Slide show for sermon titled "Weusta"...a sermon by Doug Collison - United Church of God Given in Paducah and Henderson Kentucky, Cape Girardeau, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
6. Weusta in ContextWeusta in Context
* Weusta have 10,000 people come to the
feast.
* Weusta have 300 man parking crews
* Weusta have so many church activities
* Weusta have such a great youth program
* Weusta have a lot more people in the
congregation back in the (60’s, 70’s, 80’s).
8. UCG ConstitutionUCG Constitution
1.2.2 United Church of God, an International
Association (UCGIA)
The United Church of God, an International
Association (“UCGIA” or “the Corporation”),
is the nonprofit religious organization
incorporated on May 10, 1995, for the
purpose of executing the vision, mission and
responsibilities enumerated in the
Scriptures, in this Constitution and in the
duly adopted Bylaws of UCGIA.
9. Question OneQuestion One
Q: What was United Church of
God called BEFORE it was
United Church of God?
A: Nothing. It did not exist
before May 10, 1995.
12. Here’s the ProblemHere’s the Problem
“WE” leaves people out
“WE” excludes people
“WE” isn’t accurate
13. More AccurateMore Accurate
The organization called “Worldwide Church of God”
used to have 10,000 people come to feast of
tabernacles observances in Missouri.
A Worldwide Church of God parking crew at one of
their well attended feast sites used to consist of
over 300 people.
The Worldwide Church of God used to have many
activities.
There was once a Worldwide Church of God
congregation in this area that had around 100
members.
17. Exodus 16 (CJB)Exodus 16 (CJB)
Exodus 16:1 They traveled on from
Eilim, and the whole community of the
people of Isra'el arrived at the Seen
Desert, between Eilim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after
leaving the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:2 There in the desert the
whole community of the people of Isra'el
grumbled against Moshe and Aharon.
18. Exodus 16 (CJB)Exodus 16 (CJB)
Exodus 16:3 The people of Isra'el
said to them, "We wish Adonai had
used his own hand to kill us off in
Egypt! There we used to sit around
the pots with the meat boiling, and
we had as much food as we wanted.
But you have taken us out into this
desert to let this whole assembly
starve to death!"
19. Number 11:5-6 (CJB)Number 11:5-6 (CJB)
Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish
WE USED TO eat in Egypt—it cost us
nothing!—and the cucumbers, the
melons, the leeks, the onions, the
garlic!
Numbers 11:6 But now we're
withering away, we have nothing to
look at but this man."
20. Sodom and GomorrahSodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:15 When the morning dawned, the
angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, "Arise, take
your wife and your two daughters who are here,
lest you be consumed in the punishment of the
city."
Genesis 19:16 And while he lingered, the men
took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the
hands of his two daughters, the LORD being
merciful to him, and they brought him out and set
him outside the city.
Genesis 19:17 So it came to pass, when they had
brought them outside, that he said, "Escape for
your life! Do not look behind you nor stay
anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains,
21. Look BehindLook Behind
H5027
naw-bat'
A primitive root; to scan, that is, look intently
at; by implication to regard with pleasure,
favor or care: - (cause to) behold, consider,
look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Total KJV occurrences: 69
22. Don’t Look BackDon’t Look Back
Genesis 19:23 The sun had risen upon the
earth when Lot entered Zoar.
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained
brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah,
from the LORD out of the heavens.
Genesis 19:25 So He overthrew those cities,
all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities,
and what grew on the ground.
Genesis 19:26 But his wife looked back
behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
23. Luke 9:59-60Luke 9:59-60
Luke 9:59 Then He said to another,
"Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let
me first go and bury my father."
Luke 9:60 Jesus said to him, "Let
the dead bury their own dead, but
you go and preach the kingdom of
God."
24. Luke 9:61-62Luke 9:61-62
Luke 9:61 And another also said,
"Lord, I will follow You, but let me
first go and bid them farewell who
are at my house."
Luke 9:62 But Jesus said to him,
"No one, having put his hand to the
plow, and looking back, is fit for the
kingdom of God."
25. Phillipians 3:4-6Phillipians 3:4-6
Philippians 3:4 though I also might have
confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks
he may have confidence in the flesh, I more
so:
Philippians 3:5 circumcised the eighth day,
of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews;
concerning the law, a Pharisee;
Philippians 3:6 concerning zeal, persecuting
the church; concerning the righteousness
which is in the law, blameless.
26. Philippians 3:7-8Philippians 3:7-8
Philippians 3:7 But whatever former things were
gains to me [as I thought then], these things [once
regarded as advancements in merit] I have come
to consider as loss [absolutely worthless] for the
sake of Christ [and the purpose which He has
given my life].
Philippians 3:8 But more than that, I count
everything as loss compared to the priceless
privilege and supreme advantage of knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing more deeply
and thoroughly acquainted with Him--a joy
unequaled]. For His sake I have lost everything,
and I consider it all garbage, so that I may gain
Christ,
27. Philippians 3:12-14Philippians 3:12-14
Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already
attained, or am already perfected; but I press
on, that I may lay hold of that for which
Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not count
myself to have apprehended; but one thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forward to those things which
are ahead,
Philippians 3:14 I press toward the goal for
the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus.
28. Matthew 16:13-16Matthew 16:13-16
Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the
region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His
disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I,
the Son of Man, am?"
Matthew 16:14 So they said, "Some say John
the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah
or one of the prophets."
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, "But who do
you say that I am?"
Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered and
said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the
living God."
29. Matthew 16:17-18Matthew 16:17-18
Matthew 16:17 Jesus answered and said
to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-
Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but My Father who
is in heaven.
Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that
you are Peter, and on this rock I will
build My church, and the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it.
