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Pastor Ed Rice,  Good Samaritan Baptist Church, Dresden NY 14441

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Msg #1111 Generals and Harlots

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

The commandment to Joshua was “only be thou strong and very courageous” but one wonders how much strength and courage it took to march around the walled city of Jericho seven times. God's Hall of Fame of Faith records Joshua's strong faith and courageous trust. Taking control of the promised land where God commanded you to dwell will not take physical strength nor courageous bravery. For Joshua, He broke the walls and puts the enemy to flight, and so too for us. When our faith is strong and our trust in His Holy Word is courageous. Remember Joshua 1:8. In this 400^th year anniversary of the complete inerrant infallible inspired Word of God available in the English language, each should re-examine their courage in trusting the old book and the old paths. Every word is important, God said so. When the walls of Jericho fell there was a harlot who “perished not with them that believed not.” That awkward wording best captures what God said about her strong faith and courageous trust in the God of the two spies which she had saved. All the brains, strength and knowledge of Jericho perished in unbelief, but this harlot named Rachab gets named here in God's Hall of Fame of Faith and also in the lineage of the Christ as the wife of Salmon and mother of Booz, great grand father of King David himself. The point, God can use the greatest general or the least of harlots, only be thou strong in faith and very courageous to trust His Holy Word, and meditate therein day and night. “The Bible stands like a rock undaunted mid the raging storms of time; Its pages burn with the truth eternal and they glow with the light sublime.” Read it some today.

An Essay for week #11 Sun, Mar 20, 11

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Msg #1107 A Valentine for Life

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Christian marriage has its basis in the teachings of Christ which must start with him as the creator of male and female and the obvious consideration that they are not made equal but very different. Since the fall of man there is a rebellion in man's heart that causes him to oppose everything that God says; few things more strongly than the role of the man and the role of the woman in life. In the Garden God designed and created the female body, emotion, brain, and spirit to be an appropriate helper and companion to the male. He therein decreed that the male was to be the leader of the woman and she the submissive helper, meet for the man, i.e. “thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.” The New Testament of Christ amply reinforces these roles of the man and the woman, i.e. “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve.” and modernist man just as amply, rebels against these teaching, To both decrees modernists say “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast their cords from us.” Your marriage, yeah your whole life on this planet, will only be a taste of paradise on Earth in direct proportion to the surrender you show to your Creator and your submission to living in the role for which you were designed. I know what Hillary, Nancy and Sarah think of Christ's commands; I know what the modernist women preachers say, but your marital bliss and functional Christian life are directly connected to what you do with these roles. Overcome your rebellion against God's commands and you can have a very very Happy Valentines Day.

An Essay for week #7 Sun, Feb 20, 11

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Msg #1109 A Husband's Christlike Communications
What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

All husbands need a crash course in communications and those that are
fathers more so. The Holy Bible tells us to "dwell with them according to
knowledge, giving honor unto the wife." Although it is often wise to keep
your mouth shut, you can not dwell well like that. "Husbands, love your
wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." Good
communications produce a freedom of expression where no topic is off limits,
and an atmosphere where being understood pervades. When everyone knows a
subject that must be avoided or anyone reports they are not understood, then
the communication lifeline needs repair. With good communication there will
be no win-loose arguments and conversations will always reduce, not
increase, tensions. Such communications produce a safe secure atmosphere
that esteems, honors, and edifies. These five traits are the qualities found
in our relationship with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We can talk to
Him about anything and He always understands us. He never argues and talking
to Him resolves problems and tensions. "Casting all your care upon him; for
He careth for you" produces safety and security in a friend closer than a
brother who has promised us He will never leave us nor forsake us. We are to
exemplify Christ in our attitude and action, and we sure need to have
marital communications which exemplify his lifeline which is ever available
to us. We should evaluate our homes and marriages for these good
communication qualities. If you think you are doing OK, have your wife do
the evaluation; you will surely find something to talk about. We can be more
Christlike in our communications. "But to do good and to communicate forget
not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." (Heb 13:16)

Dear Editors and friends,

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Msg #1103 People of The Book

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

There was a day when Christians were called both 'people of faith' and 'people of the book' (singular). Today's pluralistic society and Laodicean Church make little reference to these titles but they still must apply to a true Christian. Without faith it is impossible to please God. “By faith Abraham was called to go out… and he went out … by faith he sojourned in the land of promise, by faith sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky.” Thoughtful theologians consider that faith consists of 1) knowledge, 2) belief, 3) trust, and 4) recumbency (i.e. rest & comfort) They coincidently echo God's analogy that “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but haveing seen them afar off (knowledge), and were persuaded of them (belief) and embraced them (trust) and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth (recumbency.) Faith, “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” is thus inexplicably linked to the Word of God. Saving faith comes from knowing the Word of God, being persuaded of and believing the Word of God, embracing and trusting the Word of God, and confessing and resting in the Word of God. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. True Christians will forever be 'people of faith' and 'people of the Book.' Is it any wonder that ecumenical modernist have their sights set on the Word of God to remove 1John 5:7, Matt 17:21, 18:11, 23 14, Mark 7:16, 9:44,46 and 13 other whole verses of the Word of God. In this the 400^th year anniversary of the King James Bible we need to renew our titles as 'people of the book', and 'people of faith.'

