Refresh, recharge and re:Focus every Sunday with B Real Ministries as we invest in the Word of God.
Hope you're making plans to join us!
Origins
B Real Ministries wants to thank the many speakers and worship leaders for another amazing year!
Our next Origins will be on in January 2012.
The Old Testament: it's all about Jesus
I got this from a podcast from Darrin Patrick of the Journey and thought is was definitely worth passing along:
Jesus is the true and better Adam who passed the test in the garden and whose obedience is imputed to us.
Jesus is the true and better Abel who, though innocently slain, has blood now that cries out, not for our condemnation, but for acquittal.
Jesus is the true and better Abraham who answered the call of God to leave all the comfortable and familiar and go out into the void not knowing wither he went to create a new people of God.
Jesus is the true and better Isaac who was not just offered up by his father on the mount but was truly sacrificed for us. And when God said to Abraham, “Now I know you love me because you did not withhold your son, your only son whom you love from me,” now we can look at God taking his son up the mountain and sacrificing him and say, “Now we know that you love us because you did not withhold your son, your only son, whom you love from us.”
Jesus is the true and better Jacob who wrestled and took the blow of justice we deserved, so we, like Jacob, only receive the wounds of grace to wake us up and discipline us.
Jesus is the true and better Joseph who, at the right hand of the king, forgives those who betrayed and sold him and uses his new power to save them.
Jesus is the true and better Moses who stands in the gap between the people and the Lord and who mediates a new covenant.
Jesus is the true and better Rock of Moses who, struck with the rod of God’s justice, now gives us water in the desert.
Jesus is the true and better Job, the truly innocent sufferer, who then intercedes for and saves his stupid friends.
Jesus is the true and better David whose victory becomes his people’s victory, though they never lifted a stone to accomplish it themselves.
Jesus is the true and better Esther who didn’t just risk leaving an earthly palace but lost the ultimate and heavenly one, who didn’t just risk his life, but gave his life to save his people.
Jesus is the true and better Jonah who was cast out into the storm so that we could be brought in.
Jesus is the real Rock of Moses, the real Passover Lamb, innocent, perfect, helpless, slain so the angel of death will pass over us. He’s the true temple, the true prophet, the true priest, the true king, the true sacrifice, the true lamb, the true light, the true bread.
The Bible’s not about you – it’s about Him.
Opportunities to Serve
South County Baptist Church has quite a few opportunities to serve now and in the future. Please let us know if you're interested in being a part of what God's doing:
Are you looking for a place to serve? Here's a list of places that could use a helping hand.
Bosnian Ministry Sasa and Mira Zivanov - 3860 Bates, St. Louis, MO 63116 - hm (314) 646-7940 cell (314) 583-3307.
More than Carpentry Jim and Tammy McGarry - 1259 Stephen Jones Ave, St. Louis, MO 63133 - www.MoreThanCarpentry.com - (314) 862-0515.
Oasis International (Refugees & Immigrants) - Mark Akers 353-3800
Kingdom House (Refugees & Immigrants) Variety of jobs: food sorting, office work, delivery, build shelves - Jennifer March 421-0400
Jefferson County Rescue Mission - sort donated food items - Mike & Louise Sardo 636-475-3030
"To the casual observer, it is all too easy to call us [Christians] hypocrites, because, well, we often fit the bill." - excerpt from the book, "unChristian"
"The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic (i.e. B Real) disciples of Jesus. ...
That's one reason why the statistics on Christians generally don't differ from the statistics
on non-Christians. We're not living a different life." -Dallas Willard
"The Christian is a holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God.
Satan never knows from what direction the danger will come." - A.W. Tozer
Refresh, recharge and re:Focus every Sunday with B Real Ministries as we invest in the Word of God.
Hope you're making plans to join us!
B Real Ministries wants to thank the many speakers and worship leaders for another amazing year!
Our next Origins will be on in January 2012.
I got this from a podcast from Darrin Patrick of the Journey and thought is was definitely worth passing along:
