A Godly Influence

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you [alone] are righteous before Me in this generation.”—Genesis 7:1

The children of Noah faced a significant decision. They lived in a world where everyone blatantly disregarded God. Wickedness was the norm. No one would have condemned Noah's sons for living evil lives like the rest of society—no one except their father. In a world rampant with ungodly attitudes and every form of wicked behavior, they were fortunate to be Noah's sons. When their father invited them to spend the next hundred years building an ark in obedience to a word from God, Noah's sons had to choose whether to believe those around them or to trust their father. They chose to join their father. What a wonderful testimony of Noah's godly influence in his home! How fortunate for Shem, Ham, and Japheth that their father refused to compromise his integrity, even though everyone else in his society had done so.
Your life has an influence on those around you as well. Your spouse and your children are profoundly affected by your choices. Your coworkers, your neighbors, and your friends will all be impacted by your life. As the world tries to persuade people to follow its standard, your life should stand in stark contrast as an example of a righteous person. Your life should convince those around you of the wisdom of following God. Do not underestimate the positive effect that your obedience will have upon those close to you.
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History of Anglican.

The name "Anglican" means "of England", but the Anglican church exists worldwide. It began in the sixth century in England, when Pope Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine to Britain to bring a more disciplined Apostolic succession to the Celtic Christians. The Anglican Church evolved as part of the Roman church, but the Celtic influence was folded back into the Roman portion of the church in many ways, perhaps most notably by Charlemagne's tutor Aidan. The Anglican church was spread worldwide first by English colonization and then by English-speaking missionaries.

The Anglican church, although it has apostolic succession, is separate from the Roman church. The history of Christianity has produced numerous notable separations. In 1054 came the first major split from Roman administration of the church, when the Eastern Orthodox church and the Roman split apart.

The conflict of authority in England between church and state certainly dates back to the arrival of Augustine, and has simmered for many centuries. The murder of Thomas a Becket was one of the more famous episodes of this conflict. The Magna Carta, signed by King John in 1215, contains 63 points; the very first point is a declaration that the English church is independent of its government..

Discontent with Roman administration of the church.

The beginning of the sixteenth century showed significant discontent with the Roman church. Martin Luther's famous 95 Theses were nailed to the door of the church in Wittenburg in 1517, and news of this challenge had certainly reached England when, 20 years later, the Anglican branch of the church formally challenged the authority of Rome. Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and abbeys in 1536.
There is a public perception, especially in the United States, that Henry VIII created the Anglican church in anger over the Pope's refusal to grant his divorce, but the historical record indicates that Henry spent most of his reign challenging the authority of Rome, and that the divorce issue was just one of a series of acts that collectively split the English church from the Roman church in much the same way that the Orthodox church had split off five hundred years before.

Defining the new church

The newly-separated Anglican church was given some formal structure in 1562 during the reign of Elizabeth I. That structure is not a management process or governing organization. What binds us together is not common administration but shared tradition and shared belief. Our belief is written down in the Holy Bible and the Articles of Religion; our tradition is in part embodied in our Book of Common Prayer. The first Book of Common Prayer was produced in 1549. In it the Latin liturgy was radically simplified and translated into English, and for the first time a single 'use' was enforced throughout England. It has been revised numerous times since then, the most significant revision being the first, in 1552. All revisions since then, before the modern era, were very conservative revisions. The 1662 English Book of Common Prayer forms the historical basis for most Anglican liturgy around the world. While several countries have their own prayer books, all borrow heavily from the English tradition rooted in Cranmer's original work.

Further Information

Church history has been an important part of the cultural history of every nation, and through the centuries thousands of books have been written about it. Every library and every encyclopedia will cover it to some degree. An informative online starting point for learning more about the history of the Anglican Church is The Anglican Timeline, produced by the American physician Ed Friedlander, MD. It lists several hundred notable events in the history of the Anglican church, with large numbers of links to reference materials and primary sources.

A Noticeable Difference

When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and knew that they had been with Jesus.—Acts 4:13

There is no mistaking a life transformed by God! The disciples had been vain and fearful when Jesus enlisted them. James and John sought to outmaneuver their fellow disciples in order to gain the places of greatest honor next to Jesus (Mark 10:37). Over and over the disciples' actions showed that they did not truly understand who Jesus was (John 6:7–9; Mark 6:49). Even after three years with Jesus, Peter was afraid to confess Christ before a young servant girl (Matt. 26:69–75). Anyone who knew these men would realize they were not the kind of people on which you build a worldwide kingdom. Yet something happened to them as they were with Jesus. The Holy Spirit transformed them, giving them new boldness and wisdom. Now they could perform miracles and preach fearlessly and persuasively to multitudes. Even their enemies noticed in their changed lives the same power they had witnessed in Jesus.

