Morro Bay Church of Christ

Morro Bay Church of Christ Join us for services: Sunday Bible Study 10:00AM, Morning Worship 11:00AM, Evening Worship 6:00PM, Wednesday Bible Study 7:00PM Minister David Ryal.

Founded in 1952, we are a small community church. We welcome all visitors.

06/13/2026

Everybody gave up and said
“It is all over.” And then
along came David with his sling.
God decides when it is over!

06/12/2026

"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
-Albert Einstein

EVERYDAY EVANGELISM – 3 In this lesson, I would like to bring full circle the thoughts on Everyday Evangelism. We starte...
06/07/2026

EVERYDAY EVANGELISM – 3

In this lesson, I would like to bring full circle the thoughts on Everyday Evangelism. We started with Matthew 28:18-20. We are to go into the world for Jesus Christ whom we represent. We put Him on, which Paul says we do in our response to the gospel. We are His and His Ambassadors in the world – as it were the world’s Bible
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Jesus said in Matthew 5:16.
Everyday Evangelism starts with prayer. Pray that the lost (family, friends, neighbors) “that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.” (II Timothy 2:26.)
Humility leads to the mind of Christ. We live Christ, His life, His good works, His mind. His humility. We study His Word in Scripture.
We looked at giving a cup of cold water to the least of these. This included Jesus’ interaction with the Woman at the Well in John 4.
In Luke’s Gospel, chapter 10, Jesus gets tested by a lawyer asking ‘how do I inherit eternal life’? A very valid question, especially when asked with the right intent of heart. Jesus replies with a question, “how do you read the Hebrew Scripture? To which the lawyer answers the right stuff. Love God and our neighbor. (See Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18)
However, the lawyer wanted to know who ‘is my neighbor’? As seen last week Jesus considered the Samaritan woman as a neighbor when the Jews would not have. The question led to Jesus sharing the Good Samaritan Parable. (Let’s read Luke 10:30-37).
This parable has a bases in Hebrew Scripture. “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.” Note the citation – Exodus 23:4-5. Thus, it was not far removed from the giving of the Law in Exodus 20. Loving one’s enemy and doing good to all men was in sight of God’s true people.
“If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
And the Lord will reward you.” (Proverbs 25:21-22) Paul cites this verse in Romans 12:20, then adds, “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21). Do you think this behavior reflects Jesus Christ? YES – YES – YES!
Paul adds in Romans 5:8-10, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”
Recall Peter’s words, “having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.” (I Peter 3:16).
“Lead Me to Some Soul Today” a song on our hearts and a prayer on our lips.
What does that look like? A cup of cold water, assisting an enemy, (example of surgery prayer). A note card, a phone call, a visit, a dish to a grieving family, help to a stranger (we must make judgment calls), Blessings Bags, a prayer for or with someone, showing true love to our brethren, or our physical family. Yes, even speaking about your faith. I.E. two hours in ER with no one with a spreadable disease present and letting the medical field know what God did to protect you.
And sharing Jesus verbally. Back off with resistance, but some will want to hear about your personal experience and relationship.

06/06/2026

Can I recommend a
good book for this
summer’s reading? God

DAVID’S COLUMN I would like to add my thanks to Ryan Bliss for coming in to cover me at short notice. And thank you to D...
05/31/2026

DAVID’S COLUMN

I would like to add my thanks to Ryan Bliss for coming in to cover me at short notice. And thank you to David House, who had another assignment on the last Lord’s Day and still found for us Ryan on the short notice.
I seem to find all the side effects to the treatment I am receiving for the current cancer. Last week it reared its head Saturday night into Sunday morning. I ended up in ER on Friday morning. The praise to God was it was only a two-hour visit, and I was the only patient in ER at the time
Last week I planned to do a lesson called Everyday Evangelism. You had the thoughts in the bulletin. I delivered it on Wednesday Evening. So today will be part 2 of the topic.
This topic is what the Church and the individual Christian should be all about. We have put on Christ in baptism, so we wear Him in the world. How are we representing Him? What is the world seeing.
Today we recap last week and will add the following information:
We must remember the soil types of the Parable of the Sower. They were not all good. We should begin each day with “Lead Me to Some Soul Today” on our hearts and lips.
Ask God for wisdom (James 1:5-6) and then be willing to give diligence to the study of God’s Word (II Timothy 2:15).
Next, we will look into ‘giving a cup of cold water to the least of these’ found in Mark 9:41. (Can I see the hands of those who cannot do this?) Disciples must have the humility to welcome and serve children and those who lack personal status. “Have this mind in you which was in Christ Jesus” We will look at Luke 17:1-2.
We will close with the woman at the Well in John 4. You know the woman of the wrong race and the multi-divorced woman now living with a non-husband.

