Author: Bill

THINK ON THESE THINGS (Philippians 4:8)

June 6th, 2021 BULLETIN for the

A Different Spirit

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Today’s Scripture: Numbers 14:24 “But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.” Wisdom for Today: Proverbs 25:28 “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
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Hear Romans 10:17
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–Romans 1:16 KJV

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Sermon: Tom Betti, Article: Paul Stone

The Lazy Man’s Harvest
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Proverbs 20:4)
Growing up in the farm country of Southeastern Colorado, I often wondered why the farmers were plowing their fields after the harvest in the autumn of the year. After planting, irrigating, cultivating and finally harvesting the crop, it seemed to me like a good time to rest until spring. However, the farmers did not rest after reaping the harvest but continued to work, plowing their fields while the ground was moist and before the winter turned the ground too hard. By plowing in the fall, the broken ground would soak up the moisture from the rain and snow during the winter and would be much easier to work in the spring.
We can see from Bible passages such as Proverbs 20:4 that this has been a practice of farmers for a long time. Proverbs 20:4 in the NAS says, “The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.” It would be very important for someone pulling a plow with oxen to do it at the proper time. To put off plowing in Bible times, may mean not being able to break the soil down in the spring. The wise and hard working man would plow in the fall but the sluggard or lazy man would put it off by reason of the cold or a similar excuse. By putting off plowing his land day after day, his land was not cultivated and he had no crop to reap when autumn came.
Proverbs 24:30-34 describes the field of a sluggard: “I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.” Because of his lack of ambition, the sluggard is unable to reap a harvest from his field and is forced to beg from others. Though the sluggard desired to reap a harvest, he was unwilling to do the work required to get it.

We have many people today who desire many things but are unwilling to put forth the effort to attain them. Others are willing to work for material things but are lazy when it comes to spiritual matters. How many people in the church today want to grow spiritually, but are unwilling to put forth any effort to do so? How many people want to further their Bible knowledge, but limit their study to listening to a sermon on Sunday morning? How many members of the church want to see the church grow, but are unwilling to evangelize? We cannot continue to put off the work that needs to be done both in our individual lives, as well as in the church. When we make excuses and put things off until tomorrow, we are following the path of the sluggard. We do not know “what shall be on the morrow” (James 4:14), so let us prepare today for the harvest time coming (Matthew 13:30).
Paul

Why Do I Have To Take A Bath?
If the same excuses that people use for not going to church are applied to other important areas of life, it’s easy to see how inconsistent our logic can be. For example, 10 reasons not to take a bath:
1. I was forced to bathe as a child.
2. People who make soap are only after your money
3. I bathe on special occasions like Christmas and Easter.
4. People who take baths are hypocrites – they think they are cleaner than everyone else.
5. I would bathe, but there are so many different kinds of soap, can’t decide which one is best.
6. I used to bathe, but it got boring so I stopped.
7. The bathroom is never warm enough in the winter or cool enough in the summer.
8. I’ll start bathing when I get older and dirtier.
9. I just don’t have the time to bathe.
10. None of my friends take baths.

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Sin will keep you out of Heaven