Due to hazardous weather and road conditions the corporate worship service at Wayside Gospel Chapel is cancelled for SUN 14 FEB 2021. As in the past the live stream from Faith Baptist Fellowship Church is an option. Their web site is at http://fbf.church/, their Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/pg/faithbaptistfellowshipchurch/posts/?ref=page_internal, and their YouTube page is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC549l7ytlW3MSUWIZtzPmCg. They are scheduled to broadcast at 10:00am.
If anyone must be on the roads this weekend please drive carefully.
Deo volente, services at Wayside Gospel Chapel will resume on Sunday, February 28th, 2021.
John T. “Jack” Jeffery
Pastor, Wayside Gospel Chapel
Greentown, PA
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Monday, January 4, 2021
"Meditation on a Mighty Miracle" (sermon on Genesis 3:15)
Meditation on a Mighty Miracle
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis 3:15
Introduction
The Evangel and the Protevangelium
We are familiar with the prefix “proto” as in the word “prototype.” It designates the first, original, or earliest form of the word it introduces.
The Evangel is the Gospel, the “good news.”
“We rejoice in the light, and we echo the song
that comes down through the night from the heavenly throng.
Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
and we greet in his cradle our Savior and King!”
— Joseph G. Holland, “There’s a Song in the Air”
The Evangel is the Gospel, and the Protevangelium (or, protoevangelium, sometimes seen hyphenated as proto-evangelium) is the very first announcement of this “good news.”
Transition
Full disclosure: None of the following were the basis for this sermon idea concerning Incarnation Day as the final sermon in 2020 since I had the rough draft done prior to encountering each of them.
The Bible memory verse for this week: Genesis 3:15.
The Bible reading for tomorrow: Genesis 1–3.
What has been on the radio recently:
Alistair Begg, “Christmas in Genesis — Part One” (Gen. 3:15), sermon (8 DEC 2019; ID: 3398) from series “Christmas in the Beginning” (48:59 audio with transcript) on Truth For Life at https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/christmas-genesis/ [accessed 24 DEC 2020]; excerpt rebroadcast 18 DEC 2020 (24:59 audio) on Truth For Life at https://www.truthforlife.org/broadcasts/2020/12/18/christmas-in-genesis-part-1-of-6/ [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
Outline
I. The Promise of a Seed in the Midst of a Cosmic Conflict
II. The Promise
of Victory Despite Seeming Defeat
I. The Promise of a Seed in the Midst of a Cosmic Conflict
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed
Seed = just a beginning.
It continues through the line of Abraham and David to Christ, and through Christ to us!
Heb. 2:16 — For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Gal. 3:16, 19, 29 — 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ…. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator…. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Jn. 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Rom. 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
2 Tim. 2:8 — Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
Rom. 9:8 — That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Baby = helpless, needy, dependent, vulnerable.
II. The Promise of Victory Despite Seeming Defeat
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
This first “Evangel” is good news in the midst of bad news.
It is hope bound up in a curse — hope for mankind in the curse on the serpent.
It means resurrection to life from a fall into death.
It signals ultimate victory won out of temporary defeat.
While the focus of the subjects in the Protevangelium is singular, the fulfillment involves a corporate sense whereby the Lord Jesus Christ carries on His warfare to victory through His people by His indwelling Holy Spirit.
Lk. 10:19 — Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Rom. 16:20 — And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Rev. 12:17 — And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Conclusion:
Maltbie D. Babcock, “This is My Father’s World” (last 3 verses, not often sung)
“While a pastor in Lockport, New York, Babcock liked to hike in an area called “the escarpment,” an ancient upthrust ledge near Lockport. It has a marvelous view of farms, orchards, and Lake Ontario, about 15 miles distant. It is said those walks in the woods inspired these lyrics. The title recalls an expression Babcock used when starting a walk: “I’m going out to see my Father’s world.”
Source: Cyber
Hymnal at http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/i/s/m/tismyfw.htm
[accessed 6 JAN 2021].
“This is my
Father’s world, dreaming, I see His face.
I ope my eyes, and in glad surprise cry, “The Lord is in this place.”
This is my Father’s world, from the shining courts above,
The Beloved One, His Only Son,
Came—a pledge of deathless love.
