VOLUME 23 ISSUE 42 Oct 20
from your Pastor
DR. ED M. LAURENA
We live in a generation where people desire so much to get their demands. Selfishness puts our minds into thinking that we deserve to get everything we demand, not considering how it may badly affect others. As children of God, we should change that kind of attitude. Let us realize that honestly, if we will see our status before God, we deserve nothing but eternal punishment in Hell. Thanks be to God that by His grace, we have the privilege to serve Him! On the contrary, we must fully understand that everything and all that we gain are all blessings from God, and it is God Who deserves to receive what He demands from us. God requires our full obedience to His will, which is the best that we can render for all the benefits He is giving to us. He saved us, and is constantly preserving us while correcting our mistakes, providing for our needs, strengthening our faith, binding our families and blessing our lives. Indeed, He deserves much more of our faithfulness and love. May we find such as a greater reason to obey His will! Have a Spirit-filled Sunday!
Sunday School Outline God’s Will and God’s Demand Deuteronomy 10:12
I. God demands His people’s faith. A. God’s people’s faith should be anchored on God’s final word. B. God’s people’s faith should be affixed to God’s fine-tuning work. C. God’s people’s faith should be attached to God’s flourishing ways. II. God demands His people’s obedience. A. Obedience is better than sacrifice. B. Obedience is better than skill. C. Obedience is better than status symbol. III. God demands His people’s contentment. A. We must be contented with God’s promises. B. We must be contented with God’s provisions. C. We must be contented with God’s person.
Gospel tracts, preaching/music CDs & Sunday School/Discipleship lessons are available @ the ushers' table after the service.
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Church Bulletin ek till One more we SS the Pastors & ference! n o c s r e k r o W Join us in prayer as well as in preparation for this year’s Conference. We aim to be a help and a blessing to many Baptist pastors and church workers who desire growth spiritually, especially through Sunday School ministry. Much more, every CBBC member must not miss this great event!
Baptist Ladies’ Conference in CBBC-Los Baños, Laguna on October 31 to November 1, 2013. For registration, see Sis. Tess Quizon.
Don’t miss a single Sunday of November as we we come missionaries and pastors and emphasize the importance of local and world missions. Surely, the preachings and testimonies will encourage us more to be a part of our Missions’ program, may it be through going and/or giving.
Don't miss our 7 Stage Discipleship Program's commencement exercises this afternoon!
• When God bolts the door,
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alter Knight told of a Scottish woman who went from home to home across the countryside selling thread, buttons, and shoestrings. When she came to an unmarked crossroad, she would toss a stick into the air and go in the direction the stick pointed when it landed. One day, however, she was seen tossing the stick up several times. “Why do you toss the stick more than once?” someone asked. “Because,” replied the woman, “it keeps pointing to the left, and I want to take the road on the right.” She then dutifully kept throwing the stick into the air until it pointed the way she wanted to go. Many people know the will of God but refuse to do it because it is not their will.
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ir Leonard Wood once visited the King of France and the King was so pleased with him he was invited for dinner the next day. Sir Leaonard went to the palace and the King meeting him in one of the halls, said, "Why, Sir Leonard. I did not expect to see you. How is it that you are here?" "Did not your majesty invite me to dine with you?" said the astonished guest. "Yes," replied the King, "but you did not answer my invitation." Then it was that Sir Leonard Wood uttered one of the choicest sentences of his life. He replied,
don't try to get in through the window. The will of God never will lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you. - unkown source • When your will is God's will,
you will have your will. - C.H. Spurgeon
• There is but one question, and
that is the will of God. That settles all other questions. -William E. Gladstone
"A king's invitation is never to be answered, but to be obeyed."
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od Demands our Devotion
The rigours of our daily lives are de- commandments.” Exodus 20:3-6. God's jealmanding. They consume us as they con- ousy is not the same as the sinful envy that sume our time, our talents, our treasures and we experience as human beings brought our entire person. The different roles and re- about by pride. It is a holy jealousy that cansponsibilities that we take on draw us to sat- not allow the glory due only to Him to be givisfy their demands. As Christians, there is a en to another. Our worship is an evidence of more compelling demand for us to prioritize. our awe, reverence and thankfulness to Him It is God’s requirement which we need to ful- as our Creator God and Saviour. God wants fil. Let us then accept such through Eccle- us to move beyond what is mechanical and siastes 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of shallow. the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his Our everlasting God demands our commandments; for this is the whole duty love. The prophet Isaiah iterated the Lord's of man.” In the light of the aforementioned command in the Book of Isaiah 6:4-5, “Hear verse, we must repent from being so preoc- , O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: cupied with so much less than what God has and thou shalt love the LORD thy God with meant for us to do and to have. Indeed, all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with we must move beyond what is fleeting and all thy might.” The same passage is repeatearthly, and pursue toward what is spiritual ed in Matthew 22:37. It is only appropriate and eternal. that we love God because He first loved us. Our powerful Creator demands rev- He loved us with an everlasting love despite erential worship, and rightly so. Revelation our wretchedness and depravity. Love is an 4:11 prompts us to say, “Thou art worthy, O action word, so God's love was poured and Lord, to receive glory and proven on the Cross of Calhonour and power: for thou vary. His consuming love must Our marvellous God hast created all things and so constrain us to love Him for thy pleasure they are and demands our obedience. back. However, He demands were created.” God de- This is the crux by which not only for us to love Him; He all endeavours and mands reverence because wants us to act justly toward He and He alone is worthy of testimony of a Christian each other, to show love and triumphs or fails. it. He is the Only Being that compassion to others. Godly truly deserves worship. He love should infuse all our recommands that we acknowllationships and thus expand edge His greatness, His power and His glory. God's kingdom. God wants us to move beGod created us, and He is a God whose au- yond what is superficial and skin-deep. thority cannot be usurped. “Thou shalt have Our marvellous God demands our no other gods before me. Thou shalt not obedience. This is the crux by which all enmake unto thee any graven image, or any deavours and testimony of a Christian trilikeness of any thing that is in heaven above, umphs or fails. This is the test which shows if or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the a Christian loves or despises the precepts of water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow God. This is the measure that proves a Chrisdown thyself to them, nor serve them: for I tian who worships or brings shame to God's the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting mighty name. God wants us, His people, in the iniquity of the fathers upon the children a whole-hearted devotion to His holy Word, unto the third and fourth generation of them His perfect will and His victorious work. May that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thou- we be found faithful in complying to God’s sands of them that love me, and keep my demands and fruitful in fulfilling them.
