SCF Bible School Closing Program

Lesson Transcript

Let's begin by singing number 150. Number 150. No, when all earth swears all mercies I come, my rising soul surveys. Let's part and forget the humane loss in wonder, love, and grace. I'm now a mother to the firstborns I sow, my tender deadly soul. Before my void and heart conceived from earthly stone first stone. Ten thousand thousand and thousand thousand searchful tears my deadly face employ. Blurrin's our easily struck cheerful heart, that taste most gives with joy.

Through all eternities within a joyful song of grace. A joyful eternities to shore to a water of my grace. Number 378. Number 378. No, O Jesus my sweet hope and comfort, so longer leave me lone and sad. My heart and soul to this anomaly my entrance door will make me that. O wealth of earth, O joy of heaven, true love true man to mourning light, compression sun of praise and glory shine through my soul and make it bright.

O bless my heart to be the mature of birth for thee O Jesus' love, then truly rest as in thy cradle would form the nature of thy child. Then all my lonesome guests and sorrow would end in blessings rich and free, compression sun of praise and glory lay forth anew and lay beneath. O healing one still all my longing come with thy blessedness to stay with humble hunger I desire thee my being infilled without delay.

My thrust and all my powers of reason I come seek grateful Lord to thee, compression sun of grace and glory thy comfort rest and make me free. Amen. Number 510. Number 510. To the soul. Jesus I have come to offer heart and soul to thee forever of the joys that now appear since begun and not beharing. Were I turned from you uncaring I will not look back again. I will not look back again. Though my heart has been divided though my steps have been misguided to a solemn joy I'm led.

Now to you I will come pleading to defer to Jesus only night and day to serve my God. Night and day to serve my God. Lord to thee I freely offer all I love a joyful labor see I'm keeping nothing near. Search me drive me through my yearning if to joyfuls I am turning take them from me rise away. Take them from me rise away. What the world and flesh shall lure me nothing heart shall now deter me priceworthy my all shall be. If in all things I may amber in my nights behold thy pleasure mine is joy that knows no end.

Mine is joy that knows no end. Greetings and welcome to each of you. It's a joy to see all of you come out. It'd be a joy to maybe meet some of the parents of the students we had here. It was a good week that we had with the students. They were a good group of people. And I was blessed by sharing the week with them. Just a few little information about the group that we had. We would have had students from 13 different states and also from Ontario, Canada, and from Belize. So it's a good diversity.

And it's always good when we see people coming from different places and able to share their hearts with one another. We had three teachers this week: Brother Harvey Wright, Brother Roger Byers, and Brother Sheldon Martin. And Brother Harvey spoke on the marks of the true Christian. And I think that he gave us some very solid teaching on that where some of the characteristics of a true Christian affect the speech to our wealth, how we're going to handle all that. And are we going to be people of generosity?

Or are we going to keep that wealth and use it on ourselves? And also he talked about how we work through some of the trials and what the reason why God allows them to come into our experience. Brother Roger talked about the two kingdoms. And he spoke about how there's a line that is between those two kingdoms. And we want to cross over from the kingdom of the world into the kingdom of heaven. And there's a distinct difference in values that we have in those two different kingdoms.

And so he shared with us and then Brother Sheldon, he shared with us on the church and how the church should function and the working together in the local body. And I think that the students all should go home from here with a different and a renewed appreciation for the local body of Christ wherever they are at in that.

And I told them that my desire for them was that they would take what they have learned here this week home to their home congregations, not trying to tell them how they ought to run things, but to plug into where they're at and put their all in, right into the congregation where God has put them. So often we can find a lot of things maybe wrong with our home congregations. But what are we doing ourselves to make that a better congregation or a better body of Christ?

I'm going to give the order of the service after I have a word of prayer. The Bible school students, they memorized the book of Jude. And so they're going to come in and they're going to share in that memorization with us. And then after they are done with that, we will have a song, Brother Kurt, because they are going to have to go back out and get situated for the way they want to share in music. And that's going to be directed by Brother David Wadle. So let's stand at this time for a word of prayer.

Heavenly Father, we come before you this evening. We thank you again for the goodness that we have received from your hands. Father, we thank you for your mercy and for salvation. But we also thank you for the strength and the power that you give to us, that we can go out as we face the world each day and that we can be a living testimony to them. Father, I thank you for everyone that has come out tonight. I especially thank you for the parents that have come.

And Father, I pray that you would bless them in their relating with their sons and their daughters. And we thank you for the students that have come this week and have given up of their time that they could learn to know you more. I just pray, Father, that we would be blessed by them sharing with us tonight. And we just ask that your name would be honored and that you would receive the glory from this all. We ask this all in your name. Amen.

