BANNER OF LOVE The First Church of Jesus Christ From the Bishop Volume 4, Issue 11
FROM THE BISHOP
November 2015
Inside this issue: From the Bishop
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ
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Cypress Bible Institute
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Organizational Information
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PRAISE THE LORD EVERYONE. In a few days after you receive this news letter, we will once again celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Most think it is a time when families gather together and eat. Some will think only of a turkey, while others will think of football, while a few may be thankful for another year to be alive. Let us reflect back on the early Thanksgiving when people would gather together and be thankful to God for allowing them to be in a place of religious freedom. A place where they could worship God as they wanted to, thankful where they could attend the church of
their choice. Let me encourfreedoms are being eroded age everyone to give thanks, and washed away by the not only once a year, but everyday because of a Savior that loved us enough to send His Spirit to fill us and keep us from harm. Be thankful for a Savior that took the stripes upon His back for the healing of our physical bodies. Be thankful for a Savior who loved us enough to give His life on a cruel cross for the saving of our souls. Be thankful because when all You are the Light of the World we had to look forward to was death, He came and flood of evil and of evil peooffered us eternal life. Let's ple. Let us give thanks while make Him the number one we still are able. thing in our lives. Be thankLOVE YOU ALL -- BISHOP ful for our everyday needs BOGUE that He meets and the air we breath. In our country our
Standing On the Shoulders of Giants “Remember them that had the
Bishop H.E. Honea 1939-2009
rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith� Heb 13:7 Bishop H.E. Honea was a man of deep, abiding faith in God and love for people. He went home to be with the Lord on June 10, 2009 leaving behind an impressive legacy of life and ministry. Born Oct. 30, 1939. He was saved
and called to preach in April 1953, filled with the Holy Ghost in 1955 and baptized in Name of Jesus Christ in 1958. He preached in 32 states, 3 foreign countries and pastored in 4 states. Ordained Bishop in 1965, Bishop Honea ordained 120 ministers and 32 surrendered to preach under his ministry. Bishop Honea pastored the Tullahoma Church for 46 years and founded the First
Church of Jesus Christ Organization in 1965, and the Banner of Love in 1966. He will be remembered as a tenderhearted, loving and forgiving man of faith whose life passion was the Kingdom of God. We do well to follow his example.
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST I. The Power of the Gospel, Romans 1:16-17 A. The power of God unto salvation. B. We receive this saving power by faith. 1.Present faith. 2.Continuous faith—a relationship, a way of life. II. Salvation by Grace through Faith, Ephesians 2:8-10 A. Salvation originates in God’s grace, Titus 2:11. 1.Unmerited favor, undeserved blessing, free gift, God’s work in us. 2.We do not earn, merit, deserve, or buy salvation. B. We receive salvation through faith. 1.Our positive response to God’s grace. 2.True faith means trust, reliance, commitment. 3.It is more than mental assent or verbal profession. 4.Jesus said, “Follow me,” Matthew 4:19. 5.The power of salvation is in the object of our faith (God and His Word), not in our faith itself, for false religionists have faith and yet are not saved. C. Good works are the result of true faith. III. Obedient Faith A. Obedience to the gospel is necessary to salvation, John 14:15; Romans 6:17; Hebrews 5:9; 11:7-8. B. Those who do not obey the gospel will receive eternal judgment, II Thessalonians 1:8; I Peter 4:17. C. Saving faith includes obedience, Romans 1:5; 10:16; 16:26. 1.If we truly believe God we will believe His Word. 2.If we truly believe His Word we will act upon it. 3.Only he who believes is obedient; only he who is obedient believes. 4.Faith is real only in the act of obedience. 5.Examples of insufficient faith, Matthew 7:21-27; John 2:23-25; 12:42-43; James 2:19. D. Definition of saving faith. 1.Accepting the gospel of Jesus as the sole means of salvation. 2.Applying the gospel personally by obedience. IV. The Gospel, I Corinthians 15:1-4 A. The bad news: our need for the gospel. 1.All humans are sinners, Romans 3:10, 23. 2.The wages of sin is death, Romans 6:23.
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3.God’s law requires a blood sacrifice to atone for sin, Hebrews 9:22. 4.The blood of animals could not take away our sins, Hebrew 10:4. B. The good news: statement of the gospel. 1.Jesus died for our sins, paying the penalty for us. 2.He was buried in the tomb (finality of death, reality of resurrection). 3.He arose again on the third day, winning victory for us. 4.Summary: Jesus is our perfect sacrifice of atonement to take away our sins, Matthew 26:28. V. Our Response to the Gospel, Acts 2:37-39 (Background: Acts 1:1-15; 2:1-47) A. The message of all the apostles, Acts 2:14, 37-38. 1.Repentance. a. Death to sin, Romans 6:2. b. Definition: turn from sin to God. c. Confession of sin to God, decision to forsake sin, and godly sorrow for sin, Proverbs 28:13; II Corinthians 7:10. 2.Water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. a. Burial with Jesus Christ, Romans 6:4. b. For the remission of sins, Acts 2:38. c. By immersion in water, Matthew 3:16; Acts 8:38. d. By invoking the name of Jesus, Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5; 22:16. e. Rebaptism if necessary, Acts 19:1-5. 3.The gift of the Holy Spirit. a. Resurrection (new life) in Christ, Romans 8:2, 9-10. b. Part of salvation, John 3:3, 5; I Corinthians 12:13. c. Speaking in tongues is the initial evidence, Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6. See also Acts 8:5-20; 9:17-18; I Corinthians 14:18. d. Can receive various spiritual gifts, including tongues, subsequent to this experience, I Corinthians 12, 14. B. This experience is for everyone today, Acts 2:38-39. C. Jesus taught this experience and linked it to saving faith, Mark 1:15; 16:16; John 7:38-39; see also Acts 11:15-17. D. How to receive God’s saving grace, to exercise saving faith, to obey the gospel, to apply the gospel personally. 1.We die with Jesus by repentance. 2.We are buried with Jesus by water baptism in His name. 3.We are resurrected with Jesus by the gift of the Holy Spirit, which we receive by: a. Repentance of all sin. b. Opening our heart in faith. E. We should receive everything the Lord has for us today.
Through its' Apostolic curriculum and home Bible College correspondence program, Cypress Bible Institute seeks to: 1. Help students have the ability to rightly divide the Scriptures. 2. Impart the Oneness message of Acts 2:38 for Bible salvation. 3. Prepare our students for the specific local and foreign ministries to which they have been called.
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