• You ask: “What is the will of God?” Well, here’s the answer true; “The nearest thing, that should be done, That he can do—through you!” • "I had rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God than on the throne of England out of the will of God." - David Livingstone
Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will Beata B. Agustin
Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s blessedness Thru Your Word of revelation’s completeness That exposes me to Your greatness and goodness’ gloriousness. Here am I submitting myself to You with willingness’ joyfulness Against selfish interests surrounded by competitive worldliness! Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s significance Thru Your work of life-building’s importance That opens to me Your kingdom and ministry’s relevance. Here am I yielding myself to You with faith’s assurance Against temporal pursuits brightened by earthly elegance! Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s profitability Thru Your wealth of eternal investments’ certainty That shows me Your heritage and rewards’ bounty. Here am I surrendering myself to You with humility’s sincerity Against destructive pride adorned by humanistic beauty! Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s empowerment Thru Your way of effectiveness’ involvement That teaches me Your usefulness and fruitfulness’ enrichment. Here am I giving myself to You with devotion’s fulfillment Against futile discontentment ignited by shallow commitment! Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s direction Thru Your wisdom of Scriptures’ instruction That guides me toward Your virtue and character’s transformation. Here am I entrusting myself to You with conviction’s determination Against foolish doubts confused by unbiblical decision! Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s glory Thru Your wonder of miracles’ victory That strengthens me upon Your leadership and sovereignty’s history. Here am I bowing myself to You with worship’s entry Against offensive hypocrisy shielded by defensive worry! Lord, keep me inside Your perfect will’s sufficiency Thru Your watchfulness of compassion’s excellency That settles me within Your righteousness and correction’s mercy. Here am I bringing myself to You with servanthood’s fervency Against wasteful slothfulness endangered by shameful complacency!
CHRISTIAN BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH PREACHING THE GOSPEL THAT ONLY JESUS SAVES! St. Francis Homes 2, Landayan, San Pedro, Laguna 4023
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY ∙Sunday School --------- 8:30 am ∙AM Worship Service -- 9:30 am ∙Youth Fellowship ------- 1:30 pm ∙Discipleship -------------- 3:00 pm ∙PM Worship Service --- 4:00 pm WEDNESDAY ∙Doctrine Class ---------- 5:45 pm ∙Prayer Meeting---------- 7:00 pm with Soulwinning & Visitation on Thursdays and Saturdays ___________________________________ ∙www.cbbcphilippines.org ∙email-info@cbbcphilippines.org ∙tel - (02)869.0433 ∙cel - 0905.3004422 or 0926.7247837 or 0917.8870954 Dr. Ed M. Laurena Pastor
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Bible Reading
ng sabi ni Hesus, “Ako ang daan, ang katotohanan, at ang buhay: walang makapupunta sa Ama kundi sa pamamagitan ko.” Juan 14:6 Wala nang iba pang makapagliligtas sa iyo mula sa impiyerno. Magtiwala ka kay Hesus ngayon! Roma 6:23 “Kung ipahahayag ng iyong bibig na si Hesus ay Panginoon at mananampalataya ka nang buong puso na Siya’y muling binuhay ng Diyos, ikaw ay maliligtas”. Roma 10:9 1. Aminin mo na ikaw ay isang makasalanan. Roma 3:10 2. Magsisi ka sa iyong kasalanan. Gawa 17:30 3. Manampalataya ka na si Kristo Hesus ay namatay para sa iyo, nalibing at nabuhay namagmuli. Roma 10:9-10 4. Sa pamamagitan ng panalangin, tanggapin mo si Hesus sa iyong puso bilang iyong Tagapagligtas. Roma 10:13
Manalangin ka ng ganito: Panginoon, ako po ay isang makasalanan at nangangailangan ng kapatawaran. Nanampalataya po ako na nadanak ng dugo ni Hesus at Siya ay namatay sa krus para sa akin. Nagsisisi po ako sa aking mga kasalanan. Tinatanggap ko po si Kristo Hesus sa aking puso bilang aking Tagapagligtas. Amen. "Kung tinanggap mo si Hesus bilang iyong Tagapagligtas, ito na ang simula ng iyong bagong buhay kay Kristo." Roma 8:1 Ngayon: 1. Basahin mo ang iyong Biblia araw-araw upang makilala pa ng lubusan si Kristo Hesus. 2. Makipag-usap ka sa Diyos sa panalangin araw-araw. 3. Manambahan ka sa isang simbahan na pinapangaral si Kristo at ang Biblia ang tanging pamantayan. 4. Ibahagi sa iba si Kristo Hesus.
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