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More Historic Happenings


August 05


1071 - Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured and Islam advances through Europe


1264 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany


1370 - The Brigittine order is approved. Founded by St. Bridgit of Sweden,
it was one of the most popular female orders, spreading to fourteen countries,
until suppressed by the Reformation.


1391 - Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain


1656 - Eight Quakers from England arrived in Boston and were immediately
imprisoned by the local Puritan authorities. (The church-and-state amalgam
of Puritanism looked upon non-ritual Quakerism with suspicion, regarding
it as theologically apostate and politically subversive).


1966 - Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ,
bringing down the wrath of the fundamentalist and conservative Christian
sects


1986 - US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars)


August 06


0258 - Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope (he was beheaded in his
bishop's chair while holding services in the catacombs)


0523 - Hormisdas dies ending his reign as Catholic Pope . This Pope was married
and had a son who would grow up to also be a Pope (Silverius).


0655 - Death of Pope St. Martin I. He was imprisoned and then banished by
Emperor Constans II who rejected the doctrine of Christ's two wills.


0768 - Constantine dies ends his reign as Catholic Pope


1221 - Dominic, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)dies


1774 - English religious leader Ann Lee (1736-1784) and a small band of
'charismatic' followers first arrived in America. Her sect called itself
the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming, but to the rest
of the world her followers came to be known as the "Shakers."


1762 - The Jesuit order is evicted from Paris.


1806 - 'Holy' Roman Empire ends.


1950 - Debilius of Germany demands that people be allowed to live by their
convictions. A Lutheran, he was standing up for the Jehovah's Witnesses.


1978 - Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-7 , dies at 80


1990 - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba & Yemen) to
place economic sanctions against Iraq


August 07


0117 - Death of Marcus Trajan, 65, Roman emperor from A.D. 98-117. His attitude
toward Christianity gradually changed from toleration to persecution. It
was during Trajan's rule that Apostolic Father Ignatius of Antioch was martyred.


0768 - Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope


1316 - John XXII is elected pope


1409 - The Council of Pisa closed. Convened to end the Great Schism (1378-1417)
caused by two rival popes, the Council in fact elected a third pope, Alexander
V (afterwards regarded as an antipope).


1560 - Ratification of the Scots Confession by the Scottish Parliament marked
the triumph of the Reformation in Scotland, under the leadership of John
Knox. (In 1647, the Scots Confession was superseded by the Westminster
Confession.)


1814 - Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits under the advice of Cardinal Annibal
della Genga( who would be the next Pope Leo XII). This Pope Pius VII was
anything but pious and he condemned Bible Societies as "a most abominable
invention that destroyed the very foundations of religion."


1949 - The Vatican announces that bones believed to be the apostle Peter's
have been found. See our article The Two Peters at
http://www.truthontheweb.org/SiPeter.htm


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Notable Quotes and Quotable Notes


[Info on Lemuel B. Haynes 1753-1833) one of the first black US 'Protestant'
ministers. He fought in the Revolutionary War and was ordained a Congregational
minister in 1785; his orations have instructive comments about the devil.]


"The serpent, before he set up preaching universal salvation, was a cunning,
beautiful, and happy creature; but now his glory is departed."


"[Satan] is a very laborious, unwearied preacher. He has been in the ministry
almost six thousand years, and yet his zeal is not in the least abated .
. ."[Satan] is a very successful preacher. He draws a great number after
him. No preacher can command hearers like him .


.. . He mixes truth with error, in order to make it go well, or to carry
his point." ~ , Lemuel B. Haynes (1753-1833) - "Universal Salvation -- A
Very Ancient Doctrine." 1795.


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Sabbath Morning Companion         
            Date: 8/6/2004 By: Lenny
Cacchio [used with permission]


Build It and They Might Not Come


"Build it and they will come."  Thus was the ringing line from Field
of Dreams.  In some quarters it has become a byword for building a church:
Simply declare yourself a congregation and people will find you.


While there is some truth that a healthy church will attract people, growing
a church is more than just waiting around for someone to walk in the door. 
If the Scriptures liken evangelism to fishing, then the lesson Jesus taught
to Peter should apply through the ages.


One time Peter had been casting his net all night, but failed to catch a
single fish.  The next morning Jesus said to him, "Launch out into the
deep and let down your nets for a catch" (Luke 5:4), and as if on cue there
were so many fish that his nets began to break and he had to yell out to
his mates for help.


Here's the point:  Jesus could have had the fish just jump into the
boat.  After all, Peter had brought the boat, so the fish should just
come.  But God doesn't seem to work that way.  Peter had to become
involved personally.  Peter had to cast the net and haul them in. 
God provided the fish, but Peter had to go out there, hook them, and reel
them in.


