Worship: For Heaven’s Sake God loves Pharisees. He wants them all saved. And He has a soul-winning plan for a Pharisee, who is willing to forsake Pharisaism, which drives people out of the church. Confessing to having been a Pharisee himself, Pastor Flemons says that he wants to help save other Pharisees, probably especially those in Present Truth. He realizes that his goal is extremely difficult with extremely little hope for great success. Still, in light of the Apostle Paul’s conversion and singular contribution to the church, it is well worth the effort.
Basing his talk on Revelation 3:1-6, Pastor Flemons discussed how Pharisaism developed in the Christian church, and particularly in Present Truth today. The church in Sardis provided an example. A social club atmosphere paved the way for Pharisees to emerge within the Christian church. They focused on their social standing and stopped studying the character of Christ.
Pastor Flemons repeated a quote that sums up how the church is cleansed of such attitudes: “Prosperity multiplies a mass of professors. Adversity purges them out of the church.—Testimonies for the Church 4:89 (1876). {LDE 173.5}” “We need persecution,” says Pastor Flemons, “because it brings out who is really walking with the Lord.” After persecution ended for the Protestant Reformers, Pharisaism emerged.
Sadly, Pharisees are self-deceived, self-righteous, self-proclaimed Christians that push doctrine to the extent of capital punishment for the erring (thinking they are doing God a favor). Yet they fail to realize when they themselves are in error. A Pharisee is sad, you see.
[For further details, please read Revelation 3:1-6; and listen to the recording to hear the commentary of Pastor Flemons, who sang Hymn 593, “In Times Like These.”]
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Shelem Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, taught how to determine for yourself whether you are allergic to a food. First, you need to know how to take your own pulse. He demonstrated how to do that step-by-step. (Please watch the online FB video.) Once you can take your own pulse, eat a food. Chew the food, until it is liquified. Then spit it out and retake the pulse. If the pulse rises significantly, then you have an allergy for that food.
It’s a super simple and quick process that doesn’t involve all the typical complications or costs of standard food allergy testing.
(For further details, please listen to the recording.)
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Sharing and Caring Time Sis. Maria shared Psalm 54 and discussed the promises found there that you may claim.
Special Prayer Please include in your prayers Listener 7587, (the Rush family) who asked that we pray for Noah, who is teething. Also pray for his mom, who is a new mom; also pray for her grandparents and Aunt Hazel.
Please pray for Sis. Jennifer’s young nephew, Micah, who is hospitalized with asthma.
Pray for the graduation ceremony for Listener 7222. Pray for her sister, who is transitioning to Georgia. Pray for traveling mercies, as well as for Pastor Flemons and Sis. Maria and for their wedding plans.
Please pray for safe traveling today for Mother Stovall, who is heading to Hurtsboro, Alabama.
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – May 19 – 25
Worship Sunday – A Pharisee Is Sad You See, Part 5; Monday – A Pharisee Is Sad You See, Part 6; Tuesday – A Pharisee Is Sad You See, Part 7; Wednesday – A Pharisee Is Sad You See, Part 8; Thursday – A Pharisee Is Sad You See, Part 9
Wellness Sunday – Too Much Protein Leads to Asthma, Allergies; Monday – How Stress Affects Female Hormones; Tuesday – Rebound for Your Health! Wednesday – Cold and Flu Drugs, Bad for Your Heart; Thursday – How to Test Yourself for Food Allergies
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Words of Encouragement
1 Samuel 9:2 There was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he. (Also read 1 Samuel 9:1-2 Conflict and Courage for May 23, CC 149.)
Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Also read With God at Dawn for May 23, WGD 145.)