Bethelboro Women

05/03/2026

Friends, these photos in the comments are just a sampling of what you will find at the Women’s Ministry Bake Sale TODAY, May 3! Can’t wait to see you under the tent!

04/18/2026

Hi ladies! We had some tech difficulties with our Bake Sale signups. If you are willing to make some yummy baked goods for the Bake Sale on May 3, please use this Google Form to sign up! All proceeds go toward scholarships for the Women’s Conference in November. ❤️ Thank you in advance!

Hi Ladies! On Sunday, May 3rd we will be hosting a Women's Ministry Bake Sale after each worship service. All proceeds go toward scholarships to attend our Fall Conference. We need all of your baking skills to help make this a success! Please sign up below. Thank you!

03/04/2026

Ladies, don’t forget to register for The Gathering!

This Saturday, March 7 from 9:30-noon, we are going to grow together in our confidence to share the Gospel and be a witness for Christ! We are all called to be Christ’s witnesses, and this training will help us to do that!

The event is free and childcare is provided. We can’t wait to see YOU at The Gathering!

Register here:

02/28/2026

Good morning, Bible Scholars! I am SO sorry that I have been MIA for the last few weeks. Life is busy, and the LORD is GOOD!

Are you still plugging away and feasting on the Word? Are you behind? IT'S OK! You have the rest of your life and all of eternity to FEAST on the Word, but I do encourage you to feast EVERY DAY. The more time we spend in the Word, the more we begin to crave it. Time spent in the Word is time spent with HIM, and it is transformational!

I wanted to share some thoughts on our most recent readings: Exodus, Romans, 1 Corinthians.

Obviously, SLAVERY and FREEDOM are common themes in Exodus, Romans, and 1 Corinthians. If we are in Christ, we are now freed from slavery to sin and death, and we are now slaves to righteousness in Christ Jesus!

Combining Exodus → Romans → 1 Corinthians was not random. Paul is intentionally rereading Exodus when he writes both Romans and 1 Corinthians.

Let’s walk this out and expand to some other themes.

I. The Common Thread: Deliverance from Slavery → Freedom in Christ

1. EXODUS — Physical Slavery, Blood Redemption

The pattern:

Israel enslaved in Egypt (Exod 1)
God hears their cry (Exod 2:23–25)
God redeems by:
Power (plagues)
Blood (Passover lamb, Exod 12)
Deliverance through water (Red Sea, Exod 14)
They become God’s covenant people (Exod 19)

Key verse:
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” (Exod 20:2)

As you read through the Old Testament, especially in the Pentateuch, the LORD reminds His people frequently that He delivered them out of Egypt!

Freedom is:
Initiated by God
Accomplished by blood
Followed by covenant obedience

2. ROMANS — Slavery to Sin → Freedom in Christ

Paul uses explicit slavery language:
“You were slaves of sin…” (Rom 6:17)

Romans 6 mirrors Exodus:

Exodus Romans
Slaves in Egypt Slaves to sin
Passover lamb Christ our sacrifice
Red Sea crossing Baptism into Christ (Rom 6:3–4)
New identity as God’s people New identity in Christ

Key verse:
“You have been set free from sin.” (Rom 6:18)

Freedom is:
Not self-achieved
Purchased by blood (Rom 3:24–25)
Followed by new obedience (Rom 6:22)

HOW SHALL WE LIVE AS FREED PEOPLE??? Paul gives us the answers!

3. 1 CORINTHIANS — Living as Freed People

Paul explicitly connects the church to Exodus:
“Our fathers were all under the cloud… all passed through the sea.” (1 Cor 10:1–2)

Then he warns:
Israel was delivered — but many fell in the wilderness.
This is critical:
DELIVERANCE DOES NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL MATURITY!!!

Key themes in 1 Corinthians:

Freedom misused (1 Cor 6, 8, 10)
Idolatry warning (1 Cor 10)
Christ our Passover (1 Cor 5:7)
Called out to be holy (1 Cor 1:2)

Freedom must be:
Guarded
Directed
Lived out in holiness

II. Other Major Shared Themes - Now let’s widen the lens.

1. Blood Atonement

Exodus: Passover Lamb (Exod 12)
Romans: Propitiation through His blood (Rom 3:25)
Justified by His blood (Rom 5:9)
1 Corinthians: “Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.” (1 Cor 5:7)

Thread: Redemption requires blood.

2. Covenant Identity

Exodus: “You shall be My treasured possession.” (Exod 19:5–6)
Romans: Adopted as sons (Rom 8:15);
God’s covenant faithfulness (Rom 9–11)
1 Corinthians: “Sanctified in Christ Jesus” (1 Cor 1:2);
Body of Christ imagery (1 Cor 12)

Thread: Delivered people become covenant people.

3. Presence of God

Exodus: Tabernacle; Glory cloud; God dwelling among His people
Romans: Spirit dwelling in believers (Rom 8:9–11)
1 Corinthians: “You are God’s temple.” (1 Cor 3:16)

Thread: God dwells with the redeemed.

4. Law and Obedience

Exodus: Law given after deliverance
Romans: Law exposes sin (Rom 3:20)
Law fulfilled in Christ (Rom 8:3–4)
1 Corinthians: Call to holiness; Moral instruction grounded in gospel

Thread: Obedience flows from redemption — not the other way around.

5. Idolatry Warning

Exodus: Golden calf (Exod 32)
Romans: Idolatry described in Rom 1:21–23
1 Corinthians: Explicit warning using Exodus example (1 Cor 10:6–14)

Thread: The heart reverts to slavery unless guarded.

