February 2012
Agenda
Audubon Agenda
If sin comes into the life of the believer, he should immediately
become concerned about it. It should cause him to rush to the
Lord in confession and repentance, and it should cause him to
build every bulwark possible against the recurrence of the sin.
~ Donald Grey Barnhouse
“We are all distorted by the fall.
Though substantively changed at conversion,
meditation on God's Word counters remaining sin.”
Those penetrating words from Jim
Elliff serve as a good introduction to
our subject this month: Original sin
and our remaining sin.
In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth (GEN. 1:1). God
saw everything that he had made, and
behold, it was very good (GEN. 1:31). The
LORD God commanded the man
[Adam], saying, ‘You may surely eat of
every tree of the garden, but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
you shall not eat, for in the day that
you eat of it you shall surely die’ (GEN.
2:16-17). When the woman [Eve] saw
that the tree was good for food, and
that it was a delight to the eyes, and
that the tree was to be desired to
make one wise, she took of its fruit
and ate, and she also gave some to
her husband who was with her, and he
ate. Then the eyes of both were
opened, and they knew that they were
naked (GEN. 3:6-7). That is the story of
Original Sin.
The apostle Paul sums up the
story in one short verse that shows
the origin of our sin and our coresponsibility in it: Therefore, just as
sin came into the world through one
man, and death through sin, and so
death spread to all men because all
sinned (ROM. 5:12). Though men may
think that the story of the fall of man
is a fairy tale, and Christianity not to
be taken seriously, this story is real.
Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton,
often called the Prince of Paradox,
said...theologians dispute original sin,
which is the only part of Christian
theology which can really be proved.
Some followers...admit divine
sinlessness, which they cannot see
even in their dreams. But they
essentially deny human sin, which
they can see in the street. The
strongest saints and the strongest
sceptics alike took positive evil as the
starting-point of their argument.
Even Fox News recently said,
Politics and the concept of Original sin
are two topics the mainstream media
rarely discuss side by side, but perhaps
they should. But when the church of
our day lives in sinful denial of this
doctrine, don’t expect the media to
discuss it in this political season.
Nineteeth century evangelist
Charles Finney (the father of much
modern-day evangelism) called the
doctrine of Original Sin, subversive of
the gospel, and repulsive to human
intelligence. What!? Sadly, that same
thinking is still too much in protestant
pulpits today.
The fact is, every believer has
been delivered from all of his sins,
even his Original sin (COL. 2:13). God is
now assuredly at work in him. Amen!
(PHIL. 1:6; 2:12-13). His sin is no longer
President, but Resident. His sin is no
longer Reigning, but Remaining.
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Audubon Agenda
February 2012
Two things in sin chiefly move the godly to mourn for it.
One is the dishonor it brings to God. The other is the
perdition it brings on the sinner.
~ David Dickson
Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, which was my sin,
though it were done before?
~ John Donne
Earthly Paradise may be forever
lost, but Paradise Regained awaits
(LUKE 23:43)! So, back to the words
of Jim Elliff: Though substantively
changed at conversion, meditation
on God's word counters remaining
sin. So, let’s follow this counsel to
the glory of God alone!
For more instruction on
original sin and how to fight our
remaining sin, please read the
enclosed copy of Reddit Andrews
III’s new booklet, Sin and the Fall.
~ On behalf of the elders,
Pastor Jerry Marcellino
Important Dates in 2012
2/4
2/12
2/24-26
3/3
3/14
4/6
4/8
4/14
10/26-28
Monthly Men’s Meeting
Member’s Meeting
(Annual Business) 5pm
Our 6th Annual World
Missions Conference
(Speakers: Doug Nichols &
Dr. Elias Medeiros)
Monthly Men’s Meeting
No Wednesday ministries
(spring break)
Good Friday Service
(Lord’s Supper)
Resurrection Day: 7:00am
- Sunrise Service &
Fellowship/NO Sunday
School/10:30am Worship
Monthly Men’s Meeting
20th Annual Reformation
Celebration (Speakers: Dr
Bruce Ware & Dr Tom
Schreiner)
Please remember to pray for:
 Our Lord’s Day Services and other
Regular Ministries of ADBC: KingdomSeekers (Wed); JV & Varsity; College &
Career; “Digging Deeper” Bible Study;
Our bi-weekly Rankin County Prison
Ministry teams (Sun); Women’s
Ministries; Men’s meetings; Laurel
Christian School (K3-12); Audubon
Christian Book Store; “The Audubon
Pulpit”: For audio go to:
www.audubonchurch.org or for video
sermons you can go to:
www.audubonchurch.blip.tv
 Our Foreign and Home Missionary
efforts: The Boggess’ near Paris, France;
the Temples working with Iranians in
the Atlanta, GA area and also abroad;
the Arroyos in Juxtlahuaca and the
Martinez’s in Oaxaca City, Mexico; the
Christian Food Mission (Robert Smith &
Clark Lowery) and the Center for
Pregnancy Choices (Carol Harbaugh),
both located here in Laurel; and Ms.
Sarah Grafton who’s working with
foreign students in the Jackson area.
 Our need to be disciples so that we can
 The salvation of our many children and
young people and for physical and
spiritual energy – to be parents – who
aim to consistently and continuously
live and speak the gospel before them
all the days of our lives (PSALM 78:1-8;
92:12-15; DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9)
 Our elderly and shut-ins: Mrs. Jean
Knight.
 The Fellowship of Independent
Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE) of which
our Church is a Charter member. Please
visit its website and pray for our sister
churches (www.firefellowship.org).
 A great awakening in: Laurel, Jones
County, our state, the Bible-belt, our
great nation, and throughout the globe
(ISAIAH 11:9; MALACHI 1:11)!
 President Barack Obama, his cabinet,
the Congress, our State an City
governments, our Military and its
leaders in the war against terrorism
(1 TIMOTHY 2:1-8).
 Our need to evangelize the lost each
day (PSALM 96:2; MATTHEW 4:19; 28:19-20).
make disciples (2 TIMOTHY 2:2).
Lord’s Day Services for February 2012
2/5
9:30am Sunday School
New SS Classes start
10:30am Worship Service
Christ Suffered Once for Sins
I Peter (22): Our Appeal (I Peter 3:18-22)
2/12
Sunday School Classes
Living from Now On for the Will of God
I Peter (23): Our Past (I Peter 4:1-6)
2/19
Sunday School Classes
2/26
Combined Sunday
School Classes (Doug
Nichols)
Keep Loving One Another Earnestly
I Peter (24): Our Service (I Peter 4:7-11)
Tell of His Glory Among All Nations
(Elias Medeiros) Two Commissions: Which
Commission Are We Committed To?
(Matthew 28:11-20)
The Lord’s Supper
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