FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of Texico

Welcome to the

Box 296 Texico, NM 88135 • (575) 482-3632 • www.firstbaptisttexico.org.

Mike & Sarah McCune

Pastor & Wife Cason Waters Music Ministry

Dean & Michelle Shover Youth Ministry

Glenn Keim, Bill Moore, Kenneth Waters Elders

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Welcome to First Baptist Church of Texico Sermon Title for this morning’s message:

“Sanctification Part 2” Selected Scriptures

Sermons Via Live-Stream & Skype

The Sunday Morning Services are available via Facebook live-stream. The live feed will be there at roughly 10:15

am on Sunday morning. The sermon will also be posted to the website as soon as possible.

The Sunday Evening study of Genesis is planning to meet on Skype in the coming weeks. Of course, we are not sure how long this will last and we do not plan for it to remain this way. If you are interested, please first set up a Skype account. It can be used both on a (smart) phone and a

computer (computer will give you better results and bet-ter usability). Then contact Pastor Mike with your ac-

count name and we will go from there. If you need help setting up an account, you can also contact Mike.

First Family Calendar of Events

All events excluding Wednesday night prayer meeting have been canceled thru April 11. You are welcome to join those meeting on

Wednesdays for prayer at 6:30 either in the fellowship hall or via skype. Contact Mike if

you would like info on skype. Updates will be posted upon reevaluation.

Sunday morning services are being livestreamed on Facebook and posted to the

website on Monday. Sunday Evening study of Genesis will meet on

Skype at 5:30

16th century Christian pastor, theologian, and church

reformer (husband and father, as well) Martin Lu-

ther, on facing the Black Death:

“I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fu-

migate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take

it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is

not needed in order not to become contaminated and

thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause

their death as a result of my negligence. If God should

wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done

what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible

for either my own death or the death of others. If my

neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or

person but will go freely as stated above. See this is such

a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor fool-

hardy and does not tempt God.”

- Martin Luther, from his letter “Whether one may flee

from a Deadly Plague” to Rev. Dr. John Hess

What We Believe We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16). The whole Bible, including both Old and New Testaments, is inerrant and infalli-ble in its original documents. The Bible is the divine standard, and is suffi-cient for all matters of doctrine, faith, practice, and godliness (Psalm 19:7-2; 2 Peter 1:3) We believe there is one God (Isaiah 44:5-8). He is perfect and infinite in all His attributes. He is Lord of the universe, having created it by the power of the word of His mouth alone, apart from any natural processes, and He is Lord over mankind, having created us in His image (Genesis 1:27). Within the nature of the one true God are three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The three Persons are co-equal and co-eternal (Acts 5:3-4; Hebrews 1:8) We believe that Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man. He was born of a virgin, and He lived a sinless life. We believe that He was crucified on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, and that He was raised bodily from the dead on the third day (John 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1). We believe that salvation is by God’s grace alone, apart from any works of man (Ephesians 2:8-9). God’s only provision for salvation is the atoning death of Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). Saving faith is not only an intellectual assent to the facts of the gospel, but a heart commitment to willingly trust, submit to, and obey the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3:36). We believe once a person is saved, that salvation can never be lost or rejected (Romans 8:38-39). We believe the church (universal) consists of all persons who have trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation, and each local body consists of believers who are together for worship, fellowship, teaching, evangelizing, and exercising spiritu-al gifts (Acts 2:42, 47; Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Hebrews 10:25). We believe the Biblical ordinances (commands) for the believer are water baptism by immersion and communion. Baptism is an act of obedience whereby a believer makes a public profession of faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 6:3-6). Communion is an act of obedience where we remember the sacrifice of Christ and anticipate the glories of His kingdom to come (1 Corinthians 11:24-25). We believe in the personal, premillennial and imminent return of Jesus Christ. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting glory, and the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:31-46).