This is my
Father’s world, should my heart be ever sad?
The lord is King—let the heavens ring. God reigns—let the earth be glad.
This is my Father’s world. Now closer to Heaven bound,
For dear to God is the earth Christ trod.
No place but is holy ground.
This is my
Father’s world. I walk a desert lone.
In a bush ablaze to my wondering gaze God makes His glory known.
This is my Father’s world, a wanderer I may roam
Whate’er my lot, it matters not,
My heart is still at home.”
[Sermon preached 27 DEC 2020 by Pastor John T. “Jack” Jeffery at Wayside Gospel Chapel, Greentown, PA.]
Bibliography
Jared M. August, “The Messianic Hope of Genesis: The Protoevangelium and Patriarchal Promises,” Themelios 42:1 (APR 2017), pp. 46–62; on Themelios at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/the-messianic-hope-of-genesis-the-protoevangelium-and-patriarchal-promises/ [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
Alistair Begg, “Christmas in Genesis — Part One” (Gen. 3:15), sermon (8 DEC 2019; ID: 3398) from series “Christmas in the Beginning” (48:59 audio with transcript) on Truth For Life at https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/christmas-genesis/ [accessed 24 DEC 2020]; excerpt rebroadcast 18 DEC 2020 (24:59 audio) on Truth For Life at https://www.truthforlife.org/broadcasts/2020/12/18/christmas-in-genesis-part-1-of-6/ [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
Charles Lee Feinberg, “The Virgin Birth in the Old Testament,” Bibliotheca Sacra 117:468 (OCT 1960), pp. 313–324.
Warren Austin Gage, The Gospel of Genesis: Studies in Protology and Eschatology (Winona Lake, IN: Carpenter, 2014), pp. 98–100.
“The Proto-Evangelium” (unsigned article from Tabletalk Magazine) on Ligonier Ministries at https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/proto-evangelium/ [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
Thomas R. Schreiner, “Foundations for Faith” (editorial), Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 5:3 (Fall 2001), pp. 2–3; on Southern Equip at https://d3pi8hptl0qhh4.cloudfront.net/documents/sbjt/sbjt_2001fall1.pdf [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
Matt Slick, “What is the protoevangelium?” on Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (CARM) at https://carm.org/what-is-the-protoevangelium [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
R. Fowler White, “The Last Adam And His Seed: An Exercise In Theological Preemption,” Trinity Journal ns 6:1 (Spring 1985), pp. 60–73.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
"The Gospel in a Word" (sermon on Isaiah 7:14)
Series: Incarnation Day
Text: Isaiah 7:14
Title: The Gospel in a Word
Audio on Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/pj-12202020-isaiah-7.14 [accessed 24 DEC 2020].
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Introduction
Which of these 17 predictions fulfilled in the birth of Christ receives the greatest emphasis by far in the Scriptures?
“396. The virgin Mary will
conceive a child through the Holy Spirit….
400. Mary will bear a son,
Jesus…
401. He will be God,
participating in the divine nature…
402. Mary’s child will be
the Son of God…
403. His incarnation will
bring the presence of God to men (type: tabernacle-temple)…
404. Yet He will have been
with the Father from all eternity…
405. He will come from
heaven as the bread of life (type: manna)…
406. But He will be man,
springing from the seed of woman…
407. His deity will be
veiled in flesh (type: veil of the tabernacle)…
408. He will come from the
Semitic branch of humanity…
409. Within this branch,
His descent will be from the family of Abraham…
410. His family will be
non-Levitical (type: Melchizedek)…
411. He will come rather
from the royal tribe of Judah…
412. He will be a shoot
springing from the household of David, establishing his house forever…
413. He will be a sprout
from the specific Davidic offshoots of Jehoiachin and Zerubbabel…
414. He will be born in
Bethlehem…
415. The angels of God
will worship Him at His birth…”
— J. Barton Payne, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, pp. 72, 291–293 (Is. #24–25), 294 (Is. #30), and 480 (Mt. #4); cp. also pp. 645–646, “Summary A: The Biblical Predictions in the Order of Their Fulfillment,” 13. “Life of Christ,” numbers 396–415 (related to the birth of Christ).
