Take A Walk With Me

Today for our Sunday service at Bethel, we had a guest speaker. I enjoy listening to a lot of preaching. If you ask me who my top five are, you will find the Linder Brothers in my top five. Thus, it was to my great delight when I saw Bro. Robert Linder walk onto the platform. He always gives an encouraging word and like his brother, Pastor Harold Linder, he is guaranteed to make you laugh. That being said, today's sermon was above and beyond the norm. I took notes and I will try my best to share with you a summary of his sermon. I strongly encourage you to watch/listen to it yourself. The entire service, from the songs, to pastor Davis's exhortation, which was amazing as well, to the sermon, was just outstanding. I am pretty sure that was a grammatically incorrect sentence, but I will leave it as it is. You can find the sermon  here.  Half of me wishes I had not taken notes, because I just wanted to soak up the entire sermon as it was being preached, but I did take notes of mos

 Over the past few week, Bro Tom Vayna has been doing an excellent job on teaching a Bible Study Lesson based off of the book, The Bait Of Satan .  Tonight, at the end of the lesson, there was a handout made available that gave a review of the lesson. Since there is a lot on the review, I want to share a portion of it with you. The Bait being mentioned is the root of bitterness. Forgiveness is the key to make sure bitterness does not take root in your heart.  God's forgiveness of sinners requires repentance in order for them to be forgiven. Only God can take away sin. We are to forgive whether or not the other person apologizes or repents. Man cannot take away the debt of sin, but we can forgive others for the hurt they have caused.  1. We are to forgive those who have offended us even if they never apologize or acknowledge wrongdoing. 2. When we forgive others, they are still accountable to God and authorities. We cannot release them from the consequences of their actions. 3. When

 Today Bro. Miller preached an outstanding sermon on "An Open Door".  His main text was taken from Esther 3:7-11 and 4:1,7-16.  I like it when he preaches. Bro. Miller has a way of sharing life stories that help you connect to what he is preaching. I plan to share the highlights from my notes but encourage you to listen to it on your own. You can view/listen to it  here.   Bro. Miller talked about how important it was for the priests to enter the Holy of Holies correctly. If they did not, they would die. Those outside waiting knew things were going well by the sound of the bells that would jingle as the priests moved, swayed and danced in the presence of God. We as Apostolic like to dance and worship in church. If you have never been to a Pentecostal church, you might be surprised by the exuberant worship. Only the priests had acess to this place. When Jesus died on the cross the veil that separated them was ripped from top to bottom. Access to the presence of God was being g