THE MARK OF CAIN: A MODEL OF GRACE

 THE MARK OF CAIN: A MODEL OF GRACE So Cain was driven from the land to live as a fugitive and vagabond. He was afraid he would be forever banished from the presence of God and deprived of His protection. “Not so,” said the Lord, and put His mark on Cain saving his life (Genesis 4:15). The collective mind of scholarship has been probed in vain to determine the nature of this mark, but that’s not the point. All through the chapter, the covenant name of God has been used, indicating the scope of Cain’s relationship with Him. Cain sinned and refused to confess and

therefore put himself out of fellowship with God. But God didn’t revoke His covenant, nor did He withdraw His protection. Unconfessed sin interrupts our relationship with God and causes us to wander in spiritual wilderness, but it doesn’t sever our family ties and it doesn’t put our eternal life at risk. Cain serves as a model of so many Christians today. When we, as believers, refuse to recognize and confess our sins, we are out of fellowship with God. But we are still in His family and still have eternal (protected) lives. While out of fellowship, we are objects of the enemy’s passionate interest, and fair game for his schemes against us, but our union with God and eternal destiny are marked by His Grace as off limits to the stealer of men’s souls. For more on this, listen to my audio Bible study on Union and Fellowship. Jesus was our sacrifice. All we need to do now is confess. And immediately, we are forgiven. The slate is wiped clean, the Lord chooses to forget we ever sinned in the first place, and we are back in fellow‐ ship with Him. Now you know the adult version

Martin Luther King The Three Evils of Society

Spirit Of Harmony

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Attitude Of Gratitude

 https://pass-theball.blogspot.com/2022/09/an-attitude-of-gratitude-by-rev-md.html

A SECOND WIND

 TITLE: A SECOND WIND

The Summer Olympics began two days ago. As the world comes together 
in the spirit of Competition, we will be routing our nation on. 
There are many events that I enjoy watching. I watched swimming and 
boxing yesterday, but I am looking forward to the track & field 
events. I am always amazed while watching the long distance 
events. Cross country runners and other long distance runners have 
all relied on what is commonly referred to as a second wind in an 
effort to gather enough strength and energy to finish their race; 
the longer the race the more "second winds" will be required. Many 
of us that are not long distance runners have oftentimes experienced 
something that is called a second wind. When we have been engaged 
in activities and feel like we have burned out, all of a sudden, we 
receive a burst of energy, can't really explain it, but we say we 
caught our second wind. This physiological wind source is a timely 
aid in propelling an exhausted runner onward to the finish line. The 
phenomenon of a second wind has a spiritual principle as well. When 
the purposes of God seem too distant to continue, God provides a 
second wind to propel his people onward to finish the cause in which 
they are engaged. 

If ever there was a time that we need a second wind. If ever there 
was a time that we need a word from the Lord, now is that time. We 
don't have to look very hard or very far to realize that we are 
living in some perilous times. Bro and Sis we are living in a land 
that seems to be draining on the efforts of every believer. I 
believe today that we desperately need a fresh outpouring of the 
Holy Spirit. Our communities have become havens for the adversaries 
work. Our District Attorney reported in the local paper last week 
that 80-90% of his cases are drug related. It gets to the point 
where we begin to feel as though all is lost. Things don't look too 
good. In fact, it seems to be growing worse as time goes on. When I 
consider our Churches today, it appears to me that we don't do as 
much within the church as we did when I was coming up. We have a 
whole lot going on within the walls of the Church, much of it 
appears to be motivational speaking instead of Preaching the Word of God.

Black History Month: Taking a historical look at African American writers - Jackson Advocate

Black History Month: Taking a historical look at African American writers - Jackson Advocate

The Civil Rights Movement pt.2

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The Great Migration: The African American Exodus from The South

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The Negro in Literature and Art-1918.

 

Collecting African American Artbooks and Catalogs:

Going through my collection.

The Negro in Literature and Art-1918.

Detailed look at black people, mainly American, but also some European, from the 1700s to the 1900s in art, literature, painting, sculpture and theatre. The author also gives an interesting analysis of the work of these people.

The Negro genius.--Phillis Wheatley.--Paul Laurence Dunbar.--Charles W. Chesnutt.--W.E. Burghardt Du Bois.--William Stanley Braithwaite.--Other writers.--Orators: Douglass and Washington.--The stage.--Painters: Henry O. Tanner.--Sculptors: Meta Warrick Fuller.-

Did you know that North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company was the first African American owned insurance company.

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Black History Month 2024

 

Martin Luther King's Sermon: The Drum Major Instinct

Pass-The_ Ball...: A Prayer for the New Year

Pass-The_ Ball...: A Prayer for the New Year: Come, Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Risen Christ, Be with us today and always. Be our Light, our Guide, And our Comforter. Be our Strength...