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PASTOR’S CORNER by Rev. Brian Moore
Monroe Co. CHURCH CALENDAR
It's not okay to
be okay with sin
C hristians are called to live
everyday of their lives
seeking to honor the
Lord with their thoughts,
words, and actions.
Ephesians 4:1 says “I, therefore, the
prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
to walk worthy of the calling with
which you were called,”.
“Beseech” means to call to
ones side, a begging to join
in the cause. Paul is begging
believers to “walk worthy of the
calling with which [they] were
called”. Worthy has the mean
ing of balancing the scales—
what is on one side of the scale
should be equal in weight to
what is on the other side.
A person worthy of his pay
is one whose days work cor
responds to his days wages. A
person whose walk is worthy
of the calling is one whose daily living
corresponds to his high calling as a child
of God. His practical living matches his
spiritual position. Are the scales balanced
in your life? Does your life reflect the
calling that has been placed upon it?
We are called to live holy lives. There is
a standard to be followed, a sanctification
to take place, and sin to be dealt with.
The standard is Jesus. Too many Chris
tians today want the security, blessings,
and promises of the Gospel without the
responsibility of conforming to its stan
dard and obeying its commands. When
you trust Christ as your personal Savior,
you become citizens of His kingdom and
members of His family.
The Lord expects you to act like the
new persons you have become in Christ.
He expects His standard to become your
standard, His purposes your purposes,
His desires your desires, and His nature
your nature. Philippians 1:27 says, “Only
let your conduct be worthy of the gospel
of Christ, so that whether I come and see
you or am absent, I may hear of your
affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit,
with one mind striving together for the
faith of the gospel.”
The standard that you have been called
to uphold is spelled out in the Bible. It is
impossible to live a faithful Christian life
without knowing what the bible says. The
more you know of what it says, the better
you can apply it.
It would be easy to think that since
Christ’s holiness fully satisfies Gods
wrath and appeases Him on your behalf,
that you could live however you want to
live. Scripture teaches that if you do not
reflect Christ’s holiness, you are not one
of His. God, in His Word, has made it
very clear that He expects His children to
strive for the same holiness that describes
Christ. Leviticus 19:2 states, “Speak to all
the congregation of the children of Israel,
and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I
the Lord your God am holy.”
The word “holiness” in the Bible can
also be translated as ‘sanctification’. Sanc
tification is the process by which a
Christian is freed from the power of sin
and transformed into godliness. Sancti
fication is God’s work in us transforming
us into who He wants us to be, less like
the world and more like Christ. Holiness
means ‘set apart’.
2 Corinthians 7:1 commands, “There
fore, having these promises, beloved, let
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness
of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holi
ness in the fear of God.” We are justified
by faith alone in the perfect holiness of
Christ. We are accepted in God’s King
dom because of the perfect holiness of
Christ placed in our account. (Hebrews
10:14 - “For by one offering He has per
fected forever those who are being sanc
tified.”)
But those who have been justi
fied can’t help but seek to live it out in
their lives. (James 2:17
- “17 Thus also faith by
itself, if it does not have
works, is dead.”) The in
ternal transformation that
takes place when Christ’s
holiness is applied to us has
an external impact.
A large portion of pur
suing holiness is prop
erly dealing with sin. Sin
is something we all battle
with and if we are not con
stantly attacking sin, it will
be constantly attacking us.
Sin is like cancer: it is never satisfied
with how much of you it consumes. That
is why it must be dealt with and eradicat
ed at all costs. It should not be tolerated,
toyed with, or left untreated. We should
distance ourselves from temptations.
Surrendering your life to Jesus Christ
does not mean that your life will be free
from sin. In fact, the battle against sin
becomes fiercer. Before Christ came into
your life, it wasn’t a battle, it was a way
of life. Surrendering your life to Christ
involves full repentance. You now have
to fight against that old way of life every
single day. It is not ok to be ok with sin
any longer.
There is a standard that we as believers
are held to and that standard is Christ.
If we tolerate anything less than the
standard, we will become complacent
with living a substandard life and having
a substandard walk. The goal is HOLI
NESS! We have died to the penalty of sin,
but dying to the power of sin is a daily
sanctifying process.
Sin will rise up and attack you every
time you let your guard down. That is
why we must continually put sin to death
in our earthly bodies. Paul said in 1
Corinthians 15 that he has to die daily in
his fight against the flesh and sin. Colos-
sians 3:5 says, “Thereforeput to death
your members which are on the earth:”
Since your citizenship is not of this world,
your actions shouldn’t be either. Romans
6:1-2 says,
“Whatshall we say then? Shall we
continue in sin that grace may abound?
Certainly not! How shall we who died
to sin live any longer in it?” Why would
anyone who has been set free return to
live in bondage?
As believers strive to represent Jesus
Christ on earth, they must strive to live
holy lives. Questions should consistently
be addressed such as, are the scales bal
anced in your life? Does your life reflect
the calling that has been placed upon it?
Can people look at your daily life and see
Jesus? Are you pursuing holiness daily?
How you represent Christ to the watch
ing world will affect your testimony, the
testimony of the church, and the testi
mony of Christ. Represent well!
