The Lord's Baptist Church
11102 Yakima Avenue South
Tacoma, WA. 98444
Pastor: Larry J. Killion
For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Latest News:
(November 23, 2014)
Worship Service: 11AM "Abuse of Christian Charity." by Pastor audio
Afternoon Service:
1:30PM Pastor had a message for the afternoon service on "Being in
Tune with God" (outline listed below) but we opted to go over some of
the special prayer requests on our prayer list and have a season of
Prayer instead. Praying for the Tyler family as they grieve, for
several on the prayer list battling cancer, for missions, for our
nation, for one another - especially brother Skip and sister Teresa, for
Grace and a test coming up this week and brother Turner at appointment
on Tuesday with neuro-surgeon about pain where they operated on his
neck, for Forrest and the blood clots in his legs, for sister Gail who
was out sick today, for our members in distant places an many more
concerns. We closed out the service by singing the ole hymn "The Love
of God."
12 in attendance. Pastor, Marion, Jim and Diana traveled yesterday down to Springfield, Oregon to the Memorial service for Sister Norman Tyler and back home again late last night. The services went well and God answered prayer for traveling grace all the way down and back. Thank the Lord. It was good to have two visitors today who were out here all the way from Kansas.
See 2014 3rd Quarter Report for TLBC HERE
To see more on the trip to Ireland click here.
Memorial Service
Rev 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and
their works do follow them. (KJV)
We are here today in loving memory of Sister Norma
Tyler. The hard part is dealing with our
loss but none of us would want to bring her back from heaven to the pain and
sorrow of this wicked old world here below.
We have the comforting assurance of God’s word that for the believer in
Christ, death is to be absent from the body and present with the Lord. 2Cor.5:8.
The Bible says that it is appointed unto men once to die and
after this the judgment. Heb 9:27. There is a judgment for the just and a
judgment for the unjust. The Saved will
be rewarded for their faithful service at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Rom 14:10.
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy
brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. The
unsaved will also receive their due reward at the Great White Throne
judgment. Rev 20:11-15. And I saw a great white throne, and him that
sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God;
and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book
of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it;
and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into
the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
The difference between being saved and not being saved is
found in the Gospel. Rom 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
I believe Sister Tyler would want us to stress the truth of
the Gospel today. Paul wrote to Timothy
under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit about how the Gospel is worthy to be
received. 1Tim 1:15. This is
a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
He also gave one of the clearest descriptions of what the
Gospel is all about in 1Cor 15:1-4. Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also
ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep
in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I
delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that
he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
It is at times like this when we all need to look into our
own hearts and examine ourselves and consider the question: How do I stand with God? Are you lost in sin? Or, have you by faith, trusted the Lord Jesus
Christ as your personal savior? The
Bible says in Jn 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and
he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him.
As we prepare to move on with our lives, let us remember
that God created man in an upright condition but man unmade himself by
transgressing Gods law. Rom 5:12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered
into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned: Rom.3:23. For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; and Rom. 6:23. For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
The only remedy for
our sin problem is Jesus Christ. Lk
19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Matt 1:21.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he
shall save his people from their sins.
Jn 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Jn.17:3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
As we do our best to bring some closure to the departure of
our loved one, we remember the Bible asks the age-old question: If a man die, shall he live again? Job14:14.
God’s word also gives us the answer to the question. Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that
he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another…
The New Testament story of the resurrection of Lazarus in
John chapter eleven reminds us that the Son of God has power to raise the
dead. In fact, Christ is the
resurrection.
John 11:25-27. Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou
this?
For the closing benediction, let us pray.
Heavenly Father, Thank you for the gift of life. Thank you for the fond memories we have of
our loved ones who have passed away.
More than anything else, thank you for the gift of spiritual life
through your Son and His saving Gospel.
We come into this world with nothing and we leave the world the same
way. You formed us from the dust of the
ground and it is back to the earth that our bodies go in death - until the
resurrection. Dust goes to dust and
ashes to ashes. The Lord gave and the
Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the
name of the Lord. AMEN.
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