We also would love to invite you to the church we attend. It is the Family Worship Center located on the corner of South 5th street and Tennessee

in Durant, Oklahoma.

Pastors are Troy & Zanita McCrory

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00p.m.

Thursday Evening 7:00 p.m

God Bless Each And Every One Of You

Rev. Ira Hunter

Did you know that you were created to have a loving relationship with God? He is patiently and lovingly waiting for you to respond to His invitation to salvation. Yes, you can receive forgiveness for your sins and assurance of eternal life through faith in His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved" (John 3:16-17). "Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent" (John 17:3).

You may be asking yourself: "How can I know God?" Man is able to know the true and living God through His Word (that is, the Bible). The Bible reveals God's character and His plan for mankind. It is through reading His Word that we come to a knowledge of the righteousness of God and that which He requires of us.

What is it that prevents us from personally knowing God? Our sin has separated us from God — our corruption is to such a degree that we cannot know Him personally and cannot experience His love. God's Word says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Man was created to have fellowship with God, but because of his sin (i.e., anything that is against the righteousness revealed in God's Law) he is prevented from that fellowship. This includes anything less than perfect obedience to God's commands.

"The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23a). The ultimate result of this death is an eternity in Hell. This spiritual death forces a separation from God. Man is sinful and God is holy. This creates a gulf unbridgeable by man making that intended fellowship impossible. The only solution is a divine bridge — that bridge is Christ.

God created a way by sending His Son to pay the price for our sin. "God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). He died in our place; He who knew no sin became sin for us. This removed our burden of sin and allows us to enter into that desired fellowship if we follow His way.

He is the only way. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).

It is not just enough that you know these truths. We must individually place our trust in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. It is by repenting of our sins and believing on Christ that we can know God personally and experience His love.

You can receive Jesus Christ right now by faith. "If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation" (Romans 10:9-10).

If you now believe on God and place your faith in His Son, congratulations — and welcome to His family. We, all being His children, share in a heavenly inheritance! We are heirs to heaven and are promised the eternal pleasure of glorifying God. As our life here on earth progresses, God will continue to work in our hearts. We are daily being conformed to the image of Christ, Himself. We will begin to live lives of righteousness. Obedience to God will not be a burden to us, but rather a joy.

You may wonder, now that you are a Christian, "What now?" Our greatest recommendation for believers, new and old, is fourfold: 1) find a church so you might hear the preaching of the Word and rejoice in the fellowship of other Christians, 2) study the Bible for that is where we learn of God and His plans, 3) pray to Him to strengthen your faith and increase your love toward Him, and 4) enjoy the blessings given by God in the heavenly ordained sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper. All of these will work to encourage and build upon your faith. If you have any questions, search the Scriptures, ask your Pastor, or please feel free to ask us.

We strive to keep the articles and studies as straight-forward and scripturally-based as is possible. As always, don't take us as the gospel truth, but examine the Word of God for yourself and let God speak to your heart. The intent of this website is to preach the message of Jesus Christ and His saving grace, meanwhile proclaiming His soon return.

We believe that we are living in the end times, and that the next event on God's prophetic calendar is the rapture of the church. With that in mind, the information here is geared toward preparing people to meet the LORD and to faithfully occupy until He comes. The material here is not only geared toward prophecy/eschatology (the study of last things), but victorious Christian living as well. Jesus died so that by trusting and believing in Him, we would overcome the world, just as He did.

Some of the articles here may be considered controversial, but the bible itself is controversial in nature. Jesus plainly said that many would be offended because of the Word, and so it is now. A few of the hot topics include: spiritual gifts (especially tongues), the pre-tribulational rapture, the security of the believer (with a section dealing with the once-saved, always-saved teaching), and spiritual warfare. You may or may not agree with the articles here, but we hope that at the very least you will dive into the bible for yourself and search for Truth. Jesus is the Truth and the life, and He encouraged us to search out biblical truth. The salvation of our very souls hinges on our doing just that!

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me

We are living in one of the most exciting times in human history. What a special blessing ,that most likely we are the generation of whom the apostle Paul spoke these glorious words:

I Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed

I hope that you will find the information here both informative and challenging. It is our sincere desire and prayer that everyone who visits this site will come to a saving knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ if they haven't already. If you are a backslider, or have not yet repented of your sins, we urge you today to cry out to the LORD for forgiveness. It is no accident that you have to come to our site at this time.

God bless you and look up, for Jesus is surely coming soon!

Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus

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