Christians in Peril Written by Rev.Anthony Smith
Christians in Peril Romans 7:8-7:25 Christians in Peril The Christian today has become a people without a vision. The Lord has said that, with out a vision my people perish. We work and cannot obtain, we save and spend more, we fight and loose ground, we obtain and have less, we learn and understand little, we pray and little is accomplished. I wish to share with you a letter some friends of mine sent to me from India. “Dear Reverend Smith. I can’t forget story I heard a few months ago from one of our missionaries serving Lord in North India. With scars on his face and back, his body literally bore marks of persecution. “They asked me to deny Christ,” he told me. “They said they would kill me and cut my tongue out if I didn’t deny Him.” “Stop preaching Gospel,” they demanded, “or we will take away your bicycle and burn you alive.” This sermon is offered as a lesson to all of us in Humility. Mat 5:13 Ye are salt of earth: but if salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 1Co 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy wisdom of wise, and will bring to nothing understanding of prudent. {Ref, Isa_29:14} 1Co 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 1Co 13:2 And though I have gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. Contrary to popular belief, a Christian’s duty is not to become involved in politics nor rhetoric that comes with it, for as I have said before, The Powers that be are ordained by God. Politics has no business in House of God, but a Christian’s duty is to, 1. Love God. 2. Seek out Lost and 3. Preach Gospel, to be instant in season and out of Season. Lets look at, 1 Corinthians 1:19 for a moment. For it is written, I will destroy wisdom of wise, and will bring to nothing understanding of prudent. “I will destroy” Who will destroy? [God] What will He do? [Destroy,] What will He Destroy? [The wisdom of wise] Why will He destroy? [Men’s words and actions and wisdom are foolish] 1Co 1:20 Where is wise? where is scribe? where is disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish wisdom of this world? [Destroy,] In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or form in which it exists. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence. Man has disputed with God from beginning and will continue to do so until end. Wisdom only comes from God. The lost or sinners are always looking at Christian to see if we are who we say we are and anything that they find wrong is always at top of their conversation. Paul warns us about this very fact in, 2Co 6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that ministry be not blamed: Article after article have come forth from many of news papers, condemning Christian faith because of politics, because of Christian remarks and even condemning Scripture itself for giving Christian his belief. The damage has been done but question is now, “How do we repair damage and return to service that we were commissioned for, preaching of acceptable year of Lord?” My answer, As Paul stated in 2Co 6:3, Giving no offence in any thing, that ministry be not blamed: by putting blame where it belongs, with us. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is pure and without error. Assuring lost that Gospel had no part in past mistakes of man. Letting them know what was said in, Mat 5:13 Ye are salt of earth: but if salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 1John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with Father, Jesus Christ righteous:
| | Come With MeWritten by Dot McGinnis
Come With Me"Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve–designating them apostles–that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons." Mark 3:13-15 When Jesus called His disciples, He called them first into mountain; to be with Him. Preaching and delivering came afterwards. Their main priority was always spending time alone with their Lord, learning at His feet. Jesus
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