THE POWER ON THE CROSS, PART TWO: THEME FOR CONFERENCE AND ASSEMBLY 2015 (A DAYSPRING GATHERING)

Mark 15:21-24 (King James Version)

21And they compelone Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by , coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bearhis cross.22And they bringhim unto the place Golgotha, which is , being interpreted , The place of a skull.23And they gavehim to drinkwine mingled with myrrh : but he received it not.24And when they had crucifiedhim, they partedhis garments, castinglots upon them, what every man should take .

Two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul said this:

the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18)

The cross splits the world. Either you look at the cross and think – that’s pathetic – or you look and you think – that’s powerful. It’s either pathetic or powerful. If you think it’s pathetic, Paul says “you are perishing.” The way milk perishes and goes off and soon it gets chucked away for good – that’s you if you think the cross is foolish. But if you think it’s the power of God, you are being saved. That means you have been plucked from the perishing crowd and set on a one-way street to heaven. But it’s one or the other.

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who believe it is the power of God. (1 Cor 1:18)

The centurion had a revolution when he looked again at the cross. It changed him. Do you see what he saw?

If you still see the cross as foolish, silly, weird, pathetic, odd, you are still perishing. Keep looking to the cross, keep hearing the message of the cross, until you also confess “Surely this man is the Son of God.”

If you do see the cross as God’s power through Christ – you believe. Which means you have crossed over from perishing to being saved. Keep looking to the cross. Paul was determined to know nothing except Christ and Him crucified. When we take our eyes off Christ we imagine that the curtain remains, we start to imagine that we’re far from God and we wallow in sins and we wallow in feelings of being unforgiven. No, look again to the Christ the Son of God. He is God filled by God with God and He was slain on the altar to bring you in.  (taken from an article on the internet entitled “Christ the Truth”)

Schedule for the Dayspring Gathering 2015

Conference dates:  June 22 to 28 (ONLY MID-DAY MEETING  ON SATURDAY)

Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 7.30 PM – Evening Worship:  Speaker to be announced

Thursday, June 15, 2015 7.30 PM Evening Worship:  Speaker to be announced

Friday, June 26, 2015,  Evening Worship and Ordination of Ministers and Bishops:  Speaker to be announced

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015 ... A MEETING MAY BE ANNOUNCED FOR SATURDAY MIDDAY IF WE SCHEDULE WORKSHOPS... WORKSHOPS WILL BE SCHEDULED IF WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THEM. 

Sunday, June 28, 2014, 10:00 AM – Gather for worship at Tabernacle de le Foi, Dr. Francois’ Church.  Meal following

Sunday, 3.00 PM – Graduation of the University at Universal Palms Hotel.

Sending Forth by Patriarch and Archbishop Gary W. Barkman