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and God, mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

But there are certain men prepped in unawares who were before of all prepared for this condemnation, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

And the angels which left not their first estate but left their own habitation, he hath preserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also, these filthy dreamers, defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Yet Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him an arrailing accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuked thee." But these speak evil of those things which they know not, but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them, for they are gone in the way of Cain and ran hurriedly after the heir of Balaam for reward and perished in the gain saying of Core.

These are spots in your feasts of charity when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. Clowns they are without water, carried about of winds. Trees whose fruit withereth without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots. Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. Wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these saying, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints to execute judgment upon all and to commit all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lust, and their mouths speaketh great swelling words, having men spursing to admiration because of advantage.

But beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, how that they told unto the rich democrates in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lust. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the spirit. But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

And some have compassion, making indifference, and others say with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Amen. Number 596. The soul, the master has told as he goes us to follow the track of the footprints he leaves on our way.

Far over the mountain and through the deep hollow, the path leads us on to the mansions of day. The master has taught us the children who fear him, who march deep Christ banner his own beds of man. We love him and seek him. We long to be near him and rest in the light of his beautiful land. The master has taught us the road may be dreary and dangers and sorrows are strewn on the track. But God's Holy Spirit shall comfort the weary. We follow the Savior and cannot turn back.

The master has taught us who doubt and temptation make up this hard journey. We cheerfully sing, rest onward, look upward through the tribulation. The children of Zion must follow their King. The master has taught us in light turning morning with spirits as fresh as the dew on the sun. We turn from the world with its mountains storming to grasp in our bond with the people abroad. The master has taught us his sons and his daughters weeping for his blessing and trust in his love.

And through the great pastures beside the still waters to meet us at last to this kingdom above. Well, I guess better late than never, right? Good evening. It's good to see you all here this evening. Thank you for coming out. Probably have some sort of connection with the people up here. We're glad you came to worship with us. First two songs are two songs of praise. Moving into a section of music talking about pathways and following, all right? So please worship with us as we sing.

Shout for joy to God, all people, sing the glory of his name. Under stars or under steeples, let us all his praise proclaim. Come and see God's saving grace, awesome deeds to Adam's race. God, his history's great mover, witnesses rolled at the sea. Trapped and panicked, outmaneuvered, God turned route to victory. Come and see God's saving grace, awesome deeds to Adam's race. God, our ruler, always zealous on all nations, keeps his eyes. The state warning of rebellion to the sovereign God defies.

Come and see God's saving grace, awesome deeds to Adam's race. Come and bless our God, all people, let the sound of praise be heard. He has rescued us from evil. He of our death life confirmed. Come and see God's saving grace, awesome deeds to Adam's race. Let the whole creation cry, "Hallelujah! Glory to the Lord on high!" Hallelujah! Tell men earth awake and sing, "Hallelujah! God is God and therefore King!" Hallelujah! Praise him, all ye hosts above! Hallelujah! Ever bright and fair in love! Hallelujah!

Sun and moon uplift your voice! Hallelujah! Night and stars in God rejoice! Hallelujah! Warriors fighting for the Lord! Hallelujah! Prophets burning with his word! Hallelujah! Those to whom the hours belong! Hallelujah! Join the rushing of the song! Hallelujah! Men and women, young and old! Hallelujah! Gracely anthem manifold! Hallelujah! And let children's happy hearts! Hallelujah! In this worship bear their hearts! Hallelujah! Upon this path, this winding path, come, O Christ, my way. Come my way, come my life.

Come my life, my love. Within this night, this darkest night, come, O Christ, my life. Come my way, come my life. Come my life, my love. Unto this flesh, this mortal flesh, come, O Christ, my life. Come my way, come my life. Come my life, my love. Into this world, this broken world, come, O Christ, my love. Come my way, come my life. Come my life, my love. This next song is called "He Who Would Follow Christ." Interesting history with this song.

It's an early Anabaptist song written by, I'm not sure if I'm going to say his name right, Georg Wagner in Germany. And he was a Catholic priest and he converted to being an Anabaptist and were following Jesus more truthfully. And he was killed for it. But listen to the words of this song. "Who now would follow Christ in life must scorn the world's insult and strife." When we embrace Christ and follow his teachings, we're saying no to another kingdom.

And Brother Roger brought that out to us this week in the two kingdoms. Renouncing all, they choose the cross. Not many of us face death in the face like they did back then. But even forsaking their own families, forsaking gain, forgetting pain, they enter into life. Who now will follow Christ in life must scorn the world's insult and strife. And bear the cross each day. For this alone leads to the throne. Christ is the only way.

Thy servants follow him to death and give their body life and breath on cross and wreck and pur. As gold is tried and purified, they stand the test of fire. Renouncing all, they choose the cross and claiming it counts all as lost. Behold, man child and wife, forsaking gain, forgetting pain, they enter into life. We shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death. We shall walk through the valley in peace. And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace.

