Sunday was awesome!

Sunday was awesome! With the “veil of darkness” removed the Holy Spirit was in full effect. Attendance was up, giving was up, we had first time visitors, returning visitors, and for the first time in a long time, the altar was packed with people making decisions for Jesus. PRAISE GOD!

More Friend Day Photos!

Friend Day was a huge success!

Friend Day was a huge success as we had our highest attendance in the last two years but fell short of our goal slightly. This means that while I did get to keep my hair I did take a number of pies to the face. Between the food, fellowship, bounce house, pie throwing, and games a great time was had by all in attendance!

A special thank you goes out to the following local merchants who helped make sure that this was the best Friend Day ever;

A1 Pizzeria
1561 E. Irlo Bronson
407-891-0333

Black Belt World
51 13th Street
407-957-4900

Bonnie Lee’s Fried Chicken
900 13th Street
407-892-8318

Buffalo Wings & Rings
2911 Canoe Creek Rd
407-891-9464

Evelyn’s New England Seafood
4115 Neptune Rd
407-957-8669

Nature Table Café
1925 S Narcoosee Rd
407-891-0703

Wal-Mart
4400 13th Street

Whistle Junction Buffet
4551 13th Street
407-891-0194

What Will Pastor Jay Do For Friend Day?

Friend Day is October 21st and the masses have spoken. The two stunts with the most votes are “shaving the Pastor’s head” & “throwing a pie in the Pastor’s face”. So I will be doing both! Every person who brings a visitor on Friend Day (a visitor is someone who has not been in our services for the last 6 months) will get to throw a pie and try and hit me in the face. You will get one pie for each visitor you bring! Also, if we have 115 persons present for the entire morning service on Friend Day I will have my head shaved. In addition the person bringing the most visitors will decide who shaves my head.

Following the morning service on Friend Day we will be having lunch on the grounds and games and activities for the kids. Some local merchants have stepped forward and have donated prizes for a raffle to take place during the luncheon. Thank you Whistle Junction & Bonnie Lee’s!

WAIT ON ME!

This morning Pastor Jay delivered a sermon on the Biblical Doctrine of waiting for God.

I. SOME BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF WAITING UPON THE LORD:

A. ABRAHAM AND SARAH (FOR ISAAC)
B. NOAH (FOR THE FLOOD AND SUBSIDING WATERS)
C. JOSEPH (FOR HIS "TIME" IN POWER)
D. JESUS (FOR THE "TIME TO BE FULFILLED")
E. MARY AND MARTHA (FOR JESUS TO ARRIVE WHEN LAZRUS DIED.
F. THE DISCIPLES (FOR THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT)
G. ALL BELIEVERS (AWAITING HIS RETURN)

*IN EACH CASE THEY
1. KNEW GOD’S PROMISES
2. RESTED IN GOD’S CHARACTER
3. RELIED UPON HIS LOVE

* IN EACH CASE, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!!

II. THE ENERGY AND EFFORT REQUIRED TO WAIT UPON GOD:

III. THE ENCOURAGING RESULTS OF WAITING UPON GOD

A. RENEWED STRENGTH (spiritually, emotionally and
sometimes physically)
B. MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES
C. RUN(THE RACE OF LIFE) AND NOT GET WEARY
(FACING LIFE'S RACE IN GOD’S STRENGTH NOT OUR OWN)
D. WALK AND NOT FAINT


Listen on line at http://crossroadschurch.podbean.com/2007/10/07/wait-on-me/

Is Jesus God?

Some of the most common questions I get asked refer to the Deity of Jesus Christ. Many cults today, e.g. Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, ect, teach that Jesus was only a good man or simply a Prophet, even though this belief stands in direct contrast to the Bible and God the Father.

To understand that Jesus was more than just a Prophet or a "good man" we need to see how the scripture describes him. In Micah 5:2 it is declared that Jesus existed prior to his physical birth on the earth. And in Colossians 1:16 we are told that Jesus is actually the creator of everything we know. No Profit or man was ever described in such a way or had such thing declared to him.

The crime that Jesus was crucified for was the crime of declaring himself to have Godly powers and in effect declaring himself God. This alone should disprove the “good man” or “Prophet” theory. Only three types of persons declare themselves to be God. The first is the liar – if Jesus was a liar then he could not be a good man. The second is the lunatic – if Jesus was a lunatic he could not be a Prophet. The third is God himself.

In John 1:1-14 we see again how Jesus existed prior to the earth, was God, and was made flesh and dwelt among us. He was also worshipped as God by the angels - Hebrews 1:6, The Wise Men - Matthew 2:2 & 11, His Apostles - Matthew 14:33 and many others throughout the New Testament in spite of us being told in Revelation 22:8-9 that the only one that is to be worshipped is God.

But probably the greatest witness to the deity of Jesus is found in Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. In case you missed it this is Father God addressing Jesus as God!

The next time you hear a teacher or preacher describe Jesus as anything less than God himself, get up, walk out and don’t let that false teacher put any more filth into your mind.

NEW POLL

With Friend Day quick approaching we need to decide what “stunt” the pastor will need to do should the attendance goal be reached. You can voice your opinion by voting on the poll to the right.