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    This document is from College Lakes Baptist Church and includes a message from Reverend Lanier remembering the victims of 9/11 and encouraging the military families in the congregation. It also summarizes two articles about keeping one's focus on Jesus Christ rather than outward appearances or rules, and warns against those who would distort the gospel message.

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    DEDICATED TO BRINGING GLORY TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

    COLLEGE LAKES BAPTIST CHURCH


    4704 Ramsey Street
    Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311-1615
    Church Office 910-488-8344
    Church Cell Phone 910-658-3475

    [email protected]
    RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

    THE
    COLLEGE LAKES

    Challenger

    News From College Lakes Church

    A Message from Reverend Lanier. . .

    Still Remembering
    While observing the 13th anniversary of
    September 11th , we thank God that we have been
    spared by His Mercy to this time. We pray for
    His mercies daily. We are ever mindful of those
    who put their life on the line every day to
    promote the safety and well being of our great
    land. Our military and public servants no doubt
    have a difficult job. We wish to encourage each
    individual who serves and their families who
    support. (Church families included). We see
    their service for their fellow man and neighbors.
    We appreciate this service and pray that we see
    our greater duty to serve the true and living
    God. He is first and ultimately He is the only
    One who is able to save us.
    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most
    High shall abide under the shadow of the
    Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my
    refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I
    trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare
    of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
    He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under
    his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy
    shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for
    the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth
    by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in

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    darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at


    noonday. (Psalm 91:1-6)
    To the military and other families among us, we
    invite you to join us in worship and enjoy the
    Great Salvation that Jesus freely gives.

    Real Christianity Is All about Christ


    The Heart of the Matter Is the Heart
    by Troy Calvert
    The religious people of Pauls day were not
    much different than religious people
    todaythose who emphasize their own works
    rather than Gods grace, the doing rather than
    the being of the Christian life. Paul wished to
    redirect Christian believers to that which is most
    important: living Christianity is all about
    focusing on the Saviour and not on ourselves.
    Each of us should do a personal, spiritual
    assessment to find where our focus lies and what
    motivates us in our walk with God. This is
    particularly true within independent Baptist
    circles where we are tempted to live by an
    external list of dos and donts. If youre saved,
    you will dress like this and not like that. You
    will go here and not there. You will talk like this
    and not like that. Externals are, of course,
    important, but our motivation must be deeper

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    than simply conforming to certain rules and
    expectations.
    We must not lose sight of the fact that man
    looketh on the outward appearance, but the
    LORD looketh on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).
    We must guard against becoming like the
    Pharisees whom Jesus condemned as whited
    sepulchers...full of dead mens bones (Matthew
    23:27). Each of us needs to make certain that we
    are walking with God out of a desire to do that
    which is right and to please Him, not to please
    man.
    If I am simply doing what Im doing because
    someone in my church is watching me, I am
    missing out on what God desires. He is watching
    me whether someone else sees me or not. If
    everything Im doing is to be seen by man, to
    meet mans expectations, God says I am wasting
    my time.
    When I get to Heaven, all of my acts and
    accomplishments that flow from wrong
    motivations will burn up as wood, hay, and
    stubble. Every work that is done in my own
    strength and not in the strength of the Lord,
    every work that is done to be seen by man and
    not by the Master, will go up in smoke!
    Going beyond our personal values and
    behaviors, we should be actively involved in
    serving in our churches, but the same principle
    applies: it is the Lord we are ultimately serving.
    If we can embrace that, Christian service is
    enjoyable and exciting. Even if someone
    complains about the work we do, we can know
    that if we are doing it for God, He is pleased as
    we serve with the focus on Him, not on
    ourselves.
    In a nutshell: dont focus on works at the
    expense of your walk!
    The Apostle Paul was mindful of the potential
    harm done in the early church by a group who
    came to be known as Judaizers. They believed
    that the only way a non-Jew could be saved was
    by becoming a Jew. Paul calls these men dogs.
    In the first century, dogs were not mans best
    friend! They were vicioustraveling in packs
    and often attacking people.
    Paul says that we need to beware of religious
    dogs, but in so doing he doesnt claim that the
    external is of no value. He simply wants us to
    understand that salvation is not gained by even

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    one external act. What cleanses and saves a soul


    is the blood of Jesus Christ which was shed on
    Calvary, plus nothing.
    No matter how many good things we do or bad
    things we dont do, if our whole focus is on the
    external, if our heart is not transformed, if we
    have not repented of our sins, we will still go to
    Hell. Paul says we have reason to be excited by
    the power and simplicity of the gospel, but he
    warns that there are those who are not our
    friends and will lead us astray if we follow their
    thinking. They know the lingo, but they distort
    what God says.
    In the second verse of Philippians 3, Paul also
    warns us to beware of the concision. The
    reference here is to the fact that Jews believed
    males had to be circumcised. Without this
    external sign, no male was accepted as a Jew;
    yet in their firm adherence to the belief they
    missed the deeper, spiritual meaninga
    circumcision of the heart. We must be careful
    not to put so much emphasis on the external that
    we forget to cultivate a heart for God.
    On the other hand, a note of caution is necessary
    in highlighting this obvious point. We live in an
    age when the younger generation questions
    everything, asking why we should care about
    how we dress, or how we talk, or why we tithe,
    or witness, or attend church. Many churches try
    to deal with these questions simply by lowering
    their standards in order to draw more people,
    but this is the wrong approach. God does want
    us to be holy, pure, righteous, and godly;
    however, He wants our actions and our service
    to flow from a heart captivated and motivated by
    a love for Jesus Christ.
    Ushers for September 21st
    A.M. Jerry Adams
    Michael Williams
    John Johnson
    Elijah Henry
    Billy Tyson
    Sonny Alvarez
    P.M. Ken Triplett
    Lamentations 3:22-23
    It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not
    consumed, because his compassions fail not.
    They are new every morning: great is thy
    faithfulness.

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