Note: 32 books of the Bible contain predictions that “His incarnation will bring the presence of God to men (type: tabernacle-temple).” This is Payne’s prediction number 403, pg. 645. The only other prediction that even comes close to involving this many books of the Bible is number 412, which is found in 15 books: “He will be a shoot springing from the household of David, establishing his house forever.” (pg. 646) When it comes to the full verses involved in these predictions there is no contest: Number 403 totals 936, number 412 totals 56. If we eliminate numbers 397–398 — predictions about John the Baptist — the total is 1,068 full verses. Number 403 is found in 87.6% of the full verses predicting various aspects of the birth of Christ, and 48.4% of the books of the Bible. God’s emphasis on this prediction in His inspired Word is unmistakable.
Transition
Preaching entire chapters or books of the Bible in one sermon has been done, but takes very special approaches. Preaching paragraphs and verses from the Word of God is the norm. Preaching on one word found in the Scriptures is quite different. Doing so sharpens our focus, forces us to slow down in our study, to pause, to dig in, and dig deep. Meditation on one word of the Bible can be done profitably. There are words in the Bible of which it may well be said that they contain the Gospel: “The Gospel in a Word.”
Outline
I. Immanuel — What This Word Is
II. Immanuel — What This Word Means
III. Immanuel — What This Word Does
I. Immanuel — What This Word Is
This Word is a Name. This Name is unlike any other name that is named among men. This is the Name prophesied by Isaiah that the One born of a virgin would be called.
Even such an eminent one as John Owen would deny this. He explains the Hebrew name “Immanuel” prophesied in Is. 7:14:
“…that is, he shall be God with us, or God in our nature. Not that that should be his name whereby he should be called in this world; but that this should be the condition of his person,—he should be “God with us,” God in our nature. So are the words expounded, Matt. i. 20–23….His name where he was to be called, was Jesus; that is, a Saviour. And thereby was accomplished the prediction of the prophet, that he should be Immanuel; which being interpreted, is, “God with us.” Now, a child born to be “God with us,” is God in that child taking our nature upon him; and no otherwise can the words be understood.”
— John Owen, “A Brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity: as also of the Person and Satisfaction of Christ” (1669), in The Works of John Owen, ed. William H. Goold, 16 vols. (Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, n.d.; 1965 reprint ed. from 1850-1853 ed. by Johnstone & Hunter), II:415; on Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at https://www.ccel.org/ccel/owen/trinity.vi.html [accessed 19 DEC 2017]; and on NTS Library at http://ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/John%20Owen%20Vindication%20Doctrine%20of%20Trinity.pdf [accessed 19 DEC 2017], pg. 39.
Pardon me, Brother Owen, if I call my Savior “Immanuel.” Please forgive me for disagreeing with you while I sing of our “Immanuel.”
“O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.”
— Latin hymn, trans. John M. Neale
“O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel.”
— Philips Brooks
“…glory, glory dwelleth in Emmanuel's land.”
“…the Lamb is all the glory of Emmanuel's land.”
— Samuel Rutherford
There is another occurrence of this Name in Isaiah where it is obviously a Name, and where its meaning is made clear.
Is. 8:8–10 — 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
II. Immanuel — What This Word Means
“God with us”
This is not only spelled out for us in Isaiah 8, but also in the New Testament in Matthew’s Gospel.
The Greek spelling in Matthew 1:22–23 — 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
This is not the omnipresence of God. This “withness” of God intended in the Name “Immanuel” is not His everywhere present being that is true for everyone, and every aspect of His creation since God brought it into existence, long before this prophecy was spoken or fulfilled.
Neither is it the immanence of God. What is meant by “God with us” is not the reality of God’s pervasiveness throughout the created universe. That is always true even apart from the Incarnation.
What then does “God with us” mean?
What this must mean is nothing less than the unique and miraculous supernatural event that we refer to as the virgin birth of the Savior Jesus Christ, our Immanuel.
This has been taught, and the opponents of this Scriptural truth has been ably answered by such as J. Gresham Machen, E. J. Young, Allan A. MacRae, and Charles Lee Feinberg.
