2/5: Nursery-Melissa, Children's Church-Sue, Clean-Wilcox & Jamison, Greet-Rosas, Offering-Colleen
2/12: Nursery-Crystal, Children's Church-Yvonne, Clean-Horner & Swanson, Greet-Glessing, Offering-Kathleen
2/19: Nursery-Crystal, Children's Church-Jim, Clean-Conklin, Greet-Rosas, Offering-Barrie
2/26: Nursery-Melissa, Children's Church-Rona, Clean-Hay, Greet-Jamison, Offering-Kathi
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
What's Happening This Month
Sundays:
February 12 & 19-Worship Team Practice
9:30 Sunday School all ages
10:30 Worship Service
-Nursery & Children's Church Available
Fellowship Time follows service
6:30 pm Evening Bible Study
Tuesdays:
4:00-6:30 pm Community Soup
Wednesdays:
8:00-4:00 OPHC
4:00-5:30 Kid's Club grades K-5
7:00 Love & Respect
Thursdays
11:00 Prayer Hour
2:30 Women's Bible Study
Saturdays:
February 11-8:00 Men's Breakfast @ IHOP
February 18-8:00 Men's Breakfast @ Chimacum Cafe
February 24-25: Pacific Northwest District Conference At Black Lake Bible camp
February 12 & 19-Worship Team Practice
9:30 Sunday School all ages
10:30 Worship Service
-Nursery & Children's Church Available
Fellowship Time follows service
6:30 pm Evening Bible Study
Tuesdays:
4:00-6:30 pm Community Soup
Wednesdays:
8:00-4:00 OPHC
4:00-5:30 Kid's Club grades K-5
7:00 Love & Respect
Thursdays
11:00 Prayer Hour
2:30 Women's Bible Study
Saturdays:
February 11-8:00 Men's Breakfast @ IHOP
February 18-8:00 Men's Breakfast @ Chimacum Cafe
February 24-25: Pacific Northwest District Conference At Black Lake Bible camp
A Word From Pastor David
I had prepared another article for this month’s newsletter, but in light of Olympia’s pending vote on same-sex marriage I decided to shift gears and write on that. Some of this article is taken from a larger article: “Homosexuality: The Christian Perspective” by Lehman Strauss and posted on www.bible.org.
The discussion of whether Homosexuality is right or wrong for a society is based on where society finds its morality. If a person is guided by statistical research, public opinion, popular vote or legislative action then their conclusion is based on those findings. For the Christian, the Bible is the final authority for our belief and behavior.
The Bible has much to say on belief and behavior. Here is a brief overview of some sexual-sins mentioned in the Bible: First, adultery is sex by a married person with someone who is not his or her own spouse. It is condemned in both the Old and New Testaments (Exodus 20:14; I Cor. 6:9, 10). Fornication is sex between unmarried persons, which is also forbidden (I Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; Ephesians 5:3). Christ even forbids thinking about such things (Matthew 5:28), this speaks to pornography. Then there is homosexuality which, like the other sexual-sins, is condemned in Scripture. One sin is no worse than the other, in the Old Testament violators of the sexual-sins were stoned to death by city leaders. Which leads me to believe this is a very serious topic to God. (Lest you think I’m picking on one sin above another, know this, I’m only picking on the one that’s headlining the news this week.)
The Bible says in I Corinthians 6:9-10, “Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.” Hopefully you don’t read this and say, “those terrible sinners will never make it,” because verse 11 continues, “Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” This leaves us with Jesus’ words, “Let him without sin cast the first stone.” Homosexuality is an illicit lust forbidden by God and people need to avoid it. Yes, some in our culture have embraced and encouraged some of the sins on that list, but embracing more sin does not pale any previous sin.
One question often asked is, “Why do some Christians condemn and others embrace homosexuality?” The answer is complex, but to explain it briefly, some people including some ministers, understand the Bible to be only a book of advice from God and must be interpreted within the frame work of the current times and social environment. Others (like me), understand it to be God’s very Word that gives life, hope and peace. The first group conform God’s word to their lives, the second conform their lives to God’s word. Each person decides for themselves how much they will let God into their life.
