The Encourager. March 3, 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 3, 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 and David Bean Carol & Doug Ritenour Our Homebound Request for Prayers list: Sharon Derflinger McCool s Traveling Jane McCool Eye Surgery Linda Sullivan Bob Baleskie Joel Jones Terry Lichliter Eddie Benfit Bobby Jo Henderson Kenny Henderson Jr. Angela Hollins A.D. Carter Tommy Strickler Robert Robinson Jr Albert Jenkins Linda York Beverly Figgins Adam Selb Mary Steele Kim Wines Ella Sullivan Rick Steele Tim Gunter Ray Stelzl Ruth Brooks Scott McCool Jamie Shell Marty Jones Jamie James Dolores Williams Doris & Donald Jones The Lord s church All missionaries Our Military RSW Jail Ministry Those Battling Cancers: Ann Derflinger Jerry Eubanks C.R. Newlin Priscilla L. Vita Torres Jeff Pingley Wendy Willoughby Elaine Appleton Robert Jenkins John Woodall Hazel Clark Nancy Barnes Audrey Herring Serving Today Song Service David Born Mike McCool Mark Derflinger Mike Efaw Eugene Tewalt Wilson Diaz Scripture Reading Art Candenquist Our Pantry needs: Canned Corn, and Instant Pancake Mix, & Syrup, Microwave Popcorn. Check the front bulletin board for new up and coming information Linda Adams 3/6 Josiah Pepin 3/9 Janet Jones 3/11 Mason Diaz 3/15 Karol Derflinger 3/24 Bob Baleskie 3/25 Cindy Callaway 3/27 Nancy Barnes 3/31 No Recorded Anniversaries for the month of March.

3 Self By carson van arsdall March 3,, 2019 It was in the summer of 1849 that Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman was standing on the wrong place at the wrong time. A dynamite blast went off and sent a tamping iron through the air. It passed through Gage's head, and he survived. Before the accident he was an efficient worker and shrewd businessman. The accident changed him and made him a profane person, with little regard for others. He also could not make plans for the future. His friends remarked he had become "the other Gage." This and other incidents have prompted research into what is our "self." Scientists are searching to explain the complex cohesive neural process that explains why we are happy or unhappy. Children up to the age of 12 are in the SELF learning process and tend not to be bothered by changes in routines & life in general. Adults do not react the same way once SELF has been formed. Sources note once the brain is fully formed an action has a programmed response. Like computers our thinking system is not only programmed to think and act but in the background there is also the planned response. We put a lot of time into SELF. If a test is given with an equal number of questions on SELF and questions about others. Later we can recall the SELF questions but not those about others. How people can become less SELFish and learn to live and contribute to the lives of others is one of the wonderful traits of being human, never to ever be learned by a machine with artificial intelligence. How we react to our daily lives and how flexible we are to responses from our fellowman is the key to the peace and tranquility we all seek. We all know of individuals who are still at a later time in life trying to find "SELF." They are reaching for everything that can tell them they are alive. Some need the thrill of skydiving or cliff jumping to say "Yes, this is the SELF, I have been looking for!" Whatever future studies show, the study of our SELF and how it drives our lives will continue to be interesting reading. Books that have been written on SELF are: A Self Less Ordinary, Is Self Special?, The Lost Self, Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain-and How It Changed the World. These are just a few of the many books written, to understand our SELF. It all started with the following Biblical Verse. Genesis 2:7 - And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me, all his wonderful passion and purity, may his spirit di-

4 March 10th., at 1:00, bring your lunch and play the Feud! March 23rd Card making with Maureen from 10 to 2. This is will be held at the Diaz s. Sign-up sheet on bulletin board. April the 13th a sewing classes making a spring table runner, here at the building at 10:00. Brown Bag lunch. Sign-up now for this class. The Pepin Family Isaac & Jessica Josiah & Caleb Please, check on the Nursey sign-up sheet during worship and sign up today. Please check the teacher s quarter sign-up sheet and sign up today. Next Tuesday s Ladies Bible Class will be a Brown Bag Lunch. March 10th March 3, 2019 Sovereign God At Work C OF GOD Exodus 14:1-9 C OF GOD'S PEOPLE Exodus 14:10-12 C OF GOD'S SERVANT Exodus 14:13-14 C OF GOD'S PLAN Exodus 14:15-31

