UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight – Family Christmas Skate Night 6:30 PM
December 21st – No Service
December 25th – Special Christmas Service With Communion 10:30 AM
December 28th – No Service
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
John 1:18, “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
The concentration of the divine love is presently existing in the Son of God.
When the apostle John describes the only begotten Son as being into the bosom of the Father, he is unveiling the intimacy of the divine love existing between the Father and the Son.
The Greek preposition in this verse is not “in” but “into”.
Thus, it is more accurately translated “into the bosom of the Father” rather than “in the bosom.”
It talks about the love relationship existing between the Father and the Son in John 1:18.
The present participle, Who is, refers to the permanent relation of the Son to the Father through all the stages of His divine, human, and divine-human existence.
He ever presses anew, with an equal intimacy into the bosom of the Father, who reveals Himself to Him in a manner suitable to His position and His work at every moment.
The Greek form ‘into the bosom,’ instead of ‘in the bosom’ (the preposition of motion, instead of that of rest), expresses precisely this active and living relation.
The bosom of the Father is not a place, but a life; one is there only in virtue of a continual moral act.”
The indication here is that there is a continuous, intimate love relationship going on between the Father and the Son.
He is ever into the bosom of the Father.
May God grant that this love-life would become our portion and our experience in the middle of our weakness, so that instead of being into our depression, we would constantly be into the bosom.
We would not be into our bad and unworthy feelings that cause morbid introspection, but into a love-life that nourishes and cherishes us in our weaknesses.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
John McClain – Unable To Complete Surgery
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Dan Wohey
Daniel Ford
Darlene Thaxton
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother
Dr. Don Davis
Easton Fielder
Ellen Boyd
Freddie May’s Mom & Friend
George/Linda Alexander
James Burnette
Jim Mabe
Joan Cronan’s Sister
Joel Bateman
Julie Howell’s Family in her death in car accident
Lily Holland
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ronnie Palmer
Rusty Turner
Scott Nix
Tom Witcher
Tony Breedlove
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad