Month: July 2026

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20, NASB).
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Contents:

1) Eating the Flesh, Drinking the Blood (Clarence Johnson)
2) God’s Rules Should Become Our Habits (Gary Henry)
3) Rescue the Perishing (Heath Rogers)
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Eating the Flesh, Drinking the Blood

Clarence Johnson

Jesus said to the Jews in Capernaum, “…‘I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.’ The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, ‘How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down from heaven–not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.’ These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum” (John 6:47-59).”

The Jews had been impressed by the miracle of the manna in the wilderness. Jesus reminded them that those who ate of the manna for 40 years had died. In spite of eating that physical bread which came from God, they had died. In fact, many of them had died, alienated from God by their sins. They had needed more than physical blessings from God. They also needed to maintain a spiritual relationship with Him.

Though Jesus inhabited a physical body descended from David, His spirit had been with the Father eternally, John 1:1-3, 14. He had literally come down from heaven. He had come in order that those who would choose to come to Him, might have quality life forever.

As the ancient Israelites had eaten the manna from heaven, people could now “eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood” and live perpetually. Even for us today, this is sometimes a difficult concept. We, of course, do not literally eat His flesh or literally drink His blood. When we observe the Lord’s supper, we partake of unleavened bread and “fruit of the vine” which are symbols of His body and His blood. But the Lord’s supper was not really in view in this passage from John 6. That supper was not yet instituted, and there is no way His listeners could have understood such a concept.

Rather Jesus was talking about spiritually appropriating His life and His teaching into our minds and into our actions so that He has, in a very real sense, become a part of our own being. As Paul later said, “Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ…” (Philippians 1:20-21). In Colossians 3:4, he refers to “Christ, who is our life.”

For those who come to Him for the forgiveness of their sins, Jesus, the bread of life is more real than any physical loaf could ever be; and the blessings He brings are not temporary, but permanent.

— Via the Weekly Bulletin of the Prattmont church of Christ, May 25, 2025

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God’s Rules Should Become Our Habits

Discover how the quiet power of daily habits can turn God’s commands from occasional efforts into the steady pattern that shapes a holy life.

Gary Henry

“In imitation of the holy One who has called you — you also must be holy in all your habits of life” (1 Peter 1:15 Weymouth).

Often disparaged, habit is more valuable than we make it out to be. If habit is a pattern of behavior that has become typical within a person’s life, shouldn’t we want obedience to God to become such? When doing what is right has become an established norm, rather than something unusual, isn’t that a good thing?

To keep us within beneficial boundaries, God has given us some rules for our behavior. At the beginning of our lives in Christ, we may find some of these rules unpleasant to obey, but eventually it gets easier. As God’s rules become our habits, staying within His boundaries begins to be characteristic of our conduct: obedience becomes the norm rather than the exception in our lives.

Godly habits are powerful helpers in our daily walk. When the king outlawed prayer, think how much Daniel’s habits helped him to do what was right: “he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days” (Daniel 6:10). When obedience becomes dangerous, we desperately need the “momentum” imparted by habits of obedience, traits established long before the situation became an emergency.

Of course, sinful habits have their own momentum, and that’s one reason we should break those habits as quickly as possible. If doing certain wrong things has become “natural” to us, we need to get back to where they are un-natural and un-characteristic of us.

As we all know, forming a habit requires repetition. If it’s a good habit, it will take practice and patient training: repeatedly urging ourselves to do things that are hard until they finally become easy. As Hyman G. Rickover observed, “Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.”

Ultimately, it is our habits that determine our character. We all occasionally act in ways that are inconsistent with our character, but it is our habits — our typical behaviors — that define that character. Rules have their place, both God’s rules and our own, but until a rule becomes a habit, the results are going to be minimal. However, when God’s rules become our habits, powerful things begin to happen.

“Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them, and you don’t have to keep them either — they keep you” (Avery Johnson).

— Via Ecclesiastes Workshop, March 11, 2026  

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Rescue the Perishing

Heath Rogers

“Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from sin and the grave.”

We sing this old hymn from time to time. Do we understand what it means? Do we understand what it is calling on us to accomplish? The urgency we are to show in saving those around us who are lost? We know the facts, but sometimes we aren’t acting like anyone needs to be rescued.