WOOF! WOOF! Dogs really do bit mail carriers—a lot of them. According to the U.S. Postal Service, who recently release...
05/30/2026

WOOF! WOOF!

Dogs really do bit mail carriers—a lot of them. According to the U.S. Postal Service, who recently released its annual report on the topic, 6,549 postal workers were attached by dogs in the last year, an increase of 14 percent from the year before.
Christians are a lot like mail carriers. We do not compose the message of Jesus, but we are responsible for delivering it. And sometimes we will be attacked for it.

05/17/2026

Good Lord's Day
Sorry we have not posted in about a month.
David spent time at Stanford for radiation treatments.
then got home only to spend four days in the hospital with high temperature.

David’s Column

Good Morning,
I pray that you are having a great day in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Today, Lord willing, I will return to the pulpit after four weeks of focusing on the early-stage colon cancer that was found. Sadly, this stent ended with four days in French Hospital with a couple of infections. (What I get for bragging that last week had no doctor’s appointments.)
Since I probably am not at full strength, I am not sure what you will ultimately get. It could be a lesson of 10 minutes – I can assure you it will not go to midnight!
The focus will be on Psalm 104. Even if I only read it, this Psalm is a Wisdom Psalm that focuses on the Creator. It is one of the Creation Psalms as well.
The poets of the Old Testament loved to describe the natural word. Like all people of ancient times, they lived closer to nature than most of us. They observed the ways of birds and badgers, rivers and ocean waves.
In many respects the biblical poets have much in common with many other poets throughout history. Likewise biblical poets differed in two ways. Especially from the ancient Middle East.
First, Hebrew poets did not deify nature. Most non-Hebrew poets worshiped nature. They made the created into the creator. Biblical poets loved nature but did not bow down to it. They enjoyed nature but did not worship it.
Next, nature was always ‘creation’. It was a term of faith for them. It spoke of the belief that God created all things. This concept is found in the Law, the Prophets and the Wisdom Literature. (Over 100 references).
All of the beauty and splendor of the universe comes from God’s creative hands. We can love the earth because we first love the Creator.

Finally, thank you to Terry Stewart, David House, and Roy and Charla for filling in and keeping the lights on.
Blessings to all.

04/18/2026

If you want to have a good morning, talk to God first.
If you want to have a good night,
talk to God first.
If you want to have a good life,
talk to God all day long.

JESUS – THE RESURRECTION Scripture – I Corinthians 15 The Resurrection of Jesus makes Christianity stand apart from ever...
04/12/2026

JESUS – THE RESURRECTION

Scripture – I Corinthians 15

The Resurrection of Jesus makes Christianity stand apart from every other religion in the world. You see our founder is not in a tomb or a grave. Muhammad is buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was not buried, but cremated in Kushinagar, India, and his ashes divided into eight parts and enshrined around India. Hinduism has no single founder, as it is considered a timeless tradition that developed over thousands of years. Because it is a synthesis of various traditions, there is no single founder's burial site. Those are the biggies.
Of course, we know that Moses died and was buried by God. Deuteronomy 34:5-6 tells us Moses died in Moab and God buried him there.
Read I Corinthians 15:3-8 – “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.”