6. Grumbling and Wilderness Testing

Exodus: Complaints in wilderness
Romans: Suffering produces perseverance (Rom 5:3–5)
1 Corinthians: “Do not grumble…” (1 Cor 10:10)

Thread: Freedom involves TESTING before the promised inheritance.

7. Inheritance and Promise

Exodus: Promised Land ahead
Romans: Heirs with Christ (Rom 8:17)
1 Corinthians: Inheritance of the kingdom (1 Cor 6:9–11)

Thread: Deliverance leads to inheritance.

III. The Big Theological Structure

All three books share this redemptive movement:

Slavery
Blood Redemption
Deliverance
Covenant Identity
God’s Presence
Testing in Freedom
Final Inheritance
That is the Gospel pattern.

IV. The Main Takeaway

Exodus gives the pattern.
Romans explains the theology.
1 Corinthians applies the warning and practice.

Together they teach:

Freedom in Christ is not merely escape from bo***ge — it is transformation into a holy, covenant people who live in God’s presence and move toward eternal inheritance.

All glory be to HIM for being our LORD God who delivered us out of slavery to sin and death and INTO life in CHRIST!

02/11/2026

Hi, Bible Scholars! Join us for a live Google Meet on Wednesday, February 11 from 6:30-8pm. We will discuss our readings from the last few weeks, focusing on the connections between Job, Hebrews, and Romans 1-8. Hope to see you there!

Here’s the link:

Bible Reading Group
Wednesday, Jan 14 · 6:30–8 PM
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/fkf-oyqg-fmh

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01/30/2026

Does anyone else have to read and digest Hebrews SUPER SLOWLY? There is so much meat and depth that it takes me a while to gnaw the meat off the bone…and I still find new meat every time I read it!

A “reading plan” is not as important as soaking up the Word. Don’t miss the Holy Spirit’s sweet invitation to linger a little longer when you sense that nudge!

01/29/2026

Good morning, Bible Scholars! Today is Thursday, January 29 and we begin WEEK 5 of our reading plan:

THIS WEEK January 29 - February 4)

Job chapters 1 - 21
Continue in Hebrews chapters 8 - 13

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Connections from week 4:

Genesis 37–50 shows God saving His people through a rejected and exalted son - JOSEPH.

Hebrews 1–7 reveals that Jesus is the ultimate rejected Son whose suffering and exaltation accomplish eternal salvation.

Joseph is a “type” or foreshadowing of Christ.

Why did Moses (by the LORD’s instruction) give Moses more “time” in Genesis than any other character - even Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?

What is the LORD showing you in His Word?

01/27/2026

Hi ladies!

I want to encourage you with something. IF you are already behind on the weekly readings, it’s OK! If you look at the last several weeks of the reading plan, we are reading the New Testament a second time. (Note where it says “intentional rereads.”) If you get behind, you have plenty of time at the end to catch up and still read through the Bible in 2026!

This is not about pressure or checking boxes. It’s about knowing HIM! ❤️

01/26/2026

Good morning, Bible Scholars! I apologize for being unplugged the last couple of weeks. I have been trying to focus on reading/studying the Word and prayer lately. We are now in WEEK 4 of our reading plan, and that takes us into the theologically rich book of Hebrews as we also finish up Genesis.

I always have to read Hebrews very slowly because there is so much there! We see yet again that God created the world through Jesus (1:2) and upholds all things by the word of His power (1:3). We learn that Jesus is the radiance of the Father's glory and the exact representation of His nature (1:3). Remember when what Jesus said in John 14:9? Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

The thing that is standing out to me is the warnings about falling away. Hebrews chapter 2:1 says:

"For this reason, we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it."

In chapter 3:12, we read:
"Take care, brethren (sisteren!) that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God."

Vs. 14: "For we have become partakers of Christ, IF we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm UNTIL THE END."

The writer of Hebrews compares us to the Israelites whom God rescued from slavery in Egypt. They wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. They hardened their hearts against God. The LORD said, "They shall not enter My rest."

These are people who had the call of God on their lives. They were included in the rescue from slavery. They saw great signs and wonders. They even walked across a parted sea to escape the Pharaoh and his army! But read Hebrews 3:16 - 19:

"For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He sweat that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief."

Notice here the DISOBEDIENCE and UNBELIEF are connected and have the same end. Notice that they had HEARD!

If we say we believe, yet continue in our sin, we are lying to ourselves.

Now, look at Hebrews chapter 4:1-3:

"Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard DID NOT PROFIT THEM, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said..."

Vs. 6: "Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience."

We can come to church. We can hear the Word. We can serve. We can lift our hands and shout in "worship." But OBEDIENCE and a changed life is the evidence of our salvation and the Holy Spirit being inside us. Our FAITH has to have FEET, which means we walk in obedience. We are doers of the Word! If we continue living in the same sin as before we heard the good news, we are fooling ourselves.

BUT GOD...

Here's the great news!

Hebrews 4: 14 - 16

"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

Let's keep running to the mercy seat - confessing our sin before God. 1 John 1:9 says:

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

We praise you, Jesus! We thank you, Jesus! You who knew no sin became sin so that we could become the righteousness of God in Christ. Help us to walk in your ways - as true disciples and true worshippers in Spirit and Truth!

01/14/2026

Reminder: we are having a Google Meet Bible study tonight from 6:30-8pm for anyone who wants to join. We will talk about Tree of Life/Bread of Life and the Covenants we have seen so far in our readings. Come prepared to share some of your thoughts about the first two weeks’ readings!

Here’s the link: Bible Reading Group
Wednesday, Jan 14 · 6:30–8 PM
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: