Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The Urgency of "Your One"


Urgency has really hit home as we were saddened with a call from my dad , that Mom's brother Benn, in South Carolina was found dead in his home by his son Jack.  Benn was seventy, and here is the irony.  On March 9th, we had a surprise 80th birthday reunion for my mom in the cabins of the Smoky Mountains.  Benn and Jack were the first to arrive.  This picture is a compilation of the group that came.  Benn is in this picture.




This passed Sunday we launched our "Who's Your One Campaign."
I preached a message from Luke 15 and the value that Jesus places on the one.  I am grateful that as a fourteen year old boy, I met Christ and accepted Him as my Lord and Savior.  while I have always enjoyed sharing the Gospel, I will admit that it isn't the normal default position.  It is a decision I must make daily and in the opportunities that God gives us.

Thirty days of praying for, spending time together, inviting, and sharing the Gospel with urgency.

When we opened in prayer at the party, I shared, it is wonderful to get together and it not be a funeral.  A time to celebrate.  Little did I know that in eleven days, one in the picture would no longer be with us.

I don't know if Benn is in heaven, but I do know that there is only one way to be sure and confident that when you die you will go to heaven.
  • It is by recognizing you are a sinner.  Romans 3:23, 
  • Realizing the wages of sin is death, Romans 6:23, 
  • Accepting that God loves you more than anything and that Jesus died on the cross to pay for your sin.  Romans 5:8; John 3:16, 
  • By placing your faith in Christ and confessing Him as your Savior you shall be saved.   Romans 10:9-10, John 14:6
  • No one is good enough to go to heaven on your own and no one has done something bad enough that God can not forgive.  Romans 3;10-11; Romans10:13
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  • Because of God's love , grace, and mercy you too can know that heaven will one day be your home. John 6:47., I John 5:13
I beg you to trust Christ if you are reading this and do not know Him.  You never know the last time we will all be together.

Monday, March 4, 2019

An Acts 16:31 Week!

This past week I witnessed Acts 16:31 as our Camden Police Chief led his family to faith in Christ and obedience through believer's baptism.

We pick it up at verse 22 as Paul and Silas preached Christ.

22  Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23  And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24  Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25  But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26  Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's chains were loosed. 27  And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. 28  But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, "Do yourself no harm, for we are all here." 29  Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30  And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" 31  So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."32  Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33  And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34  Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household. 



This is a picture that a born again dad has on the spiritual lives of his family. While our faith never saves anyone else, when they see the difference that Jesus has made and is making  lives are impacted and the Holy Spirit moves.


The family also had a number of guests here to celebrate their step of obedience.
What a blessing to see God do that which only He can.

We praise the Lord for His goodness.

Until He comes....we will go!


Brother Greg

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