R.S. Helms Commentary

The Church at Ephesus The Church at Ephesus   Perhaps, there are those Christians in the church today who have never heard about the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, (Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ to St. John; chapter 2 – 3), there are some so-called Christians that do not read and study the Bible on a regular basis, and some preachers seldom preach from the book of Revelation. Nonetheless, the book is a wonderful book of study for the Christian, and the seven churches may be used very effectively for a measuring gage in three aspects of your spiritual wellness, as an individual, as a church, and as the church universal.   The conditions, which Jesus addresses, cycle through the Christian church experience, as well as the individual relationship of Christians to Christ.   The church at Ephesus, its history of spiritual good works for the kingdom, and its fault.   2  Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seve

The World Will Hate You… R.S. Helms   J esus told us in the gospel of John, (15:18) (“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you”).   There is several areas if concern, which I would like to address today.   First off, the lie which has been perpetrated against the United States for several decades, and at present is propagandized by the liberal left wing of the political spectrum and the President of our nation along with his minions and global citizenry brain washed spokespersons rendering Obama praises.   This is a Christian nation it was founded as such, continuously been such, and now it remains a Christian nation with a multitude of religions because they are guaranteed freedom to practice their faith as they see fit.   The intent of that First Amendment guarantee is that the government is forbidden to mandate a national religion.   So as a Christian, and a Southern Baptist Pastor (ret.), I am so happy to claim “we are an un-mandated Ch

Spirit of the Lord The congregation is singing quite well this morning I thought to myself, as I bellowed out the words to that praise chorus “Everlasting God”; the Sanctuary was about our normal Sunday morning crowd of about three or four hundred, so yes, I didn’t have to worry about people thinking about the old guy making an “awful”  noise to the Lord.  Being a retired Pastor, I always expect the Holy Spirit to show up, and perhaps in my expectancy it is easy for me to feel the presence of the Lord.  It has been that way since joining almost a year ago.  We have a church that allows the Pastor to preach the word, and many times it is what one may call “the state of the community”, and I like that because I know that all the problems we are having in our nation, and in the world will only be made easier with the yoke of Jesus. Mt. 11: 28—30 tells us about it… v.28)” Come to Me all you who labor and are heavily laden, and I will give you rest”… v.29) “

Integrity, According to secular terms 1)     Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. a.         The state of being unimpaired; soundness. b.         The quality or condition of being whole or undivided, completeness . According to religious terms 2)     Integrity, comes to us in the Hebrew and is found many times in the Old Testament. And is translated from the Heb.<Tome> (tum-mah) which is the fem. of (tom) – tome – a.     Innocence, Innocent, b.     Completeness, full, fullness, upright,                                     i.     Doing right, living righteously, accepting  no evil or wrong,                                    ii.     Sincerity, sincere, honest, and of a moral character. 3)     The word integrity is not used in the New Testament, however, the word virtue is used in it’s place. “Virtue” comes to us from the Greek (Arete), and has a simple translation.  Al