Jude tells us, “and some save, snatching them out of the fire…” (Jude 23, ASV). If any of us passed by a house that was on fire, and we knew someone was trapped inside that we could save, I believe we would do everything within our power to rescue them. Yet our friends and neighbors are headed for an eternal fire and we put forth little if any effort to rescue them from this fate. Those around us who are outside of Christ are in danger. The only thing keeping them out of Hell is God’s patience (2 Pet. 3:9). We must rescue them before time runs out. We must snatch them out of the fire. The power to save is not ours, but the responsibility certainly is. We must throw out the life-line.

When Jesus walked among us, He saw us as being sick with sin (Matt. 9:12). He saw us as lost and in need of a shepherd and a savior (Matt. 9:36; Luke 19:10). He knew what Heaven is like and He knew what Hell is like. His love for us caused Him to do what He could to “rescue the perishing.”

Do we look on others the same way Jesus did? Do we have the same love for their souls? Does it bother you when someone who is lost dies? Does it bother you knowing they were not rescued from the fire? Think about it. Act on it.

Our hymn ends with this verse: “Rescue the perishing, duty demands it, strength for thy labor the Lord will provide: Back to the narrow way, patiently win them; tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.”

 – Via the weekly bulletin of the Knollwood church of Christ, July 2026

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The Steps That Lead to Eternal Salvation

1) Hear the gospel — for that is how faith comes (Rom. 10:17; John 20:30-31).
   
2) Believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (John 8:24; John 3:18).

3) Repent of sins.  For every accountable person has sinned (Romans 3:23; Romans 3:10), which causes one to be spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1) and separated from God (Isaiah 59:1-2; Romans 6:23). Therefore, repentance of sin is necessary (Luke 13:5; Acts 17:30).  For whether the sin seems great or small, there will still be the same penalty for either (Matt. 12:36-37; 2 Cor. 5:10) — and even for a lie (Rev. 21:8).

4) Confess faith in Christ (Rom. 10:9-10; Acts 8:36-38).

5) Be baptized in water for the remission of sins (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21).  This is the final step that puts one into Christ (Gal. 3:26-27).  For from that baptism, one is then raised as a new creature (2 Cor. 5:17), having all sins forgiven and beginning a new life as a Christian (Rom. 6:3-4). For the one being baptized does so “through faith in the working of God” (Col. 2:12). In other words, believing that God will keep His word and forgive after one submits to these necessary steps. And now as a Christian, we then need to…

6) Continue in the faith by living for the Lord; for, if not, salvation can be lost (Matt. 24:13; Heb. 10:36-39; Rev. 2:10; 2 Pet. 2:20-22).
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Tebeau Street
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1402 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA  31501

Sunday: 9 a.m. Bible Classes (except for last of the month Song Service)
and 10 a.m. Worship Service
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible Classes 
 
evangelist/editor: Tom Edwards (912) 281-9917
Tom@ThomasTEdwards.com

https://thomastedwards.com/go/all.htm (This is a link to the older version of the Gospel Observer website, but with bulletins going back to March 4, 1990.)

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20, NASB).
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Contents:

1) The Tragedy of a Lost Soul (R.J. Evans)
2) Satan’s Blinders (Eric Reynolds)
3) Psalm 119:41-48 (Berean Study Bible)
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The Tragedy of a Lost Soul

R.J. Evans

One of the striking things about the teachings of Jesus is the way He gets to the heart of every issue. There is no better illustration than the following: “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matt. 16:26). According to the context, Jesus is talking about the value of the soul of a person, not his physical body. In reality, man is a soul. In the beginning, God said, “Let us make man in Our image, according to our likeness…And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being (a living soul, KJV)” (Gen. 1:26; 2:7). The questions Jesus raised in Matthew 16:26 have some sobering implications:

1. Humans possess an eternal, immortal nature. Mankind has a physical body and a soul or spirit. When a man dies, the spirit leaves the body (Jas. 2:26). Observe that James said “the body without the spirit is dead,” not the spirit without the body is dead. The word of God teaches us that “the spirit will return to God who gave it” (Eccl. 12:7). Jesus speaks of “both soul and body” in Matthew 10:28. Such false philosophies as atheism, humanism, and evolution deny this truth–that man has a soul or spirit. This makes man merely a physical creature with no more soul or spirit than a rock.
   
   
2. The soul is our most priceless possession. It is worth more than all material things combined. It is of divine origin (Eccl. 12:7; Heb. 12:9), eternal in duration (Matt. 25: 46; Mk. 9:43-46), and can transcend earthly relationships (Jn. 4:24). Concerning the soul, the Apostle Peter stated: “…you were not redeemed with corruptible things…but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot… Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit… having been born again not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever” (1 Pet. 1:18-23).
   