What does the “God with us” mean for us?
“The concept of “God with us” was often reiterated by Jesus. He told his disciples that where two or three gathered in his name he would be present (Mt 18:20). Before his ascension, he assured them that he would be with them until the end of the age (28:20).
He spoke also of the
promise of the Holy Spirit, who “dwells with you, and will be in you” (Jn
14:17), who will abide with them forever (v 16). The “God with us” indwelling
is spoken of in Colossians 1:27, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” In the
consummation of all things, as shown to the apostle John, the Lord said:
“Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they
shall be his people, and God himself will be with them” (Rv 21:3).”
— “Immanuel” (unsigned
article), Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible,
eds. Walter A. Elwell, and B. J. Beitzel (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988), 1:1022.
The full significance of what this Word means is prayed for by the One who bears this Name.
John 17:20–26 — 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
III. Immanuel — What This Word Does
God has united Himself to His people forever in the Person of His Son.
What this word “Immanuel” does is a unique and miraculous work of mediation that could not be done any other way.
What the Son of God became in the incarnation by taking to Himself a human nature made him “the man Christ Jesus,” and as such, the one and only “Mediator between God and men.” (1 Tim. 2:5)
Let there be no mistake about this!
1 Tim. 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Law and Promise, sin and the Seed, Mediation and the unity of God all come together in Galatians.
Gal. 3:19–20 — 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
The author of the book of Hebrews rings the changes on this reality.
Heb. 8:6 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Heb. 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Heb. 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Conclusion
“He laid his glory by, And wrapped him in our clay; Unmarked by human eye, The latent Godhead lay; Infant of Days he here became, And bore the loved Immanuel’s name.”
— Charles Wesley, A
Selection of Hymns for Public Worship, by William Gadsby (London: Gospel
Standard, 1987), #37
“Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs; Join to sing the pleasing theme; Saints on earth, and all in heaven, Join to praise Immanuel’s name. Hallelujah! Glory to the bleeding Lamb!”
— J. Evans, Gadsby #93
“Go worship at Immanuel’s feet; See in his face what wonders meet, Earth is too narrow to express His worth, his glory, or his grace.”
— Isaac Watts, Gadsby #142
“‘Tis finished!” our Immanuel cries; The dreadful work is done. Hence shall his sovereign throne arise; His kingdom is begun.”
— Isaac Watts, Gadsby #168
“There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins, And sinners plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.”
— William Cowper, Gadsby
#160
“Richly flowed the crimson river, Down Immanuel’s lovely side; And that blood will you deliver, Whensoever ’tis applied.”
— Richard Burnham, Gadsby #157
“Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains; Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel’s name, And try their choicest strains.”
— Isaac Watts, Gadsby #207
“Hail, great Immanuel, all divine! In thee thy Father’s glories shine; Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest One, That eyes have seen or angels known.”
— Isaac Watts, Gadsby #264
“Eternal Spirit! heavenly Dove! Enter and fill this place; Reveal Immanuel’s matchless love And open all his grace.”
— Samuel Medley, Gadsby #367
“The gospel’s a message of peace, We oft by experience have felt; ’Tis filled with Immanuel’s grace, And sweeps away mountains of guilt. O sweet revelation divine! Delighted, we’ve heard its contents; All through it our Jesus does shine. A lover of all his dear saints.”
— Richard Burnham, Gadsby #460
“Of all the crowns Jehovah wears, Salvation is his dearest claim; That gracious sound well-pleased he hears, And owns Immanuel for his name.”
— William Cowper, Gadsby #969
“O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.”
— Latin hymn, trans. John M. Neale
“O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel.”
— Philips Brooks
“…glory, glory dwelleth n Emmanuel's land.”
“…the Lamb is all the glory of Emmanuel's land.”
— Samuel Rutherford
“Lo! God, our God, has
come:
To us a Child is born,
To us a Son is given;
Bless, bless the blessed morn!
O! happy, lowly, lofty birth!
Now God, our God, has come to earth.
Rejoice! our God has come,
In love and lowliness;
The Son of God has come,
The sons of men to bless;
God with us now descends to dwell,
God in our flesh, Immanuel.
