THE MESSENGER The Weekly Newsletter of the Mountain Home Church of Christ March 19, 2017 MORNING WELCOME John Flowers SONG LEADER Adam Jones OPENING PRAYER Joe Messick SCRIPTURE READING Ethan Wright LORD’S SUPPER Wayne Camp LESSON “Where are You?” Genesis 3:6-9 Chase Almond SHEPHERD’S PRAYER John Schuhknecht CLOSING PRAYER Brad Ellis EVENING WELCOME John Flowers SONG LEADER Roger Fisher OPENING PRAYER Sam Rowlett SCRIPTURE READING Richard Byrd LESSON “Shout it from The Mountain Tops” Mark 16:15 Eddie Lawson SHEPHERD’S PRAYER John Schuhknecht CLOSING PRAYER Sam Rowlett SHEPHERD’S CORNER….David Pitchford Created In God’s Image “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him…” (Genesis 1:27). Many have attempted to define this perplexing phrase. What is “the image of God,” and what does it mean that humanity was created in that image? Does it mean, as some have suggested, that we are similar in spiritual orientation? Or is it that, as oth- ers have proposed, we share the special image of God’s moral discretion? Or perhaps mankind bears the divine image in the sense that we have been given a place of au- thority and dominion over his creation? While each of the previous interpretations are reasonable, there is a deeper expla- nation of what God’s image is that easily supersedes all other attempts. As is often the case, we must only allow the inspired text to interpret itself. How does Scripture define the image of God in which man was created? Only one word is needed: Christ. “...Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4). “He (Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all crea- tion” (Colossians 1:15). “He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:2-3). “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16). The New Testament writers firmly believed that Jesus Christ was the definition of God’s image. Humanity was created in and through Christ. He is Creation’s beginning and end; our blueprint and our completion; our aim and our potential; our source and our destination; our start and our goal. He is the Alpha and Omega. “So God created man in Christ, in Christ he created him…” ...Are you bearing his image? Alan Pitchford East Ridge church of Christ Chattanooga, TN
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THE MESSENGER The Weekly Newsletter of the Mountain Home Church of Christ March 19, 2017
MORNING
WELCOME John Flowers
SONG LEADER Adam Jones
OPENING PRAYER Joe Messick
SCRIPTURE READING Ethan Wright
LORD’S SUPPER Wayne Camp
LESSON “Where are You?”
Genesis 3:6-9 Chase Almond
SHEPHERD’S PRAYER John Schuhknecht
CLOSING PRAYER Brad Ellis
EVENING
WELCOME John Flowers
SONG LEADER
Roger Fisher
OPENING PRAYER Sam Rowlett
SCRIPTURE READING Richard Byrd
LESSON “Shout it from
The Mountain Tops” Mark 16:15
Eddie Lawson
SHEPHERD’S PRAYER John Schuhknecht
CLOSING PRAYER Sam Rowlett
SHEPHERD’S CORNER….David Pitchford
Created In God’s Image
“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him…” (Genesis 1:27).
Many have attempted to define this perplexing phrase. What is “the image of God,” and what does it mean that humanity was created in that image? Does it mean, as some have suggested, that we are similar in spiritual orientation? Or is it that, as oth-ers have proposed, we share the special image of God’s moral discretion? Or perhaps mankind bears the divine image in the sense that we have been given a place of au-
thority and dominion over his creation?
While each of the previous interpretations are reasonable, there is a deeper expla-nation of what God’s image is that easily supersedes all other attempts. As is often the case, we must only allow the inspired text to interpret itself.
How does Scripture define the image of God in which man was created? Only one
word is needed: Christ.
“...Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4).
“He (Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all crea-tion” (Colossians 1:15).
“He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:2-3).
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through
him and for him” (Colossians 1:16).
The New Testament writers firmly believed that Jesus Christ was the definition of God’s image. Humanity was created in and through Christ. He is Creation’s beginning and end; our blueprint and our completion; our aim and our potential; our source and
our destination; our start and our goal. He is the Alpha and Omega.
“So God created man in Christ, in Christ he created him…”
...Are you bearing his image?
Alan Pitchford East Ridge church of Christ Chattanooga, TN
ARTICLES.....NOTES…..
WELCOME VISITORS We are glad to have you with us to-day and hope you will be blessed by having been here. For your conven-ience, we have an attended nursery downstairs for 2-year-olds & under and a training room in the east foy-er for small children. Please fill out a visitor’s card and place it in the collection plate so we can have a record of your attendance.
It is not the ship in the water but the water in the ship that
sinks it. So it is not the Christian in the world but the world
in the Christian that constitutes the danger.
Anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my
taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes
Christian work difficult, is wrong for me, and I must, as a
Christian, turn away from it.
—J. Wilbur Chapman
LADIES
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
WIDOWS’ LUNCHEON May 6, 2017
Contact: Elizabeth Jones
LADIES’ DAY September 9, 2017
Contact: Jodi Carney & Charlene Maleare
If you would like to borrow a CD of a past lesson, they are
available in the library in building C
The ladies will meet for Bears & Bunnies on Thursday, March 30 at 9:00 a.m. in Building B. All ladies are welcome to participate. Contact Hattie Barnhart for more information.
