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A WORD TO
THE WISE
Reverend Walter H.Hall
Grace Community Church
Perkins, GA
"What is Truth?"
“Pilate therefore said
unto him. Art thou a king
then? Jesus answered.
Thou sayest that I am a
king. To this end was I
bom, and for this cause
came I into the world, that
I should bear witness unto
the tmth. Every one that
is of the tmth heareth my
voice. Pilate saith unto
him. What is tmth? And
when he had said this, he
went out again unto the
Jews, and saith unto them,
I find in him no fault at all.”
Today, we hear the
expression, ‘that is his
tmth”. It seems to indicate
that tmth is subjective.
Subjective tmth means
tmth is at the discretion of
the individual and never
rises above the individual’s
morality or ethics. Tmth of
this kind never liberates or
transforms the individual.
It never challenges the
individual to a higher
plane of living and is not
the tmth that is represented
by Christ.
Then, there is relative
tmth. Something becomes
tmth only as it relates
to the individual or to
the situation. This puts
the responsibility on the
individual or the situation
to dictate what is tmth.
This is the question that
Pilate was wrestling with.
In his day, philosophers
spent their lives seeking
and trying to interpret or
find tmth. So, when Pilate
is face to face with Jesus
Christ, he wanted to know
the tmth about Jesus. The
Jews had their tmth. They
called him a blasphemer.
The crowds had their tmth
that He was a good man,
a teacher who went about
doing good and performing
miracles. His followers
had their tmth. They saw
Him as a fulfillment of
prophecy and that He was
the promised Messiah that
Israel was hoping would
come.
Jesus, on the other hand,
said of Himself, “I am the
way, the tmth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me (John
14:6). In this statement,
Jesus says that He is
absolute tmth. He did not
say He was a tmth like
relative tmth or subjective
tmth, but He was the
definite or absolute tmth.
Jesus came into this
world to bear witness to the
tmth of God. God’s tmth,
the absolute tmth, is one
of divine, unconditional
love, forgiveness of sins,
transformed lives from
the worldly to the holy,
and eternal life through
Jesus Christ. It is only as
we accept the absolute
tmth of the Gospel and of
God that we are enabled
to discern what is morally
and ethically correct. It is
God’s tmth that liberates
and transforms lives. Let
us accept the challenge
to come to and accept
the absolute tmth of God
embodied in Jesus Christ.
ZION BAPTIST
JUNIOR CHURCH
CELEBRATES
88 YEARS
The youth department of Zion Baptist Church will
celebrate their 88th anniversary on August 27th, 2023 at 11
a.m.
There will not be a speaker this year but all youth of
the community are invited to participate on program and
showcase their talents if they're interested in singing, poem
reading or recitation, praise dancing or other religious
talents.
We're encouraging parents to encourage their children to
participate.
All interested youth please contact Ms. Annette Cobb
at 706-360-0701 or Ms. Johnnie Mae Sherrod at 706-360-
8163.
Pastor Broomfield and the Zion family inviteds the public
to worship with us.
Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship
at 11 a.m.
f EXCITING WORSHIP ^
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd,
Mi lien, GA 30442
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WELCOME
TO OUR
CHURCH
East Burke Baptist Church
Sunday Services 11 a.m.
Pastor: Jordan Clayton
Hwy 24 Sardis, GA
Please call 706-526-1733 for
more information.
Mii.i.f.n Baptist Church
Come join us!!
Morning Worship 11AM
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
219 N. Gray St, Millen, GA
478-982-5411
Pastor Brad Asbury
pastorbradasbury@gmail. c om
Mii.i.f.n Methodist Church
Morning Worship 11AM
Sunday School 10 a.m.
413 N. Gray St, Millen, GA
478-982-2664
Pastor John Drake
For questions about our services, please
email us @ millenmethodistchurch@gmail.com
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Morning: 10 a.m.
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Choir practice - Bible Study
Youth Group - Kids Mission Group
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd., Millen, GA
Pastor: Joshua Johnson
478-982-1616
www.oakhillmillen.com
Scarboro Baptist Church
4204 Scarboro Church Loop
Millen, GA 30442
706-466-4494
Pastor: Perry Hearn
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Due to the fire, this will be our service time until further notice.
Trinity Episcopal Church
4401 Country Club Rd, Statesboro, GA
Sunday Eucharist
8:15 a.m. and 10:30a.m.
Father Charles Todd, Rector
Jonathan Murphy, Music Director. 912-489-4208
www.facebook.com/TrinityEpiscopalStatesboro
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Words of
Encouragement
By Joshua Johnson,
Special Contributor
for
The Times
Pastor Oak Hill
Baptist Church, Millen
“Placed Before
the Lord”
Genesis 47:7 - Then Joseph brought in Jacob his
father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob
blessed Pharaoh.
Billy Graham not only had an international ministry
as an evangelist, but he also served as an advisor to
consecutive sitting United States presidents - 12 in
fact, from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. Because of
God’s work in his life, and his obedience to that work,
Billy Graham was given the opportunity to bless 12
presidents.
A little-known episode in the story of Joseph,
covering just a few verses, is when Joseph brings
his elderly father Jacob into the throne room to meet
Pharaoh. This is what scripture says about the meeting,
“Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him
before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.” This is a
remarkable statement because no one blessed Pharaoh.
The Egyptians believed that Pharaoh was the physical
embodiment of the sun god Ra - that Pharaoh himself
was a god. Who can bless a god? Pharaoh would never
and had never been blessed by anyone, but he allowed
Jacob to bless him.
I believe Pharaoh allowed the blessing because he
had been given a front-row seat to see God’s work in
his kingdom through Joseph. Pharaoh had seen God
save the world through the interpretation of dreams
by a “sent-ahead” servant, Joseph. He had also seen
Joseph’s walk with God and it had influenced him.
Note, the way we walk with God is observed by those
around us. Our obedience and faith open doors that
were previously shut.
So, what does it mean that “Jacob blessed Pharaoh”?
The Hebrew word for “blessed” used here means
“to kneel down and bless God and men”. Basically,
Jacob was able to pray for Pharaoh. He was invited
to pray for God to work and move in Pharaoh’s life
and kingdom. In a way, Jacob served as a priest before
Pharaoh, taking the hand of Pharaoh and the hand
of God and bringing them together in prayer. Billy
Graham would later have the same opportunity with
12 sitting presidents that Jacob had with Pharaoh, to be
invited into their presence to bless them.
You and I have opportunities every day to bless
others as Jacob and Billy Graham did. Maybe we
won’t stand before a King or a president, but there are
people around us that need to be prayed for. There are
people around us that need to be taken by the hand and
brought into God’s presence -
prayer does that. A blesser, in prayer, takes the hand
of the needy and the hand of God and brings them
together. What a blessing to be used in such a way!
Who can you bless today? May your eyes be open this
week for opportunities to bless others, to pray with and
for others.
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