Rev. Brian Moore is the senior pastor at New
Providence Baptist Church, 2560 Highway
41S, Smarr. The Pastor's Corner is sponsored
by the Monroe County Ministerial Association,
which meets on the second Thursday of each
month at 9 a.m. at Christ United Methodist
Church, 417 N. Frontage Road, Forsyth.
Rev. Brian Moore
Email church calendar news to Diane Glidewell at news'-mymcr.net by Monday at
10 a.m. Church information is published free of charge as space permit's.
April 3
Tessie Hall Baptist holds Usher
Anniversary
Tessie Hall Baptist Church
Usher Ministry, 320 Boxankle
Road, Forsyth will hold its
Anniversay on Sunday, April
3 at 10 a.m. Pastor T.O.
Sams will deliver the mes
sage.
April 9
Garden Hill Baptist
holds Easter celebration
Garden Hill Baptist Church,
88 Vining Street, Forsyth
will have an Easter celebra
tion on Saturday, April 9 at
4 p.m., sharing the story of
Easter, having an egg hunt
and grilling out hotdogs and
hamburgers. All are invited
and welcomed.
Rocky Creek Baptist
has Men’s Fellowship
Breakfast
Rocky Creek Baptist Church,
225 Rocky Creek Rd, Forsyth
will have a Men's Fellowship
Breakfast on Saturday, April
9 at 9 a.m. The Rocky Creek
Motorcycle Ministry will
honor Law Enforcement. All
law enforcement personnel
are invited.
Rocky Creek Baptist Church,
225 Rocky Creek Rd, Forsyth
hosts a Men’s Fellowship
Breakfast on the 2nd Satur
day of each month at 9 a.m.
All men from the community
are invited.
April 13
Circle of Care Food
Distribution will be at
Christ UMC
The Circle of Care, with
the assistance of com
munity churches and other
volunteers, will distribute
food packages provided by
Middle Georgia Community
Food Bank on Wednesday,
April 13 at Christ United
Methodist Church, 417 N.
Frontage Road, Forsyth.
Recipients should begin lining
up at 10 a.m. Future monthly
distributions are planned for
the second Wednesday of
each month. Check Christ
United Methodist Church’s
Facebook page or cal
478-994-1232 for updated
information.
April 14,15,17
Holy Week Community
Worship Services
The Monroe County Ministe
rial Association is supporting
Community Worship Services
for Holy Week: Maundy
Thursday Living Lord’s Sup
per and Communion will be
Friday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m.
at Forsyth United Method
ist Church: Good Friday
Tenebrae Service will be
Thursday, April 14 at 6:30
p.m. at Forsyth Presbyterian
Church;Easter Sunrise Ser
vices will be Sunday, April
17 at 7 a.m. at Ebenezer
United Methodist and Forsyth
United Methodist Churches.
Regular Easter Sunday morn
ing worship services will be
held at local churches at
usual times.
April 26
Food distribution at St.
James Baptist
St. James Baptist Church,
110 James Street, Forsyth
will host a drive-through food
distribution on Tuesday, April
26 beginning at 11 a.m.
in partnership with Middle
Georgia Community Food
Bank. The distribution is at
St. James on the 4th Tuesday
of each month, weather
permitting.
Ongoing
Rock Springs Church
Clinic
The Rock Springs Church
Health Clinic in Forsyth is
open every Wednesday from
8:30 a.m.-noon. New patient
consultations are available at
1 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th
Wednesday of each month.
The clinic is near Monroe
County Hospital at 100 MLK
Jr. Drive: the phone number
is 478-992-9581.
Mary Persons well-represented
on 2022 Region Band squad
Mary Persons students
named to the 2022 Region
Band are Nick Turner, Jacob
Hanson, Alex Harmon and
Shannon Austin for the 11th-
12th grade band and Avery
Claire Morris, Emma Walker,
Maddie Barfield, Landen
White, William Little, Aubrey
Newman and Will Pixley for
the 9th- 10th grade band.
Did you know?
Snapshots from
Monroe County History
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BICENTENNIAL
* CELEBRATING EDO YEARS *
E5T. 1821
id you know that the
"Poppy Lady" once
lived in Forsyth?
From 1909 to 1911
Moina Belle Michael
was lady principal, a position like
dean of students, at Bessie Tift Col
lege.
After her time here, she moved to Athens
to work at the State Normal School and
direct the women's dormitory, Winnie Da
vis Hall. When the United States declared
war on Germany in 1917, Michael went
to work with the Y. W. C. A. in New York
City.
There in 1918 she saw in The Ladies
Home Journal John McCrae's poem,
then entitled "We Shall Not Sleep," with
its opening lines, "In Planders field the
poppies blow, Between the crosses row on
row."
The closing lines were: "To you from
failing hands we throw
The torch; Be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Llanders fields."
Michael rushed out to buy $10 worth of
red silk poppies at Wanamaker's and then
distributed them as symbols of the sacri
fices made in the then-concluding war.
When she returned to Athens, she
continued the poppy promotion, their
sale providing a source of income for
wounded and disabled soldiers. In 1920,
the American Legion, recently organized,
embraced the movement and soon the sale
of poppies on Armistice Day, now Veter
ans Day, helped raise funds for assistance
to disabled veterans.
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Sunday morning local sermon schedule:
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