The Encourager. March 31, Sunday Service s Bible class 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Afternoon 2:00 pm. Tuesday Ladies Class 11:00 am

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1 The Encourager Church of Christ 140 West 15th Street Front Royal Virginia FrontRoyalChurchofChrist.com SimpleBibleLessons.com We Welcome Our Guest! We are so glad you ve come for worship today! Our prayer is you will be blessed by your time with us. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have concerning our worship. March 31, 2019 Sunday Service s Bible class 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Afternoon 2:00 pm Tuesday Ladies Class 11:00 am Wednesday Service 7:00 pm Personal Bible Study SimpleBibleLessons.com Online Correspondence In Home RSW Jail Ministry Correspondence 2nd & 4th In House Food Pantry By Appointment Minister John Stephen Smith ministerfrcoc@gmail.com

2 Our Sick List: Doug Ritenour, strokes Sharon Derflinger David Bean Robert Robinson Jr Albert Jenkins Linda York Scott McCool Jamie Shell Marty Jones Jamie James Hazel Clark Nancy Barnes Those Battling Cancers: Gibson Steed, fell Beverly Figgins Dolores Williams Ann Derflinger Bob Baleskie Adam Selb Carol Ritenour Jerry Eubanks Joel Jones, recovering from pneumonia. Haywood Seal Bobby Jo Henderson Kenny Henderson Jr. Angela Hollins A.D. Carter Tommy Strickler Mary Steele Kim Wines Ella Sullivan Rick Steele Tim Gunter Ray Stelzl Ruth Brooks Doris & Donald Jones The Lord s church All missionaries Our Military RSW Jail Ministry Our Homebound John Woodall C.R. Newlin Priscilla L. Vita Torres Jeff Pingley Wendy Willoughby Robert Jenkins Serving Today Mike McCool Mike Efaw Carson Van Arsdall Wilson Diaz Song Service Tim Tewalt Eugene Tewalt Scripture Reading Art Candenquist Our Pantry needs: Dry Cereal Nancy Barnes 3/31 Danny Derflinger 4/1 George Diaz 4/4 Wilson Diaz 4/6 Sharon Derflinger 4/14 Virginia Wright 4/18 Conner Clark 4/21 April Mike & Jane McCool 4/1 Tim & Kristie Tewalt 4/8

3 What You Miss... Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. Acts 2:46-47 What an incredible picture of the early days of the church! The worship, the fellowship, the relationships they shared were wonderful! How they enjoyed every chance they had to be together with their new brothers and sisters in Christ! Fast forward too today, do Christians still maintain that level of excitement as the Day of the Lord approaches? Does the worship, the fellowship bring about that sense to encourage one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near? Hebrews 10:25b At Front Royal, Churches of Christ, the scheduled worship and Bible class hour each Lord s Day are golden opportunities to be in the promised Presence of our loving Lord, (He is with us whenever two or three are gathered together in My Name ). Opportunities to praise Him, remember Him, thank Him are afforded at each service. Our Sunday morning attendance is usually very good, but think, what people miss by staying home Sunday night! What could we possibly be doing during that hour that would better prepare us for eternity in His Presence? Why not pray about it? Service Time Change: April 7th Service time will be at 6:00 Study of Calvinism will continue. New Teaching Quarter Starts April 7th Spring material is in for all classes posted. Please turn off all cell phones or put on vibrate. During worship services. April 13th!! Sewing class on making a spring table runner, here at the building. Time: 10:00 Brown Bag lunch. Get the material list at the Information Center. The Information Center is located on the left before entering Dining Room Hallway. Don t forget we are collecting school supplies thru out the summer. Place in tote in the Dining Room.

4 GoodYear By carson van arsdall March 31,, 2019 My foraging for a set of reasonably priced tires found me in the early morning line at the Goodyear Center. Others had the same mission. The line was bogged down by a young lady being tutored on the proper tires for her auto. Someone muttered, "What are we building, a starship?" The salesman heard this. "You fellows, be patient!" In silence we waited to see Captain Janeway of the Enterprise. Theoretical physicists are searching for the "God particle". (DISCOVERY magazine). In 1964 British physicist Peter Higgs decided this one subatomic animal was necessary to unite all those in the zoo of the Standard Model. His idea was to explain the "big bang" and how it was ignited. If all the particles are summed together; they have a zero mass (weight). What gave the matter (particles) mass to create all we now see and enjoy. Higgs implies there is a force field (Higgs Field) where all lives the particles. In this molasses type environment (universe) there is the Higgs Bison (God particle) that is weightless but is the creator of all the weighted particles that make up our cosmos. (Stay with me!) We simplify this by going back to Goodyear. Our young lady lightly dances into the room. She draws more and more attention (weight) till eventually all those around her are also in a weighted state. She may fly around and around the room till she loses all her speed. Unnoticed are interested parties (clusters) near the door. When she has almost spun down, the clusters give life to her and more electric particles again gain weight. Our damsel is our Higgs Bison (God Particle), the long sought after culprit that is responsible for combining and giving mass life to electrons and neutrons. What has this to do with anything? Leon Lederman tries to answer this question in his book- THE GOD PARTICLE: IF THE UNIVERSE IS THE ANSWER, WHAT IS THE QUESTION? With every opened door, more are opened but not leading to the final answer to "What is the Question!" A three billion dollar collider at Geneva, Switzerland could provide a clue if there is a Higgs Bison or if it exists at all. Eight hours of data gathering will equal 3 million DVDs of binary data. Vague ideas abound on how this will be processed within our lifetime. Conclusion: We are looking for something we think exists but not entirely convinced since the physicist community is evenly divided. Some are saying this particle has appeared several times we just do not have the means to detect its presence. This heavy particle may have an atomic weight between lead and uranium. The collider may never be built that can harvest this baby and our best efforts could bear fruit in several years. The present machine uses 107 GeV (107 billion electric volts). To acquire visibility may require a possible (not sure) an almost 200 GeV--if this happens the whole planet may experience a permanent blackout. I add to all this intellectual speculation, my comment, "Isn't God wonderful!" We have stumbled into His laboratory and we treat it as a playland where we have absolutely no clues as to how anything works or if it should work at all! This lump of spongy cerebral mass is trying to seek God. I paraphrase my grandmother who would say "I wish you well!" ( I wish the brain well.) Ooops!, see Genesis 1:1

