June 21, 2020

Confess Your Sins By Tony Williams

Elders Dave Benner Terry Clark Tony Turner Tony Williams

Gary Woodall Gregg Woodall

June Servant Elder Terry Clark

Ministers Steve Higginbotham Justin Morton

Deacons Michael Albert Brad Alsup David Baldwin Jeff Bauman Lance Champion Tyler Copeland Chris Cox Dan Dresser Ben Griffith Walt Hillis John Hoffarth Jonathan Huddleston Gentry Jackson Bill Leeth Chris Pegg Dustin Roberts Don Scott John Seibel Steve Smith Jeff Snyder Daniel Tanner Lee Toothman Nathan Watkins Ben Woodall Jonathan Woodall

Be Doers of the Word

(James 1:22)

“If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have

fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus

Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that

we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is

not in us.8 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and

just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all

unrighteousness” (I John 1:7-9).

When we read this passage there are often a lot of

questions about how this confession is to take place

so that we may be able to “walk in the light.” Who

do I confess to? God or people? How many people

have to be involved? Does it have to be in public, or can I confess to God in private? Can I

confide to a brother or sister in private? Can I just say that I have sinned, or must I spout forth

the embarrassing

specifics?

Every sin is ultimately committed against God (Psalm 51:4). The Bible consistently emphasizes

our need to confess our sins to Him (Psalm 41:4; Acts 8:22). The confession and apology

should match the impact. Those impacted by the sin should hear the confession. If a sin in-

volves a large number of people in public, a brother or sister must then extend the confession

to the members of the church. As for the confession of our sins to people, the Bible gives no

specific command as to how often and who. We are told many times to confess our sins to the

Lord, but the only direct command to confess to someone else is in the context of church el-

ders praying on behalf of the sick. “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the

church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the

prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins,

he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that

you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:14-

16). Therefore, it seems the general rule is that if you sin publicly, a specific public confession

is in order, a private sin that does not affect another man, go in your closet to confess and pray,

(Matthew 6:6). If your trespass involves another individual only, see that individual in private

(Matthew 5:24).

Honesty about sin means very little if it is not backed up with repentance! God is looking for

heartfelt confession of sin by a contrite heart. Our relationships within this church need to be

such that we can be as honest with one another about our sin as the men of old were about

theirs. We are to edify one another in the spirit of what is meant in James chapter 5.

God is looking for heartfelt confession of sin by a contrite heart.

Wednesday 7 p.m. Online Adult Class

Teacher: Steve Higginbotham

As a church...what would you like to say to your elders?

As an elder...what would you like to say to the church?

As a deacon...what would you like to say to the church/elders?

As a preacher...what would you like to say to the church/elders?

Communication is healthy. Join us for a live Bible study for the next

few weeks on Wednesday night, 7 p.m. on the Karns Church of Christ

Facebook page (Facebook Live). Go to https://www.facebook.com/

KarnsChurch/ and click on “Videos” in the left pane.

Wednesday 7 p.m. Online College-Age Class Teacher: Chris Cox Our world is in turmoil and Christians have a powerful tool at our dis-

posal. Join Chris on Wednesdays as we study "Prayer - Conversations

with God." This is more than just a weekly Bible class. This is 12 weeks

of daily fervent prayer combined with reading and studying some of the

many prayers contained throughout the Bible.

Invite a friend, and join us on Wednesday. A new link for joining the

video chat will be posted prior to class each Wednesday. It will be post-

ed each week in the College-Age Facebook and GroupMe groups.

Come a little early to enjoy fellowship and then stay for class at 7 p.m.

Pre-Recorded Online Adult Class

Teacher: Justin Morton

One of the things the elders have asked is that we have a Facebook Live

class and also a pre-recorded class series. Steve will be teaching the

Facebook Live class and Justin will be teaching the pre-recorded series.

It is Justin’s plan to release the new video each Tuesday night on

https://vimeo.com/channels/justinmortonclasses so that you are able

to watch it at your convenience during the week.

We are going to begin a new series on the life of someone you are prob-

ably pretty familiar with — the first king of Israel, Saul. We’ll explore

how he rose to power, his life and the lessons we can learn from him.