An Essay for week #3 Sun, Jan 23, 11

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 Msg #1105 Faith to the End

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph each get a verse in God's Hall of Fame of Faith in Hebrews 11. Isaac lived a life in transition with an eye for the evidence of things to come; Jacob finally blessed his boys right and leaned on the top of his staff; (one needs to read the whole Genesis account find why leaning on his staff gets mention in this hall of fame) and Joseph, who was faithful to death, knew that God would restore Israel in God's promised land. We should take valuable lessons from each. We live in a Laodicean Church age with an eye on the evidence of things hoped for. The 1^st century age of Ephesus had great beginnings; the 3^rd century age of Smyrna, great persecutions; the 5^th through the 15^th centuries Thyatira had a great enemy, the woman Jezebel; the Sardis Protestant Church age had defiled garments and “a name that thou livest, and art dead;” from 1611, 400 years ago, right through 1776, in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Church age had great revivals; and our own Laodicean Church age is marked by a great falling away wherein the 'man of God' in the pulpit disregards the commands of Christ and surrenders it to his wife. Like Isaac in transition believers have an eye 'concerning things to come.” Believers need to trust the Word of God and not wrestle with Him about things like Jacob did his whole life. And believers need to be faithful unto death, as was Joseph, knowing that God will restore Israel to the Promised Land and set on the Throne of David just like He promised. Keep the Holy Faith. Be in His hall of fame. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. He is coming soon. Keep the faith.

An Essay for week #5 Sun, Feb 6, 11

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Msg #1106 Faith, a First Principle

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

The believers faith is the whole subject of Hebrews 11, in Galatians it is the 7^th fruit of the 9 listed, in 2Peter virtue and 6 additional things are added to it, but in Hebrews 6 faith is one of the 1^st principles of the oracles of God. There are 5 fundamentals for the Fundamentalist Christian, and 8 distinctives for a true Baptist, but Hebrews 6 lists 7 fundamentals as the 1^st oracles of God which need to be grounded in a believer before they move to the meat of God's Word. These 1^st principles of the oracles of God are 1) the principles of the doctrine of Christ,” who he was and what he did; 2) “The foundation of repentance from dead works,” because “except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish” and all 'Christian Religion' is polluted with 'dead works;' 3) “the foundation of faith toward God,” here our prime subject is linked directly with repentance as in Acts 20:21; 4) “the doctrine of baptisms,” notice the plural, there is no water present when we are 'baptized' into the body of Christ, nor when Christ “baptizes us with the Holy Ghost,” indeed water only shows up for immersion that pictures death and resurrection, not washing; 5) “the doctrine of laying on hands,” for both ordaining as a pastor or deacon, the only 2 offices of the Church, and for removing one from that office, 6) “The doctrine of resurrection of the dead;” and lastly 7) “the doctrine of eternal judgment,” emphasis on ETERNAL! I have read many books which outline fundamentals and distinctives of our faith. Only this one lists these 1^st principles of the oracles of God, and commands that you know them all backward and forward, before going further. Let's hit the book.

An Essay for week #6 Sun, Feb 13, 11

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Msg #1117 Easter Sunday Reflection

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

    It is shame to our pulpits that thousands attended Church Easter Sunday and yet still have no idea what the resurrection of Christ is all about. It is a greater shame to our pulpits that millions celebrated Easter in some way but attended no Church at all and know nothing about the resurrection of Jesus which is called the Christ. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” It will never be easier nor more clear to spell out the gospel that we preach than it is when standing before the empty tomb that we so honor on this Sunday immediately after the Jewish Passover Day. On that Passover day 1,978 years ago the man Jesus, who claimed himself the Christ, the Son of Man and the Son of God, was lifted up on an old rugged cross. He had said “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:” He had said “When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he.” He had said “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” There the Son of God, the Son of Man died: 1) to satisfy the wrath and judgment of God against us for our sins; 2) to cleanse us from all of our sins, past, present, and future; 3) to justify us before God; 4) to make atonement for our souls; and 5) to purge our conscience from dead works. Now it is simply this, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. God's simple plan of salvation.

An Essay for week #17 Sun, May 1, 11

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Msg #2338 The Firmament Sheweth His Handiwork What The Bible Says Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice Our universe is finite. Our God, who is infinite, states it clearly when on day four of creation he places our solar system, and all the created stars of heaven, inside of the firmament that he Read more…

Msg #2308 Don’t Fret, God’s Got This. What The Bible Says Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, … ” The 46th Psalm is a three “Selah” Psalm that describes a Christian’s Refuge, vr.1-3,7; God’s upcoming River, Read more…

Msg #2306 Contentment With His Glory What The Bible Says Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice The letter to the Philippians shows the power source for living a joyful Christian life. “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content” (Phil.4:11). This is not a natural reaction, it is a Read more…