DEDICATED TO BRINGING GLORY TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

COLLEGE LAKES BAPTIST CHURCH

4704 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311-1615
Church Office 910-488-8344
Church Cell Phone 910-658-3475

church@collegelakeschurch.org
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News From College Lakes Church

A Message from Reverend Lanier. . .

The Welfare of the Believer

This time of year marks another
anniversary for College Lakes Baptist
Church. Many things have happened,
including the change of leadership in
January, souls being saved, welcoming
new members, improvements being made
and even two of our members going home
to be with the Lord Jesus. We will add the
names of Mr. Cornelius Tart and Mrs.
Bernice Jones to the list of names o f
College Lakers with the Lord. We miss
them and continue to pray and minister to
their families. We live in a world that is
constantly changing, some good and
sometimes bad. For the Christian, change
to be more like the Lord is a wonderful and
only safe way to live. We desire to go in
that direction.
Paul tells the saints in Romans (8:3539) that when we believe and commit our
lives to the Lord Jesus, we are safe and
secure in Him. The entire chapter from the
first verse encourages the Christian in the

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new life in Christ. First, they have moved

from a condemned sinner to a believer who
is therefore under no condemnation. They
now walk after the Spirit. In verse (8:31)
we read: If God be for us, who can be
against us? Pretty good life and even
Christ Jesus Who died for us, and is risen
again, and Who is at the right hand of
God....also maketh intercession for us.
(8:34) He prays for us !
Then at the end of the chapter, we
understand that as a believer nothing can
separate us from the love of Christ.
Tribulation, distress, persecution, famine,
nakedness, peril and sword start the list.
Comforting indeed when our liberties are
under assault and reports of increased evil,
beheadings and disease have come to our
land. We may be separated from life or
one another, but never from OUR GOD.
Completing the list: neither death, nor life,
angels, principalities, powers, things
present, things to come, height, depth, or
any other creature shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord. Lets come home to
Christ.

2 News From College Lakes Church

Whatever Happened to
God and Country?
We Are under God
By Dr Paul Chappell

Pro Aris et Focisits the motto of many

military regiments and an oft-adopted motto
for military families. Its a Latin phrase
meaning For God and Country. The
English translation is the motto for the
American Legion.
Throughout over 238 years of our nations
history, weve easily acknowledged God
and our dependence upon Him. Its in our
pledge, in our national anthem, and on
virtually every national monument in our
capital. Its also in our enlistment oath for
the armed services. Or at least, it used to
be.
A recent news article reported that, under
threat of a lawsuit from the American
Humanist Association representing an
atheist member of the air force, the final
four words of the enlistment oathSo help
me Godare now optional.
I am 100 percent for religious freedom.
Every human being has a God-given
freedom to choose to receive or reject the
knowledge of God and the truth concerning
Christ.
But I am also 100 percent for national
acknowledgement of and dependence upon
God. Our nation was never Christian in
the sense that every leader was a born again
follower of Jesus Christ. But we never
shied away from acknowledging our
national need for God either.
Im sure the United States military will
want to continue recruiting Christian young
people to their ranks. Im less sure our
young people will want to serve in such
God-rejecting institutions. (Earlier this
year, another article reported the Air Force

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Academy scrubbing a Scripture verse from

a cadets hallway whiteboard.)
An honest historian cannot look back over
238 years of American history and separate
God and country. But humanist and
atheist activists are doing all they can to
rewrite tomorrows history so the same
could not be said in another 238 years.
Actually, in another 20 years.
And yet, we are one nation under
Godnot because our pledge of allegiance
says so, but because whether or not we
acknowledge God, we remain accountable
to Him. We cannot help but be under
God. Even if we dont want to say the
words.

Ushers for October 12th

A.M. Jerry Adams
Michael Williams
John Johnson
Elijah Henry
Billy Tyson
Sonny Alvarez
P.M. Ken Triplett

Homecoming This Sunday !!

October 12th
We are looking forward to our
Homecoming service this coming Sunday.
Invite family and friends to be with us this
special day. It is a time when those who
have been with us come back to visit their
home church, and those who may be
looking for a church home. It is a time to
hear the preaching of Gods Word and have
fellowship around a good noon meal.
Remember to prepare for yourself and at
least one other who may not be able to
bring anything. A roasted pig will be
provided, so bring all vegetables, fruit,
sweets and beverages to the Academy
building behind the Church. Hope to see
everyone there!!