It's that way with evangelism.  We can't just sit around and wait. 
God expects us to go out to the fishing hole and cast in the line. 
Though "building it" is important,  you must put out a sign. ~ Lenny
C.


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Holy Humor ... with a point


Bat-tized


Three pastors were having lunch in a diner. One said " You know, ever since
summer started, I've been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at
church. I've tried everything: noise, spray, cats ... nothing seems to scare
them away!"


The second chimed in "I know exactly what you mean. I've got bats in my belfry.
I've called exterminators, sealed all possible entrances and exits, left
the lights on and I still have those annoying bats in my church.


The third man drawled, "Yeah I had that problem too but then as I sat in
the church meeting hall one sabbath I thought of a sure-fire way to keep
them from coming into the church. I baptized all the bats ... and
they haven't been back since!


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The Point ... of Contact [where the bat meets the ball]


While it may seem funny on the surface the underlying point is one of deep
seriousness. Weekly fellowship of the saints.


Jesus met for fellowship regularly on the sabbath day (as his custom was).
Luke 4:16pp "... and, as his custom was, he went into
the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."


The disciples continued in fellowship as the Lord had showed them:
Acts 1:14 "These all continued with one accord in prayer
and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with
his brethren."


Paul imitated Christ in this same custom as we read in
Acts 17:2 "And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto
them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures" Acts
13:42,44pp "... the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached
to them the next sabbath. ... And the next sabbath day came almost the whole
city together to hear the word of God."


For a Christian, assembling together with those likeminded in Christ is the
life, the food, and nourishment of our souls. [Consequently, forsaking of
church-assemblies is usually a forerunner of apostasy.] In the first century,
the converts met daily in their community settings and had special fellowship
and a holy assembly on the sabbath day. The scattered church of today has
sparsely located assemblies and many brethren who sadly feel they do not
need fellowship or that the nearest congregation is too far away. Can the
finger say "I don't need the hand?" Can the flower grow without sunlight,
nutrients and water?


An illustration: A pastor tried to persuade a certain
man to come to church. The two men were standing in a room near the glowing
red-hot coals that burned in the fireplace. The man said, "Why should I come
to church? I can worship in the beauty of nature by myself. I can read my
bible and say my prayers. I can follow the teachings of Christ without the
help of anyone else." The minister was silent. Then he went to the fireplace
with a pair of tongs and lifted a single glowing ember from the remaining
coals. Carefully, he laid it on the apron away from the other coals. Within
a few minutes, as they watched, the glowing coal became a blackened ember.
The man said quietly, "I see what you mean. See you next sabbath"


We are meant to have fellowship with one another. There is strength in Christian
unity. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better than one;
because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one
will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for
he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they
have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him,
two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.


How can we "bear one anothers burdens" if we don't even see each other?
Romans 15:1-2 We then that are strong ought to bear
the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of
us please his neighbour for his good to edification.


The book of Hebrews makes the point clear in two specific pasages.
Hebrews 13:16-17 But to do good and to
communicate
(Gr koinonia =fellowship)
forget not: for with such sacrifices
God is well pleased.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account,
that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable
for you.


This passage says "don't neglect to have fellowship together." It also clearly
shows that the fellowship group or congregation meets in willing submissive
obedience to overseers - pastors who love the flock and know they must give
account to Jesus Christ for any lost sheep. This obviously suggests a larger
group than one or two.


And the second more widely quoted passage in that same book:
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much
the more, as ye see the day approaching.


The message is clear. We need fellowship together. To encourage and support
one another in the faith through life's trials. To sharpen each others knowledge
and skill with the Word of God. To learn to love and give of ourselves -
one to another.


Maybe you are strong and say "I do not need the support of men." But I say
to you "Why do you think God made you strong? To carry only yourself and
Jesus' light yoke? Or maybe is it to carry the burden of weaker brethren?
Maybe you are weak and say " I have nothing to contribute." But I say to
you "what is a teacher without a pupil?" "And what have you done with the
talent that was given you? Did you bury it or put it to use?" You may have
nothing of yourself but you have Christ within you and that is something.


So get together with the saints whenever possible. If the way is extremely
far try to go once a month or so at least. If you can't meet in person try
the internet or find a discount phone rate or a plan with "free minutes"
to enjoy a "teleconference sabbath fellowship"[there are a few groups who
host these functions but a fellowship phonecall can be made to any other
of the scattered saints - organized or independent]. Better yet, unbury that
talent and go evangelize in your own neighborhood. If God be for you ...
who can stand against you. Go share the good news of the Gospel and God may
form a church right in your house!


Lastly my friends in Christ, remember that our fellowship is truly with God
the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:3 That
which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us
: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and
with his Son Jesus Christ.


Psalms 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name
together.


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