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Little Austin Sjaarda watches closely while Mark
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at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church Bazaar, held at
the community centre on March 15.
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PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1995.
From the Minister's Study
Honesty goes a long way, says a lot
By Steve Webb
Knox Cranbrook
A little honesty sometimes
surprises us, but it sure goes a long
way and says a lot. While talking
with a woman last week the
conversation swung around to the
column you are now reading,
"From the Minister's Study." She
informed me that she read them all,
some she agreed with some she
didn't.
Jokingly, I suggested that she
probably agreed with the columns
that I wrote.
"Sometimes," she said.
She got the last laugh.
"You snakes, you brood of
vipers... Go tell that Fox."
Jesus was speaking very clearly
and very honestly on two separate
Leroy Winger
leads worship
Doreen and Huge Neufeld were
special guests at Brussels Menno-
nite Fellowship on Sunday, March
19. They are a team from MCEC
(Mennonite Conference of Eastern
Canada) which encourage churches
to support and promote mission
work at the local level, throughout
North America, and overseas.
Doreen gave the message based
on I Corinthians 3, which was read
by Eric Wideman. We must work
together for God, and no one can
take the credit, it goes to God.
Leroy Winger was the worship
leader. Andra Dettweiler played the
piano for the offertory.
Following the Sunday School
sessions a meatless fellowship meal
was held in the gymnasium, using
the idea "to live simply so that
others may simply live."
The Grade 6-8s had a busy week.
They travelled to Rockway
Mennonite Collegiate on Thursday,
March 16, where children from
Mennonite churches from a wide
area congregated for a special
program. On Friday evening they
were guests at Milverton
Mennonite Fellowship, for a
session of praise and fun. On
Friday evening the youth held an
"Academy Award" evening.
On Sunday, March 19 Auburn
Missionary Church was delighted
to hear Doran Rolston and Will
Jardine played a saxophone duet At
the crossing.
Pastor Bob Lewis brought the
message, "What makes people do
the things they do?" Why did
Christ let himself go through the
pain of the cross? Why did He
endure the crown of thorns and the
jeering crowd? Christ was not
friendless neither was it human
weakness.
The cord of sin held Christ to the
cross and this cord chaffed Him the
On April 1 the Blyth Church of
God is putting on a Free April
Fools Spaghetti Dinner at the Blyth
Memorial Hall.
They are holding this event to
help raise money to cover the cost
of some renovations they are doing
to the church building. This
includes a new adult Sunday
School room to accommodate an
increase in attendance.
But how can a free dinner
generate funds? Well it's true the
dinner is free and it's all you can
eat. As well there will be great
entertainment which is also free.
occasions to the Pharisees. The first
time his speech was directed at
them, the second time at Herod.
Both times-his words left little
doubt about what he was saying to
them. You need to listen of course
and you need to know a little bit
about the people he was talking to
but you get the general idea just
from what was said.
Jesus was telling the Pharisees in
as plain a way as possible, that they
were well off the track of
righteousness, even though they
thought they were the very example
of righteousness. It wasn't enough
to be whitewashed on the outside
when they were full of venom on
the inside. They sought to serve
themselves instead of God and the
people of God. They killed the
most, Pastor Lewis said. In Isaiah
53: 5 it reads "He was pierced
through for our transgressions and
He was crushed for our iniquities."
The cord of the Saviour's love
held Him on the cross. In John 15:
9 it says 'Just as the Father has
loved Me, I have loved you." In
verse 13 it reads "Greater love has
no one than this, that one lay down
his life for his friends." There was
the cord of resignation to the divine
call. God had planned this from the
beginning that Christ would come
to crush Satan, Pastor Lewis said.
The cord of loyalty to an eternal
What's the catch? You must pay
for the utensils you use to eat your
supper with!
In preparation for the April Fool's
Day Celebration, a clown troupe
from the church invaded the main
street of Blyth on Friday afternoon
prophets and all who came in God's
name. They were unwilling to hear
the voice of God, perhaps because
it was a strange voice, perhaps
because it would condemn.
And that fox, Herod. Sly,
cunning and crafty in ways of
destruction and the perfect
predator. Jesus knew more about
Herod than did Herod. He knew his
role in the events to come, he knew
the outcome and yet instead of
making an attempt to outwit the fox
or avoid him, he told Herod exactly
what he would be doing and where
he was going.
Again honesty was used to show
the way and the will of God. Jesus
had assessed Herod and the
Pharisees who came to warn him of
purpose was another reason Christ
went to the cross. Christ could not
be unloyal to the purpose because
this one purpose was Calvary.
Christ's purpose was to save us.
The same cord that bound Christ to
the cross is the same cord that
binds us to Christ's purpose. Let us
be loyal to Christ's purpose.
Pastor and Mrs. Carne are
holidaying in South Carolina.
Clarke and Ann Teall are on
vacation as well as Roger and
Debbie Newcomb and family. May
all the vacationers enjoy journeying
mercies.
to get the word out. The clown
troop was made up of Jackie Cook,
Sunday School superintendent as
well as Micha Loder, Christy Blair,
Liz Sauve, Melissa Black and
Brittany and Katie Cook all from
Blyth.
his impending doom at the hands of
Herod, he knew their motives and
their reasons. He could have played
their game, and to a certain extent I
think he did, but in his verbal
assault upon their character and
nature was a certain accuracy about
their motives and desires.
I imagine sometimes that
immediately after the Pharisees left
with their mouths hanging wide
open, Jesus turned with just
slightest hint of a smile, knowing
that he had given them just cause
for thought and concern. Then I
also think that Jesus still does the
exact same thing whenever we read
these passages or whenever
someone we meet causes us to look
at ourselves and see that we too
tend to be like the pharisees from
time to time. A smile not of
malicious satisfaction, but rather a
smile of hope and parental insight.
A little honesty applied in the
right way has a wonderfully correct
way about it, as long as we who
hear it will take it to heart and learn
from it. If we become defensive
and upset, we hurt only ourselves.
If we accept it and learn from it, we
are in effect preparing ourselves- for
the passion and compassion of
Christ.
This is, after all, the season of
Lent, a time to reflect upon
ourselves in the preparation of the
Easter events. If it takes a little
honest nudging on the part of Jesus
or others, then accept it and use it
to your benefit.
May you use this season of lent
to prepare for sorrow and joys of
the Easter event.
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