There will be no sorrowings there in land. There will be no sorrowings there in land. And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace. And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace All right. Some of you are probably wondering who some of these fine folks are up here. So at this time, I'm going to give time for introductions. I'll start with myself. I'm David Wadle. I am currently a member at St. Thomas Christian Fellowship.

Currently in the process of starting an outreach moving to Southern Virginia. So right now, I feel torn in between two places, but that's who I am. I'm Sarah Landis from Shinston, West Virginia. I'm Hannah Buehler from Wheelie, Ontario. I'm Yolanda Martin from Shippensburg Christian Fellowship. I'm Daniella Logluso from California. I'm Addison Reckbill from Chambersburg. I'm Olivia Swartzen-Schuber from Oakland, Maryland. I'm Alexa Hoover from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

I'm Carla Fox from New Holland, Pennsylvania. Mikhail Ehman from Chambersburg. I'm Derek Hirsch from Clarksburg, West Virginia. I'm Dakota Byler from Hall Creek, Indiana. I'm Donovan Zimmerman from Salem, West Virginia. I'm Ethan Yeager from Chambersburg. I'm Jordan Knope from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My name is Derek Pate. I'm from McVeigh Town, Pennsylvania. Monte Weaver from here. Elisha Fox from East Earl, PA. I'm Trookley Niker from Hamptonville, North Carolina. I'm Daniel Brubaker from Perry County.

Darrell Diller from Sharpsburg, Maryland. Jeff Ethel from Perry County. Darren Brubaker from Perry County. Isaac Cometh from Statesville, North Carolina. Dustin Knope from Pleasant Lake, Indiana. Dwayne Lineker from Fort Wayne, Indiana. I'm Addily Landis from Shinston, West Virginia. Lillian Landis from Chambersburg. Kimberly Peachy from Milton, Pennsylvania. Juliana Landis from Chambersburg. Demeris Lineker from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sarah Schmucker from Indiana. Ange Gingerich from Berksville, Kentucky.

Hannah Lehman from Chambersburg. Kelsey Musselman from Oristown, Pennsylvania. Chloe Weaver from Shippensburg. Kayla Holtzmann, Ridgeway, Virginia. Melody Homewith from Statesville, North Carolina. Geneva Rayburn from Belize. Frieda Otto from Chambersburg. Lauren Landis from Chambersburg. Julie Garber from Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. Ryanna Hollinger from Chambersburg. Geneva Miller from Harrison, Arkansas. Dustin Good from Greencastle. Lavon Nestley from Shippensburg.

I'm Truman Studesman from Worthington, Indiana. Aldrich Yoder from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Conrad Yoder from Lewisburg. Alonzo Martin from Chambersburg. Jared Knope from Pleasant Lake, Indiana. Myron Schreuer from Worthington, Indiana. George Thurstein from Brownsville, Oregon. I'm Josh Byler from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Caden Wadle from Chambersburg. Caitlin Showwater from Greencastle, PA. Zachary Hoover from St. Thomas, Pennsylvania. Wilson Miller from Harrison, Arkansas.

Wayne Borntrugger from Worthington, Indiana. Jefferson Chenk from Chambersburg. Marvin Beachy from Iowa. Josh Niezmenger from Wellman, Iowa. Ryan Byers from Boonville, Missouri. Alyssa Hendricks from Shippensburg. I'm Carrie Landis from Chambersburg. I'm Amber Martin from Itasca, Texas. I'm Delarose Yoder from Grandview, Texas. I'm Kyle Otto from Chambersburg. I'm Kayleigh Kaufman from Berksville, Kentucky. Adriana Wadle from Chambersburg. Debbie Lineker from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Diana Graber from Auburn, Indiana.

Rosanne Mask from Shippensburg. Now that your curiosity has been satisfied in that way, we're going to continue singing. We're going to sing maybe a little bit different style of music than we're used to singing, but they're early American pieces. The first song is basically a cry of plea for help. Somebody feels like they're drowning with the weight of life and things that are happening to them, and they're just crying out to God, "Hear me, O God.

Don't hide your face from me." It even gets to the point in the song where he's like, "I'm so turmoiled inside that I'm forgetting to eat and take care of myself." And then the next song is, "Any afflicted, let him pray. And if you're joyful, sing and make melody." Hear me, O God, nor hide my face. But answer, lest I die. Hast thou not built a throne of grace to hear when sinners cry? My days are wasted. My days are wasted like dust piles. My days are wasted. Hear me, O God. My strength is dried.