Another question I hear is, If God didn’t like it, why does He allow it? That’s the million dollar question! Why did God put the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil” in the Garden of Eden? Why did God allow people to become so corrupt that He had to destroy them with a flood? Why did God allow the people to become so close that He had to confuse their language and spread them over the face of the earth? In short, why does God tolerate evil? He doesn’t. It’s just that before He permanently destroys the earth, He wants to give everyone the opportunity to receive Christ and gain eternal life in heaven (2 Pt 3:9).
Does this mean that homosexuals will not go to heaven when they die? Romans 1:18-32 records 34 different ungodly beliefs and behaviors. Then verse 32 ends by saying the people who commit such sins “deserve to die”. But it’s not as gloomy as it sounds, as long as there is life there is hope and according to Matthew 4:17, Jesus’ message was to “Repent for the kingdom of God is near.” Repent from what? Repent from sinning, which is something every person must do as the spirit of God leads them.
Some ask, “Why would God create some people to have same-sex interests and cravings? Because all of us were created self-centered and demanding. When we were infants we wanted our milk now! and our diapers changed on our schedule. Over time we learned to respect others and to put the need of the community ahead of our own cravings. For some, as time passed, they also became enlightened to the knowledge of a life after this life and a personal responsibility to live to the standards that God calls us to live. Other people remain in darkness, “abandoned to their foolish thinking” (Romans 1:28). Some cry out, “That’s not fair!” I think that must be what God says too. After all, He sent His Son to die for our sins and all He asked us is to do is to lead good lives and build a strong community.
God’s judgment on this world is impending and as time expires for our world, we should be expecting things like same-sex marriage to increase. 2 Timothy 3:1&2 says, “You should know this … that in the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.” Then Jesus, in describing the end times said, ““When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes” (Matt. 24:37-39).
There is a standard of belief and behavior God created for us to live by. God is also in control of our eternal destiny and our reward or judgment. God does not judge us for being tempted, but we are judged for our response to temptation. In Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus makes it clear that there are two different rewards, “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matt. 25:46). Choose life.
The Pink Light Fades to Gold by Colleen
Just a little breath of God’s amazing skill: pale pink and amber light whisked together, dangled between layers of morning dew and tender wisps of clouds. A quiet moment, before the busyness of the day begins. Hushed soil begins to silently cry out as plant life stretches its weary forms from the earth to the warmth it’s been waiting for.
How does it know? What truly wakes it from its ragged slumber beneath the rippled waste of last fall’s organic matter? Which was, by the way, last year’s glorious display of greens, browns, yellows and all the colors of the rainbow, it too makes the same journey from beneath the ravaged decaying plant mass. On and on it goes, in command of its “Maker;” year after year without our instruction or help.
Struggling to begin anew, I see small plants and bulbs pushing against the debris. Like mistakes of the past given over to God, all things become “new.” New growth, new hope, new plans, new opportunities, broken dreams-replaced with new or better ones.
It’s pushing its way up, I can see the change now as the sun seeks its appointed date on the horizon. The beautiful pink gold painting begins to make way for the more brilliant and perfect light of the sun. As glorious and amazing was its display, it can’t compare with what my eyes now collect to my senses.
The golden disk rises silently to bring about the change and without a word of hesitation, amber and pink flee from its hold on the canvas of earth’s land and sky. Rightly so, it gives up its right to its moment of unequalled by earthly standards beauty.
It’s like a soul who, long weary, from the work it is called to do, and it is content and ready to flee to its rest in the arms of Jesus. The sun fully rises, the night is completely wiped away. Day begins almost with the sound of cymbals.
With the knowledge of the “Son in our hearts,” we change just as drastically. Letting go of the past and holding onto the newness of life in Christ, we are called forth, from the mess we have made of things. We are called to walk in the newness of the day and let God establish His ways in us. We let Him draw us into new life, new thinking, new behaviors and sometimes from what we thought to be glorious into a completely overwhelming sense of His majesty and power. He now displays Himself in our humble lives.
He begins to work on the “new” canvas of our lives and hearts. We are drawn to His feet for our instruction and plans for our lives. Our lives, like the plants, will simply be here to bring glory to Him.
