Camp Creek http://www.campcreekchurch.org Primitive Baptist Church Thu, 10 May 2012 00:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Samson (Part 2 of 4): Overcoming Guilt http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/10/samson-part-2-of-4-overcoming-guilt/ http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/10/samson-part-2-of-4-overcoming-guilt/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 00:35:33 +0000 Mike Lopez http://www.campcreekchurch.org/?p=448 Samson had exceptional gifts, but as pastor John shows, was a man who lacked character.  Samson made a train wreck of his life. Yet, God blessed Samson.  Why is  it that God continued to bless Samson? The answer is found in Timnath.

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]]> http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/10/samson-part-2-of-4-overcoming-guilt/feed/ 0 2012 Spring Meeting Sermons Available http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/07/2012-spring-meeting-sermons-available/ http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/07/2012-spring-meeting-sermons-available/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:49:28 +0000 Chris Taylor http://www.campcreekchurch.org/?p=477 Camp Creek Church held her 189th Annual Spring Meeting May 4-6, 2012. All sermons are now available online. Invited ministers were Elder Kenneth Brantley and Elder Richard Halbgewachs, whom God blessed greatly. We want to thank our sister churches for their prayers and support during the meeting, and express appreciation to the many visitors who set aside time and made the effort to be with us over the weekend. It was a time of refreshing for our congregation during a season of difficulty, and we thank God for His blessings.

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The passage goes on to connect mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, and longsuffering to our identity as God’s elect. Knowing God chose us and loved us, and knowing how little deserving we are of such love, must be the starting point for the Christian walk. We must see ourselves as undeserving sinners redeemed in Christ, and having no value outside of Christ. From this mindset, renewed daily in reflection, prayer, and scriptural study, all the right decisions and actions will flow. Apart from this mindset, we displace Christ as the center of our lives, and no list of rules or assumed behaviors will remedy the resulting heart trouble.

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It is our nature to forget that our Christian life and growth comes from Christ no less than our spiritual birth. We can do nothing without Jesus. Yet we too often grow in self-esteem rather than in Christ, making ourselves the head and supplanting Christ as Messiah. Problems begin when we worship ourselves and expect others to follow suit. Rather say with Paul that Christ is all, and in all. We are given freedom to rest in Christ.

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]]> http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/04/halbgewachs-continuing-in-christ/feed/ 0 Samson (Part 1 of 4): Power of Ascension http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/04/samson-part-1-of-4-power-of-ascension/ http://www.campcreekchurch.org/2012/05/04/samson-part-1-of-4-power-of-ascension/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 02:18:33 +0000 Mike Lopez http://www.campcreekchurch.org/?p=440 As Pastor John begins a four part series on the life of Samson, he urges us to take a fresh look into the Nation of Israel’s last judge.

Samson, unlike previous judges, would have an amazing start in life. From the womb he would be a Nazarite and begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines. The Lord’s involvement, the instructions given to his parents, the sacrifice offered to God, and the flame from the sacrifice ascending to heaven, makes the beginning of the life of Samson a miracle.

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar ( Judges 13:20).

 

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In our day to day lives we have a lot of different hopes. We have hopes in ourselves, in our  families, friends, jobs, etc. All of these hopes can fall short of our expectations. There is, however, a different type of hope. A hope that has the power to save and change our world. A hope that will never let us down. This hope is found in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

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