Kings Hwy Baptist Church

08/15/2023

08/15/2023

On Sunday, we honored one of our long time church members, Sister Christine Scott, with a plaque for her 90th birthday earlier this year. What a milestone and she's still going strong!

12/12/2022

06/25/2019

Verse of the Day Inspirational Image
"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you."
John 15:18 (KJV)

06/25/2019

Devotion of the Day
By Vance Havner
CALLED TO GO
Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
Isaiah 6:8
There are two sides to this stupendous proposition, His sending and our going. Some are called who do not go, like the son who promised to work in the vineyard but went not. Some go who are not sent: “I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran” (Jer. 23:21).
What a supreme privilege that the God of the Universe can use us in His business – “Whom shall I send?” Yet He never compels us nor violates our freedom of will – “Who will go for us?” His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth looking for someone who will go – not someone who will merely sing about it or say, “Here am I, send somebody else.”
Never mind whether or not the mission will be a success. Isaiah was told that his hearers would not receive his message. We are not called to succeed, we are called to go.
And when we go He goes along!

06/25/2019

The Right Kind of Sacrifice

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”
Genesis 4:2–5
All over the world people are trying to reach God in their own way, rather than coming to Him through faith in Jesus Christ alone. This problem dates all the way back to the first two children born into the world, Cain and Abel. The story shows us the evil power of hatred, but it also shows us the folly of thinking we can come to God on our own terms. He alone has the right to demand and dictate how we worship Him.
The story of Cain’s rejected offering also raises the question as to why Abel brought the right sacrifice while his brother did not. The answer is simple—Abel believed what God said and acted accordingly. “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh” (Hebrews 11:4).
This obedient faith is essential both to our salvation and to our Christian life. Many people do foolish things and claim to be acting in faith. But in the Bible, faith is always shown as acting according to what God has said. We can fully believe every promise He has made, because none of them have ever failed. And faith is always active, never passive. If we are not acting as God directs, we are not living in faith.

Today's Growth Principle:

Acceptance with God only comes when we approach Him in faith as He commands.

06/25/2019

Days of Praise
June 25, 2019
A Tree of Life
“She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” (Proverbs 3:18)

The tree of life in the Garden of Eden was a literal tree, whose marvelous fruit apparently had the medicinal ability to re**rd the aging process indefinitely, even for men and women under God’s curse (Genesis 3:22-24). This amazing tree will be planted again along the streets and rivers of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 22:2-3).

The writer of Proverbs used this tree and its health-giving qualities as a symbol of four attributes of a God-centered, spiritual life that can bring blessing to all those touched by it. First of all, true wisdom is like a tree of life, imparting true happiness to all those partaking of it, then guarding it.

Next, “the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise” (Proverbs 11:30). A life exhibiting genuine righteousness, like one manifesting genuine wisdom, yields wholesome spiritual fruit to those in real contact with it.

The third figure is given in Proverbs 13:12. “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” Nothing is more rejuvenating to the spirit than for a dream suddenly to come true after long-continued hope has almost gone. An abiding, confident, always-continuing life of hope is a tree of life.

Finally, “a wholesome tongue is a tree of life” (Proverbs 15:4). “Wholesome” here means “healing.” One can become a veritable tree of life by using the God-given privilege of speech not to complain or criticize, not in vulgarity or foolishness, but to help, encourage, instruct, and comfort.

May God help each of us to be a spiritual tree of life by attaining and demonstrating true wisdom, by living in genuine righteousness, by always maintaining an attitude of confident hope, and by speaking only words of edification that “minister grace unto the hearers” (Ephesians 4:29). HMM

06/24/2019

Verse of the Day Inspirational Image
"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."
Psalms 107:20 (KJV)

06/24/2019

Devotion of the Day
By Vance Havner
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU OUGHT
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
Acts 9:6
I can do all things though Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:13
Paul did not mean that he could do anything he wanted to do or some foolish thing. He could do all things that God wanted him to do.
We can do anything we ought to do, anything He wants us to do. And that leaves plenty of room for miracles! There is wide latitude within the limits of God’s will. We shall not feel cramped.
There is much we know is God’s will without making further inquiry. There is more of His will that opens up as we trust and obey. He would not ask us to do what cannot be done. But it is done through Christ, who keeps on pouring His power into us. His strength is made perfect in weakness, “that the power of Christ may rest upon us.”
We can do all the work that is within His will. He who said, “Go ye,” said, “Lo, I am with you,” and “All power is given unto me.”

06/24/2019

“To Will and To Do”
Monday, June 24, 2019
by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
Philippians 2:12–13
Time and again, the Scriptures instruct us to study and memorize and meditate on the Word of God and to be faithfully hearing it taught and preached. We must obey those commands. But we must also remember that the purpose of learning the Bible is not primarily to know more, but to do more. Dr. George Truett said, “To know the will of God is our greatest knowledge; to do the will of God is our greatest challenge.”
We see this principle in practice in the life of Jesus. He was not content with merely knowing what was right, but instead set an example of living what was right. The writer of Hebrews describes the motivation of Jesus this way: “Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second” (Hebrews 10:9). When Jesus went to John the Baptist to be baptized, John realized that Jesus was above Him and protested that he was not worthy to baptize the Lord. Yet Jesus insisted. “And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him” (Matthew 3:15).
The temptation to think that we are growing in grace because we are growing in knowledge is very real. However, we only grow in grace when we put into practice what we know. Reading every book available about lifting weights, running, and other exercises does nothing to improve our health. It is only when we actually do what we have learned that we benefit.

Today's Growth Principle:
We must apply the truths of Scripture that we know in order to fulfill God’s purpose for our lives.

06/24/2019

Days of Praise
June 24, 2019
The "Shall Nots" of Scripture
“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.” (Psalm 34:10)

Many worldly minded people tend to resent the Bible as a book of prohibitions, or “thou shalt not”s, as in the Ten Commandments. The fact is, however, that many of God’s most precious promises use the phrase “shall not” in a diametrically opposite way, not listing prohibitions, but provisions!

As a beautiful example, there is the opening verse of the much-loved 23rd Psalm—“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Or, as in the words of our text, “they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.”

There is the great promise of salvation and everlasting life: “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation” (John 5:24). Following salvation, there is the promise of divine guidance. “He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12). With such assurances, we can rejoice with the psalmist: “The LORD . . . is at my right hand, I shall not be moved; . . . Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand” (Psalm 16:8; 37:24). No matter how great the trial, the Lord will not leave us. “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee” (Isaiah 43:2).

God’s Word and God’s purposes can never fail. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). “Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). “Sin shall not have dominion over you” (Romans 6:14).

We should never resent God’s “negative” commands, for His gracious “shall not” promises are far greater! HMM

06/22/2019

Verse of the Day Inspirational Image
"Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord."
Colossians 3:20 (KJV)