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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - Page 3
A Seed
From
The Sower
-Michael Guido
Who better to write of God than “the man of God?” Not
only was Psalm 90 written by Moses, but beneath the
number of the Psalm and before the verses are the words:
“A Prayer of Moses the Man of God.”
What a powerful description of a Statesman and a
servant-leader of God. Moses was not only God’s lawgiver
and leader, but was chosen by God to bring the Hebrews
out of Egypt, mold them into a nation for His service and
lead them to within reach of the land He promised them.
There are marvelous statements made about Moses in
Hebrews: He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s
daughter and put himself at great risk. He chose to share
the oppression of God’s people when he could have lived
a life of sin and worldly pleasure. He decided to suffer for
the sake of the Lord rather than own the treasures of Egypt
as he looked to his future with his King. He left the land
of Egypt unafraid of the king’s anger and wrath and never
looked back because he kept his eyes on God who he
knew would never leave or forsake him. In a bold move of
leadership he commanded the people of Israel to keep the
Passover and sprinkle blood on their doorposts so that the
angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons.
What gave him his vision, his focus, his strength and his
courage? What enabled him to look beyond the fleeting
moments of pleasures in a palace to an eternity with God?
Where did his wisdom and insight, patience and discipline
come from? Why did he refuse worldly wealth and power?
Because of his faith in the God who is everlasting.
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East Burke Baptist Church
Sunday Services 11 a.m.
Pastor: Jordan Clayton
Hwy 24 Sardis, GA
Please call 706-526-1733 for
more information.
Green Fork Baptist Church
Pastor Jesse Sadler (Phone Number:
850-843-6102)
Worship Opportunities:
Sunday Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 5:30p.m.
Children's Choir 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study/Prayer Mtg 7:00 p.m.
Miiifn 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.com
Mii i fn 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 Hiff Baptist Church
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning: 11 a.m.
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study - Young Adult Bible Study
Youth Group - Team Kids
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
"Primus"
Luke 22:27 “For who is the greater, one who reclines
at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines
at -table? But I am among you as the one who serves. ’’
In ancient Rome, when a slave was purchased at the
slave auction, their master would give them a new name.
Their given name and identity were gone; they were only
slaves now. Slaves had no identity, no past, no future, no
rights, no wants, only their duty to their master today.
Additionally, slave names often indicated their status,
job, or hierarchy in the household. Two examples from
scripture would be Onesimus in Philemon, which means
“useful,” and Secondus in Acts 20:4, which means
“second.” Roman antiquity tells us that many slaves
were named “Primus,” which indicated that they were
the chief slave in the household.
In Galatians 6:10, Paul writes this about the church, “So
then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone,
and especially to those who are of the household of faith.”
Jesus' Church is a “household of faith” with servants
or slaves. In the context of a “household of faith,” in
Galatians 6:2-3, Paul says that we should do two things
as a family: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill
the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something
when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Basically,
Paul is telling us to love and serve one another.
Paul didn’t come up with this teaching on his own.
First, Paul is writing under the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit, "knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of
Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man,
but men spoke from God as they were carried along by
the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:20-21). God Himself is the
Author of all scripture, from the first verse of Genesis to
the last word of Revelation, for “all Scripture is breathed
out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness” (2 Timothy
3:16).
Second, this scripture in Galatians echoes the very
heart of Jesus. Jesus taught with His words and ratified
with His life the example of becoming a slave. In Luke
22:27, Jesus told His disciples, “For who is the greater,
one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the
one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the
one who serves.” In Mark 10:45, He said, “For even the
Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to
give his life as a ransom for many.”
Jesus’s heart was to be Primus! He is the greatest
example of Primus that exists in the history of the world.
Paul uses Jesus as the prime example of being a slave in
the household of God in Philippians 2:5-8, “Have this
mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied
himself, by taking the form of a servant, being bom in
the likeness of men. And being found in human form,
he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point
of death, even death on a cross.” The key phrase in that
passage is, “he humbled himself.” What does it take
to become a slave in God’s household, to see others as
greater than yourself, to love others greater than you
love yourself, and to serve them? Humbling yourself.
I want to be Primus in the “household of faith”. Why?
Because Jesus was, and if I am going to be like Him, I
must become a slave to all. Jesus said, “I am among you
as one who serves.” When we are serving others, Jesus
is clearly seen and among us. How can you serve others
today? Pray and ask God to make you a humble servant,
and then look for small opportunities today to “consider
others greater than yourself.”
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