168 Colonial Drive, Jackson, MS 39204
Updated December 12, 2024
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
JESUS IS ALIVE! HE IS RISEN!
Can you say with the soldier at the cross, "truly, this was the son of god!"
Jesus Christ was crucified... he shed His blood and died on a Roman cross in Jerusalem witnessed by hundreds, perhaps thousands. BUT THREE DAYS LATER, HE AROSE FROM THE GRAVE AND WALKED ON THE EARTH FOR FORTY DAYS BEING SEEN BY HUNDREDS. He was the Sacrificial Lamb, making a way for us to be right with God by paying the debt for our sins on that old wooden cross.
- That is the distinguishing fact between Christianity and all other world religions - we serve a risen Savior, One who has power even over death. The founders of all other religions have died never to be seen again. But not Jesus! For forty days, He was seen by, was touched by, walked and talked and ate with others, all after He was raised from the dead. Emmanuel - God with us! He also possessed the authority and ability to disappear from their presence and reappear physically in their presence... only God can do that. Then he bodily ascended to heaven as a number of his followers watched. Truly He was and is the Son of God!
- Satan had done his worst, BUT God did His best! Satan thought he had defeated God by killing his son, but it was in God's plan all along that Jesus must suffer and die as payment for our sins. We could never hope to be good enough to enter heaven on our own good works - our own goodness and righteousness is like filthy rags. The sin debt we all incurred must be reconciled and only Jesus as the sinless Son of God could pay that debt. Our only hope for eternal life and for heaven is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
- That is great news, but the best news is yet to come.
Jesus promised that one day he's coming back! He will come back for you if you will believe in your heart that Jesus Christ came to earth as God in the flesh... taking on the form of a man... that He died a sacrificial, substitute death on the cross for your sins and mine, was raised from the dead. If you will confess with your mouth that you accept him as Lord of your life; then on the authority of the Word of God, the Holy Bible, you can avoid the punishment of sin, you can inherit eternal life, and you can begin a new life with God... a life that will never end. You can do that today right where you are. If you truly mean it - and He will know if you are serious about Him - then He will come into your life and give you a new life, a new hope, a new purpose, and a new commitment to live a selfless life, surrendered only to Him.
My dear friend, all my sins are forgiven because I have put my faith and trust in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is preparing a place for me in heaven and for all those who will receive Him as Savior and Lord.
Praise God... Jesus took our place on the cross so we could have a place in heaven!
His grace is sufficient for you. He still saves all those who will come to him. Romans 10:13... "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Revelation 3:10... "Behold I(Jesus) stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him." You must open the door from the inside. Jesus will not force himself into your life.
"A Christian is an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of another, empties himself in order to be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, gives away so he can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge." A.W. Tozer
Alta Woods Baptist Church Worship Schedule
GOD IS SO GOOD TO US! I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD!
WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS, HE RETURNED THE FAVOR. HE PLACED HIS HEART IN YOU... SO AS CHRIST GROWS IN US, WE GROW IN CHRIST. WE WILL NEVER BE SINLESS, BUT WE SHOULD SIN LESS.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
BIBLE STUDY CLASSES - 10:00 AM
The Ladies Sunday School class is meeting in the Fellowship Hall.
Del Slone's Class is meeting in the old chapel.
The Men’s class is meeting downstairs in the (formerly)conference room near the church office.
WORSHIP - 11:00 AM
WEDNESDAY
PRAYER MEETING - 11:AM
(Wednesday morning prayer meeting, 11:00 am)
Blessed is the man who gives and remembers not and receives and forgets not.
Upcoming Church Activities
LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS.
December is our month to pray for and give to support our "Foreign Missionaries" (International Missionaries). The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is how we do that.
Every year at Christmas our Southern Baptist Convention collects a nationwide missions offering from local churches for missionaries who are serving overseas. Every penny goes directly to the missionaries, nothing is kept for administration costs. Administration costs are covered by our cooperative giving each week and month. The offering is named for Lottie Moon who was a missionary to China from 1873 to 1912 and literally gave her life sharing Jesus with the people there. Seeing the hunger of the people, she pleaded for money from the foreign mission board but they were too deeply in debt to help. So she gave her Chinese friends her food and her personal money and starved herself until she weighed but 50 pounds. In 1912, her fellow missionaries sent her back to the United States but she died before she arrived.
Our missionaries serving all over the world today serve at personal sacrifice to themselves and their families. They receive a monthly stipend for their living expenses and ministry needs. This offering gives them additional support for carrying the good news of Jesus Christ to the people in their country.
Brother Steve's Sermon Topics
December 15: Bethlehem: How Far Is It? Luke 2:15
December 22: The Picture of Christ in the Christmas Tree: 2 Corinthians 9:15
December 29: The Wise Men: Why *-There Were Wise: Matthew 2:1-12
Alta Woods Christmas Eve Vesper Service - December 24 at 4 PM. David Watts leading.
LIVI CATE OSBORNE is continuing to receive your Christian Studies scholarship at Mississippi College, as she is preparing for God's call on her life in mission work. READ HER UPDATE BELOW. You may also read her calling on the Alta Woods Baptist Archives 2023-2024 web page.
November 20, Church business meeting. After approval of the minutes of the previous business meeting, the Budget report was presented by Billy Roberts. August expenses exceeded monthly tithes and offerings by $85.62. September receipts exceeded expenses by $2,597. In October we donated $4,000 to New Jerusalem which caused a deficit of $2,761. The Budget Committee recommended the 2024 budget be accepted as the 2025 budget. Motion passed.
Del Slone, moderator, closed the meeting with prayer.
God says that when he forgives our sins he chooses not to remember our sins anymore.
Isaiah 43:25 I am he that blotteth out the transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Micah 7:19 ... he will have compassion on us, he will subdue our iniquities; and thou will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Jeremiah 31:34 ...I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more.
Honoring Our Veterans ~ scroll right
Livi Cate Osborne
Recipient of Alta Woods Baptist's Christian Studies Scholarship at MC 2023-2024
She sent me this note when school was starting at MC. (August 26, 2024)
The Alta Woods scholarship is so generous and has provided me with many great opportunities. I am now a double major in Christian Studies and Spanish. This past spring semester, I had the amazing opportunity to go on a study abroad trip to Guam. It was possible for me to go on this 2-week long trip because of the Alta Woods scholarship! I learned so much about the island and the people there, and had the opportunity to apply what I had learned to my future in mission work.
On Friday, August 30th, I will fly to Spain, where I will study for the next three months. I am doing a semester abroad through MC’s Study Abroad program. The continuing generosity of the Alta Woods Scholarship is helping to make this experience possible for me. I am excited to experience and learn so many new things. I will be studying at the University of Salamanca, where I will exclusively study the Spanish language. This will aid me in future mission work. I hope the Lord will send me to a Spanish-speaking country, but if not, I know he will equip me with the resources I need to serve in any country.
I look forward to returning to MC in January of 2025, and would be happy to visit Alta Woods and the people there to provide an update on my semester abroad, if you would like!
Thank you again for your generosity!
In Christ,
Livi Cate Osborne
