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A preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Dana Williams was born in South Charleston, West Virginia and lived there until he was 14 years old, at which time he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He heard the gospel for the first time at a little store front church called West Side Baptist Church. He visited the church only three times when the Holy Spirit dealt with him concerning salvation. He accepted the Lord on December 29, 1968. He felt the call to preach soon after. At age 19, he moved  to Greenville, South Carolina to attend Tabernacle Baptist Bible Institute where Dr. Harold Sightler was pastor. In 1976 Dana took his first pastorate at a little church in the mountains of North Carolina. He was there four years and six months. He then served as pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Newland, North Carolina for eighteen years. In 1999 Dana felt the call of God for full time evangelism. He and his wife, Esther, have ministered in churches preaching and singing in revivals, camp meetings, and conferences all across the mid and eastern United States. Dana and Esther reside in Wedowee, Alabama. They have four children and eleven grandchildren.

 
 

 
 

"... Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

 

 

"... the gospel must first be published among all nations."

 
 

"... The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."

 

CURRENT / UPCOMING MEETINGS

 

May 11, 2012

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU ALL

Sunday morning  we're excited to participate in the Sunday School hour at 10am, with our dear friends at the Parkway Baptist Church in Ringgold, Georgia.   At  11 o'clock we will be with Bro. Lamar Dietz and the folks at the Gospel Way Baptist Church in Ringgold. 

Sunday evening at 6 o'clock we will be with Pastor Phil Yarber in Cornelia, Georgia.  Also, Monday through Wednesday  7 o'clock each evening we will continue the meeting there.  Come join us if you can.

 
 

CURRENT BIBLE STUDIES

 

 

THE MANY FACES OF CHRIST AT HIS RETURN

Over 2100 times Jesus' Coming is mentioned in the Bible.

His second coming is mentioned eight times more than His first coming is mentioned. One out of every thirty verses in the New Testament speaks of His second coming.

JESUS IS COMING: It is not WHEN He is coming but it is WHO is coming that should concern us.

This series of Studies will deal with some of the different ways Christ revealed His Coming.

He will be letting us know who to expect and how to prepare for His coming!

JESUS IS COMING AS THE BRIDEGROOM

MATTHEW 25:1-13

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took  their lamps, and went  forth to meet the bridegroom.  And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.  They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:  But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.  And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.  But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut.  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying Lord, Lord open to us.  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

 

Here we notice there is a wedding and the emphasis is:

GENUINE READINESS

Western civilization weddings are traditionally done with the bride who does the beautiful march down the isle to the groom.

In Bible times, the Scriptures show a very different tradition or custom:

It is the Groom who does the marching and comes for the bride!

Custom: The marriage feasts were held at night; thus, the importance of the light and the oil as the attendants joined the procession to go out to meet the bridegroom on the way wedding.

This tradition in Middle Eastern countries is still being practiced. While in Egypt, I was privileged to witness this march or the wedding procession.

From our text we see that there are 10 attendants ready and waiting to follow the Bridegroom to the wedding. In our text, all seemed to be ready for the big event, but in the end, we are shocked to find out that five of those attendants were not Genuinely ready.

 It was an inside problem that was not detected on the outside.

      Jesus addressed this inside-outside issue on several occasions.

Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Luke 11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

They had it all on the outside, but nothing on the inside!

Ask yourself:

Is there reality to what I possess and profess?

Is it Authenticated by the blood of Jesus Christ?

We have 2 thoughts: Alike and Unalike,

Their Comparisons and Their Contrast

THEY ARE ALIKE IN THEIR COMPARISON:

Points of likeness in the ten virgins:

They have the same name, VIRGINS

They wear the same dress

They are on the same errand

They all have lamps

They all have vessels

They have many features in common.

Man could not discern the difference, at least for the time.

  • THEIR ACTIVITIES

Matthew 7:22-23, Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

There is great Danger in religious activity with no reality.

Once, I asked a young man if he was saved and ready for Heaven. His reply was, “Yes, I can quote the ten commandments.”  I'm sure that was not the right answer.

  • THEIR APPEARANCES

They not only acted ready, they appeared ready!

Their life- Morality

Their looks- Commonality

Their lamps- Formality

Their Location- Sincerity

Satan is able to turn himself into an angel of light

  • THEIR SEEMING AFFECTIONS AND ZEAL

Enthusiasm, emotions

A Reminder of Judas and the kiss of death

Judas was so much like a disciple

Wheat is so much like a tare

Not all that glitters is Gold or diamonds: It takes a trained eye to tell the difference

 

THEY ARE UNALIKE IN THEIR CONTRAST

They are alike in activities, appearance, affections, but sorrowfully so unalike!

It was only when the announcement came that we see how unalike they really were!

It was not until it was too late that we know they are not genuinely ready!

Now we really see what is on the inside!

His coming brought Transparency and Truth as to “Who was Genuinely ready.”

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

The announcement brought to light the fact:

They had lamps, but no light!

That which concerned them least concerned HIM most!

What they did not have they could not borrow! Nor buy!

They looked in vain to men for that grace which God alone can Supply!

It was that which was not on the inside that left them on the outside of the door was shut!

They went out but they never came in!

Here we see the doom of the sinners:

Heaven will never be seen and enjoyed by those who are not genuinely ready

Their probation is ended; their glad time is over

All the means of grace have passed away

The dispensation of the gospel is closed

All instruments employed to convert and to save will be employed no more

The Spirit will strive no more.

Hope is forever past

If Christ is not in you there is no hope of Glory!

Romans 8:9 Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.

The story has been told of the conversion of a certain lady. She was one of those who lived only for this world; the thoughts of her sins had never caused her uneasiness; she neglected the one thing needful. One night, while alone in her room, she saw the lamp suddenly go out. Although she was alone, she said aloud (thinking only of being left in the dark), "There is no oil in the lamp" The words thus spoken echoed in the room and sounded in her ears, but with a new sense. She recalled the parable of the five foolish virgins who had no oil, and whose lamps had gone out at the coming of the bridegroom; and from that moment, day and night, the word of God remained in her soul, as an arrow remains in the side of a deer who flies away from the hunters.

Friend,

You may have the complete dress of the saint, and yet not be one.

You may have a good life, a sound creed, a strict profession

You may be one who says and does many things excellent

You may be a subscriber to all the religious societies in the land

You may be a member of all their committees

You may be a speaker at all their meetings, and supporter of all their plans

You may profess to be looking for Christ's coming and going forth to meet the Bridegroom, yet lack the oil which is the Holy Spirit, who is the key to getting into the door.

BE PREPARED, FOR THE LORD IS COMING AS A BRIDEGROOM

 

                                        

 

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