Evangelism
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What God Will Do
As the Word was proclaimed and the Spirit ledWere their eyes full of hope as their spirit was fedIn the end will their soul be brought back from the deadNow we wait for what God will do When they came to the church how we hoped they’d stayWould they hear what God said or walk quickly awayHow we’d prayed for each soul who had come here that dayNow we wait for what God will do Some will leave some will stay we may not know whySo we preach so we pray and we always must tryFor eternity looms on the day that they dieNow we wait for what God will…
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Matthew 11:28 – I Will Give You Rest
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28 What does it say? Jesus spoke to people who were laboring and who had heavy loads and told them to come to Him and He would give them rest. What does it mean? The hard work and heavy burdens Jesus spoke about were not physical work or heavy packages to carry. He was talking about the false ideas that the religious leaders burdened people with. For example, Jesus stated that the Pharisees “bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders” (Matt. 23:4). These burdens were in…
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Not ashamed to confess Christ
“We are not to be ashamed to confess Christ before men, and to let others know what He had done for our souls. If we have found peace through His blood, and been renewed by His Spirit, we must not shrink from avowing it, on every proper occasion. It is not necessary to blow a trumpet in the streets and force our experience on every body’s notice. All that is required is a willingness to acknowledge Christ as our Master, without flinching from the ridicule or persecution which by so doing we may bring on ourselves. More than this is not required; but less than this ought not to content…
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How can we save America?
In about a year, the United States will vote to elect a new president. At the moment, the top contenders are Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But I wouldn’t be surprised if something changes before next year. With all that is happening in the justice system, we may have new contenders to vote for before that time. But the truth is that even if we could bring back the best president from the past or put a great Christian leader into office, there is no guarantee that this would solve our country’s problems. Why is that? The current problems in our country are not problems that can ultimately be addressed…
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Two Voices
“And the woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’”1 According to the Bible, our current, sinful nature is a direct result of a choice made by the first man and woman. In the beginning, they heard from…
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Two Books
“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. … And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”1 According to the Bible, God will judge all people after death. The final judgment will be based on what is written in two books. The first…
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Help Wanted – Part 3 – Matt. 9:35-38
In the past two “Help Wanted” messages, we have seen a couple of things. First, we must have compassion for the lost. Jesus was moved with compassion for the people around Him. We should do that as well. Second, we must notice the needs. I think that it is instructive that Jesus noticed the needs as He was ministering to people. When we are involved in people’s lives, our awareness of the needs around us will grow. We finally come to the part of the passage that we have been expecting—verse 38. There Jesus completes His thought by saying, “Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers…
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Help Wanted – Part 2 – Matthew 9:35-38
During a recent conversation with my boss, I was informed that a certain area of the country had a lot of potential. According to him, we could be doing much better but were limited by the amount of employees we had in that area. This led me to place help wanted advertisements on the internet to find more people who could fill the need there. As we have been looking at Matthew 9:35-38, we have already seen the compassion Jesus had toward the needy people around Him. As he worked with them, his heart was moved with emotion because they were weary and harassed by their religious leaders. We ought…
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Help Wanted – Part 1 – Matthew 9:35-38
When you look around your area, your ministry, and your workplace, you may see many opportunities for God to work. But you probably also see something else—the need for help. There is only so much that one person, one church, or one ministry can accomplish. There is a constant need for Christian workers to help with the work. Where will these workers come from? Before we look at the answer to that question, we should look at how Jesus responded before He told the disciples to pray for more laborers. The first thing we notice is His compassion for the needy around Him.
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Mark 4:26-32
In Mark 4:26-32, Jesus uses the act of planting seeds to say something about the kingdom of God. You might not be aware of this, but there is difference of opinion about what Jesus meant by the kingdom of God. Is Jesus referring to the coming millennial kingdom where He would reign as king over the world? Or was he speaking about a spiritual kingdom which He was currently establishing in the hearts of those who believe Him? While the Bible teaches that there will be a millennial kingdom in the future, it seems to me that Jesus was talking about the spiritual kingdom at this point. This would coincide…
