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Guess what? We have another great night of VBS tonight @ Bethel Baptist Church. Be sure to join us at 6 PM this evening,...
06/03/2026

Guess what? We have another great night of VBS tonight @ Bethel Baptist Church. Be sure to join us at 6 PM this evening, for good Bible study, great fun, and some good food. You will be warmly welcomed and loved. Please join us. 

06/03/2026

Heb 6:10-“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” Moving on in his encouragement and admonition to those of whom it is said “…we are persuaded better things of you…”, Paul now recounts God’s faithfulness to them in stating “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love…”, which attests that God is fully engaged in helping us and knowing exactly our efforts to serve Him and bless others. Of this, Albert Barnes inserts-“… God will do no wrong. He will not forget or fail to reward the endeavors of his people to promote his glory, and to do good. The meaning here is, that by their kindness in ministering to the wants of the saints, they had given full evidence of true piety. If God should forget that, it would be “unrighteous: (1) Because there was a propriety that it should be remembered; and, (2) Because it is expressly promised that it shall not fail of reward; Mat_10:42. Your work - Particularly in ministering to the wants of the saints. Labour of love - Deeds of benevolence when there was no hope of recompense, or when love was the motive in doing it…”. Child of God whatever your area or type of service to the Lord, know that He never forgets the smallest deed done to bless others and honor Him, as He states in Mat 10:42-“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.” Next Paul adds- “…which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”, which further expresses the particulars of things which God doesn’t “…forget…”. It is interesting that what God honors concerns primarily that which we do for others. He states both what they have done…”which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, (emphasis mine) and do minister…”(emphasis mine). God recounts, remembers, renumerates, and rewards all that we have done for His name, both in the past, and what we are doing now. Let us be encouraged to stay faithful and continue, as Paul admonishes in Gal 6:9-10-“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” Whatever God has called you to do, whatever arena of service you are now ministering in, whatever service you are rendering in the church, know that “…as we have therefore opportunity...”, let us continue to serve diligently and faithfully. God will give strength and guidance for the task before us, and in due time, will reward each effort done to bless others and honor Him. Let us pray for each other to “…be faithful until death…” (Rev. 2:10), and to encourage and assist each other whenever possible in the tasks we have been assigned. Let us know that all our labors are closely monitored by God and will be rewarded as Paul assures in Col 3:23-24-“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” Let us serve and rejoice today! Hallelujah!

We had another great night of Vacation Bible School @ Bethel Baptist Church last night! Learning about Jesus being the L...
06/02/2026

We had another great night of Vacation Bible School @ Bethel Baptist Church last night! Learning about Jesus being the Light, lots of fun & good food & recreation! We invite you to join us this evening @ 6:00 PM for another session! Bring a friend! Make sure Jesus is your light! Come and join the fun as you can see from these pics!

We had a good opening night of Vacation Bible School @ Bethel Baptist Church tonight! Learning about Jesus being the Lig...
06/01/2026

We had a good opening night of Vacation Bible School @ Bethel Baptist Church tonight! Learning about Jesus being the Light, lots of fun & good food & recreation! We invite you to join us tomorrow evening @ 6:00 PM for another session! Bring a friend! Make sure Jesus is your light!

05/31/2026

Pastor Arnold King
"How do we become sanctified and approach church?"
John 17-17

John 17:17-“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”‭We invite you to join us for Sunday School @ 9:45 AM & ...
05/30/2026

John 17:17-“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
‭We invite you to join us for Sunday School @ 9:45 AM & Worship @ 11:00 AM in the morning @ Bethel Baptist Church. Our message will be “How Do We Become Sanctified and Approach Church?”-Pastor’s Closing Series-Next 9 Sundays). Also, our vacation Bible school will begin tomorrow evening at 6 PM. Please join us and bring your children to our Bible school. Let’s pray for children to be saved! Hope to see you tomorrow!

05/29/2026

“Someone to Die For”. Jn. 15:13

05/29/2026

Heb 6:9-“But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.” In a refreshing and converse statement of hope and diligence, Paul now moves to assure his readers here that he has much higher hopes and assurances of them than to do what those in the previous verse were described as “But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”, which is to say that they were corrupt in their hearts, never knew the true meaning of salvation, and those who “…fell away…” or turned from the true faith in Jesus and obedience to the Word of God. These “…better things…” were the fruits or evidence of their salvation and things “…that accompany salvation…” or go along with salvation, or reflect that we are “…doers of the word, and not hearers only…” (Jas. 1:22). Of this “…persuaded better things…”, Matthew Henry injects-“…The apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the Hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would persevere; and proposes to them the great encouragements they had in the way of their duty. I. He freely and openly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would endure to the end: But beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, Heb_6:9. Observe, 1. There are things that accompany salvation, things that are never separated from salvation, things that show the person to be in a state of salvation, and will issue in eternal salvation. 2. The things that accompany salvation are better things than ever any hypocrite or apostate enjoyed. They are better in their nature and in their issue. 3. It is our duty to hope well of those in whom nothing appears to the contrary…”. Albert Barnes follows with-“… We confidently hope for better things respecting you. We trust that you are true Christians; that you will produce the proper fruits of holiness; that you will be saved. “Things that accompany salvation.” Things that pertain to salvation. The Greek phrase here means, “near to salvation,” or things that are conjoined with salvation. So Coverdale renders it, “and that salvation is nigher.” The form of expression seems to refer to what was said in Heb_6:8. The land overrun with briars was “nigh” to cursing; the things which Paul saw in them were “nigh” to salvation. From this verse it is evident: (1) That the apostle regarded them as sincere Christians; and, (2) That he believed they would not fall away. Though he had stated what must be the inevitable consequence if Christians “should” apostatize, yet he says that in their case he had a firm conviction that it would not occur. There is no inconsistency in this. We may be certain that if a man should take arsenic it would kill him; and yet we may have the fullest conviction that he will not do it. Is not this verse a clear proof that Paul felt that it was certain that true Christians would never fall away and be lost? If he supposed that they might, how could he be persuaded that it would not happen to them? Why not to them as well as to others? s…”. Do you have that assurance that you are saved today because you show in your life these “…better things…” or fruits of salvation? I trust you know Jesus today and that your life emanates the love of Jesus and the “…fruit of the Spirit…” as seen in Gal 5:22-23-“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” How great to know Jesus! Hallelujah!