Praise ye the Word made
flesh;
True God, true man is He;
Praise ye the Christ of God;
To Whom all glory be!
Praise ye the Lamb that once was slain,
Praise ye the King that comes to reign.”
— Horatius Bonar, Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church
(Bethlehem, PA: Provincial Synod, 1923), #166.
[Sermon preached 20 DEC 2020 on Isaiah 7:14, “The Gospel in a Word” (Incarnation Day series), by Pastor John T. “Jack” Jeffery at Wayside Gospel Chapel, Greentown, PA.]
Resources on Immanuel and Isaiah 7:14
Steven Barabas, “Immanuel,” The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, gen. ed. Merrill C. Tenney (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1967), pg. 371.
Craig L. Blomberg, “Matthew,” Commentary on the New Testament use of the Old Testament, eds. D. A. Carson, and G. K. Beale (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007), pp. 3–5.
Wick Broomall, “Immanuel,” Baker’s Dictionary of Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1960), pg. 280.
Harry Bultema, Commentary on Isaiah, trans. Cornelius Lambregtse (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1981; from Dutch orig., Practische Commentaar op Jesaja; Muskegon: Bereer, 1923), pp. 107–108.
A. B. Davidson, “Immanuel,” A Dictionary of the Bible Dealing with its Language, Literature, and Contents Including the Biblical Theology, ed. James Hastings (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, n.d.; 1988 reprint from 1898 original by T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh), 2:454–456; on Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/b24749163_0002_201710/page/n477/mode/2up [accessed 18 DEC 2020]; PDF file on Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at https://ccel.org/ccel/h/hastings/dictv2/cache/dictv2.pdf [accessed 18 DEC 2020]. Note: The article in the 1909 edition by C. W. Emmet reflects the liberal theological trend that was becoming more prominent during the late 19th and early 20th century. Unfortunately this is the edition to be found on Study Light at https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/hdb/i/immanuel.html [accessed 19 DEC 2020].
Arthur Walwyn Evans, “Immanuel,” The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, eds. James Orr, John Nuelsen, Edgar Mullins, Morris Evans, and Melvin Grove Kyle (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1939), on International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online (Study Lamp Softward, LLC, 2015) at https://www.internationalstandardbible.com/I/immanuel.html [accessed 18 DEC 2020].
Charles L. Feinberg, “The Virgin Birth and Isaiah 7:14,” in Is the Virgin Birth in the Old Testament? (Whittier, CA: Emeth, 1967), pp. 34–48; republished in The Master’s Seminary Journal 22:1 (Spring 2011), pp. 11-17; on The Master’s Seminary at https://www.tms.edu/m/msj22c.pdf [accessed 1 JUL 2018].
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg, Christology of the Old Testament and a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, 4 vols., 2nd ed., trans. T. Meyer, and J. Martin, in Clark’s Foreign Theological Library, New Series, Vols. VIII–IX, XIX–XX (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1854–1858, 1861), II:44–54, 59–66; on Google Books at https://books.google.com/books?id=0VUyWWar2YUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false [accessed 19 DEC 2020]; on Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/christologyoldt03henggoog/page/n55/mode/2up [accessed 19 DEC 2020]; and on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30608/30608-h/30608-h.htm [accessed 19 DEC 2020].
“Immanuel” (unsigned article), Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, eds. Walter A. Elwell, and B. J. Beitzel (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988), 1:1020–1022.
“Immanuel” (unsigned article), The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, eds. James Strong and John McClintock (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1880); on Biblical Cyclopedia at https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/I/immanuel.html [accessed 18 DEC 2020].
J. Gresham Machen, The Virgin Birth, 2nd ed. (New York: Harper & Row, 1930), pp. 287–297, see also pp. viii, 10, 64–65, 312–315, 317–319, 323, 368, and 375.
Allan A. MacRae, Biblical Christianity (Singapore: Christian Life, 1994), pp. 105–108, s.v. “Letter 44, 1952, Jesus in Isaiah 7:14,” and “Letter 45, 1970, Almah (Virgin) in Isaiah 7:14.”
Allan A. MacRae, Studies in Isaiah (Hatfield, PA: Interdisciplinary Biblical Research Institute, 1995), pp. 25–29.