He promised to refine us like gold. Like the beautiful pre-dawn light, we have to “let go” and let His plans be established in us to become that gold.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Duty Roster
11/6: Nursery-Kim, Kid's Church-Rona, Clean-Wilcox & Jamison, Greet-Nobles
11/13: Nursery-Christine, Kid's Church-Sue, Clean-Horner & Swanson, Greet-Eddies
11/20: Nursery-Mary, Kid's Church-Jim, Clean-Nobles, Greet-LeRoy & Maury
11/27: Nursery-Melissa, Kid's Church-Dave E./Yvonne, Clean-Conklins, Greet-Jamisons
11/13: Nursery-Christine, Kid's Church-Sue, Clean-Horner & Swanson, Greet-Eddies
11/20: Nursery-Mary, Kid's Church-Jim, Clean-Nobles, Greet-LeRoy & Maury
11/27: Nursery-Melissa, Kid's Church-Dave E./Yvonne, Clean-Conklins, Greet-Jamisons
What's Happening This Month
Sundays:
8:45 Worship Team Practice
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
Fellowship follows Worship Service
6:30 Evening Bible Study
*November 20: 2:00 Kah Tai Ministry
Tuesdays:
4:00-6:30 Community Soup
Wednesdays:
8:00-4:00 OPHC
2, 9, 30: 6:15 Worship Team Practice
23: Community Thanksgiving Service @ CUMC
*November 2 7:00 Elders
*November 9 7:00 Council
Thursdays:
11:00 Prayer Hour
3:00 Women's Bible Study
24: Thanksgiving Day
Saturdays:
12: 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ IHOP
19. 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ Chimacum Cafe
5:00 Harvest Dinner
8:45 Worship Team Practice
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
Fellowship follows Worship Service
6:30 Evening Bible Study
*November 20: 2:00 Kah Tai Ministry
Tuesdays:
4:00-6:30 Community Soup
Wednesdays:
8:00-4:00 OPHC
2, 9, 30: 6:15 Worship Team Practice
23: Community Thanksgiving Service @ CUMC
*November 2 7:00 Elders
*November 9 7:00 Council
Thursdays:
11:00 Prayer Hour
3:00 Women's Bible Study
24: Thanksgiving Day
Saturdays:
12: 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ IHOP
19. 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ Chimacum Cafe
5:00 Harvest Dinner
Watch Your Mouth
Recently I heard on the radio that someone was “a marked man.” I chuckled and thought how odd it was that a secular radio program was referencing the Bible. Then I thought of all the hubbub that took place a few years ago about whether people should continue to wish others a merry Christmas. So with that in mind, here’s a list of common expressions that come straight from the Bible. Perhaps we should inform society where these sayings come from and warn all government officials and employees to avoid using them as we would not want to blur the line between church and state. (Sorry for the sarcasm.)
Nothing but Skin and Bones & I Escaped by the Skin of my Teeth, both from Job 19:19-20, “All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”
There's a Time and a Place for Everything, Eccl 3:1
Going the Extra Mile, Matt. 5:41
United we Stand, Divided we Fall, “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” Matt. 12:25
Scapegoat, Lev. 16:9-10
Red Sky at Night, “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Matt. 16:2-3
Twinkling of an Eye, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Cor. 15:52
A Man After his Own Heart 1 Sam. 13:14
Drop in the Bucket, “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.” Isa. 40:15
Powers that Be, Rom. 13:2
A Little Bird Told Me, “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” Eccl. 10:20
Stumbling Block, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Matt. 16:23
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath, Prov. 15:1
Time to be Born and a Time to Die, Eccl. 3:1-2
Rise and Shine, (surprised?) "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. Isa. 60:1
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child, “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.” Prov. 13:24 (But don’t beat your children!)
