SUNDAY MORNING SERMON FROM OCTOBER 9, 2022.

IN 1 JOHN 5:13, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT WE CAN "KNOW" THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. THE WORD OF GOD GIVES US THE ASSURANCE WE CAN HAVE OF OUR SALVATION. BRO. RICHARD GOES IN DEPTH ON THIS SUBJECT IN THIS SERMON.

BRO. LARRY CLEMENTS JOINED US AGAIN TO DELIVER A MESSAGE ABOUT HOPE. IN 1 THESSALONIANS 14, PAUL INSTRUCTS THE CHURCH HOW TO BEHAVE IN VARIOUS ASPECTS BEFORE EXPLAINING THE REASONS FOR HOPE WE SHOULD HAVE CONCERNING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST THAT HAVE DIED. WE HAVE HOPE IN THE RETURN OF CHRIST, THE RESURRECTION OF THE BELIEVERS, THE RAPTURE OF THE SAINTS, AND THE REUNION OF THE SAVED.

BRO. MICAH CARTER JOINED US IN CELEBRATING CALVARY'S 80TH HOMECOMING. BRO. MICAH BROUGHT US A MESSAGE FROM GOD ABOUT AFFLICTION IN OUR LIVES. THE PLASMIST PRAISED THE LORD FOR THE AFFLICTIONS IN HIS LIFE. SOMETIMES WE VIEW THE ISSUES IN OUR LIVES AS SOMETHING THAT OUR FATHER IS DOING TO US INSTEAD SOMETHING HE IS DOING FOR US. WE SHOULD DELIGHT IN THE MATURING OF OUR CHARACTER THROUGH THE TRIALS GOD SETS BEFORE US.

REHOBOAM DID NOT FOLLOW GOD AS HIS FATHER SOLOMON DID. IN RESULT, SHISHAK TOOK THE SHIELDS OF GOLD THAT SOLOMON HAD MADE WHEN HE WAS KING. REHOBOAM HAD SHIELDS OF BRASS MADE TO REPLICATE THE LOST SHIELDS OF GOLD. TOO MANY TIMES WE ARE OFFERING GOD LESS THAN BEST. WE ARE GIVING HIM INFERIOR SERVICE INSTEAD OF OUR BEST SERVICE TO HIM.

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WITH BRO. RICHARD OUT THIS SUNDAY, BRO. LARRY CLEMENTS BROUGHT CALVARY A MESSAGE ON HOW WE CAN HAVE PERFECT PEACE, THE KIND THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, NOT ONLY IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND TURMOIL BUT ALL THE TIME. ETERNAL STRENTH IS FOUND IN THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR MIND ON THE LORD AND TRUST IN HIM.

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IN PART 2 OF BRO. ALLEN HAGOOD'S SERMON ON FAITH PROMISE, HE EXPANDS ON HOW THIS FORM OF GIVING CAN AND WILL BLESS YOU, THE LORD, THOSE TRYING TO REACH LOST SOULS, AND THE LOST SOULS THAT ARE BEING REACHED.

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TO END AUGUST'S THEME OF STEWARDSHIP, BRO. ALLEN HAGOOD BRINGS A SERMON ON THE CONCEPT OF "FAITH PROMISE." THIS IDEA IS NOT A NEW IDEA, AND IT IS BASED IN SCRIPTURE. USING A PASSAGE OF PAUL'S WRITINGS IN 2 CORINTHIANS, BRO. ALLEN SHOWS US THAT FAITH PROMISE IS GRACE GIVING AND NOT OF OUR OWN POWER. WHEN WE COMMIT TO GIVING TO FAITH PROMISE, WE ARE ALLOWING GOD TO GIVE THROUGH US WHAT HE WILL NOT GIVE TO US.

THIS IS PART 1 OF THIS SERMON. YOU CAN LISTEN TO PART 2 HERE.

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IN THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF HIS SERIES ON STERWARDSHIP, BRO. RICHARDS TALKS ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF TITHING. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS IDEA, WE MUST LOOK TO THE SCRIPTURES WHERE WE FIND THE ORIGIN OF BIBLICAL TITHING. THIS IS THE LAST SERMON FROM BRO. RICHARD IN THIS SERIES AS BRO. ALLEN HAGOOD WILL WRAP UP THE SERIES NEXT SUNDAY AS HE SPEAKS ON THE CONCEPT OF FAITH PROMISE GIVING.

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WITH THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF A FOUR PART SERIES ON STEWARDSHIP, BRO. RICHARD SPEAKS ABOUT HOW SHIFTING OUR PRIORITIES TO ETERNITY WILL BRING ABOUT CHANGES IN OUR LIVES THAT WILL SHAPE THE WAY WE VIEW STEWARDSHIP. FOCUSING ON ETERNITY WILL ALLOW US TO WORSHIP, SERVE, GIVE TO, AND WITNESS FOR GOD.