Members, make plans to join us at 7:30 PM as we prayerfully consider the business of the church. Agenda & meeting materials are available in the secured document library. For assistance, please contact Krista Horne.
Read the Bible: Psalm 94
12 LORD, how happy is anyone you discipline
and teach from your law
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 The LORD will not leave his people
or abandon his heritage,
15 for the administration of justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your faithful love will support me, LORD.
19 When I am filled with cares,
your comfort brings me joy.
20 Can a corrupt throne be your ally,
a throne that makes evil laws?
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.
23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The LORD our God will destroy them.
Psalms 94:12-23 (CSB)
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Sunday School is for All Ages!
Israel was instructed to eat the Passover meal as if they would run out the door at any second—coat tied, shoes fastened, walking stick in hand. God knows that when the tenth plague occurs and the firstborn sons of Egypt die, Israel will be hurried out of Egypt.
It did not matter that God had clearly foretold what would happen through Moses and Aaron (Exodus 11:1-8). It did not matter that the power of Yahweh opposed to the false gods of Egypt had been mightily displayed in nine previous plagues spanning approximately 2.5 months. Somehow the Egyptians are surprised when they awaken to death in every household (Exodus 12:30).
It did not matter in the days of Noah that God had pronounced judgment over all the sins of the world. It did not matter that He commissioned Noah, a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5), to spend a minimum of 50 years building an ark. Somehow the people were still surprised when the water rose, and they were not shut inside with Noah and his family.
Jesus has clearly announced that He is coming again and will return in an hour when we least expect Him (Matthew 24:36-44). He has commissioned prophets and apostles to make it plain. He has called preachers and teachers to open the Word, which is His revelation to us. And yet, on that day, people will still be caught by surprise—even some who assumed they were all good to go (Matthew 7:15-23).
Given the suddenness of their impending deliverance, we now understand why Israel was instructed to be ready. Likewise, as we live as exiles awaiting our permanent home, we are to live ready for the Lord’s return.
Sunday School for all ages begins weekly at 9:45 AM. All are warmly welcome.
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Royal Rangers
Mentoring boys to become Christ-like men.
Royal Rangers meets most 1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday afternoons at 4:30 PM. All boys, ages 5-17 are welcome.
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Reaching girls of all ages…
…her heart, her world, His purpose.
Girl's Ministry meets most 1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday afternoons at 4:30 PM. All girls, ages pre-K to 12th grade are welcome.
NEXT WEEK: Quarterly Business Meeting
Members, make plans to join us July 3 at 7:30 PM as we prayerfully consider the business of the church. Agenda & meeting materials are available in the secured document library. For assistance, please contact Krista Horne.
Sunday School is for All Ages!
From the lamb sacrificed for the Passover meal, blood was to be brushed onto the lintel and doorposts of every Hebrew home in Egypt. Why such a messy, bloody sign?
The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt (Exodus 12:13).
God’s people were identified by a distinguishing mark of blood. Was this a sign of their righteousness? Nope. Israel was just as guilty as Egypt of sinning against the Most High God. After 430 years of enslavement (Exodus 12:40-41), there was more of Egypt in Israel than godliness. The reality is, there was nothing among the behavior or the practices of Israel at this point in time that separated them from the Egyptians—except the distinguishing mark of blood painted on their doorways.
The reason Israel was spared from the tenth plague was not because they were righteous or even because they were Israel. The Israelites were spared only because the blood of an innocent lamb was interposed between them and the judgment (wrath) of God. That is the only reason they were spared.
We are no different. We all deserve judgment (Romans 3:23). Some of us are covered by the blood of a Lamb slain before the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8 KJV; 1 Peter 1:18-20) and it passes over us. Jesus said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved…” (John 10:9, emphasis mine).
We are only delivered into newness of life through the blood of an innocent other. On the day of judgment yet to come, our only hope will be a gifted righteousness—the imputed righteousness of Jesus credited to us (Romans 4).
Sunday School for all ages begins weekly at 9:45 AM. All are warmly welcome.