SOLEMN ASSEMBLY
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Something different from Pastor Wayne Edwards, Heritage Baptist Church, Perry, Georgia USA. Pastor Wayne feels most strongly that we are in perilous times and extremely close to the return of Jesus Christ. I recommend a careful study of this material and the News Handouts that follow. The Service begins at approximately 15 minutes, click the link above.
Gibber! Gibber!
Chugley
November 25, 2023
PASTOR WAYNE WRITES:
Dear Heritage Family,
Please prepare your hearts and minds for a very different format for our Solemn Assembly Worship Service on Sunday. Please enter quietly, reverently, and prayerfully.
In her book, “A Royal Waste of Time,” Marva Dawn dared to expose the absolute worthlessness of today’s postmodern, media-saturated, man-centric worship services. While the doctrinally-light churches focus more on the emotional elements of worship to inspire one’s feelings about God, the doctrinally-sound, theologically-conservative churches focus on the intellectual aspects of worship to challenge the worshippers to learn more about God. The problem is that both models are focused on the people rather than upon worshipping God, and in John 4: 24, Jesus said, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
So, as Marva Dawn asked in her book, “Are our worship services really designed to fit the royalty of our King?” In our preparation for worship, are we visualizing our divine appointment with the Creator and Sustainer of the universe?
A true worship service is a time to put God back in His place through our adoration and praise and ourselves back in our place through confession, repentance, and thanksgiving. Worship, then, or “worth-ship,” is an act of affirming God’s worth–not using the name of God to boost our self-esteem. When believers assemble on the Lord’s Day, fundamentally, we are declaring that God alone is worthy of all glory, all honor, and all praise.
Therefore, the goal of our worship service on Sunday is to keep God at the center of our worship, for only that act of worship, which is filled with the splendor of God, will lead to genuine adoration of God. And, beloved, if we are to make God attractive to those who are lost, they need to see our reverence and respect for the God we say we love.
If you view our services on our website: www.theheritagechurch.org, you may click on the sermon title on the second page and find the order of service in another format. The worship service will begin at 10:00 AM.
THANK YOU for forwarding these study guides to those you think might be interested in receiving them. We also appreciate your comments!! Pastor Wayne
Wayne J. and Linda J. Edwards
PO Box 766
Perry, GA 31069
706-599-3966
wnledwards@gmail.com
NEWS HANDOUTS – IN DEPTH EDITION
Wayne J. Edwards
PASTOR WAYNE’S NES HANDOUTS:
November 24, 2023
Dear Fellow Watchmen,
Satan continues to tear down the Biblical Foundations upon which our forefathers tried to establish America. No, even the Founders never intended America to become a “Christian only” nation, but rather a nation where every citizen would have the freedom to believe in and worship the God of their choice. However, since virtually all of the Founders were devout, orthodox Christians, or at least Deists, should it surprise us that they inserted many of their biblical convictions into what would become the U.S. Constitution?
In his books on America, Dr. Tim LaHaye concludes that John Adams was “deeply committed to Jesus Christ and the use of Biblical principles in governing the nation.” He said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” This is true because our Constitution (as well as the Declaration of Independence) was crafted by a religious people for a religious people. LaHaye also said, “If he was alive today, George Washington “would freely associate with the Bible-believing branch of evangelical Christianity that is having such a positive influence upon our nation.”
However, rather than argue that age-old question, perhaps we had better ask ourselves, “Is America a Christian nation now?” The obvious answer is “no!” After WWII, the political, financial, intellectual, and religious culture of America changed drastically, and from that point on it continued to change rapidly. In fact, the dominance of mainline Protestants – i.e., the “Moral Majority,” was replaced with men and women with other religious backgrounds, or even no religious heritage. Some historians believe the end of Christian America was in the 1984 publication of Richard John Neuhaus’ book, “The Naked Public Square.”
In the last 60 years, the basic philosophy of life in America has shifted from a Christian WorldView, at least in its moral values, to a Globalist Luciferian World View with the goal to establish a New World Order before the coming of the Antichrist, with the foundations of that New World based on a pact with Satan that he would serve as the god of this world. While there may be some variations on the theme, basically, this fits with the prophetic events defined in Daniel and Revelation.
What bothers me is that too many pastors and church members aren’t even aware of the Luciferian spirit that has taken over America, including many evangelical churches. However, if the Church does not wake up, repent, and receive a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit, and commit to living in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ, rather than overcoming evil through the power of the Holy Spirit, we will be overcome with evil, and our children, and our children’s children will grow up in a godless society where the name of Jesus cannot be mentioned.
I urge every “Watchman” to rise up and at least inform those you love of what is coming, and tell them the only hope we have is the soon return of Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. Amen!
Please pass these news articles on to those you think might be interested.
Wayne J. and Linda J. Edwards
PO Box 766
Perry, GA 31069
706-599-3966
wnledwards@gmail.com