5 BSGFAA Lesson 243 Centurion s Servant Healed; Jesus Luke 7: 1-35 Widow s Son Raised; John Questioned Bible Quiz: 1. How can an individual obtain wisdom? How should he ask? James 1: James did not say a person should be (a) quick to hear, (b) slow to speak, (c) quick to argue, or (d) slow to anger. James 1:19 3. How did Abraham treat his three visitors near the great trees of Mamre? Genesis 18: What happens to an individual who harbors bitterness? How can this individual affect others? Hebrews 12:15 5. What did Jesus say the Law of Moses said about murder? Adultery? Divorce? Vows? An eye for an eye? Enemies? What did Jesus himself say concerning each of these? Matthew 5: To whom did Jesus say that the father sent the sunshine and rain? Matthew 5:45 7. When an individual does an act of charity or prays or fasts, he should do so (a) sounding a trumpet, (b) before men to be noticed by the, (c) in secret, or (d) putting on a gloomy face. Matthew 6:1-6, Yes or no, will the Heavenly Father forgive those who do not forgive other people? Matthew 6: Broad or narrow, the way to heaven is and the way to hell is. How many will find the way to heaven? Matthew 7: Jesus said those who will enter the kingdom of heaven must (a) only believe, (b) call Jesus Lord, (c) pray often, or (d) do the will of the Father. Matthew 7:21 Additional Scriptures: 1. Jesus marveled because of unbelief. Mark 6:6 2. Three individuals were recorded which Jesus raised from the dead. Mark 5:22-23, 38-42; Luke 7:15; John 11:38-44 According to the Dictionary: 1. Jesus being followed by great crowds of people showed His popularity at this time. 2. Capernaum was Jesus headquarters during His ministry prior to Luke 8. Questions: 1. Why did the centurion in Capernaum not come to Jesus himself concerning his dying slave? How did the centurion say that Jesus could heal the slave? Luke 7: Jesus marveled at the Capernaum centurion s (a) home, (b) soldier skills, (c) obedient slaves, or (d) faith. Luke 7:9 3. What was Jesus feeling for the widow of Nain, who s son had died? Luke 7:13 4. What did the people in Nain say about Jesus after He raised the son of the widow? Luke 7: When the two messengers from John the Baptist asked Jesus, Are you the one who is coming? what was His reply? Luke 7: Why, according to Jesus, had the people gone out into the wilderness to see John the Baptist? Was John the Baptist in the kingdom of God? Luke 7: Who had been baptized with John s baptism? Who had not been baptized with John s baptism? Luke 7:29-30 Application: on compassion Luke 7:13

6 Luke 7:36 8:3 Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman Jesus BSGFAA Lesson 244 Bible Quiz: 1. How does an individual show his faith? James 2:18 2. Name the people in Lot s family who left Sodom. Genesis 19:16 Which family member did not obey the command of God not to look back? Genesis 19:26 3. Why did God not destroy Lot with Sodom? Genesis 19:29 4. What should be the results of letting your light shine? Matthew 5:16 5. Where should an individual store up treasures? Why? Matthew 6: Yes or no, can an individual serve God and riches at the same time? Matthew 6:24 7. By what standard of measure will each individual Christian be judged? Matthew 7: What two examples of a father and son did Jesus give to explain how the Father in heaven gives to those who ask Him? Matthew 7: What was Jesus feeling for the widow of Nain, who s son had died? Luke 7: Who had been baptized with John s baptism? Who had not been baptized with John s baptism? Luke 7:29-30 Additional Scriptures: 1. Jesus marveled because of unbelief. Mark 6:6 2. Three individuals were recorded which Jesus raised from the dead. Mark 5:22-23, 38-42; Luke 7:15; John 11:38-44 According to the Dictionary: 1. The occasion of the anointing of Jesus at Bethany (Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8) was a different occasion from that at the house of Simon the Pharisee. Questions: 1. At whose house was Jesus eating, when the woman washed His feet with her tears? Luke 7: The pharisee who invited Jesus (a) washed His feet, (b) poured oil on His head, (c) kissed Him, or (d) fed Him. Luke 7:36, Not true of the woman, who washed Jesus feet was that she (a) was a faithful Jew, (b) anointed His feet with perfume, wet His feet with her tears, or (d) she wiped His feet with her hair. What did Jesus say had saved her? Luke 7:37 38, Yes or no, did the Pharisee think that Jesus should let the sinful woman wash His feet? Luke 7:39 5. In Jesus story about the money lender, what did the money lender do about the two debtors who owed him money? Which debtor loved the moneylender the most? Luke 7: A person with many sins loves Jesus (a) little or (b) much when He forgives them. Luke 7:47 7. How were Jesus and the 12 apostles supported during Jesus ministry? Luke 8:1-3 Application: on love and forgiveness Luke 7:47

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