5 BSGFAA Lesson 239 Jesus Review Transition from Jesus Early Life and First Year of Ministry to the Second Year of His Ministry Drills: 1. Say Bible verses on How do I receive the blessings of the gospel? Romans 10:9 (believe and confess), Luke 13:3b (repent), Romans 6:3:4 (be baptized), 1 John 1:7 (follow Jesus). 2. Use your Bible: To underline Jesus is the high priest forever Hebrews 6:20; Jesus offered Himself for sin once for all Hebrews 7:27; a covenant is valid when the maker dies Hebrews 9:16; men of old gained approval by faith Hebrews 11:1-2; run with endurance the race Hebrews 12;1 According to the Dictionary: 1. Jesus earthly life has been divided into the following periods by scholars: a. Preparation describes the 30 years with the family. Matthew 1:1-17; 2: ; 4:1-11; Luke 2:21, 38-52; 3:23-38 b. Obscurity describes the first year of His ministry, when He revealed Himself to the public and made His first disciples. Matthew 4:1-11; John 1:29-51; John 2 c. Popularity describes the second year of His ministry when His fame spread as He taught the crowds and performed miracles. John 4; Luke 3:19-20; 4:16-30; 5:1-11 d. Opposition describes the third year of His ministry when opposition grew especially among the Jewish scholars and rulers. Mark 1:21-45; 2:1-22; John 5:1-47 e. Passion describes the last week which ended in His death. Matthew 24:1-28; John 14 f. Triumph describes the forty days from His resurrection to His ascension. Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:19; Luke 24:44-53; Acts 1:9-12. Review Questions: 1. The genealogy of Jesus begins with what man in Matthew, in Luke. Matthew 1:2; Luke 3: How old was Jesus when he began his earthly ministry? Luke 3:23 3. Why are some of the events of Jesus earthly life written? John 20: Zechariah prophesied that his son would give the people knowledge of. Luke 1:77 5. How did the Spirit appear at the baptism of Jesus? What did the Father say? Matthew 3: What did Jesus tell the devil to do after the devil had tempted Him? Matthew 4:10 7. Describe Jesus first miracle. John 2: How did Jesus tell Nicodemus to be born again? John 3: How did Jesus describe worship to the Samaritan lady? John 4: How was Jesus teaching different from the teachers of the Law? Mark 1: By calling God his own Father, Jesus made himself (a) above God, (b) below God, (c) equal with God? John 5: Jesus told of a time when those who did good deeds will be resurrected to. Who will be the judge? John 5:29-30 Application: on having the love of God in the heart John 5:42

6 Matthew 5 The Sermon on the Mount: Beatitudes; Jesus BSGFAA Lesson 240 Bible Quiz: Jesus Fulfilled the Law of Moses 1. How was Ahab, king of Israel, killed? 1 Kings 22: What happened to his blood? 1 Kings 22:38 2. Yes or no, did God tell Abram that his descendants would be slaves? Where? How long? Genesis 15:13 3. The land which God gave Abram reached from to. Genesis 15:18 4. Jesus is the of the new Covenant. Discuss the first covenant and the need for a second. Hebrews 8: When does a covenant come into force: How was the first covenant put into force: The second? Hebrews 9:16-22; 10:10, Does God remember forgiven sins? Hebrews 10:17 7. Name the Bible book which says there is is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. 8. Name the Bible book which states that I can do everything through Christ. 9. What instructions did the Hebrew writer give so that an individual would not grow weary and lose heart? Hebrews 12: What is to be our continual sacrifice to God? Hebrews 13:15 Additional Scriptures: 1. Jesus is the light of the world. John 8:12 2. Law of Moses on divorce Deuteronomy 24:1-4; Matthew 19:8 3. Jesus instructions on divorce Matthew 19:9; romans 7:1-3; 1 Corinthians 7:10-16, 39 According to the Dictionary: 1. Beatitudes a beatitude begins with the word blessed. There are nearly 100 beatitudes in the Bible. Beatitudes means happy or in a state of bliss. Nine beatitudes precede the Sermon on the Mount. Questions: 1. Where was Jesus when He spoke the Beatitudes? Matthew 5:1 2. What should be the results of letting your light shine? Matthew 5:16 3. Jesus came to (a) abolish or (b) fulfill the Law of Moses. Matthew 5:17 4. 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: What did Jesus say a person should do it his right eye or right hand makes him stumble? Matthew 5: To whom did Jesus say that the Father sent the sunshine and rain? Matthew 5:45 7. Name the New Testament book which says You yourselves are our letter, known and read by everybody. (a) Romans or (b) 1 Corinthians or (c) 2 Corinthians Application: on results of good works Matthew 5:16

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