Follow Christ’s example!

“Walk circumspectly! Redeem the time! Walk perfectly! Awake, oh sleeper!
“The situation and time does not allow you to be at ease or rest.”
These were some of the warnings given by Pastor Carlyle Bayne when he delivered the sermon during a Sabbath day service at The Breath of Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church over the weekend, marking the 60th anniversary of the Seventh-Day Adventist School in Barbados.
Stating that the challenges of education and salvation were the same, Bayne said there “is a serious sense of urgency [for believers in Christ] to awake from spiritual death and make their presence felt” on earth.
He noted that Jesus – who descended from glory, worship and praise to dwell in a rebellious world among the lowest in society – also ascended that He might fulfil all things.
Likewise, he added, those who follow Christ’s example on earth will be like Him – walking in perfection.
Turbulent times
Bayne said part of the educational process of the church was the placing of apostles, pastors, evangelists, prophets and teachers in the Body of Christ by God Himself to fulfil the work of God on earth, for the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry and the edification of the Body of Christ.
“We are living in turbulent times with threats to the economy and social structure. We are living in dangerous and unpredictable times. Something is frighteningly different.
“We are living in the world of ‘mys’ and ‘Is’ – my lifestyle, my sexual orientation . . . and the Is are supporting dangerous aspects of the mys,” he added, referring to the new social media network and advanced technology.
He urged believers to flood the avenues of new technology with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as he stressed that “Satan is using new technology for the destruction of the very young” with such gadgets as the Internet and iPhone.
“The age in which we are living will be a challenge to the school, but in Christ we can be victorious. When we become a part of God’s new earth, there will be the true graduation day – when we dwell with Jesus Christ for evermore.”
Bayne told the audience of former tutors, members of the school’s alumni, past principals, founding teachers and present students that the Seventh Day Adventist School in Barbados was established at a challenging time – a time when many “powerful” educational institutions were already established on the island. He said the school did not have the recognition it now enjoys.
Together with current principal Dr C. Cummins, Bayne, himself a former student, lauded the efforts of teaching staff, current and past students to strive for excellence through the years.
Cummins also described the school as a “tower of strength and a blessing to the nation”.
The Sabbath Day service, which was held under the theme Redeeming The Time: 1953 to 2013, was filled with special ministry in song by current students of the school, among others.
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