Men’s Rally and Preaching at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS
Mid-South Men’s Rally and Preaching at First Presbyterian ChurchThe following is taken from a press release from Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC:
Dr. Michael A. Milton, President and James M. Baird Jr. Professor of Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC, will be preaching at the Mid-South Men’s Rally at First Presbyterian Church, in Jackson, MS. on Friday January 29.
The 25th annual Men’s Rally is an opportunity for fathers and grandfathers to spend quality time with their sons and grandsons. It is a time to invite both Christian and non-Christian friends, neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances to an uplifting gathering of men from around the state and region.
Dr. Milton will speak two times on Friday evening. His first talk, “Is There Not A Cause,” is from 1 Samuel 17:291 Samuel 17:29
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29 David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
WP-Bible plugin. He will be looking at the tragic, heroic and sinful life of David. David’s heart is shown as David, the king-to-be, cries out to God to live for a cause that is greater than himself. Men need a cause. Our hearts cry out for meaning and for fulfillment. Dr. Milton will seek, using God’s Word, to answer the question: “What is my cause in life?”
His second talk, “Oh My Son!” is from 2 Samuel 18:33, 232 Samuel 18:33, 23
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33 The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!
23 But come what may, said he, I will run. He said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
WP-Bible plugin:5 and John 16:33John 16:33
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33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
WP-Bible plugin. The cry of the heart of the man of God is not only a cry for a cause, but it is also a cry of pain and a cry of hope in the midst of pain. The hope comes from the Promise of new life in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This was what David looked to, this is what we look to as well.
The sermon for the Sunday worship services is: “Quit Ye Like Men” A Call to Biblical Manhood I Corinthians 16:13,14 and 1 Peter 2:9-12, 31 Peter 2:9-12, 3
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9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
10 who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
WP-Bible plugin:7. The sermon title is taken from the KJV of 1 Cor. 16:131 Cor. 16:13
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13 Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
WP-Bible plugin: Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. The Bible says a great deal about the subject of manhood. In 1 Cor. 16, Paul ends his letter to the Corinthians by calling the leaders to take a courageous stand for Christ against the many devices of Satan which have come into that church. In the second reading, Peter encourages men to fulfill their calling as husbands before a watching world. In both of these passages, God speaks to men today.
Historic First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (founded 1837) is the largest Presbyterian congregation in the State and one of the largest in the United States. A flagship congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), First Church played a significant role in establishing the PCA (the largest conservative Presbyterian denomination in the English-speaking world), Reformed Theological Seminary, and Reformed University Ministries (a nationwide campus fellowship).