   
3. The soul can be sold or exchanged. Some people exchange their souls for pleasure (2 Tim. 3:4). Others sell out for popularity, loving the approval of men more than the praise of God (Jn. 12:43). Many exchange their souls for the love of the world (1 Jn. 2:15-17). Then there are those who trade their souls for error and the false philosophies of men (Col. 2:8). Others trade their souls for material prosperity (Lk. 12:16-21).
   
   
4. Whatever the exchange, it is foolish and costly. The world and all that is in it can never satisfy the deep, vital need of the soul in order to be at peace with God. This world and all its material contents will ultimately be destroyed by fire (2 Pet. 3:10). At death we must leave everything behind. The Apostle Paul stated: “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out” (1 Tim. 6:7).
   
   
5. There is no loss as tragic as that of the soul. The loss of health, of a child, of one’s family, of one’s life in attempting to gain the “whole world” would be tragic enough, but they are not comparable to the losing of one’s soul. The damnation of the soul is a multiple loss: the beauties of heaven are forfeited and the agonies of hell must be endured forever. A lost soul in hell is everlastingly abandoned “from the presence of the Lord” (2 Thes. 1:9); there is no help or hope for such a horrible condition. A soul in hell is lost for all eternity! What could possibly be more important to us than to obey “the gospel of Christ…the power of God to salvation” (Rom. 1:16) and do whatever the Lord commands and teaches in the New Testament for our soul’s eternal salvation. Jesus, while on earth, stated: “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Lk. 19:10).
   

— Via the Facebook site for the Southside church of Christ, Gonzales, LA, May 25, 2017
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Satan’s Blinders

Eric Reynolds

If the devil can get someone headed in the wrong direction, I imagine his next move is to insulate that person from any calls to turn back. Some common deceptions that harden us against the truth:

1) “Anyone who criticizes me is a ‘hater.’” Instead of hearing what they have to say, I’ll just assume they are bitter, jealous, etc.

2) “Those who rebuke me are hypocrites.” This dismisses any rebuke because of flaws (real or imagined) in the rebuker.

3) “Admonitions are attacks!” Those who criticize are seen as the enemy, and their words are personal attacks. I must shield myself from their hurtful words (and any truth they might contain).

4) “Only God can judge me.” Who do these people think they are, trying to correct me? They should focus on themselves and leave me alone.

5) “True friends are those who support me.” I will choose to focus on the opinions of those who agree with me.

If someone adopts these attitudes toward admonitions, they will be impervious to correction. Isn’t that exactly what the devil would want? Here are five truths from God regarding criticism (quotations from the ESV):

1) “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy” (Prov. 27:6). Someone who agrees all the time might not be our friend. A true friend says what we need to hear, even if it hurts.

2) “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God” (1 Thess. 2:13). If a criticism is founded in God’s word, we should accept it regardless of who the messenger is.

3) “Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?” (Gal. 4:16). Just because someone says something we don’t want to hear does not make them an enemy. The important question is: are they speaking the truth?

4) “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching” (2 Tim. 4:2). Preaching the word includes not only encouragement but also reproof and rebukes.

5) “My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death” (James 5:19-20). We are our brothers’ keeper.

It could be that someone who is criticizing me is indeed just an enemy, attacking me with hateful, false words. But it may also be that the very one I think is my enemy is being a true friend, reaching out with the truth to turn me from heading in the wrong direction. How can I know? By listening to their words and then evaluating myself based on God’s word to see if the criticism is valid or not. It may just be that God is using that person to help me.

— via The Auburn Beacon

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Psalm 119:41-48

Vav

⁴¹May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.

⁴²Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

⁴³Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

⁴⁴I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.

⁴⁵And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.

⁴⁶I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

⁴⁷I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

⁴⁸I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

— Berean Study Bible

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The Steps That Lead to Eternal Salvation

1) Hear the gospel — for that is how faith comes (Rom. 10:17; John 20:30-31).
   
2) Believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (John 8:24; John 3:18).

3) Repent of sins.  For every accountable person has sinned (Romans 3:23; Romans 3:10), which causes one to be spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1) and separated from God (Isaiah 59:1-2; Romans 6:23). Therefore, repentance of sin is necessary (Luke 13:5; Acts 17:30).  For whether the sin seems great or small, there will still be the same penalty for either (Matt. 12:36-37; 2 Cor. 5:10) — and even for a lie (Rev. 21:8).

