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Buffalo Creek Chapel 320 230th Ave., Titonka, IA 50480 Rev., Dr. Robert L. Straitt, Pastor www.buffalocreekministries.org
Worship and Sunday School 10:00AM Weekly Calendar 19 November 2006
First Lesson - Leviticus 25:35- (LXX or Septuagint*) And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and he fail in resources with thee, thou shalt help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and thy brother shall live with thee. Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee. Thou shalt not lend thy money to him at interest, and thou shalt not lend thy meat to him to be returned with increase. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Chanaan, so as to be your God. And if thy brother by thee be lowered, and be sold to thee, he shall not serve thee with the servitude of a slave. He shall be with thee as a hireling or a sojourner, he shall work for thee till the year of release: and he shall go out in the release, and his children with him; and he shall go to his family, he shall hasten back to his patrimony. Because these are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; such an one shall not be sold as a common servant. Thou shalt not oppress him with labour, and shalt fear the Lord thy God. And whatever number of men-servants and maid-servants thou shalt have, thou shalt purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about thee. And of the sons of the sojourners that are among you, of these ye shall buy and of their relations, all that shall be in your lands; let them be to you for a possession. And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions for ever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labours. And if a stranger or sojourner with thee wax rich, and thy brother in distress be sold to the stranger or the sojourner that is with thee, or to a proselyte by extraction; after he is sold to him there shall be redemption for him, one of his brethren shall redeem him. A brother of his father, or a son of his father’s brother shall redeem him; or let one of his near kin of his tribe redeem him, and if he should be rich and redeem himself, then shall he calculate with his purchaser from the year that he sold himself to him until the year of release: and the money of his purchase shall be as that of a hireling, he shall be with him from year to year. And if any have a greater number of years than enough, according to these he shall pay his ransom out of his purchase-money. And if but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom as a hireling; he shall be with him from year to year; thou shalt not oppress him with labour before thee. And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him. For the children of Israel are my servants: they are my attendants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.
Second Lesson - Colossians 3:12-25 (HNV) Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Messiah forgave you, so you also do. Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the shalom of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord. Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Yeshua, giving thanks to God the Father, through him. Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Messiah. But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality. - Old Rugged Cross #7 Reading of the Gospel - Matthew 12:22-32Then some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon. Jesus healed the man, so that he was able to talk and see. The crowds were all amazed at what Jesus had done. "Could he be the Son of David?" they asked. When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, "He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so." Jesus knew what they were thinking, and so he said to them, "Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will not last very long. And any town or family that divides itself into groups which fight each other will fall apart. So if one group is fighting another in Satan's kingdom, this means that it is already divided into groups and will soon fall apart! You say that I drive out demons because Beelzebul gives me the power to do so. Well, then, who gives your followers the power to drive them out? What your own followers do proves that you are wrong! No, it is not Beelzebul, but God's Spirit, who gives me the power to drive out demons, which proves that the Kingdom of God has already come upon you. "No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house. "Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering. For this reason I tell you: people can be forgiven any sin and any evil thing they say; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who says something against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but whoever says something against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven---now or ever.
Also we pray for those who are sick or in poor health or away from home: Tommy Boutiette, Violet Turner, Gloria Achee, Harold Hoffman, Joanne Stevenson, Alice and Bill Mercer, Angela Jenkinson, Patty Snyder, Amanda Johnson, Wade Rist, Ruth Boyken, Tony Warrior, Barbara Johnson. *The LXX or Septuagint is the oldest know version of the Old Testament available today. It has been in continuance use since the 3rd century BC when an original copy of the actual Hebrew text, kept in the Ark of the Covenant in the 1st Temple in Jerusalem, was translated into Greek. This Greek version was the basis of the retranslation into Hebrew of the Old Testament text by a remnant of the Pharisees and Sadducees under the work of Aquila in the 2nd Century AD. This is the text that the New Testament writers used when they quoted scripture in their writings and in their ministry.
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