Sometimes we desperately want others to believe that we have changed, that we are more godly, more devoted, more Spirit-controlled. It is not necessary, however, for those who have been truly transformed by Christ to convince others of the difference; the change will be obvious.

Don't become too introspective, always focusing on yourself and the small changes you see happening over time. As you walk with Jesus daily, let the witness of the changes taking place in you come from others and not from you. If you have to prove to someone that God has really changed you, He has not. Those around you will surely notice when your life has been transformed by your relationship with Jesus. God bless you.

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watch it, Its youth week. THINKING OUT OF THE BOX.

If you’re having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has allowed me to open up – to know that there’s life under the earth and that I have to let it come through me in a new way. – Natalie Goldberg
November 14th-November 21 2016. 

Kings Anglican Church Youth week is at hand and thinking out of the box is the shooting point.

Watch this video clip and learn.

Cant wait to see you at King's Anglican Church.

 

Prov 23:7 ‘as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is”

 I take Acts 10:34-43 as a sub text

 Thinking Outside the Box

Perhaps you have heard the expression: “think outside the box.” As a church, we need to start thinking outside the box. The reason is clear: in order to reach a new generation,  we need to think like them, and not like ourselves.
As I continue, I want to warn you that thinking outside the box will feel uncomfortable. You will want to resist this idea, and you will want to go back into the box. So get ready, God is going to use you this morning as we all start to think outside the box. First, let me illustrate how we think in the box.
THINKING INSIDE THE BOX ILLUSTRATION:
I will take this box here and start to throw things in it. These are things which we all think about when we think about church. Here I am going to throw in a hymnal. So we sing songs out of the hymnbook. Let’s throw in there the KJV Bible. Nothing wrong with this translation. It is just thinking inside the box. Let’s throw in a piano. Let’s throw in this brochure about the WMU. Let’s through in this brochure about an evangelist. Let’s through in these brochures about conferences from the Missouri Baptist Convention. Let’s through in the offering envelopes. Let’s throw in this Sunday School record. Let’s throw in this tote board showing all of our numbers. Do you see where I am going with this? Let’s throw in God’s Little Toy Box. Let’s throw in Safe House brochure. These last two things were “outside of the box” kind of thinking a decade ago. I am not saying we shouldn’t do them. I am just saying that for us, they are “inside the box.”
The problem is that we can’t reach new people if we keep doing the same thing we have always done. So what is it going to take to reach new people?
Say it together: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
What are the ingredients to thinking outside the box?
The first ingredient is VISION. 
Let’s look at the first verse:
“Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,” (Acts 10:34, HCSB)
Peter starts by saying that he really understands that God doesn’t show favoritism. Where did he get this idea? God revealed it to him in a vision. God showed him a vision three times. If you read about it, God shows him a bunch of animals which were forbidden for Peter to eat. God says to kill and eat these animals. Peter declined three times. God said to Peter “Don’t call unclean what God has made clean” and then the vision ended. Peter didn’t get the vision at first.
“While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.” (Acts 10:17, HCSB)
So God brought the answer to him. The Holy Spirit tells Peter to go and meet Cornelius. After they meet, Peter gets it.
“Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean. That’s why I came without any objection when I was sent for. So I ask: Why did you send for me?”” (Acts 10:28–29, HCSB)
The vision drove the thinking. Peter learned that God doesn’t show favoritism. What does that mean?
“Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,” (Acts 10:34, HCSB)
To show favoritism means to favor or keep with the same people, practices, customs, and ideas. In Peter’s context, he had to learn that sharing the good news was not just for Jews. Sharing the good news was for Gentiles as well.
Our problem is a local, cultural, and generational problem. We think that to “do church” we need to do it a certain way. We learned that we can change what that certain way is. We can adapt and do new things. But soon, those new things became traditional things and these traditional things aren’t enough to reach people.
Sometimes you need a new vision to reach a new group of people. A new vision drives the thinking. A new vision helps you to start thinking outside the box.
What is the vision? I have to reach new people. The vision is seeing what God sees. It is a picture of the end result. The end result is to reach new people. In our case, to reach the next two generations.
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        JESUS THE KING OF KINGS.

 

The word "king" is used symbolically in the Bible to signify someone who possesses supreme power. In fact, God is referred to as a King in 1 Timothy 1:17: "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen." Also in 1 Timothy 6:13-16: "In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time - God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen."

Revelation 19:16 is the main passage where "King of kings" is mentioned in relation to Jesus Christ. "On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." This verse is speaking of the future time when Jesus Christ will return to earth to set up His kingdom. All will proclaim, "Jesus is King!"

King of kings and Lord of lords is a victorious title. It signifies sovereignty over all kings and all lords. Everyone will be in submission to Him, King Jesus! No matter what person in history is the most victorious king or ruler on the earth, Jesus Christ is the King of kings!

Is Jesus a King to you? Are you able to announce with the author of Revelation that Jesus is King of kings and Lord of Lords?

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