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Dover Assembly of God
1.19.2020 | Sanctity of Human Life
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Dover Assembly of God
4790 Carlisle Rd, Dover, PA 17315, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
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January 19, 2020
Welcome to Dover Assembly!
We are so glad you have chosen to attend Dover Assembly this morning. It is not by accident that you are here. We believe that God has allowed you to be here so that you might receive all that He has for you. We pray you are blessed as you allow the Lord to work in your life.
THIS WEEK
Sunday
9:00 am ~ Coffee & Donuts
9:30 am ~ Sunday School
10:30 am ~ R.O.C.K. Children’s Ministries
10:30 am ~ Worship Service
11:30 am ~ Business Meeting
1:00 pm ~ Spanish Service
3:00 pm ~ Worship Practice
Wednesday
6:30 pm ~ Family Night
Friday
6:00 pm ~ Women’s Birthday Dinner
Saturday
6:30 pm ~ Saturday Night Spanish Service
UPCOMING EVENTS
Women of Purpose Annual Birthday Celebration
All ladies are encouraged to join us for our annual birthday celebration on Friday, Jan 24, 6:00 — 8:00 pm here at the church. Please sign up at the Women’s table in the upper foyer.
Human Life Services
Join us NEXT Sunday, Jan., 26 as Human Life Services will minister and share testimonies of women who have been helped by this tremendous organization! We will receive a special offering to bless this important ministry. Due to the possible sensitive nature of this service, parents, use your discretion as to whether or not you want your children to remain with you in the service. All are welcome to remain in the R. O. C. K. Room. We will be passing our baby bottles today that are designed to be filled with coins (and dollars) to support Human Life Service! We will collect them on Jan 26, when they will be in our service. We will also receive a love offering for their ministry.
New Life For Girls
The girls will be ministering on Sun, Mar. 1 during the 10:30 service. Be sure to come to support them and bring someone who needs to hear their testimonies. We will provide a luncheon following the service. A love offering for their ministry will be taken.
Women of Purpose Spring Tour
This year’s District Spring conference will be held at Christian Life A/G on Saturday, Mar., 21. Please mark your calendars for this date! Please see the information at the sign up table in the upper foyer.
New Wednesday Night Bible Study
We have started a 5 part video series on worship. It is entitled “Worship-Our Highest Calling”.We will begin each night with a short video clip and have discussion following. If you are interested in any aspect of our form of worship, be sure to mark your calendars and plan on attending.
BODY NEWS
Offering Envelopes
If you currently use our system of numbered offering envelopes, you would have received a new set for this year. If so, please DO NOT USEyour envelopes from last year. We track giving by the number on the corner of your envelope. That number changes every year. If you use last year’s envelopes, you may not be getting credit this year. Just dispose of last years remaining envelopes.
PRAYER NEEDS
Please take time to review and pray for those on this list. Drop them a card or call to set up a time to visit. They will be blessed!
~ Gladys J.
~ Beulah S.
~ Olga K.
~ Marian T.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Jan 24 ~ Annual Women’s Birthday Dinner
Jan 26 ~ Human Life Sunday
Mar 1 ~ New Life for Girls
Mar 21 ~ Women’s Spring Tour
Welcome to Dover Assembly!
We are so glad you have chosen to attend Dover Assembly this morning. It is not by accident that you are here. We believe that God has allowed you to be here so that you might receive all that He has for you. We pray you are blessed as you allow the Lord to work in your life.
THIS WEEK
Sunday
9:00 am ~ Coffee & Donuts
9:30 am ~ Sunday School
10:30 am ~ R.O.C.K. Children’s Ministries
10:30 am ~ Worship Service
11:30 am ~ Business Meeting
1:00 pm ~ Spanish Service
3:00 pm ~ Worship Practice
Wednesday
6:30 pm ~ Family Night
Friday
6:00 pm ~ Women’s Birthday Dinner
Saturday
6:30 pm ~ Saturday Night Spanish Service
UPCOMING EVENTS
Women of Purpose Annual Birthday Celebration
All ladies are encouraged to join us for our annual birthday celebration on Friday, Jan 24, 6:00 — 8:00 pm here at the church. Please sign up at the Women’s table in the upper foyer.
Human Life Services
Join us NEXT Sunday, Jan., 26 as Human Life Services will minister and share testimonies of women who have been helped by this tremendous organization! We will receive a special offering to bless this important ministry. Due to the possible sensitive nature of this service, parents, use your discretion as to whether or not you want your children to remain with you in the service. All are welcome to remain in the R. O. C. K. Room. We will be passing our baby bottles today that are designed to be filled with coins (and dollars) to support Human Life Service! We will collect them on Jan 26, when they will be in our service. We will also receive a love offering for their ministry.
New Life For Girls
The girls will be ministering on Sun, Mar. 1 during the 10:30 service. Be sure to come to support them and bring someone who needs to hear their testimonies. We will provide a luncheon following the service. A love offering for their ministry will be taken.
