NEW YEAR’S EVE SERVICE AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ANTWERP
Come and celebrate the new year with us at First Baptist Church, Antwerp, Ohio on December 31st, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
There will be two singing groups coming: Napoleon First Baptist church and Holgate First Baptist church.
After the service there will be snacks and sandwiches in the fellowship hall.
All welcomed to join in!
Parson to Person
By: Dr. James Bachman
Dear Parson,
I am having trouble losing weight. Does the Bible have anything to say about that?
The Bible says little directly about weight loss, but I have found Bible principles that have helped me.
1. Let your motives be in line with the two main biblical purposes for food: strength and health. “Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!” (Ecclesiastes 10:17) “Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health:” (Acts 27:34a)
2. Control your appetite, stopping when you have eaten what your body needs – “And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.” (Proverbs 23:2) “Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.” (Proverbs 25:16) “Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.” (Proverbs 30:8)
3. Don’t hang around gluttons. Proverbs 23:20; Philippians 3:17-19
4. Note some warnings to gluttons – “Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” (Proverbs 23:20-21) See Deuteronomy 21:20-21.
5. Protect God’s body and testimony – “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1Corinthians 6:19-20) “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31)
6. Pray and claim these two promises. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13) See also 2 Thessalonians 3:3.
Bible Study
By: James Potter, Oakwood Church of Christ
A. Prophecy in Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-6
Prophecy in verses five and six.
1. What does the day is coming, burning like a furnace mean?
2. When this day comes, who will be burned up?
3. Who is saying this?
4. For those who fear the Lord, who shall arise?
5. What does this mean sun of righteousness? Check scripture verses Luke 1:78-79; Acts 26:13; Isaiah 9:2; Luke 2:29-32. There are several other verses that I haven’t written down.
6. What will Christ have in His wings?
7. What will we grow fat like?
8. Who shall be ashes under the soles of feet?
9. What is another name for Horeb?
10. What is the prophets name mentioned in these verses?
B. Prophecy filled in the New Testament; Luke 1:11-17
1. Who appeared to Zacharias?
2. What fell upon Zacharias?
3. What did the angel tell Zacharias?
4. What was Zacharias’s wife name?
5. What would be the son’s name?
6. Who would this child be great in the sight of?
7. What would this child be filled with?
8. What does the name John mean?
9. Who gave John his name?
10. What does this mean to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children?
11. What is the subject of these Old Testament and N. T. verses?
Answers to Old Testament questions:
1. Judgment; 2. The proud and all who do wickedly; 3. The Lord; 4. The son of righteousness; 5. Christ is the spiritual light to the world which is brighter than the sun: Acts 26:13; 6. Healing; 7. Stall fed calves; 8. The wicked; 9. Mt Sinai; 10. Elijah
Answers to the New Testament Questions:
1. Angel; 2. Fear; 3. Do not be afraid; 4. Elizabeth; 5. John; 6. Lord; 7. Holy Spirit; 8. The Lord is gracious; 9. God; 10. Teach our children the Old and New Testament especially the New Testament. Read what God told the fathers in Deuteronomy 11:18-21; 11. Preceded by Elijah: Read Matthew 11:13-14.