John Owen, “A Brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity: as also of the Person and Satisfaction of Christ” (1669), in The Works of John Owen, ed. William H. Goold, 16 vols. (Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, n.d.; 1965 reprint ed. from 1850-1853 ed. by Johnstone & Hunter), II:415; on Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at https://www.ccel.org/ccel/owen/trinity.vi.html [accessed 19 DEC 2017]; and on NTS Library at http://ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/John%20Owen%20Vindication%20Doctrine%20of%20Trinity.pdf [accessed 19 DEC 2017], pg. 39.
J. Barton Payne, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy: The Complete Guide to Scriptural Predictions and Their Fulfillment (New York: Harper & Row, 1973), pp. 72, 291–293, s.v. Is. #24–25, 294, s.v. Is. #30, and 480, s.v. Mt. #4.
William Smith, “Immanuel,” The Classic Bible Dictionary, ed. Jay P. Green, Sr. (Lafayette, IN: Sovereign Grace Trust Fund, 1988), pg. 550–551.
Merrill F. Unger, Unger’s Bible Dictionary (Chicago: Moody, 1957), pp. 312–313.
W. E. Vine, Isaiah: Prophecies, Promises, Warnings (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1971), pg. 35.
E. J. Young, The Book of Isaiah: The English Text, with Introduction, Exposition, and Notes, 3 vols., in The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, series ed. R. K. Harrison (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965, 1969, 1972), I:283–291.
E. J. Young, “Immanuel,” The
New Bible Dictionary, eds. J. D. Douglas, F. F. Bruce, R. V. G. Tasker, J.
I. Packer, D. J. Wiseman (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1962), pg. 556–557.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an act of worship. It is found in every part of the Bible. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word for “thanksgiving” is used 32 times. It is in the Law, the Prophets, the historical books, and the Psalms.
“And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.”
— Leviticus 7:11–15
“When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.”
— Jonah 2:7–9
“And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.”
— Nehemiah 12:27
“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.”
— Psalm 100
In the New Testament the verb “to give thanks” is found 39 times, and the noun “thanksgiving” 15 times. It is woven throughout the Gospels and Epistles, and occurs in Acts and the Revelation.
“And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;”
— Matthew 26:27
“…be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
— Ephesians 5:18b–20
“And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.”
— Acts 28:15
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.”
— Revelation 7:9–12
Finally, Michael Farris posted the following today on his Facebook page:
“Our nation is teetering on the brink.
Our God is steadfast and unmovable.
Our nation is divided.
Our God loves the world so much that He gave us His Son so that we may be united in Him.
Our nation is bound up in fear.
God’s perfect love casts out fear.
Our nation has great natural beauty.
This is the handiwork of God.
Our nation has plentiful resources.
God is Jehovah Jireh, the one who supplies all of our needs.
Our nation has a great heritage.
This is the cumulative blessing of God on those who followed Him.
Our nation weeps.
Our God comforts.
Our nation rejoices.
Our God is joy.
Today is a national holiday. We call it Thanksgiving. We can and should give thanks for our nation, our families, our friends, and our abundance.
But the holiday is aimed at something larger and far more profound. We may give thanks FOR all these things but we give thanks TO God because in good times and in bad, He provides, He protects, and He loves.
Thanks be to God.”
[Note: Michael Farris is CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, Chancellor Emeritus of Patrick Henry College, and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. He successfully defended my family in a precedent setting home schooling case in Federal District court in 1988.]
We have more to be thankful for than we know.
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
— Ephesians 3:20–21
To God be the glory!
“And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.”
— Leviticus 7:11–15
“When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.”
— Jonah 2:7–9
“And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.”
— Nehemiah 12:27
“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.”
— Psalm 100
In the New Testament the verb “to give thanks” is found 39 times, and the noun “thanksgiving” 15 times. It is woven throughout the Gospels and Epistles, and occurs in Acts and the Revelation.
“And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;”
— Matthew 26:27
“…be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
— Ephesians 5:18b–20
“And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.”
— Acts 28:15
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.”
— Revelation 7:9–12
Finally, Michael Farris posted the following today on his Facebook page:
“Our nation is teetering on the brink.