A Leopard Cannot Change its Spots, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” Jer. 13:23
Pride Comes Before a Fall, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18
By the Sweat of your Brow, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19
Out of the Mouths of Babes, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength…” Psalm 8:2
Bite the Dust, (Really it’s from the Bible) Psalm 72
The Blind Leading the Blind, Matt. 15:13-14
Eat Drink and Be Merry, Luke 12:19
Straight and narrow, Matt. 7:14
No Man is a Prophet in his Own Town, Mark 6:4
Head on a Platter, “And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Mark 6:25
Tearing Your Hair Out, “This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock” Ezra 9:3
The Truth Shall set you Free, John 8:32
He’d Sell His Birthright for a Bowl of Porridge, Gen. 25:31-34
Let Him without Sin Cast the First Stone, John 8:7
Apple of his Eye, “In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.” Appears twice: Deut. 32:10 & Zec. 2:8
East of Eden, Gen. 4:16
Filthy Lucre, 1 Tim. 3:3
I'll Pin Him to the Wall, “Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.” 1Sam. 18:11
Stranger in a strange land, “…I have been a stranger in a strange land.” Ex. 2:22
Seek and Ye Shall Find, Matt. 7:7
A Law unto Himself, Rom. 2:14
Absent in Body, but Present in Spirit, Col. 2:5
At My Wit's End, “They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.” Psalm 107:27
You Don't Know the Half of It, (oh yeah! From when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.) “Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.” 1 Kings 10: 7
Nothing New Under the Sun, Eccl. 1:9
Handwriting On the Wall, “In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.” Dan. 5:5
Knees Knocking Together, “Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.” Daniel 5:6
A Merry Heart is Good Medicine, Prov. 17. 22
A Good Name is Better than Money. Prov. 22. 1
A Thorn in the Flesh, 2 Cor. 12:7
Turn the Other Cheek, Matt. 5:39 & Luke 6:29
No Man Can Serve Two Masters, Matt. 6:24
Reap What You Sow, Gal. 6:7
It Rains on the Just and the Unjust, Matt. 5:45
Alpha and Omega, Rev. 1:8
Armageddon, Rev. 16:16
Fight the Good Fight, 1 Tim. 6:12
The Weaker Vessel, (hey, don’t blame me, I didn’t write it) 1 Peter 3:7
Fallen from Grace, Gal.5:4
Beat their Swords into Plowshares, Ish. 2:4 & Micah 4:3
Beat their Plowshares into Swords, (yep, both ways) Joel 3:10
Set your House in Order, Isa. 38:1
Be Fruitful and Multiply, Gen. 1:28
As Old as Methuselah, Gen. 5:27
The Fat of the Land, Gen. 45:18
A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey, Ex. 33:3
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, Ex. 21:24
Your Sin Will Find You Out, Num. 32:23
Turn the World Upside Down, Acts 17:6
God Forbid, Rom. 3:4
Take Root, 2 Kings 19:30
No Rest for the Wicked, Isa. 57: 21
A Fly in the Ointment, Eccl. 10:1
I am What I am, (yes sir, even Popeye quotes the Bible) 1 Cor. 15:10
By the Grace of God, also from 1 Cor 15:10
Feet of Clay, Daniel 2:33
Refused to Give Up the Ghost Job 3:11
The Salt of the Earth, Matt. 5:13
You Can't Put Words in my Mouth, Ex. 4:15
The Land of the Living, Job 28:13
Sour Grapes & To Set One's Teeth on Edge, “In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.” Jer. 31:29
This is nowhere near an exhaustive list, one researcher counted 257 of these colloquialisms. If you recall, this started from my hearing, “A Marked Man” on the radio. That has to do with the mark of Cain in Gen. 4:15. This year is the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Version of the Bible. Over these 400 years, the Bible has influenced the English language in an irreversible manner. Quoting the Bible may not be politically correct, but it is a fact of our life. So whenever you hear anyone use one of the above Bible quotes, be sure to respond with a hearty, “and God bless you too!”
Hope you have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving this year!
Pastor David
Nothing but Skin and Bones & I Escaped by the Skin of my Teeth, both from Job 19:19-20, “All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”
There's a Time and a Place for Everything, Eccl 3:1
Going the Extra Mile, Matt. 5:41
United we Stand, Divided we Fall, “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” Matt. 12:25
Scapegoat, Lev. 16:9-10
Red Sky at Night, “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Matt. 16:2-3
Twinkling of an Eye, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Cor. 15:52
A Man After his Own Heart 1 Sam. 13:14
Drop in the Bucket, “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.” Isa. 40:15
Powers that Be, Rom. 13:2
A Little Bird Told Me, “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” Eccl. 10:20
Stumbling Block, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Matt. 16:23
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath, Prov. 15:1
Time to be Born and a Time to Die, Eccl. 3:1-2
Rise and Shine, (surprised?) "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. Isa. 60:1
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child, “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.” Prov. 13:24 (But don’t beat your children!)