05/28/2026

Heb 6:8-“But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.” Connecting to the previous verse which stated-“For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God.”, Paul now moves to state a totally different response from the ground than the first example in stating “But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.” Is this the fault of the seed, or the rain that came, or the farmer who sowed them? Not at all. It pictures the hearts of men, who though capable of receiving good seed and being blessed of God, also have the capacity and propensity to bring forth “…thorns and briars…” and face a terrible and destructive end. Matthew Henry further elucidates-“… To give this the greater force here is observed the difference that there is between the good ground and the bad, that these contraries, being set one over against the other, illustrate each other. First Here is a description of the good ground: It drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it. Believers do not only taste of the word of God, but they drink it in; and this good ground bringeth forth fruit answerable to the cost laid out, for the honour of Christ and the comfort of his faithful ministers, who are, under Christ, dressers of the ground. And this fruit-field or garden receives the blessing. God declares fruitful Christians blessed…Secondly, Here is the different case of the bad ground: It bears briers and thorns; it is not only barren of good fruit, but fruitful in that which is bad, briers and thorns, fruitful in sin and wickedness, which are troublesome and hurtful to all about them, and will be most so to sinners themselves at last; and then such ground is rejected. God will concern himself no more about such wicked apostates; he will let them alone, and cast them out of his care; he will command the clouds that they rain no more upon them. Divine influences shall be restrained; and that is not all, but such ground is nigh unto cursing; so far is it from receiving the blessing, that a dreadful curse hangs over it, though as yet, through the patience of God, the curse is not fully executed. Lastly, Its end is to be burned. Apostasy will be punished with everlasting burnings, the fire that shall never be quenched. This is the sad end to which apostasy leads, and therefore Christians should go on and grow in grace, lest, if they do not go forward, they should go backward, till they bring matters to this woeful extremity of sin and misery…”. There has always been the imminent danger of apostasy, heresy, and debauchery in the work of the church. Imposters and those who have “…a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof…” (2 Tim. 3:5), but these will always certainly and eventually be exposed and judged. The ground will never betray the seed sown. My great uncle Charles Ausmus renders this quote-“… The Rain causes the herbs to grow that are cultivated by man for a blessing (v. 7). The Same Rain causes the thorns and briars to grow that are rejected and burned (v. 7). (A) The character of the seed , not the rain determines the harvest…”. So, we all know that good seed will always produce good fruit. Bad or corrupt seed will always produce like fruit. The corrupt nature of a wicked and vile person will reveal itself in the deeds done. The good seed of a pure heart will produce likewise as Paul states in Gal 6:7-8-“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” Let’s get rid of the weeds in our own lives and sow seeds that will produce and “…receive blessing from God.” You can’t do and be both. Let us be true to Jesus. Hallelujah!

05/27/2026

Heb 6:7-‘For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God.” After a lengthy discussion on the “…impossibility…” that a person could be “…once enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, been partakers of the Holy Ghost, have tasted the good Word of God and the powers to come, if they “…fall away, to renew them again unto repentance…”, with a resulting why-“…they would crucify the Son of God afresh and put Him to an open shame…”, which is a hypothetical case Paul avers that if you could really be saved, and do this, or be an apostate, which never was saved to start with, that after shaming Jesus and denying His work of redemption for you, it would be “…impossible…” to change such a person, or for them to become truly saved, because though they, like Judas, were very acquainted with Jesus and His work, were never saved and changed by Jesus. It would be akin to the “…sin unto death…” (1 Jn. 5:17), or the “…unpardonable sin…” (Mt. 12:31-32), which is to be so spiritually perverted that you would attribute the work of God to the Devil. Such a person has denied their God and denounced their opportunity to be saved. Of this truth, Paul now moves further to illustrate it by two pictures or principles from farming, of which we will look at one today, as he states “For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God.” It is a natural sequence that when the rain falls on both “…wheat and tares…”, weeds and grass, briars and flowers, there are obviously different results. Of this, Matthew Henry accounts-“… To give this the greater force here is observed the difference that there is between the good ground and the bad, that these contraries, being set one over against the other, illustrate each other. First Here is a description of the good ground: It drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it. Believers do not only taste of the word of God, but they drink it in; and this good ground bringeth forth fruit answerable to the cost laid out, for the honour of Christ and the comfort of his faithful ministers, who are, under Christ, dressers of the ground. And this fruit-field or garden receives the blessing. God declares fruitful Christians blessed, and all wise and good men account them blessed: they are blessed with increase of grace, and with further establishment and glory at last…”. This obvious truth cannot be denied. Jesus illustrated this in the parable of the soils in Luk 8:4-8-“And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” For our illustrative purposes, it is most obvious that the same seed which fell on different types of soil, brought very different results. This is what Paul is saying in our verses for today and tomorrow. The results to hearing the Word of God always depends on the condition and receptivity of the heart. Today we have seen that the good rain which falls on the earth “…bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God.” How is your heart today? It is “…hardened by the deceitfulness of sins…” (Heb. 3:13)? I pray you will “…humble yourself under the might hand of God…” (1 Pet. 5:6) and “…believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved…” (Acts 16:31). You will eternally be glad you did. Hallelujah!

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