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HTCSI TABLOID

JUNE 2011 Issue No. 06

HappyFather’s Day

"Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted,

and thou did deliver them."

Psalm 22:4



Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We sometimes struggle with questions such as how much sinning is too much sinning? How badis too bad? How late is too late to come to oneself and reconcile with God? We worry aboutthese issues from time-to-time, at least. We fear going too far and having committed the

‘unpardonable sin’ and being unable to find our way back to God.

In 2 Chronicles 33:1-25, we read about King Manasseh, son of Hezekiah who was a god-fear-ing king who brought about reformation among the Israelites. His son Manasseh, however, wasan evil ruler. He had watched his father walk with God and live according to Scripture. Yet hechose to ignore the Lord.

12 years old when he began his reign- he was very young and he had the longest reign of a kingof Judah- 55 years, until he was about 67 years of age.He was evil- depraved, base, amoral (not only immoral), wicked. He encouraged worship of idols of the heathen. He believed that all roads lead to heaven- we would call him a pluralist andhe’d fit in very well in today’s world. If this were today, he would have allowed, or encouraged,people of other faith to be everywhere.

He rebuilt altars that had existed and which his father had removed, so that people could revertto past practices of materialism, self-help, and worship of the sun, moon, and stars. He builtaltars in the Temple. He used the place where people knew to meet God and offered them allpossible ways to meet god, as seemed good to them all. Were he alive today, he’d bring NewAge beliefs into the church, because many like them and believe them.

He sacrificed his own children on an altar. This was always a heinous practice to God and God’speople and it involved the idea of invoking the pleasure and favour of a god by giving to himwhat was considered your greatest treasure- your children.

He consulted mediums, fortunetellers, and sorcerers. All of this was forbidden from the earliest

times but there is a certain appeal to these because they are so very emotional and sensual andmysterious. Today, this would translate into the seeking and following of personal horoscopesseeking fortune tellers who might read tea leaves or tarot cards.

He encouraged evil. Today, he would focus on lifestyles and the idea that some are inherent andcan’t be helped. There would be laws to protect all sorts of personal choices including smokingand drugs. Homosexual lifestyles would be flaunted as an acceptable alternative and marriageunion laws would be broadened to include many different options and variations. Pornographywould be easily accessible.

- V. 9- Manasseh not only tolerated or permitted evil- he encouraged evil. In the Bible, there aretwo broad categories of sin- these are evident in the sacrificial system of Leviticus. There aresins of omission, where someone simply fails to do something that they should have done; theyomit to do. Then, there are sins of commission, where someone encourages and enables thedoing of wrong. Manasseh did both

There is a belief that, among all these other things he did, Manasseh was responsible for killingIsaiah! That’s a big might guess that Isaiah would not consider the possibility- the real possibili-ty- for Manasseh’s repentance.

However, all the comparisons aren’t really what matters. What matters is the message from this.How late is too late? How big a sinner is too big? How far is too far? Can someone really badturn to God? Can someone raised in good, who turns bad?

Then, there’s a powerful and wonderful Rom.10:13- For whosoever calls on the name of theLord shall be saved. There are no limits with ‘whosoever’. There are no time limits, no badnesslimits, no circumstantial limits, no lifestyle limits. There are no limits to

‘whosoever’ based on evil lives and evil practices. There are no limitsto ‘whosoever’ because of sins of omission or sins of commission.

We have pushed God aside, as we embraced statues of money, ability,Fame and reputation, to name a few. But God gives us chances toembrace His Grace. God bless you.

George Joseph Achen



5h June 6th Sunday after Easter

Theme: Promise of the Holy Spirit

1st Less. Joel 2:28-32 Daniel Kurien M Kurien

Psalm 42 Trifeena James

2nd Less. Gal.5:22-26 Daniel Thomas

Gospel : John 14:15-21

12th June Pentecost Sunday

Theme: Come Holy Spirit, transform us

1st Less. Ezek. 36:22-32 Jikku Jocab JohnsonPsalm 29 Bony William

2nd Less. Acts 2:1-13 Nisha George

Gospel : John 20:19-23

19th June 1st Sunday after Pentecost

Theme: Trinity Sunday :Sing to the

Triune God

Ist Less. Exodus 3:12-15 Mannil Varughese

Ps. 98 Kevin Varughese

2nd Less. Rev. 4:1-11 William George

Gospel : Matthew 28:16-20

26th June Ordinary 2

Theme: Christian Discipleship

1st Less. II Kings 2:1-15 Tina Thomas

Ps. 119:33-48 Pramson Kurien

2nd Less. Titus 2:1-15 Christine Tharian

Gospel : Luke 14:25-33

Kurien M Kurien

& Mercy Kurien

William George

& Jolly William

Daniel Thomas

& Mary Daniel

Nithin George &

Jaison Kurien

Thomas John

&

Delfy Thomas

James Thomas

&Viji George

Bill Cherian &

Anju Cherian

Ruby

Richardson

&

Lisha Jacob

Worship Service Line up for the month.

Readings and Readers Peace Offertory



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