Women of Purpose Spring Tour
This year’s District Spring conference will be held at Christian Life A/G on Saturday, Mar., 21. Please mark your calendars for this date! Please see the information at the sign up table in the upper foyer.
New Wednesday Night Bible Study
We have started a 5 part video series on worship. It is entitled “Worship-Our Highest Calling”.We will begin each night with a short video clip and have discussion following. If you are interested in any aspect of our form of worship, be sure to mark your calendars and plan on attending.
BODY NEWS
Offering Envelopes
If you currently use our system of numbered offering envelopes, you would have received a new set for this year. If so, please DO NOT USEyour envelopes from last year. We track giving by the number on the corner of your envelope. That number changes every year. If you use last year’s envelopes, you may not be getting credit this year. Just dispose of last years remaining envelopes.
PRAYER NEEDS
Please take time to review and pray for those on this list. Drop them a card or call to set up a time to visit. They will be blessed!
~ Gladys J.
~ Beulah S.
~ Olga K.
~ Marian T.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Jan 24 ~ Annual Women’s Birthday Dinner
Jan 26 ~ Human Life Sunday
Mar 1 ~ New Life for Girls
Mar 21 ~ Women’s Spring Tour
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January 19, 2020 - Pastor Jeff Bender
Today has been designated as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Next Sunday we will welcome Human Life Services.
All life has intrinsic value. What’s that mean? That life is something that has value and meaning apart from any contribution that can be made.
You have value because you exist. Your value is not determined by your talents, abilities, or possessions.
Even in our declaration of Independence, the very beginning has the following: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Each of us has, from our creator, the right to life! No person can take that away, only God himself. That’s why murder is wrong.
All life has intrinsic value. What’s that mean? That life is something that has value and meaning apart from any contribution that can be made.
You have value because you exist. Your value is not determined by your talents, abilities, or possessions.
Even in our declaration of Independence, the very beginning has the following: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Each of us has, from our creator, the right to life! No person can take that away, only God himself. That’s why murder is wrong.
There are two ends of the spectrum that are part of Sanctity of Human Life. The first is abortion, and the second is euthanasia. I won’t have time delve into euthanasia but the same principles apply-it’s God who gives and takes life.
Before we start, I want you to stay until the end, because even though some may have been a victim of these choices, there is no sin that God cannot forgive, cleanse you from and redeem your life from and I will talk about that near the end.
It seems the abortion issue has become a polarizing issue. People on the pro-death side are vitriolic when it comes to their position. They almost become irrational when you try to discuss this issue.
Many pro-lifers have said they felt that this is one area that we might be gaining some ground on. Science, biology and access to the internet is beginning to slowly change minds.
But it also means we can’t quit. The world calls an unborn baby, a fetus, a bunch of cells, an unviable tissue mass. Many words to de-humanize the baby.
The first thing we should establish is that God calls an unborn baby a person. He recognizes what the world calls “tissue” as a human being.
Before we start, I want you to stay until the end, because even though some may have been a victim of these choices, there is no sin that God cannot forgive, cleanse you from and redeem your life from and I will talk about that near the end.
It seems the abortion issue has become a polarizing issue. People on the pro-death side are vitriolic when it comes to their position. They almost become irrational when you try to discuss this issue.
Many pro-lifers have said they felt that this is one area that we might be gaining some ground on. Science, biology and access to the internet is beginning to slowly change minds.
But it also means we can’t quit. The world calls an unborn baby, a fetus, a bunch of cells, an unviable tissue mass. Many words to de-humanize the baby.
The first thing we should establish is that God calls an unborn baby a person. He recognizes what the world calls “tissue” as a human being.
Those two scriptures are pretty definitive that God considers life beginning at conception. So no matter what doctors, professional, good people, church people, psychiatrists, psychologists say, God says it begins at conception, so that argument is settled.
So biblically, we have established that unborn babies are God’s children equally as much as any toddler or adult.
That fact alone, tells us abortion is murder.
Science has progressed so much in the years since Roe v. Wade that no rational thinking human being can deny the facts of personhood.
So biblically, we have established that unborn babies are God’s children equally as much as any toddler or adult.
That fact alone, tells us abortion is murder.
Science has progressed so much in the years since Roe v. Wade that no rational thinking human being can deny the facts of personhood.
Abortion is a spiritual battle. When people deny what is plain and visible right in front of their eyes, they have been blinded to the truth.
So what do we do about it? Our job as the church is to be salt and light. Salt is a preservative, we are to preserve righteousness as much and as often as possible.
We are also light and light exposes the evil in the world.
So what do we do about it? Our job as the church is to be salt and light. Salt is a preservative, we are to preserve righteousness as much and as often as possible.
We are also light and light exposes the evil in the world.
That is why we preach about it and talk about it. That’s why we support Human Life Services. We need to expose the sin and support efforts to get rid of it.
Christians are not supposed to sit on the sidelines and let the enemy win. We are to work under the power and anointing of God to end evil as much as we can.
