Our Wednesday evening service is designed primarily to strengthen Christians in their walk with the Lord. A well-staffed, clean nursery is provided for every meeting time. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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You will be encouraged by special music and Pastor Wes will preach a heart-stirring gospel message. Following the 11:00am worship service we will have dinner and a time for fellowship and the day will conclude with a 3::00pm afternoon service. We hope you will make plans to be with us on this special day!
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"This is the friendliest church I've ever been to!" "Everyone here is so nice!" These are just some of the statements you'll hear from those leaving any one of our services. We go to great lengths to make each and every person feel welcomed as soon as they pull into the parking lot. Every guest is an honored guest!
You'll hear the great hymns of the faith sung with tremendous joy and enthusiasm! You'll hear strong, applicable, Bible preaching! We do church the way church used to be done! We do it that way because it works! God is blessing in a mighty way! Every week people are discovering what it means to have a living, real relationship with the Lord Jesus, rather than a dead and dry religion. If life-changing truths and a place to grow are what you're looking for, you've found the right place!
- Pastor Wes Kennedy
Open Door Baptist Church
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Daily Reading for 8/26/2010
Psalm 119:89-176
The Psalmist continues his discourse on his love for God's Word in today's reading. Several precious and popular verses are found in this passage. Psalm 119:89 reminds us of the permanence of God's Word. Psalm 119:105 reminds us that God's Word gives us direction. One of my favorite verses in this passage is Psalm 119:165. People with a passion for God's Word will not be offended.
I would like us to key in on two verses for our main thought today. Read again Psalm 119:99-100. I do not believe the Psalmist is boasting or bragging when he makes these statements. Look at what he says in Psalm 119:130. I don't want you to misinterpret what I'm going to say so allow me to make a few prefacing statements. I believe education is important. I believe diligent study is God-honoring. Having said these things, I also believe there is a dangerous trend in Christianity today toward academia. As I study the lives of the Apostles, they had no great concern for being viewed as learned and scholarly. Their concern was for God's power to rest upon them. In Acts 4:13 we are told, "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." When Paul wrote to Corinth he reminded them of the fact that he " came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." I do not want to insinuate that learning will negate God's power. I am, however, trying to convey the fact that learning facts does not bring God's power. Only a daily diet of God's Word will produce the power of God in our lives! Study and learn as much as you can, but remember that it is the Word which gives understanding.
I Corinthians 8
Christian liberty is a very misunderstood concept. Many understand liberty to be freedom to do whatever they want because the penalty of sin has been taken care of. That is not what liberty is in the slightest! We are never given liberty to disobey God. In I Cor. 8, the liberty being dealt with is the eating of meats offered to idols. Christians would be at liberty to eat this because the idol in and of it self is nothing. People often take passages like this one and use them to excuse their sin. The thought process goes something like this: "well doing this thing doesn't offend my conscience so I'm okay to do it." It is not about offending our conscience, but rather about obeying God's Word. What is expressly forbidden in Scripture is sin whether or not it offends you or me!
Christian liberty is really the ability to not be bound to sin. Even in the instance given to us in our reading, the one whose faith was strong would not eat meat if a weaker brother would be offended. You see that is real liberty! When an individual would forgo their own privileges so as not to cause another to stumble, they exemplify Christian liberty! That strong Christian does not have to do everything they have the right to do, because they are free from having to serve themselves! I want the Lord to help me get to the place in my Christian walk that it's not always about what I'm allowed to do, but rather it's about doing what is best for others and the glory of God. That is real liberty!