jesus brings peace. There is no need to go nervously, Jesus brings peace. There is no need to go in fear and trepidation, Jesus brings peace.
There is no opportunity that rivals what Jesus offers those who come and those who go. Those who come will find rest for their souls (Matt 11:39). Those who go will go in peace (Luke 7:50). Jesus offers peace, not the peace the world of-fers, but peace that belongs to Jesus (John 14:27; 16:33). It is the peace of God that Paul says passes understanding (Phil. 4:7). It is the peace that says to man that things are right between man and God, between the created and the Creator, between those who must be sustained and the Sus-tainer, between those who need salvation and the Savior (Romans 5:1).
Those who come to Jesus find rest. Those who find rest go in peace.
Commentary Corner: “THE INVITED, UNINVITED, GIVING AND LOVE” (Part 6-Faith,
Salvation, and Going in Peace) “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she
loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also. And
he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace” (Luke 7:47–50).
CHURCH
LEADERS
2017 THEME: “Praying for open doors to speak the word of christ” (col. 4:3)
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MARCH BIRTHDAYS
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MEETING/EVENTS
Fellowship Meeting March 26,2017 Centergrove Rd Church of Christ 2303 Centergrove Rd. Kannapolis, NC 28083 Guest Speaker: Kenneth E. Jackson III Schedule of services: Sunday Morning Bible Study 10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 am Lunch/Fellowship( Immediately following morning service) Afternoon Worship 2:30 pm Monday through Thursday 7:30 pm
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JEFFERSON R. CARUTHERS, JR.
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JEFFERSON R. CARUTHERS, JR.
JOHN FOXWORTH
ROY OLIPHANT
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FRANK W. DULIN
LEROY NELSON
ROSCOE BURGESS
MICHEAL CURRY
JAMES E. GADSON
GEORGE MCNAIR
ROY OLIPHANT
BERNARD TERRY
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PRAY THAT GOD LEADS US TO SOULS TO SAVE TODAY & THROUGH THIS WEEK
RESPONSIVE READING I Thess.5:3–8
READER: For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
CHURCH: But ye, brethren, are not in darkness,
that that day should overtake you as a thief. READER: Ye are all children of light, and the
children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
CHURCH: Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others: but let us watch and be sober. READER: For they that sleep, sleep in the night;
and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. UNISON: But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
PRAYER
Father in heaven, we pray that we are equipped with breastplates of faith and love. Provide us too with helmets of salvation. In the name of Jesus we ask, Amen.
ORDER OF WORSHIP
10:00 A.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS Joseph Wilson
INVOCATION Joseph Transou
SONG DIRECTOR James Gadson
SCRIPTURE Juan Williams
RESPONSIVE Doug Crim
PRAYER John Foxworth
SERMON Courtney Caruthers OFFERING Tevin Loyd
LORD’S SUPPER T. J. Loyd
READER Timothy Pilson
CLOSING PRAYER Ollie Carpenter
VISITOR PRESENTATION
2:30 P.M.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Joseph Wilson
INVOCATION Harold Brown
SONG DIRECTOR Roy Oliphant
SCRIPTURE Todd Woods
RESPONSIVE READING Ron Jessup
PRAYER Howard Brown
SERMON Courtney Caruthers OFFERING Michael Terry
LORD’S SUPPER Bernard Wallace
CLOSING PRAYER Cecil Oliver
VISITOR PRESENTATION
COMMUNION REFLECTION
(JOHN 7: 6) Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
USHERS
Doug Crim, Alaqua Howell, Monique Curry, Micheal Curry, II, Alicia Patton, William Pouncey, Lillie Alford, Kim Littlejohn, Frances Mason, Bernard Terry , Mary Hargraves, Carolyn Love, Athenia Pouncey, Linda Burgess, Roscoe Burgess, Barbie Jones, Everette Jones, Richard Jones, Ron Jessup
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(336) 918-6359
OUR SICK AND SHUT-IN Sis. Immogene Bray Bro. Dwight Correll Bro. Barry Harper
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PRAYER REQUEST
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A .J. Crim George Eichelberger William Scott
Todd Woods Isiah Black Harold Brown
Kwali Bunker Jeff Patton Joshua Caruthers
EVENING USHERS D. J. Crim Michael Terry
Kwali Bunker A.J. Crim
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To be saved today, you must hear the gospel (Romans 10:17; Acts 15:7). You must believe the gospel that assures us salvation through Jesus who is the risen Lord (Romans 10:9, 10). You must be willing to turn your life over to God through repentance (Acts 17:30; Romans 2:4). Those willing to live for God through repentance are ready for confession (Romans 10:9,10). The person who confesses is baptized into Christ (Romans 6:3, 4; Galatians 3:27). In baptism, the believer is washed, sanctified, and justified (1 Corinthians 6:11). Christ saves the baptized person in baptism (1 Peter 3:21). If you believe that Jesus died for you and was resurrected, if you will repent and confess, then you can be baptized into Christ and be saved. Come to Jesus today!
Whatever might have troubled the uninvited woman would no longer be a factor once she has come to Jesus. We know that she was troubled to some ex-tent. The text says that she was weeping and shedding tears (Luke 7:38).
Take a moment and realize that the weeping and tears meant nothing to the Pharisee. A good hearted person is usual-ly moved by the tears of another. Who is not moved by the weeping of an infant who is not consoled? Who does not care about the weeping of the woman experi-encing heartache? Who can be dispas-sionate about the man who sobs because everything he loves has been lost? But some people don’t care about the weep-
ing and the tears. Is it too much for us to be reminded
that everybody doesn’t care about your hurt? Not everyone is moved by your weeping. Not everyone seeks to comfort when they see tears. Some remain as criti-cal as ever. Some become delighted. Some will even encourage “save your tears for someone who cares.”
Jesus, however, is moved by the hurt of God’s children. He can feel their pain. He can identify with their crises. He takes seriously their sorrows. And he can do something about what they need.
The uninvited woman came to Jesus with her sorrow. She came to Jesus with her tears. But these turned into faith in his ability to heal, to make whole, to for-give. She came looked down on by men,
and perhaps women too. She would go forgiven and justified.
Pray God that we have our priorities in order. Pray that we understand that what matters most is how God sees us. Pray that we accept the invitation to come. Pray that we have faith in the heal-ing. Pray that we have confidence in the right to go.
What a difference Jesus made. The uninvited woman has her faith acknowl-edged. She has salvation granted. She is free to go. And when she goes, she goes in the peace of God.
Jesus invites men and women to come to him. And Jesus encouraged men and women to go from him in peace. Who would not want to accept these in-vitations to come and to go?