Photos from the Sweetheart Banquet can be found on the family bulletin board for anyone who would like them.
Job Laments His Birth (Job 3:1–26)
LADIES’ RETREAT — APRIL 28-29
Camp Galilee
For all the details see the bulletin board
in the foyer. Invitations are also availa-
ble to send to your friends. Be making
plans to attend. You’ll be glad you did. If
you have questions, see Kari Martin.
PRAYER LIST......ACTIVITIES…..
Please keep these people in your prayers as they contend with illness and other situations:
Gary Cockrum (Amanda Hoskins’ father), Aubrey Williams (Lonnie Williams), Bob & Gleneta Mar-
tin (Dani McDaniels’ parents), Mike Townsley (Terri Holsonbake), Jane Graves’ sister Anne, Bill
Hill (Evelyn Osborn), Jessica Thelen (Sylvia Harden), James Carl Campbell (Jackie Jones), Paul Cox
(Jane Maynard), Buddy Stanley (Elise Nichols), Miranda Szaloy (Rector & Jana Jones), Billy Conn
(Jewell Pendergrass), Margaret James (Bertha Kitchens), Roxanne Carson (Jessie Camp), Barbara
Van Buren (Donna Smith), Howard Jones (Adam Jones), Larry Spurlock (Jim Estes), Bessie Richey
(James Richey), Gayle Smith (Tracie Gilliland), Mona McFall, Alan Sheckell (Chip Smith), David
Burleson (Jessie Camp), Kerry Gilbert (Jo Rainey), Alice Clark (Mary Ann Dillard), Brenda Brock
(Jim Gilliland), Jim Gilliland’s dad, Margaret Ellis (Brad Ellis), Larry Davenport (Linda Rucker),
Douglas Jones (Rector Jones), Harley Roswell (Kyle Camp), Thelma Pendergrass (Mickey Pender-
grass).
Baxter Retirement Village Troy Massey Mike Nash Danny Phelps Deidree Smalec
Care Manor Lindel Anthony Charlotte Burton Charlene Messick Lozell Pitchford Mary Scheer
Good Samaritan Naomi Britt
Homebound Veneda Hayes T.J. Henderson
Monroe House Doyle Hammack
Pine Lane Fay Miculka Juanita Stone
MILITARY: David Arana, Addison Cones, David Foret, Dustan Foret, Timothy Hathcock, Christopher Hodges, Ian Huddleston, Jeremy Lance, Zach Martin, James Medlin, Jackson Pelts, Beau Pyeatt, Jacob Spillman, Jeremy Spillman, Mike Uskali, Michael Wayland, Jonathan Williams PEACE CORPS: Lance Caldwell
God uses his Word, people, and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character develop-ment. God's Word provides the truth we need to grow, God's people provide the support we need to grow, and circum-stances provide the environment to practice Christlikeness. If you study and apply God's Word, connect regularly with other believers, and learn to trust God in difficult circumstances, I guarantee you will become more like Jesus.
Many people assume all that is needed for spiritual growth is Bible study and prayer. But some issues in life will never be changed by Bible study or prayer alone. God uses people. He usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles so that we will depend on each other for fellowship. He wants us to grow together.
In many religions, the people considered to be the most spiritually mature and holy are those who isolate them-selves from others in mountaintop monasteries, uninfected by contact with other people. But this is a gross misunder-standing. Spiritual maturity is not a solitary, individual pursuit!
Looking at the people and the stories of the Bible, we see God choosing active individuals and calling them to live out His will in their lives. While times of isolation and meditation are something we can benefit from, our Christian walk should be exactly that, constant progress towards Christ.
You cannot grow to be Christ-like in isolation. You must be around other people and interact with them. You need to be part of a church and community. Why? Because true spiritual maturity is all about learning to love like Jesus, and you can't practice being like Jesus without being with other people.
So in an effort to be our spiritual best, may we all use God’s Word, His people, and our circumstances to attain spir-itual maturity, especially those like myself who are still babes in Christ.
In Him, Chase
Charlene Messick is in Care Manor, Room 112. Cards and visits are encouraged.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: John Flowers SONG LEADER: Bryson Pitchford CLOSING PRAYER: John Schuhknecht
SUNDAY, MARCH 26
MORNING EVENING
SONG LEADER Adam Jones Roger Fisher
OPENING PRAYER James Richey Larry Pitts
SCRIPTURE READING Ethan Wright Grisham Wright
CLOSING PRAYER Richard Pyeatt Bill Martin
GREETERS Michael & Doreen Mount
Joey & Nancy Crawford
SHEPHERD’S PRAYER — John Schuhknecht
FOR THE RECORD March 12, 2017
MEMBERS 494 MORNING ATTENDANCE 338 EVENING ATTENDANC E 184 CONTRIBUTION $10,528 GIVEN TO DATE $128,895 BUDGET TO DATE $124,080
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