“ And he said , To morrow .”— Exod . 8:10 .
Two hundred years before these words were spoken , Jacob had gone with his family down into Egypt to escape the famine up in Palestine . During this time they had become a great race of people , but they were slaves toiling under the burning rays of Egypt ’ s sun . God sent Moses down to Pharaoh to say to him that Jehovah , the God of the Hebrews , wanted him to let the people of Israel go .
Pharaoh asked , ‘ Who is the God called Jehovah ? Who is the God of the Hebrews , that I should obey His voice and release my slaves ? I know Ra , the hawk-headed god ; I know Amun , the frog-faced god ; I know Isis and I know Apis , the sacred bull ; but who is Jehovah that I should hearken unto Him ? These people are my slaves and I will not let them go .’
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very good special music in both services .
Brother Ross has me booked for Sunday , December 12 , 2021 . If you live in the area , I hope to see you there .
After the evening service I headed south and made the five-hour drive to Murfreesboro . When I arrived home I thanked the Lord for safe travel and for a blessed day at Blessed Hope Baptist Church .
The Abortion Holocaust Continues
In 1973 three major events hap - pened on January 22 . Former President Lyndon Johnston died and the Supreme Court issued two decisions that opened the flood - gates on abortion . In the Roe v . Wade decision , the liberal Court by a 7-2 vote effectively legalized abortion on a national scale . The Doe v . Dalton 7-2 decision made pos sible the obtaining of an abor - tion anytime during a pregnancy if necessary to protect the mother ’ s health .
Now here we are 47 years and 63 million abortions later . That ’ s 63 million little unborn babies whose lives were snuffed out before they ever saw the light of day .
That 1973 Supreme Court , domi - nated by liberal justices , played off the Constitution ’ s “ right to privacy ” and on that basis alone proclaimed the constitutionality of abortion . But as Justice Antonio Scalia later noted , “ There is no constitutional right for abortion in the Consti tution .”
The pro-death abortion crowd who advocate for “ choice ” are demanding the privilege to make a “ choice ” to end someone else ’ s life . They refer to the unborn baby as a fetus and pretend that prior to birth it is not a life . The fact is , if it were not a life , they would not be trying to exterminate it .
They are grossly hypocritical in their parsing of words and in their rabid plotting to get their way .
Some of them are now openly
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Problems You Can ’ t Handle
God said to Moses , ‘ Stretch out your rod over the river and over the ponds .’ Moses stretched out his rod as God commanded and frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt .
Now a frog is not such a bad sort of thing in its own way ; but when it gets in your way , it is altogether another matter . If the frog were content to croak away in the frog pond , it might be endured ; but when it comes uninvited into your home , gets onto your chair just as you are going to sit down , hops into bed with you , gets into the oven and is baked up in the bread , it becomes quite an unwelcome visitor .
Tomorrow Is Not the Same as Today
Pharaoh called for Moses and said , ‘ Entreat the Lord to take these
advocating infanticide ( the killing of born babies ) and euthanasia ( the killing of patients whose quality of life is severely diminished ).
In the past few years a number of states have passed pro-life laws which limit the practice . As a result the number of abortions has significantly decreased , but the numbers are still in the hundreds of thousands .
There simply is no legitimate rationale which can justify this ab - solutely murderous , totally barbaric , senseless destruction of the in - nocent unborn .
In 2021 let ’ s keep raising the issue ! Let ’ s use our influence . Let ’ s vote pro-life ! Let ’ s not forget about the babies .
It is truly an American holocaust . It should be halted and it can be if the current Supreme Court will step up and do what ’ s right . Whether or not they will remains to be seen , but it is way past time for them to do it .
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Madisonville , Kentucky , Maranatha Baptist Church
Early on the Sunday before Christmas , I left Murfreesboro and drove the 140 miles to Madison - ville , Kentucky . Over the last 12 years I preached here at Maranatha Baptist Church three other times . The first two times were for Pastor Van Williams , who retired from the pastorate and is now the song leader . My third visit and this one today were at the invitation of Pastor Chris Whitmer .
Maranatha Baptist Church is at 1111 West Broadway , just five minutes from downtown Madison - ville ( pop u lation approximately 20,000 ). Although their location is not on a busy thoroughfare , it is quite close to everything . Their buildings are very nice and well kept .
If you live anywhere in Madi - sonville or Hopkins County and you would like a solid , traditional Baptist church , you should go visit Pastor Whitmer and the Maranatha Baptist Church family .
I taught the auditorium Bible class and then preached the 11:00 a . m . morning service . The folks were
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WILLIAM EDWARD BIEDERWOLF ( 1867 – 1939 )
frogs and I will let your people go .’
Moses inquired , ‘ When ? When shall I ask God for this thing and when will you do the thing God wants you to do ?’
And strange to say , Pharaoh said , “ To morrow .”
We ’ d like to have enough confi - dence in Pharaoh ’ s good sense to think that he meant “ before tomor - row ” and that he would have liked
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gracious to me and received warmly what I gave them .
After the service I asked Brother Whitmer for a raincheck on lunch and made the return trip to Mur - freesboro .
Marlon ’ s family was providing special music all day at Bellwood and I was glad to get back in time for the 5:00 p . m . service .
Although my trip to Madison - ville was a quick one , I was blessed to preach for them and enjoyed the fellowship there .
A Very Special New Book Young Heroes , Dr . Jeff Farnham
Here is a 176-page paperback with 43 biographical sketches of “ Chldren in the Bible Who Ac - complished Great Works for God .”
Each one of the chapters is a two- to five-page retelling of the
life of a “ young hero ” in the Bible .
Parents can read these wonder ful Bible stories to their young children . Children can also read them for themselves . The book will be a handy , practical help in devotions with your sons and daughters .
Brother Farnham is a very ex - cellent writer whose approach to these Bible characters will help you to build character in your children and grandchildren .
The book is available now from the Sword of the Lord . Please call
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