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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2017-04-13, Page 25THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017. PAGE 25. From the Minister's Study Jesus works His way into our lives at Easter By Pastor Ernest Dow Living Water Christian Fellowship, Blyth The startling thing about Easter is that it's not just about what happened to Jesus in the tomb that phenomenal morning. It's about His power available to work in each of our lives for those who put their trust in Him and receive His Holy Spirit. Before we come to Christ, we are stuck in sin. Jesus' saving power takes us from being stuck to standing with God, and being strengthened by His Spirit inside. The Apostle Paul writes in 1Corinthians 15, "By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you." (1Cor.15:2) We need saving when we are stuck in sin. What do I mean by "stuck"? The Biblical appraisal of the human race apart from God's help is that we are lost, fallen, without hope eternally, and destined for condemnation. Now, at this present moment, you may feel like quite a respectable person. But on our own human effort, according to scripture, He Is Risen Join us in celebrating our Risen Lord Sunday, April 16 at Brussels Mennonite Fellowship 10:00 am Worship Service 11:15 am Coffee Time Pastor Ken Gazley 519.887.6388 www.bmfchurch.com Guests Expected Why seek yethe living among the dead? (Luke 2¢'.5-67 dater C�iristinrc rt"ellmnasPip Evangelical Missionary Church Friday, April 14 Good Friday FREE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST upstairs at Blyth Arena 8:30 - 10:30 am Apr. 16: Rom.8:18-25 HAPPY EASTER! Daring Faith #7: "Daring to Wait on God" 7:00 am SonRise Service at 82941 Cemetery Line followed by potluck breakfast at 7:30 am at Living Water Fellowship 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth Main Easter Celebration 8:30 a.m. after potluck breakfast Pastor: Ernest Dow - 519-523-48 getlivingwater.org 6 8 "All our righteous acts are like filthy rags " (Isaiah 64:6) Yuck! Now, you likely haven't been hounding people to jail and death and blaspheming like Paul was before he met Jesus. But our Lord during His earthly life diagnosed our condition as being evil from the inside out. Jesus taught, "For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery" - and several other things including greed, envy, and slander. (Mark 7:21) As a self-confessed example, take famous British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge. He was married and had been faithful to his wife; but one evening he nearly gave in to temptation. Ravi Zacharias writes of the incident in his book Can Man Live Without God? "Working as a journalist in India, he left his residence one evening to go to a nearby river for a swim. As he entered the water, across the river he BRUSSELS saw an Indian woman from the nearby village who had come to have her bath. Muggeridge impulsively felt the allurement of the moment, and temptation stormed into his mind. He had lived with this kind of struggle for years but had somehow fought it off in honour of his commitment to his wife, Kitty. On this occasion, however, he wondered if he could cross the line of marital fidelity. He struggled just for a moment and then swam furiously toward the woman, literally trying to outdistance his conscience. His mind fed him the fantasy that stolen waters would be sweet, and he swam the harder for it. Now he was just two or three feet away from her, and as he emerged from the water, any emotion that may have gripped him paled into insignificance when compared with the devastation that shattered him as he looked at her. [Muggeridge recalls] 'She was old United Church Good Friday Worship 9:30 am Come Celebrate Easter with us Sunday at 10:00 am Bake Sale - Saturday, 10 am to 12 pm Coffee & snacks Everyone welcome R Minister: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M.Div. - 226-963-1175 AI\GLICAN PARISH OF NEW BEGINNINGS B LYT H Trinity (S. 9:15 am Church Office 519-357-4883 BRUSSELS St. John's 11:15 am Church Office 519-887-6862 Everyone Welcome! COME WORSHIP WITH US! MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS SUNDAY, APRIL 16 We invite you to join our church family in: Worship & Sunday School - 11 am Coffee & Snacks following the service Fridays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Soup & More 2 - a free community meal held in Melville's basement, and made possible by the Brussels churches working together. Nursery care available 519-887-6687 } Blyth United Church Est. 1875 Good Friday service Easter Sunday service April 14 April 16 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. You are invited to share Easter with us "OMG He's dead. Tragic" 1 "OMG He's back!" MINISTER: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M. Div. OFFICE: 519-523-4224 and hideous... and her skin was wrinkled and, worst of all, she was a leper... This creature grinned at me, showing a toothless mask.' The experience left Muggeridge trembling and muttering under his breath, 'What a dirty lecherous woman!' But then the rude shock of it dawned upon him - it was not the woman who was lecherous; it was his own heart" That's the sort of stuckness I'm talking about: our inherent inclination to be attracted to sin, and the ease with which we move toward it. But Paul declares when we hold firmly to the word that's been preached to us, we are saved, and we've received the gospel "on which you have taken your stand" (1Cor.15:1) Paul took a stand - after Jesus met him and `Saul' (Paul's former name) found himself falling to the ground on the way to Damascus. Soon `Saul' was a changed man: Paul. He boldly went to new area preaching Continued on page 27 You re °i'nritecl 30 join GCs .9n tk/Ursilip Good Friday Service - April 14 10:00 am Easter Sunday Service - April 16 10:00 am No Evening Service BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Minister: Pastor Gary van Leeuwen Hwy. 4, Blyth www.blythcrc.ca 519-523-4743 b'iuQQeld ecuiratactv Sae eitaftet You're Invited to come worship with us Sunday, April 16 Brussels Business & Cultural Centre at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday School for children 4 to 12 years of age at 9:30 a.m. Childcare provided for infants and preschoolers during the sermon. Coffee & cookies after the morning service. For additional details please contact Pastor Andrew Versteeg 519.887.8621 Steve Klumpenhower 519.292.0965 Rick Packer 519.527.0173 EASTER BRINGS At"( Always A Place For You @ Huron Chapel Good Friday & Easter Sunday Services at 10:30am huronchapel.com THE CATHOLIC PARISHES OF NORTH HURON AND NORTH PERTH CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND HOLY MASS. OUR SUNDAY LITURGIES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Brussels: St. Ambrose Saturday 6:00 p.m. 17 Flora Street Wingham: Sacred Heart Sunday 9:00 a.m. 220 Carling Terrace Listowel: St. Joseph's Sunday 11:00 a.m. 1025 Wallace Avenue N.