February 5, 2017

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WELCOME!
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE

We are a group of believers who simply try to follow the Bible as a guide for all we do. Everything done in our worship service is something for which we have a Bible basis. You are welcome to participate as much or as little as you wish. We will sing hymns together and we will observe the Lord's Supper or Communion together. We will also have an opportunity to give to the work of God in this area. This collection is for the members here, and if you are visiting you should not feel and pressure to give. Our lesson time will be divided into two groups. The young children will go to our classroom area in the basement where they will be taught the Bible at a level they can understand. The adults will stay in the auditorium for a lesson at an adult level. We do try to serve the community, and if you have some needs that we can help you with, mention it to one of the members. Thank you for worshipping with us.

FAMILY NEWS

POTLUCK TODAY. This is the first Sunday of the month, and we have the tradition of eating together. We brought lots of food, so please plan to stay and enjoy good food and the fellowship of good people. If you did not bring anything, please do not let that stop you from staying. We have plenty, and we want you to be with us.

TIMBERS has had a quarantine in place due to the flu bug, and at the time of the preparation of the bulletin we do not know whether they will let us in or not. We will have to announce this. If we do go, it will be after the congregational meeting and the service will start at 2:30.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING TODAY. See The Back Page (below).

SPECIAL MESSAGE ABOUT OUR WEB SITE. “Kim and I are on a three-year assignment, and we listen to your sermons over the Internet, especially on Sunday here in Luanda, Angola. We look forward to your sermons and we want to thank the church there in Dowagiac afor making them available. It is convicting for me as I ponder how God extends the use of our skills for his service.” Mike Walker

TODAY'S LESSON

ANGELS
John Clayton

INTRODUCTION

A. Important in many religions and cultures

1. Koran is claimed to come from Gabriel.
2. Book of Mormon from Moroni
3. Catholic emphasis on guardian angels

B. Definition: “A messenger of God; familiar with him face to face, therefore of an order
....being higher than that of man. Certainly he is a creature, but also yet endowed with
....free will, and therefore not necessarily impervious to temptation and sin.”
....(The New Bible Dictionary)

I. WHAT IS THE ORDER OF ANGELS?

A. “Flatland” analogy — A higher dimension than are we — Outside of space/time — not
....limited by either
B. Come in dreams — Matthew 1:20; 2:13, 19
C. We become as angels when we die — Matthew 22:30
D. Satan has angels, makes translations that are not physical — 2 Corinthians 11:14;
....James 2:19; Matthew 25:41; 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 12:9

II. WHAT CAN ANGELS DO ?

A. Preach — Galatians 1:8
B. Visit — Hebrews 13:1; Genesis 18:1 – 10; Judges 6:11 – 17
C. Wrestle — Genesis 32:24 – 32 — compare to Gideon
D. Rescue — Hagar — Genesis 16:7 – 20
E. Stop sacrifice — Abraham — Genesis 22:11 – 18
F. Do a burning bush — Exodus 3:3

III. WHAT CAN ANGELS NOT DO?

A. Sin without eternal consequences — 1 Peter 2:4
B. Prevent results of God's promise — Galatians 6:7; 1 Peter 2:4

Guardian angel does not prevent stupidity.

C. Do anything that removes a man's free moral choice — 1 Corinthians 10:13
D. Stop people from losing their souls — Acts 2:38 – 42

THE BACK PAGE

GET ON BOARD!

We are in the midst of an effort to get some things done! It has been quite a while since we have had any kind of congregational meeting or attempt at communications concerning the work here. To change that we have used a questionnaire that listed the various efforts that the congregation has in place, some ideas about what we might want to add to that, and some reviews of physical needs that we have involving our property. If you did not get one of those sheets, they are in last week's bulletin or there are extra copies, just ask John Clayton for them.

There are three responses you can make to this effort. (1) Ignore it. (2) Approve it with “yes” to everything listed. (3) Suggest we drop or modify the things listed. I have been encouraged by the fact that a large number of people have turned in the sheets and in many cases have volunteered to take responsibility for something that was listed. When there was a suggestion about dropping or stopping something, we have talked about the reasons and what alternatives we might have. I want to thank those of you who turned in the sheets and especially those of you who said you would take the responsibility to lead or take care of something on the sheet.

We want this congregation to be united in everything we do. If we do not agree about something, we want to at least understand what the problems are and why or why not we should continue. This afternoon at 1:00 we will have a short congregational meeting. This is one last chance for you to ask questions about something, and for some final information including a financial report. This is not a time for debate, but a time for gathering final information and voicing final opinions. The men of the congregation will meet sometime within the next two weeks and discuss the information we have been given.

In the past we have had congregational meetings that lasted a very long time, and which produced very little action. We are trying to change that, but we need everyone on board with what we are trying to do. Please stay and participate.

— John Clayton

Our sign by the street!

Our sign on the street says, UNBELIEF WILL DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO GET BELIEF TO LEAVE THE ROOM!

Sign saying taken from Ronnie Sexton, a teacher of a Bible class at the Orange Avenue Church of Christ, Eustis, FL.