Rutherford Weekly

Thursday, December 11-December 17, 2014 www.rutherfordweekly.com 828-248-1408 Rutherford Weekly - Page 19 West Point Baptist Church Live Walk-Thru Nativity, Fri. Sat. & Sun. Dec. 12-14, 6-9pm each evening. No charge. Info, 828-287-0165. Alexander United Methodist Church Will Present The Cantata "Emmanuel, God Is With Us" On Sat. Dec. 13, 7pm. The Youth will also present a puppet skit entitled "What Is Christmas Really About". Refreshments served. 210 MD Blanton Rd., Forest City. Lake Lure Baptist Church Sanctuary Dedication Service, Sun. Dec. 14, 11am. 6837 US 64/74A, Lake Lure. Refreshments served after the worship service. Info, Pastor Anton Roos, 828-429-8825. Crestview Baptist Church M & M "Dove Dynasty" Christmas Spectacular, Sun. Dec. 14, 6 pm. Invite your family and friends to come and see our children honor their King! Info, Karen Levinson, 828- 408-2108. 630 South Church St., Forest City. New Bethel Baptist Church The Sanctuary Choir will present the Mike Speck s can- tata "Down from His Glory", Sun. Dec. 14, 11am. 112 New Bethel Church Rd., Lawndale. Info, Mike Ennis, mhennis1@aol.com Pleasant Grove UMC Free clothes closet, Sat. Dec. 20, 9am-11am. Everyone Welcome! Info, 828-245-5471. Hudlow Rd. St. John AME Zion Church Annual Christmas Program, Sat. Dec. 20, 5pm. Pastor, Rev. Jerret Fite. 109 N. Ridgecrest Ave. Rutherfordton. Crestview Baptist Church Adult Choir Christmas Cantata: A Family Christmas, Sun. Dec. 21, 6pm. Info, Dwayne Hunt, 828-245-7307. 630 South Church St., Forest City. Faith Baptist Church Birth of Christ, Sun. Dec 21, 6pm. Everyone is welcome to come! 149 West Main Ext. Forest City. Crestview Baptist Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service, Wed. Dec. 24, 6pm. 630 South Church St., Forest City. Trinity Lutheran Church For Christian talk radio, visit: www.issuesetc.org to check out archived Bible studies & topics. Visit us: www.trinity- lutherantryon.org or Pastor Olson 828-817-5506 or email: pto351@gmail.com Church of Christ FREE Bible Study Course by mail. Leave name, address & number. 115 Clay St., Forest City. 828-245-2720. Sunshine United Methodist Church Regular weekly schedule: Sunday worship services 9:45am, Sunday school 10:45am. Pastor: Rev. Keys Pendleton. 367 Depriest Rd., Sunshine. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Weekly schedule: Sunday school 10am. Worship service at 11am. Mt. Olivet Church Rd. Ellenboro. The Journey Church, Rutherfordton Invite you to be a part of their weekly Bible study. Thursdays, 6:30pm. 828-289-9645, 828-919-0009. Rutherford Church of Christ New Mid-Week Service; Wednesday 7PM. 925 Hwy 221 N. Rutherfordton. Souls Harbor Tabernacle Sunday School 10am, Worship 11am, Sunday night 6pm, Thursday night 7pm. Pastor Charles Poole. 704-466- 0626. 441 Sandy Run Church Rd. Mooresboro. Epicenter Church Sunday 10:30am. Tuesday 7pm. Youth Ministry Tues., 7pm. Dr. Joseph & Lynette Dutton, Lead Pastors. 131 Countryside Dr., Forest City. www.theepicenterchurch.org Inter-Denominational DVD Based Bible Study Sunday 10:45AM. 3775 Parris Bridge Rd., Boiling Springs, SC 29316. 828-247-4772 or e-mail martaa54@att.net Spindale UMC Alive Now Spiritual Formation Group, Sundays at 10am. Come early at 8:45am for FORWARD modern worship & light food. East Main Street at Methodist Dr. 828-286- 2281 or spindaleumc@bellsouth.net First United Methodist Church Welcome Table Free Community Meal Mondays, 5-6:30pm. Dine in. 264 N Main St., Rutherfordton. Sponsored by churches of Rutherfordton. 828-287-3704. Crestview Baptist Church Caregiver Support Group every 3 rd Tuesday, 6pm. 630 S. Church Street, Forest City. 828-375-0046 to register. Harvest Time Ministry Worship Sundays, 9am. Also, Soup Kitchen, every Tuesday at 5pm. 156 Sunset St., Rutherfordton. 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"Dub" Dellinger Age 95 Am I Perfect Lord Why are so many preach- ers afraid to talk about the word Perfect. There can only be a couple excuses for it. Not knowing the bible is one. Paying more attention to their denomination than the souls of the congrega- tion is another, and they will use the flesh which never has been crucified by the saviour as an excuse to sin. If you listen to the flesh, your biggest enemy, you are in big trouble. Your flesh can slay you, and put your soul in hell, but only if you listen to it. Why do you think that our Living God gave us a conscious mind to work things out, and nerves in our body to feel with, and a soul that can not be destroyed? It too can suffer punishment. Lies are of the flesh and is the first thing that the flesh uses in most people at a very young age, even when they are not old enough to be accounted for as sin. Maybe you have never given it a thought, but this is how the enemy of your soul creeps up on you and you have to sometime in life see this, or come to a real- ity that the devil is in control of in your life. You have to ask a true and living God to get you away from satan. There is no way you can do it yourself. You can say I am going to do better and soon that wears out. You and I are no match for the devil and never can be. Only Jesus as Lord and Saviour has this power. When we see what is going to happen to our soul at death then we want to do something about our condition. Only a true Saviour who went to the cross and paid the price with his shed blood for you as a sinner can clear things up and make you perfect, in his sight. Any time you cross over he is your advocate to call on, always ready to forgive when it comes from the heart. 1 John 2:1 says: "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:" You can not practice sin and expect to get to Heaven. Don't fool around with your soul. It is simple with a True and Living God, you can live the life He wants you to. You can be fooled, and you can fool others, but you can not fool an all knowing God. Stay prayed up with your Saviour and you are perfect in your Saviour's sight. Sin is held against you. Even if you know to do good and you don't carry it out it is a sin. Let's be aware that in an authentic bible, thirty three books of it uses the word perfect. That is exact- ly one half of a real Holy Ghost Bible. We find out that perfect is walking in all the knowledge of Christ that we have, and that is all our Lord expects out of us. Our Saviour never expects more out of his children than they can testify to. Through our testimony we get Salvation, and in Salvation we have Life Eternal with God and Son.

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