Our God is steadfast and unmovable.
Our nation is divided.
Our God loves the world so much that He gave us His Son so that we may be united in Him.
Our nation is bound up in fear.
God’s perfect love casts out fear.
Our nation has great natural beauty.
This is the handiwork of God.
Our nation has plentiful resources.
God is Jehovah Jireh, the one who supplies all of our needs.
Our nation has a great heritage.
This is the cumulative blessing of God on those who followed Him.
Our nation weeps.
Our God comforts.
Our nation rejoices.
Our God is joy.
Today is a national holiday. We call it Thanksgiving. We can and should give thanks for our nation, our families, our friends, and our abundance.
But the holiday is aimed at something larger and far more profound. We may give thanks FOR all these things but we give thanks TO God because in good times and in bad, He provides, He protects, and He loves.
Thanks be to God.”
[Note: Michael Farris is CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, Chancellor Emeritus of Patrick Henry College, and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. He successfully defended my family in a precedent setting home schooling case in Federal District court in 1988.]
We have more to be thankful for than we know.
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
— Ephesians 3:20–21
To God be the glory!
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Wayside Gospel Chapel returning to normal worship service schedule
Wayside Gospel Chapel is returning to our normal worship service schedule as of today 22 NOV 2020.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
The will of God who reigns and the mindset of His people
If God is going to continue to give our nation what it deserves in judgment we will “Amen!” His will.
If so, our responsibilities will not change.
If God bares His holy arm in mercy and humbles the proud and foolish among the low and high in our nation unto repentance we will “Amen!” His will.
If so, our responsibilities will not change.
Our mindset cannot be determined by the ebb and flow of an insane culture or the uncertainties in the events around us as if there was no God on a throne high and lifted up.
We must view everything through the “spectacles of Scripture” (see below), and press on to worship and testify about the God who is there, and who is not silent.
Read Psalms 1–4, 93–99, 110; Isaiah 6, 40; Matthew 28:16–20; Romans 8:31–39; 13; Ephesians 1, 3; 1 Timothy 2:1–8; Hebrews 12:1–3.
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.”
— Psalm 2:1–6
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.”
— Psalm 110
“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing….All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity….Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
— Isaiah 40:15, 17, 21–31
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
— Hebrews 12:1–3
Sola Scriptura, Soli Deo Gloria,
John T. “Jack” Jeffery
Pastor, Wayside Gospel Chapel
Greentown, PA
On the “spectacles of Scripture”:
“That brightness which is borne in upon the eyes of all men both in heaven and on earth is more than enough to withdraw all support from men’s ingratitude—just as God, to involve the human race in the same guilt, sets forth to all without exception his presence portrayed in his creatures. Despite this, it is needful that another and better help be added to direct us aright to the very Creator of the universe. It was not in vain, then, that he added the light of his Word by which to become known unto salvation; and he regarded as worthy of this privilege those whom he pleased to gather more closely and intimately to himself. For because he saw the minds of all men tossed and agitated, after he chose the Jews as his very own flock, he fenced them about that they might not sink into oblivion as others had. With good reason he holds us by the same means in the pure knowledge of himself, since otherwise even those who seem to stand firm before all others would soon melt away. Just as old or bleary-eyed men and those with weak vision, if you thrust before them a most beautiful volume, even if they recognize it to be some sort of writing, yet can scarcely construe two words, but with the aid of spectacles will begin to read distinctly; so Scripture, gathering up the otherwise confused knowledge of God in our minds, having dispersed our dullness, clearly shows us the true God. This, therefore, is a special gift, bwhere God, to instruct the church, not merely uses mute teachers but also opens his own most hallowed lips. Not only does he teach the elect to look upon a god, but also shows himself as the God upon whom they are to look. He has from the beginning maintained this plan for his church, so that besides these common proofs he also put forth his Word, which is a more direct and more certain mark whereby he is to be recognized.”