4) Confess faith in Christ (Rom. 10:9-10; Acts 8:36-38).

5) Be baptized in water for the remission of sins (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21).  This is the final step that puts one into Christ (Gal. 3:26-27).  For from that baptism, one is then raised as a new creature (2 Cor. 5:17), having all sins forgiven and beginning a new life as a Christian (Rom. 6:3-4). For the one being baptized does so “through faith in the working of God” (Col. 2:12). In other words, believing that God will keep His word and forgive after one submits to these necessary steps. And now as a Christian, we then need to…

6) Continue in the faith by living for the Lord; for, if not, salvation can be lost (Matt. 24:13; Heb. 10:36-39; Rev. 2:10; 2 Pet. 2:20-22).

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Tebeau Street
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1402 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA  31501

Sunday: 9 a.m. Bible Classes (except for last of the month Song Service)
and 10 a.m. Worship Service
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible Classes 
 
evangelist/editor: Tom Edwards (912) 281-9917
Tom@ThomasTEdwards.com

https://thomastedwards.com/go/all.htm (This is a link to the older version of the Gospel Observer website, but with bulletins going back to March 4, 1990.)

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20, NASB).
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Contents:

1) Loneliness (R.J. Evans)
2) God Supplies Strength (Doy Moyer)
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Loneliness

R.J. Evans

I will never forget how I felt late one afternoon, sitting on the swing just across the driveway from my office at home. I was sitting there thinking of having done what I had dreaded for so long—put down my Border Collie, a constant friend and companion for thirteen years. I recall Jackie coming out of the house and asking me what was wrong. I told her I felt so lonely!

The feelings of sadness and loneliness can be overwhelming at times. The emotional experience of homesickness or loneliness has to be one of the saddest feelings in life. Of course, losing a pet doesn’t compare to the loss of a spouse, parent, child, or friend. Oh how wonderful it would be to be able to once again pick up the phone to talk, or go by and visit, with my parents. In fact, there are so many friends, family and brethren who have passed on that I would love to be able to hug and tell how much I miss them.

Loneliness is just a part of life. Everyone experiences it from time to time. It doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with you. It is simply a feeling in which people experience a strong sense of emptiness and solitude. Someone has said that language has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone; and it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.

During the times when Christians experience loneliness, for whatever reason, it is always good to remember the comforting words of our Lord: “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb. 13:5). One of the best remedies for loneliness is to be worshiping with the people of God. Not only is that, in and of itself a blessing, but again to have the Lord’s assurance: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matt. 18:20). Truly, what a blessing to know that spiritually our Lord is always with us. The Psalmist said, “If I ascend into heaven, You are there, If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me” (Psa. 139:8-10).

So at this point in my life, my parents, and even my favorite dog, have all left me by means of death. And what about the time when I will have to say goodbye to all my friends, brethren and loved ones on this earth? Again, the Lord assures me that He will be there with me to take me over to the other side. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psa. 23:4).

Someone has said, “pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” And the answer to that would be the Lord. If you are not a Christian, why not become one by obeying the gospel, and then enjoy all the promises of God, especially the blessings He provides during those difficult times of loneliness.

Now consider this, while loneliness is a part of this life for the righteous, it will be forever gone in the next life—Heaven. There will be no more sorrow, pain, tears or death (Rev. 21:1-4). If we are righteous and faithful, we will be reunited with all the righteous of all the ages to be with God and His angels for all eternity. He has promised, “Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life” (Rev. 2:10). When David’s young son died, he said I cannot bring him back, but “I shall go to Him” (2 Sam. 12:23). What words of comfort!

— via the bulletin of the Southside church of Christ, Gonzales, Louisiana, September 26, 2018 (R.J. mentioned in that bulletin that this was a “Reprint from the past….written circa 10 years ago.”)

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God Supplies Strength

Doy Moyer

Do you ever feel like a shell of your former self? This is not a question only for the older generation. For anyone, life can be tiring. It can wear on us. At times we feel like David, who said, “For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope (1 Chron 29:15). This was an expression of David’s humility before God as he was preparing materials to build the Temple, and he recognized that there was nothing man could do that would compare with the permanence and power of God.

