It may not sound like much to you, or you may have never considered it before. Well, we would likefor you to consider it right now with the message we are about to share with you. It is wrong to address preachers as "Reverend". The reason it is wrong is because that term translated in the Bible, means awesome, great, terrible, magnificent. This is a term to express the powerful presence and nature of the Almight. No man is fit to be addressed by such credentials. In the King James Version of the Bible, the term appears once and it is found in Psalm 119, "Holy and Reverend is his name." The true meaning of the word is further seen in such Bible passages as Gen. 28:17, Joel 2:31. Mal. 4:5, Judges 13:6, Deut. 28:58, Psalms 99:3, Mal. 1:14, Psa. 96:4, 1 Chron. 16:25, Psa. 130:4, Deut. 7:21, Deut. 10:17, Neh. 1:5, Neh. 4:14, Neh. 9:32.

Now, what about those preachers who encourage the use of the term to be applied to members of the clergy? Well, maybe they don't know it is wrong. Or maybe they just don't care. And of course the same could be said of people who address religious leaders in such a manner. Study this information for yourself and share it with whomever.
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​Hard headed high school kids are everywhere these days. These teenagers don't listen to their parents because they think they know it all. However, for as much as they claim to know, none of them seem to know enough to begin putting food on the table and paying the mortgage. They always want to use the car from their not "hipped" parents, but yet, they still don't seem to know enough to fill the car up with gas when done, or pay for repairs when the car breaks down. But, they are quick to let it be known that they still know more than their parents. These same teenagers who claim to know what is good for them in life, still rely on their inferior parents, to provide health insurance and bed care for them when they get sick. Teenagers listen to the words of your Creator.

"Children obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise. That it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long on the earth."
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God said, "be ready." So, are you ready? God teaches in the Bible that all men must die and then be judged for how they lived (Heb. 9:27, 2 Cor. 5:10). Jesus warns repeatedly that he will come back unexpectedly and that will be the end of the world (Rev. 22:12, 2 Peter 3:9-13). On that day, the righteous and wicked will be separated with one group going to hell and the other going to heaven (Matt. 25:31-46).
So, are you ready? You are supposed to be ready (Luke 12:35-48). There will be no excuse on the Judgment Day, if one isn't ready, because God will give no mercy on that day (Acts 17:30-31, 2 Thess. 1:6-10). The end could happen at any time, no one knows when the Lord will return, but we do know that he told us to "be ready," (Matt 24:35-51).
Jesus taught in Matt 25:1-13 that the mystery of His coming is liken to ten virgins waiting for the arrival of the groom in order to go to a wedding. We learn from Jesus that those who were unprepared got left behind, and such will be the case with people today if they fail to be ready (Luke 13:22-27).
So are you ready? Jesus has said, "be ready."
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One day in the forest, three animals were contending among themselves as to who is the most powerful. "I am," said the hawk, "because I can quickly fly and swoop down forcefully at my prey and gobble him up in a heartbeat."

"Aw, that's nothing," said the mountain lion, "I not only have four big awesome feet, but I have powerful razor sharp teeth and claws, which can rip the flesh off my victim before you can even get your bony claws attached to your prey."

"The both of you are full of hot air," said the skunk. "I am the most powerful because with a flick of my beautiful black and 666666 tail, I can drive off the two of you. I don't need teeth, claws or big stupid feet to win my battles, everyone already knows what I can do, and only a fool would try to mess with me."

At that point a huge grizzly bear who had been standing near by listening, had his fill of the boasting. He thundered out of the forest and settled the debate by eathing them all.

Proverbs 27:2: "Let another man praise thee, and not with thy own mouth; a stranger and not thy own lips."

1 Cor. 8:2: "If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know."

Mark 10:43-44: "But so shall it not be among you; but whoever will be great among you shall be your minister. And whosoever will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all."
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Hope to hear from you or to see you at the services.