This Sunday I will continue in the series from Daniel chapters 1-6.This Sunday’s sermon text will be Daniel 5:1-30. Let me encourage you to read and become familiar with this text.
Following are some initial observations to consider:
* When Belshazzar and his banquet guests drank from the sacred vessels, what magnified their offense in the sight of God (5:4)?
* When the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, what was his reaction (5:5-6)?
* Why do you think the king’s wise men could not read and interpret the handwriting on the wall?
* What does the queen say about the character of Daniel (5:11-12)?
* When before the king, why do you think Daniel immediately resist the idea of receiving the king’s rewards (5:17)? What do you think this might say about Daniel’s character?
* When Daniel spoke to the king, he spoke as a prophet rather than one of his wise men. What was it about the content of Daniel’s message that indicates that Daniel was speaking as a prophet (5:22-23)?
* Beyond the sin of drinking from the sacred vessels, what was Belshazzar’s great sin (5:23)? How does this sin relate to the sin that cannot be forgiven, or the unpardonable sin?
* In the inscription that Daniel interprets, God foreknows Belshazzar’s rule and determines its length (5:26). How do we reconcile God’s sovereignty and Belshazzar’s free will with what occurred in this story?
See you Sunday!
For God's Glory!
Pastor Joe
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday's Sermon Text (Daniel 4:1-37)
This Sunday I will continue in the series from Daniel chapters 1-6. This week's text is Daniel 4:1-37. Let me encourage you to read and become familiar with this text. Following are some initial observations to consider:
* King Nebuchadnezzar knew that there was something different about Daniel. Three times we are told that "the spirit of the holy gods" is in Daniel.What do you think this means?
* There's always a purpose in God's judgements. What was God doing here in this story (v.17)?
* There is a great biblical description of repentance in verse 17. Do you see it? What is involved in biblical repentance?
* God gives us all of our abilities and they are to be used for God's glory. How did Nebuchadnezzar view his abilities and kingdom?
* Nebuchadnezzar in a sense lost his humanity when he refused to acknowledge God's authority. How are we truly human by knowing and relating properly to our creator?
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
"Phil. 1:3"
* King Nebuchadnezzar knew that there was something different about Daniel. Three times we are told that "the spirit of the holy gods" is in Daniel.What do you think this means?
* There's always a purpose in God's judgements. What was God doing here in this story (v.17)?
* There is a great biblical description of repentance in verse 17. Do you see it? What is involved in biblical repentance?
* God gives us all of our abilities and they are to be used for God's glory. How did Nebuchadnezzar view his abilities and kingdom?
* Nebuchadnezzar in a sense lost his humanity when he refused to acknowledge God's authority. How are we truly human by knowing and relating properly to our creator?
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
"Phil. 1:3"
Celebrate Freedom!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Dress casual or bring a change of clothes and make plans to join us for a great time of worship and fun afterwards.
8:00 a.m. – Combined Worship Service
9:15 a.m. – Sunday School/Bible Study
10:30 a.m. – Games & Activities (Softball, Volleyball, etc.)
11:30 a.m. – Hamburgers and Hotdogs
Please help by bringing drinks on the day of the event. Also, you may want to bring your favorite dessert or salad.
See you this Sunday!
Pastor Joe
"Phil. 1:3"
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Dress casual or bring a change of clothes and make plans to join us for a great time of worship and fun afterwards.
8:00 a.m. – Combined Worship Service
9:15 a.m. – Sunday School/Bible Study
10:30 a.m. – Games & Activities (Softball, Volleyball, etc.)
11:30 a.m. – Hamburgers and Hotdogs
Please help by bringing drinks on the day of the event. Also, you may want to bring your favorite dessert or salad.
See you this Sunday!
Pastor Joe
"Phil. 1:3"
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012 Sermon Text
John 17:6-19, Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 I have revealed Your name to the men You gave Me from the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
7 Now they know that all things You have given to Me are from You,
8 because the words that You gave Me, I have given them. They have received them and have known for certain that I came from You. They have believed that You sent Me.