Some days we may feel this more strongly than others. Job said man is “Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain” (Job 14:2). The Psalms are particularly fond of this shadow analogy (102:11; 109:23; 144:4). The Bible does not ignore this feeling that is common to all people. It acknowledges these emotions and then teaches us how to deal with feelings of futility. Laments in the Psalms are an important part of this teaching.

“Why are you in despair, O my soul?” Psalm 42 and 43 show the pain of despair, but then points to hope in God. No matter how weak we are, God is strong. No matter how inadequate we see ourselves, God has the answer and He supplies the sustenance to keep us alive and active. As Jesus said to the woman at the well, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:13-14). Water brings life and sustains us. The water that the Lord provides is living water, springing up to the eternal life (John 7:37-38). This is connected to the Holy Spirit (vs. 39). The greater meaning of this passage seems to be the same as what God was trying to tell Ezekiel in chapter 47.

God showed Ezekiel a vision of water coming from the Temple. When the water was measured, it was found to go deeper and wider the farther it traveled from its source. God provides for us all we need to live well in this life, and to be ready for the one to come. The fountain of God’s love began as more than sufficient for our needs and only continues to deepen and sustain us as we continue in Him. The life of a Christian is not the path of least resistance in this world. It often involves hardships, but we have more than enough to sustain and guide us in God’s Word. If we listen to His word, the sword of the Spirit, He will be a source of living water that will keep us refreshed to the end.

Occasionally, we loosen our grip on what truly sustains us. We may even feel like a bag of dry lifeless bones. We “feel our age” or we see the futility of hanging on to the world that surrounds us. That does not mean the only answer is to dry up and blow away. We can be revived. Ezekiel 37 shows this to the nation of Israel, which was dead and lifeless, and yet they were not beyond hope. They were not past saving. All it took was the breath of God, and just like the first breath of life that animated Adam’s dust, God can bring us to life again.

We sing about revival. We ask God to “revive us, again,” and to “let the revival begin in me.” Let’s hold on to those thoughts when we feel stretched thin. “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” (Gal 6:9). What a shame it would be if we gave up in the final stretch, especially since we have those urging us on (Heb 12:1). We may not know when our race is almost over. The end is always around some corner and may come upon us suddenly. We are called upon to stay prepared, ready to the end.

Can we make it around one more corner? Not alone, but by God’s grace, strength, and sustenance we can. We can’t make it on our own, but if we will let God fill us with His Word we can be renewed, refreshed, and ready to continue serving. God supplies us “all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence” (2 Pet 1:3). “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:19).

“Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary” (Isa. 40:31).

— via the Bulletin Articles of the Vestavia church of Christ, June 14, 2026

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The Steps That Lead to Eternal Salvation

1) Hear the gospel — for that is how faith comes (Rom. 10:17; John 20:30-31).
   
2) Believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (John 8:24; John 3:18).

3) Repent of sins.  For every accountable person has sinned (Romans 3:23; Romans 3:10), which causes one to be spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1) and separated from God (Isaiah 59:1-2; Romans 6:23). Therefore, repentance of sin is necessary (Luke 13:5; Acts 17:30).  For whether the sin seems great or small, there will still be the same penalty for either (Matt. 12:36-37; 2 Cor. 5:10) — and even for a lie (Rev. 21:8).

4) Confess faith in Christ (Rom. 10:9-10; Acts 8:36-38).

5) Be baptized in water for the remission of sins (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21).  This is the final step that puts one into Christ (Gal. 3:26-27).  For from that baptism, one is then raised as a new creature (2 Cor. 5:17), having all sins forgiven and beginning a new life as a Christian (Rom. 6:3-4). For the one being baptized does so “through faith in the working of God” (Col. 2:12). In other words, believing that God will keep His word and forgive after one submits to these necessary steps. And now as a Christian, we then need to…

6) Continue in the faith by living for the Lord; for, if not, salvation can be lost (Matt. 24:13; Heb. 10:36-39; Rev. 2:10; 2 Pet. 2:20-22).
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Tebeau Street
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1402 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA  31501

Sunday: 9 a.m. Bible Classes (except for last of the month Song Service)
and 10 a.m. Worship Service
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible Classes 
 
evangelist/editor: Tom Edwards (912) 281-9917
Tom@ThomasTEdwards.com

https://thomastedwards.com/go/all.htm (This is a link to the older version of the Gospel Observer website, but with bulletins going back to March 4, 1990.)