Lest we think this is an option, and that we won’t reap consequences or that this isn’t a big deal . . .
Christians are not supposed to sit on the sidelines and let the enemy win. We are to work under the power and anointing of God to end evil as much as we can.
Lest we think this is an option, and that we won’t reap consequences or that this isn’t a big deal . . .
What happened when Israel & Judah didn’t listen?
So we know that God says no to abortion and that we are to speak out against it.
What happens to someone who has made that choice?
Sometimes in our zeal to stop abortion, we forget that there are two victims, the mom and the child. And sometimes we don’t realize the weight of guilt that accompanies abortion.
As Christians we should understand the difficult situations in a person’s life that causes them to make such a decision. We do not condone the sin, but we offer hope and healing to the women who is still probably suffering with the consequences of that decision.
What would Jesus do?
What happens to someone who has made that choice?
Sometimes in our zeal to stop abortion, we forget that there are two victims, the mom and the child. And sometimes we don’t realize the weight of guilt that accompanies abortion.
As Christians we should understand the difficult situations in a person’s life that causes them to make such a decision. We do not condone the sin, but we offer hope and healing to the women who is still probably suffering with the consequences of that decision.
What would Jesus do?
Let's briefly look at each verse...
John 8:3:
Adultery at that time was almost the unpardonable sin. The Old Testament law did require stoning. We have to be careful as believers to follow the spirit of the law and not the letter.
John 8:3:
Adultery at that time was almost the unpardonable sin. The Old Testament law did require stoning. We have to be careful as believers to follow the spirit of the law and not the letter.
John 8:4
These guys were happy to expose her to public humiliation, not because she was breaking the law, but to show up Jesus.
We have to be careful not to expose people just because we can.
These guys were happy to expose her to public humiliation, not because she was breaking the law, but to show up Jesus.
We have to be careful not to expose people just because we can.
Do we want to help that person, or inflict judgment on them?
There is a lot of speculation as to what Jesus was writing, but truth is we don’t know.
Then what did Jesus do?
There is a lot of speculation as to what Jesus was writing, but truth is we don’t know.
Then what did Jesus do?
None of us are any better than anyone else. A person who had an abortion is no better or worse than one who didn’t. Sin is sin.
We have no right to cast judgment. . . we have not walked in their shoes.
We have no right to cast judgment. . . we have not walked in their shoes.
Sometimes the younger Christians are more set on condemning the sinner than the older ones.
The older ones still remember what God saved them from and sometimes younger folks forget how gracious God was to them.
As we grow, hopefully we develop more compassion and mercy. Even as Christians, we realize how good God has been after we’ve been saved.
Sin in any form, does not define who you are in Christ! Who you are is a child of God, forgiven and filled to be used in great ways.
The older ones still remember what God saved them from and sometimes younger folks forget how gracious God was to them.
As we grow, hopefully we develop more compassion and mercy. Even as Christians, we realize how good God has been after we’ve been saved.
Sin in any form, does not define who you are in Christ! Who you are is a child of God, forgiven and filled to be used in great ways.
No one refuted what the Pharisees said. She was in fact caught in the act, but Jesus did not condemn her.
He didn’t condemn her, but he did tell her that she was a sinner and she needs to leave that behind her and stop doing it.
Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin.
What he was saying is that her choices up to that point were sinful. He didn’t sugar coat it, he didn’t mince words, he said the facts, that her lifestyle up to this point was unacceptable.
But the good news is that all that sinfulness has been forgiven!
And what happens when our sins have been forgiven?
He didn’t condemn her, but he did tell her that she was a sinner and she needs to leave that behind her and stop doing it.
Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin.
What he was saying is that her choices up to that point were sinful. He didn’t sugar coat it, he didn’t mince words, he said the facts, that her lifestyle up to this point was unacceptable.
But the good news is that all that sinfulness has been forgiven!
And what happens when our sins have been forgiven?
God no longer condemns us for what we did in the past once we ask for forgiveness.
Christians have a tendency to grade sin. Some sins are worse than others. Divorce, abortion, homosexuality usually rate higher on the scale than say lying, cheating, or gossip.
But in God’s eyes, sin is sin and even what we think are the worst sins are forgivable by God. The Bible refers to the devil as the father of lies and one of his best is that God can’t or won’t forgive you.
He first talks you into abortion, or any sin, then he tells you that because of that sin, God won’t forgive it. And he will use your past to destroy you.
God wants to redeem your past. He can take what the devil meant for evil and turn it into what God can do for good.
Christians have a tendency to grade sin. Some sins are worse than others. Divorce, abortion, homosexuality usually rate higher on the scale than say lying, cheating, or gossip.
But in God’s eyes, sin is sin and even what we think are the worst sins are forgivable by God. The Bible refers to the devil as the father of lies and one of his best is that God can’t or won’t forgive you.
He first talks you into abortion, or any sin, then he tells you that because of that sin, God won’t forgive it. And he will use your past to destroy you.
God wants to redeem your past. He can take what the devil meant for evil and turn it into what God can do for good.
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