Sympathy

Adam Keylon (known to many here) passed away Monday at age

29. Please keep the family in your prayers.

John Stivers (Sara Gibson’s grandfather) passed away recently. Sara

& Alan-Michael are in West TN with the family. Please keep them in

prayer.

Remember Ken Ripple, Katie Pruett, Craig Green and their families

as they grieve recent losses.

Prayer List

Brenda Rutherford needs to wait 2 more weeks to let her eye settle

before making a decision on re-doing the cataract surgery.

Faye Nelson is recovering from surgery and will hopefully know

next week if this second surgery improved her vision.

Rayvetta Willis (Gary Henderson’s niece) is hospitalized in NC with

an infection in the brain.

Oliver (2 year-old son of Harry & Audrey Washington’s friends)

swallowed a battery and it did major damage to his body. He’s in

ICU and they may have to do open heart surgery.

Essie Mae Fryer (family friend of the Gibsons) was diagnosed with

cancer and a heart murmur last week.

Scott Williams (Bettye Hawkins' son-in-law) is recovering from

emergency surgery at Vanderbilt. Please keep him and the family in

prayer.

Terry Dial (father of former youth intern, Lucas Dial) is leaving

rehab and going home after a very long health battle.

Continue to Pray For:

Cathy Brown, Charles & Natalie Davis, Don

Denton, Ron Dugger, Bettye Hawkins, Gary

& Bonnie Henderson, Polly Huber, Melissa

Johnston, Chris Kelsey, Roy Lanier, Steve

Martin, Beverly Meadows, Goldie Morgan,

Linda Oatman, Mattie Lou Robinson, Melea

Smith, Rosemary Spivey, Jean Thomas, and

Sherrye Woodall.

For Sunday, June 21, 2020

Last names starting with K-Z meet at 10

a.m. A-J meet at 6 p.m.

Don’t forget your mask (Disposable

masks are available if you need them).

You can leave your contribution in the

containers in the foyer, mail it in, or con-

tribute online by going to karnschurch.org

and tapping the “Give” button in the low-

er left corner.

If you are still streaming worship at home,

someone will be at the main drive-

through (not the office drive-through)

from 6—7 p.m. on Sunday to distribute

communion supplies and collect contribu-

tion.

VBS Date Change

VBS is tentatively scheduled for July 19 - 22.

This date depends on the local Covid-19 pre-

cautions and guidelines for that time. Be think-

ing of ways you’d like to help.

Horizons Update

As you may know, Horizons will be conducted

virtually this year. You will need to re-register

and here are the options: Register for $25 in

order to receive the video content only. Regis-

ter for $35 to receive the video content and a

t-shirt. Go to https://www.fhu.edu/horizons

to register.

Karns church of Christ

6612 Beaver Ridge Rd

Knoxville, TN 37931

Phone: 865-691-7411

office@karnschurch.org

www.karnschurch.org

Temporary Times of Services:

Sunday Worship: 10 am, 6 pm

2020 Statistics

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Attendance: 175 (a.m. & p.m.)

214 devices online

Avg. Attendance: N/A

Sun. Contribution: $19,953

Average Contribution: $18,905

Baptisms: 3

Responses: 36

New Members: 30

Our Goal

To be transformed by God to

Reflect the life of Jesus,

Give hope to the lost,

Grow as a family,

Being bound together

by the cross.

Online Resources Available

Services are broadcast live at karnschurch.org.

Archives of our video sermons: vimeo.com/channels/karnschurch.

Our website (karnschurch.org) contains Bible articles, sermon outlines, and other materials.

Audio sermons are posted here: karnscoc.org/audio-sermons.

Birthdays

Jeni Hanstein June 22

Geneva Higginbotham June 24

Olivia Watkins June 24

Chris Pegg June 26

Conrad Slate June 28

Allan Shafer June 29

Karolynn Sugslski June 29

Mike Albert June 30

Wesley Smith June 30

Anniversaries

Andy & Geneva Higginbotham June 22

Josh & Sarah Moorey June 22

Craig & Jill Green June 24

Todd & Yvette Guthrie June 25

Darrell & Deborah Collins June 27

Jeff & Hollis Bauman June 29

Richard & Melissa Johnston June 30