— John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 volumes, ed. John T. McNeill, trans. Ford Lewis Battles, The Library of Christian Classics, eds. John Baillie, John T. McNeill, and Henry P. Van Dusen, Vols. XX-XXI (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960), I:70 (I:VI:1). “This simile, repeated in I. xiv. 1, in Comm. Gen. “Argument,” and elsewhere, is probably Calvin’s decisive utterance on the role of Scripture as related to the revelation of the Creator in creation.” Calvin, op. cit., footnote 1.
If so, our responsibilities will not change.
If God bares His holy arm in mercy and humbles the proud and foolish among the low and high in our nation unto repentance we will “Amen!” His will.
If so, our responsibilities will not change.
Our mindset cannot be determined by the ebb and flow of an insane culture or the uncertainties in the events around us as if there was no God on a throne high and lifted up.
We must view everything through the “spectacles of Scripture” (see below), and press on to worship and testify about the God who is there, and who is not silent.
Read Psalms 1–4, 93–99, 110; Isaiah 6, 40; Matthew 28:16–20; Romans 8:31–39; 13; Ephesians 1, 3; 1 Timothy 2:1–8; Hebrews 12:1–3.
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.”
— Psalm 2:1–6
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.”
— Psalm 110
“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing….All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity….Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
— Isaiah 40:15, 17, 21–31
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
— Hebrews 12:1–3
Sola Scriptura, Soli Deo Gloria,
John T. “Jack” Jeffery
Pastor, Wayside Gospel Chapel
Greentown, PA
On the “spectacles of Scripture”:
“That brightness which is borne in upon the eyes of all men both in heaven and on earth is more than enough to withdraw all support from men’s ingratitude—just as God, to involve the human race in the same guilt, sets forth to all without exception his presence portrayed in his creatures. Despite this, it is needful that another and better help be added to direct us aright to the very Creator of the universe. It was not in vain, then, that he added the light of his Word by which to become known unto salvation; and he regarded as worthy of this privilege those whom he pleased to gather more closely and intimately to himself. For because he saw the minds of all men tossed and agitated, after he chose the Jews as his very own flock, he fenced them about that they might not sink into oblivion as others had. With good reason he holds us by the same means in the pure knowledge of himself, since otherwise even those who seem to stand firm before all others would soon melt away. Just as old or bleary-eyed men and those with weak vision, if you thrust before them a most beautiful volume, even if they recognize it to be some sort of writing, yet can scarcely construe two words, but with the aid of spectacles will begin to read distinctly; so Scripture, gathering up the otherwise confused knowledge of God in our minds, having dispersed our dullness, clearly shows us the true God. This, therefore, is a special gift, bwhere God, to instruct the church, not merely uses mute teachers but also opens his own most hallowed lips. Not only does he teach the elect to look upon a god, but also shows himself as the God upon whom they are to look. He has from the beginning maintained this plan for his church, so that besides these common proofs he also put forth his Word, which is a more direct and more certain mark whereby he is to be recognized.”
— John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 volumes, ed. John T. McNeill, trans. Ford Lewis Battles, The Library of Christian Classics, eds. John Baillie, John T. McNeill, and Henry P. Van Dusen, Vols. XX-XXI (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960), I:70 (I:VI:1). “This simile, repeated in I. xiv. 1, in Comm. Gen. “Argument,” and elsewhere, is probably Calvin’s decisive utterance on the role of Scripture as related to the revelation of the Creator in creation.” Calvin, op. cit., footnote 1.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Worship service cancelled for Sunday 15 NOV 2020
The service at Wayside Gospel Chapel for tomorrow is cancelled. This is due to the possible exposure of three of our families including my wife and I on Tuesday to COVID-19 when with other family members. Since there is a great increase in cases especially in Lackawanna County and elsewhere in NEPA we need to err on the side of caution again until certain that none of us developed symptoms, and the results from tests already done for those involved have been received.
As in the past the live stream from Faith Baptist Fellowship
Church is an option. Their web site is at http://fbf.church/,
their Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/pg/faithbaptistfellowshipchurch/posts/?ref=page_internal,
and their YouTube page is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC549l7ytlW3MSUWIZtzPmCg.
They are “scheduled to broadcast
11/15/20 10:00am - 11/15/20 11:30am.”
John T. “Jack” Jeffery
Pastor, Wayside Gospel Chapel
Greentown, PA
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