9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world but for those You have given Me, because they are Yours.
10 Everything I have is Yours, and everything You have is Mine, and I have been glorified in them.
11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name that You have given Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
12 While I was with them, I was protecting them by Your name that You have given Me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
13 Now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have My joy completed in them.
14 I have given them Your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
15 I am not praying that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19 I sanctify Myself for them, so they also may be sanctified by the truth.
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 I have revealed Your name to the men You gave Me from the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
7 Now they know that all things You have given to Me are from You,
8 because the words that You gave Me, I have given them. They have received them and have known for certain that I came from You. They have believed that You sent Me.
9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world but for those You have given Me, because they are Yours.
10 Everything I have is Yours, and everything You have is Mine, and I have been glorified in them.
11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name that You have given Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
12 While I was with them, I was protecting them by Your name that You have given Me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
13 Now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have My joy completed in them.
14 I have given them Your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
15 I am not praying that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19 I sanctify Myself for them, so they also may be sanctified by the truth.
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Join Us! Hebron's 175th Anniversary, May 4-5.
Saturday, May 5th
11:00 a.m. -- One Way Singers 40th Reunion
Former members and their immediate family in the Fellowship Hall
3:00 p.m. -- Anniversary Party
Children's activities, reminiscences and memorabilia Under the Big Tent
6:00 p.m. -- Catered Dinner, $10.00 and One Way Singers Concert
Optional: Pizza & Movie for children, $5.00 in the Christian Activity Center
Sunday, May 6th
No Sunday School
10:30 a.m. -- Morning Worship in the Sanctuary
Dinner on the Grounds immediately following in the Christian Activity Center
Nursery and childcare provided for all activities.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sermon Text for Sunday, April 15, 2012 (John 21:15-19
Join us this Sunday for worship!
8:00 a.m. Classic Worship
10:30 a.m. Celebration Worship
Sermon Text: John 21:15-19, Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Jesus’ Threefold Restoration of Peter
15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” “Feed My lambs,” He told him.
16 A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” “Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.
17 He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.” “Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.
18 “I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”
19 He said this to signify by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, He told him, “Follow Me!”
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
8:00 a.m. Classic Worship
10:30 a.m. Celebration Worship
Sermon Text: John 21:15-19, Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Jesus’ Threefold Restoration of Peter
15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” “Feed My lambs,” He told him.
16 A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” “Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.
17 He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.” “Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.
18 “I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”
19 He said this to signify by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, He told him, “Follow Me!”
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Discover New Life! Join Us Easter Sunday at Hebron Baptist Church!
Join us this Easter Sunday as we worship the risen Lord!
Following Is Our Easter Sunday Schedule:
9:00 A.M. Breakfast in the CAC (Gym)
9:15 A.M. Sunday School/Bible Study for All Ages
10:30 A.M. Easter Celebration Service in the CAC (Gym)
No P.M. Activities or Service
Rejoice this Week that . . .
"Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again!"
This Easter Sunday's Scripture Reading is John 20:19-29, HCSB
19 In the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because of their fear of the Jews. Then Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”
20 Having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
22 After saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
24 But one of the Twelve, Thomas (called “Twin”), was not with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”
26 After eight days His disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace to you!”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and observe My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Don’t be an unbeliever, but a believer.”
28 Thomas responded to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed.”
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
Following Is Our Easter Sunday Schedule:
9:00 A.M. Breakfast in the CAC (Gym)
9:15 A.M. Sunday School/Bible Study for All Ages
10:30 A.M. Easter Celebration Service in the CAC (Gym)
No P.M. Activities or Service
Rejoice this Week that . . .
"Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again!"
This Easter Sunday's Scripture Reading is John 20:19-29, HCSB
19 In the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because of their fear of the Jews. Then Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”
20 Having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
22 After saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
24 But one of the Twelve, Thomas (called “Twin”), was not with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”
26 After eight days His disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace to you!”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and observe My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Don’t be an unbeliever, but a believer.”
28 Thomas responded to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed.”
For His Glory!
Pastor Joe
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