A Leopard Cannot Change its Spots, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” Jer. 13:23
Pride Comes Before a Fall, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18
By the Sweat of your Brow, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19
Out of the Mouths of Babes, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength…” Psalm 8:2
Bite the Dust, (Really it’s from the Bible) Psalm 72
The Blind Leading the Blind, Matt. 15:13-14
Eat Drink and Be Merry, Luke 12:19
Straight and narrow, Matt. 7:14
No Man is a Prophet in his Own Town, Mark 6:4
Head on a Platter, “And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Mark 6:25
Tearing Your Hair Out, “This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock” Ezra 9:3
The Truth Shall set you Free, John 8:32
He’d Sell His Birthright for a Bowl of Porridge, Gen. 25:31-34
Let Him without Sin Cast the First Stone, John 8:7
Apple of his Eye, “In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.” Appears twice: Deut. 32:10 & Zec. 2:8
East of Eden, Gen. 4:16
Filthy Lucre, 1 Tim. 3:3
I'll Pin Him to the Wall, “Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.” 1Sam. 18:11
Stranger in a strange land, “…I have been a stranger in a strange land.” Ex. 2:22
Seek and Ye Shall Find, Matt. 7:7
A Law unto Himself, Rom. 2:14
Absent in Body, but Present in Spirit, Col. 2:5
At My Wit's End, “They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.” Psalm 107:27
You Don't Know the Half of It, (oh yeah! From when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.) “Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.” 1 Kings 10: 7
Nothing New Under the Sun, Eccl. 1:9
Handwriting On the Wall, “In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.” Dan. 5:5
Knees Knocking Together, “Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.” Daniel 5:6
A Merry Heart is Good Medicine, Prov. 17. 22
A Good Name is Better than Money. Prov. 22. 1
A Thorn in the Flesh, 2 Cor. 12:7
Turn the Other Cheek, Matt. 5:39 & Luke 6:29
No Man Can Serve Two Masters, Matt. 6:24
Reap What You Sow, Gal. 6:7
It Rains on the Just and the Unjust, Matt. 5:45
Alpha and Omega, Rev. 1:8
Armageddon, Rev. 16:16
Fight the Good Fight, 1 Tim. 6:12
The Weaker Vessel, (hey, don’t blame me, I didn’t write it) 1 Peter 3:7
Fallen from Grace, Gal.5:4
Beat their Swords into Plowshares, Ish. 2:4 & Micah 4:3
Beat their Plowshares into Swords, (yep, both ways) Joel 3:10
Set your House in Order, Isa. 38:1
Be Fruitful and Multiply, Gen. 1:28
As Old as Methuselah, Gen. 5:27
The Fat of the Land, Gen. 45:18
A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey, Ex. 33:3
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, Ex. 21:24
Your Sin Will Find You Out, Num. 32:23
Turn the World Upside Down, Acts 17:6
God Forbid, Rom. 3:4
Take Root, 2 Kings 19:30
No Rest for the Wicked, Isa. 57: 21
A Fly in the Ointment, Eccl. 10:1
I am What I am, (yes sir, even Popeye quotes the Bible) 1 Cor. 15:10
By the Grace of God, also from 1 Cor 15:10
Feet of Clay, Daniel 2:33
Refused to Give Up the Ghost Job 3:11
The Salt of the Earth, Matt. 5:13
You Can't Put Words in my Mouth, Ex. 4:15
The Land of the Living, Job 28:13
Sour Grapes & To Set One's Teeth on Edge, “In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.” Jer. 31:29
This is nowhere near an exhaustive list, one researcher counted 257 of these colloquialisms. If you recall, this started from my hearing, “A Marked Man” on the radio. That has to do with the mark of Cain in Gen. 4:15. This year is the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Version of the Bible. Over these 400 years, the Bible has influenced the English language in an irreversible manner. Quoting the Bible may not be politically correct, but it is a fact of our life. So whenever you hear anyone use one of the above Bible quotes, be sure to respond with a hearty, “and God bless you too!”
Hope you have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving this year!
Pastor David
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