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Musick-al Note # 248               From Mark 12:41 we read these words: “And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how he people cast money into the treasury, and many that were rich cast in much.  Watchers of collection plates have long since gone out of style among us.  Without violence to the ScriptureContinue reading “A COLLECTION PLATE WATCHER”

Musick-al Note # 247                    Jesus’ love is greater than any that man is able to comprehend.  To have left all the joys and the bliss of heaven where He has the fellowship of God and the angels for the purpose of saving man is indeed a demonstration of great love.  However, when we realizeContinue reading “THE LOVE OF CHRIST”

Musick-al Note # 246            The very best animals for a sacrifice was required by God during the Mosaic dispensation.  He forbade the Jews to offer an animal that was lame, or blind or in any way deformed. (Deuteronomy 5:21, Malachi 1:8).  Since Christ became the perfect, eternal sacrifice for sin, God has found noContinue reading “A CHRISTIAN’S SACRIFICE”

Musick-al Note # 245                  Our Pilgrim fathers set aside a day for special thanksgiving for God’s goodness in preserving their lives and providing for them in their new home in this new land.  Later the last Thursday in November was designated by the government as the special day of “Thanksgiving” this making this aContinue reading “THANKSGIVING”

Musick-al note # 244               Jesus gave one of the strongest indictments against anyone turning away from the Word of God by saying “the Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35).  Many in the world are teaching doctrines which are not found in the Word of God and thus they are formulated by man.  At theContinue reading “FOLLOW THE WORD”

Musick-al Note # 243                    Bought with the blood of Jesus thus freed from the bond and guilt of sin by God’s only begotten Son, a Christian has verbally and physically committed himself to the following of righteousness.  His every act, word and thought reflects the great change such freedom has wrought in hisContinue reading “COMMITMENT TO CHRIST”

Musick-al Note # 242           We ought to be able to open the Bible and see the church of our Lord as He gave it to the world.  We have the pattern He gave in the final authority in religion – the Bible.   It shows no confession of faith but Christ as Lord; no greaterContinue reading “THE LORD’S CHURCH”

Musick-al Note # 241            There has never been a time in the history of the church of our Lord that dedication and service to His cause were not needed.  The age in which we live is no exception, yet more and more we are reaping the fruits of indifference.  Elders, deacons, preachers, teachers haveContinue reading “DEDICATION AND SERVICE”

 Musical-al note # 240                     Jesus said, “It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the man but that which comes from the mouth does defile the man.”  (Matthew 15:11).  Jesus explained in Matthew 15:17-18 that what a man eats does not defile the man because it enters his stomach and is laterContinue reading “WHAT DEFILES A MAN”

Musick-al Note # 239                            How marvelous to be remembered!  A phone call, a letter or a few moments shared in Christian fellowship makes our outlook on life so much brighter.  We need to be loved and cared for as well as to love and care for others.  This basic need of man should haveContinue reading “GIVING JOY”