My heart is broken, sinking in despair. My spirit's flag like withering grass burnt with excessive heat. In secret thrones, my minutes pass, and I forget to eat. But thou forever, thou forever shalt ascend. Nor rise at eternal time. The ages to come shall know thy name and spread thy words abroad. Thou wilt arise and show thy face. Nor else might there delay. Beyond the appointed are a wasted long expected day. He hears his saints. He hears his saints. He knows their pride and thy mysterious fight.

Redeems the prisoners doomed to die and fills their tongues with praise. And fills their tongues with praise. Is any afflicted, let him pray. Is any of you merry? Let him sing songs. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing. Teaching and admonishing.

Teaching and admonishing one another in songs and hymns and songs of joy and praise. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody. Singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. So being the Easter season, I couldn't resist putting an Easter anthem in here, a very familiar, "Christ Who Left His Home in Glory." It's number 249 in your books.

If you just want to sing the first verse with us, that'd be great. And then we'll sing the last two by ourselves. And I'll just tell you right off the bat, I'm going to be directing it a little bit faster than what we normally sing. So "Christ Who Left His Home in Glory." That way you know what to expect. You're not caught off guard.

And then after this song, we'll finish with the song of inviting, inviting Christ to stay with us because the evening is nigh, and there's darkness in the world that would overtake us, and we need his light in our lives. Christ Who Left His Home in Glory and upon the cross was stained. Now his rites will tell the story that the Savior lives again. Hail to the kingdom, high to the earth. Hail to all the strength of his power. Tell every nation of his wrath. Jesus lives forevermore.

While the world in peace was sleeping, early on that Easter day, came the faithful ribbon weeping. But the storm was rolled away. Hail to the kingdom, high to the earth. Hail to all the strength of his power. Tell every nation of his wrath. Jesus lives forevermore. Christ our loving mediator, now with God for you and me. Intercedes and our creator hears and answers every plea. Hail to the kingdom, high to the earth. Hail to all the strength of his power. Tell every nation of his wrath. Jesus lives forevermore.

Stay with our hearts, Lord Jesus. Stay with us. Stay with our hearts this torn is evening. Stay with our hearts, Lord Jesus. Stay with our hearts this torn is evening. And night is falling. Jesus Christ, the world's true light, shines so the darkness cannot overcome it. Stay with us, Lord Jesus. It's torn is evening. Stay with us, Lord Jesus. For night is falling. Bless your light, pierce the darkness, and fill your church with its glory. Stay with our hearts, Lord Jesus. Stay with us.

Stay with our hearts this torn is evening. Stay with our hearts, Lord Jesus. Stay with us. With us this torn is evening. And night is falling. Would anyone have anything that they would like to share before we would close? Any testimony? Thank you very much for sharing. It made me excited. Every time I've been with the youth in something like this, whether it was the memorization or the singing, it's kind of interesting to be able to see it progress as the week goes along and how it comes together.

And I've been inspired by their enthusiasm as they put their hearts into this. Anyone else? Thank you for sharing. It was a joy to listen and just to reflect on the good things that Jesus has done for us. Right. This has been a real blessing for my wife and I, just especially to have one of our granddaughters here from Texas and the choir. Just to appreciate all the effort and time to put this together.

And yes, the memorization was a real blessing to see young people memorizing the Word of God but then singing glory to our Lord and Savior. It's very precious. Yes, it would have been wonderful to have all of your parents here, but I'm sure that there are some who are not here. But anyone else? I appreciated the song about walking through the valley in peace. Some of us are getting older, and the valley's not so far away. So that's a blessing. Yeah, we can't talk in 20, 25 years anymore.

It's a little bit closer, probably. So. Yes. Okay. If there's no others, thank you all for coming out. And again, I think all of the teachers are here tonight. And thank you for giving us your time this week. We're going to stand for prayer, and then we'll have a closing song, and then you can consider yourself dismissed. Brother Brandon Botter, would you want to lead us in closing prayer? Let's all stand.

Father, we thank you for the privilege to be here this evening, for the joy to meet together openly without fear, to worship you and to honor you. Thank you for each one of these young people who put themselves into the memorization and singing, listening to the teachers. I pray, Lord, a special blessing on them as they go to their homes. And each of the families that are traveling, each of the teachers, bless them in a special way.

I do pray that your kingdom would come and your will be done, each one of our families, our church families, that you be honored and glorified. We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Let's sing that song. The Lord is my light and my salvation. The Lord is my light, is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength, is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Nor who should it come against me. Nor who should it come against me. My heart shall not fear.

No war should rise against me. No war should rise against me. In this I will be confident. One thing I have desired of the Lord, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord. That I may dwell in the house of the Lord. That I may dwell in the house of the Lord. That I. May dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. All the days of my life. All the days, all the days of my life. That I may dwell in the house of the Lord. That I may dwell in the house of the Lord.

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. All the days of my life. All the days, all the days of my life. Amen.