The Resurrection
1) I Corinthians 15 – gives the importance of this fact of Jesus raising from the dead. “And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty”. (vs.14) “And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable”. (vss. 17-19) Our faith is centered on the foundation of the empty tomb of Jesus.
2) As far as I have seen, no other religion makes a similar claim; that if something which they teach is false then they are wrong and not worth following.
3) The Scriptures called the Bible is the only “holy” book which is challenged by the world. In History, in science, in morality. All are lumped together, either accept it or reject it based on a belief in a higher power. Only the Bible gets singled out from ancient literature.
4) Fact – Jesus died by crucifixion. Historical documents outside the Bible mention this. Even an AI search reveals ‘Several non-Christian, Roman, and Jewish sources from the first and second centuries confirm the crucifixion of Jesus by Pontius Pilate.’
5) Fact - Jesus’ disciples believed that He rose and appeared to them. Anything but an empty tomb would have devastated the resurrection account.
6) Fact - Church persecutor Paul was suddenly changed. Acts 9 and the rest of Paul’s life show him to be a defender of the faith in Jesus’ resurrection.
7) Fact – Skeptic James, brother of Jesus suddenly changed. Mark 6:3-4 and John 7:5 “For even His brothers did not believe in Him.” Yet in the book of Acts and some letters of Paul, James becomes a pillar of the Jerusalem Church. Galatians 2:9
8) Fact – Empty Tomb – Account still stands today. Remember this all took place in Jerusalem thus easily disproved if it could be. No one could ever produce a body that was guarded in death. Disciples stealing the body was the only theory put forth in early times.
9) Fact – woman were the first witnesses of the resurrection. In ancient times this would not be a strong position. If story of resurrection was fabricated, women would not have been the starting point.
10) The martyred life of the Apostles. Would you die for a lie? Add to this they suffered persecution for their standing up for the risen Christ.
11) Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”.

JESUS – THE IMPOSSIBLE This weekend, the world of Jesus believers marks the end of His life that is followed by the begi...
04/05/2026

JESUS – THE IMPOSSIBLE

This weekend, the world of Jesus believers marks the end of His life that is followed by the beginning of His new life. We know it as the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The life of Jesus Christ as shared in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Life of the Son of God and the Way that lets humanity bond with the Creator of all things.
The accounts of One Man who came to earth 2,000 years ago to represent God in the flesh. When even John the Baptist shows a little doubt concerning Jesus, Jesus’ reply was, “The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” (Matthew 11:5-6)
Why would man think that God created man and then God would not want to visit humanity and experience man. We know that humanity is not perfect and by their thoughts and actions are not Godlike, even though we were created in His image according to Genesis 1:26-27. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Jesus plays to this last phrase in Matthew 19:4.
God becoming man is called the incarnation. John 1:14 reads “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” Paul in Philippians 2:5-8 provides a more detailed account of that process.
In many pagan myths, gods temporarily take on human form, but they do not permanently become human, nor do they die and stay dead as humans. So, Jesus was different from the common surrounding belief systems. And the difference started at Jesus’ birth. “For with God nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37) I hope you can recall that conversation between Mary and the Angel Gabriel. Nothing can hinder God, that is why we can say that Jesus is the impossible. The only Virgin Birth and the only Resurrection that had no intermediary.
In Matthew 19:23-26 Jesus spoke about the difficulty of a rich man getting into the kingdom of God. The disciples we ‘greatly astonished’. They asked, ‘Who then can be saved?’ At that time the Jews had a kind of prosperity theology. Jesus’ reply was, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Point here is that we should never limit God. Nothing is impossible for Him. In fact, God had an eternity to plan humanity and how His person could interact with His creation in the form of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
I remember as a young person creating a baseball card game. As that creator I could make the game anything I wanted in regard to rules and what each card would represent. Pretty weak analogy I know.
Having God or the Messiah die was foreign to all cultures including the Jews. Yet dying was a part of God’s Plan to be the bridge over troubled waters. To the Jewish audience of readers Matthew shows that three times Jesus spoke of His death and resurrection (Matthew 16:21 – “From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.” See 17:22-23 and 20:17-19. Mark and Luke include these statements in their Gospels too.)
The evidence is very strong for the resurrection of Jesus. Christ death occurred in history. Being recorded in secular history and under Pontius Pilate. Several secular and non-Christian historical sources from the 1st and 2nd centuries confirm the death of Jesus under Pontius Pilate. Tacitus and Josephus (Roman and Jewish Historians).
In regard to the historical accounts of scripture, “Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy; he is possessed of the true historic sense... this author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians" Sir Wm Ramsay - Ramsay's findings made him a key figure in defending the historical precision of the New Testament.
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” – I Corinthians 1:18
We have only scratched the surface of these events first and last of Jesus’ life. This should cause one to reconsider Jesus as we prepare for the exit door called death.

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