AOC Two

M Y  doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:  3   Because I will publish the name of the LORD.    (Deut 32:2-3)        This devotion is a continuation of our devotion of two days ago on the Dew Point that is a reflection on the Word of God. Let us examine some distinct ways in which DEW can be compared to God’s Word:   1.       BOTH WORK BEYOND THE SIGHT OF MAN: The dew falls invisibly and so gradually that its coming cannot be discerned by the eye of man. Likewise, the Word of God works invisibly in the heart beyond the notice of other men, or even the owner of the heart in which it is working.   2.       CONFIRMATION OF TRUTH: Gideon was given confirmation of God’s Counsel by the dews on, and off, the sheepskin. God gives us silent, but sure, confirmation of His Word by way o...

M Y  doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:  3   Because I will publish the name of the LORD.    (Deut 32:2-3)   A ND  in the morning the dew lay round about the host.  14  And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.  15  And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat .  (Ex 16:13-15)   Dew Point definition: the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.   What causes dew to form in nature? Warm air is capable of holding more moisture than colder air. Overnight, the ambient tempera...

  Happy Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany!  The AOC Sunday Report can be found  RIGHT HERE . There are great sermons today from Bishops Jerry and Royals, as well as Revs Jack and Bryan.  They are different, but you will enjoy each.  Rev Jack's can be viewed on video  RIGHT HERE . There are always a lot of people who need your prayer.  The AOC lost a member today when Pastor William Siraj was murdered and  Reverend Patrick Naeem badly injured in a machinegun attack in Pakistan 30 January 2022, a constant reminder of the forces in this world arrayed against Christ.  Please pray for them and their families.  Pray also for Tricia, Shamim, Jim, Laurie and Lori, work out from there. There is a super week ahead, you need God's help to see it.  Open your heart to the Holy Ghost and gain VISION. Godspeed, Hap Church of the Faithful Centurion Descanso, California United States of America

Rev Jack's sermon can be found on video  RIGHT HERE ! Sermon – Reverend Jack Arnold - Time and Action Church of the Faithful Centurion, Descanso, California Today’s sermon brought the Collect, Epistle and Gospel together and is partly contained in the forewords above.     Consider these words from the Collect:   … who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations …   In the Collect, we acknowledge that God knows the dangers, toils and snares with which we must contend, which so often keep us from the upright acknowledgement and defense of that which is true and correct.   With these infirmities, our only hope is that certain hope of His help to support us, not to get out of the problems, but to make our way through them to His Glory. The C...

  T HE   Jews then murmured at him, because he said,  I am the bread which came down from heaven . And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith,  I came down from heaven ? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,  Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father   (see  John 6:41-59)         Have we not known the old military maxim,  Familiarity breeds contempt ?  Such contempt for our neighbors who receive high honors is not only expressed by acquaintances and friends, but even find expression from among thos...

The Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany. The Collect.   O  GOD , who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.   The Gospel (Matthew 8:1-13)   W HEN  he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.  2  And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.  3  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying,  I will; be thou clean.  And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4  And Jesus saith unto him,  See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them . 5  And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto...

The Propers for today are found on Page 114-115, with the Collect first:   The Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany. The Collect.   O  GOD , who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.   The Epistle for today came from the Thirteenth Chapter of Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans beginning at the First Verse:    L ET every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves condemnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have...

  A N  hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.   (Prov 11:9)   A ND  why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  42   Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye .      (Luke 6:41-42)   T HOU  hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?   And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day ?”           (Luke 13:15-16) ...