Holy-Wouldnot!

I am very concerned about many people in the movie business, and for some leaders and politicians. Do they not know greater judgment awaits those who mislead others?

Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Luke 20:46-47 KJV

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
James 3:1-2 KJV

Whole cities and groups of people will receive greater judgment.

Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Matthew 11:20-24 NIV

And Jesus said that if you cause a believing child to fall, you’ll wish you had committed suicide instead.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Matthew 18:6-7 KJV

These people are snared by the devil, and are doing the devil’s work.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
2 Timothy 2:24-26 KJV

The fields are white! The heads of grain are about to fall off and be lost eternally!

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John 4:35 KJV

Pray that God sends out laborers into His harvest!

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples,The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew 9:36-38 KJV

Be an answer to that prayer. Don’t make Jesus deny you.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:32-33 KJV

Are you following God's plan for your life? 
   You should.
      Your plan sucks.
      It really, really sucks.
      Suckage Maximus.

Most people are WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

Jesus is coming.
   Are you ready to meet Him?
   Give your life to Jesus Christ.
   Time is running out.

How To Witness

I am writing this primarily for my own benefit. Feel free to listen in. Though I’ve been a Christian for 38 years I often feel I don’t ‘know enough’ to tell anyone how to become a follower of Jesus Christ. This is ridiculous. Lord, please, more boldness!

I have a tiny but important role in the salvation process. My job is to toss out the seed, the Word. The Holy Spirit then takes that seed and helps the hearer to understand. God Himself is the only one who can draw the person to Himself. He is the only who can quiet all the noise of hell so the person can choose to be free of the chains they have just discovered encircle them. I toss the baseball in the air. The Holy Spirit knocks it out of the park.

To a large degree I don’t think it matters much what I say, so long as it is Truth. A very important seed that led to my salvation was a very short speech a gentleman made to me. Though the more than 38 years have dimmed whether it was one or two sentences, what he said was very close to this: “I like being a Christian. It works for me.” The “It works for me” tumbled over and over and over and over in my mind until it became
     !!!IT!!!  !!!*W*O*R*K*S*!!!  FOR  !!!!!**MEEEEEEEE**!!!!!
When I prayed the sinner’s prayer with a pastor, like eggs in a microwave this seed and many others exploded into LIFE!

I just need to share some Truth. I’m not responsible for the results.

Let me give an example. Shortly after I got saved I was eating lunch in a college cafeteria with some friends. I shared some of what had been going on in my life. From a purely theological view, my testimony was a D-. I didn’t talk much about God because I didn’t know Him very well yet. A spiritual infant, my diapers were often wet and stinky. I talked mostly about how bad the devil had been. I continued to “witness” this way for a year, until two of us toddlers – in a conversation at the same time – realized God gets little glory from vivid descriptions of our hard-heartedness and stupidity, of how close we had to get to the fires of hell before we perceived them. It’s one thing to mention heavy drug use when witnessing. It’s quite another to spend 20 minutes on details of partying and only one minute on what God did to save one from hell.

I was surprised when one of the “victims” of my “witnessing” came up a few days later and told me that what I had said was partially responsible for his going forward at a revival meeting and giving his life to Jesus Christ. At that cafeteria table, what he was hearing had very little to do with what I was saying. I talked mostly about the devil. But I had tossed enough about God into the air that the Holy Spirit kept putting questions in his heart. “Are you ready to die?” “What if this had happened to you and you died. Where would you be right now?” “Call upon the Lord while he can be found. Soon your calls will be too late.” These burst into life a few days later when he prayed the sinner’s prayer.

I just need to share some Truth. I’m not responsible for the results.

Are you following God's plan for your life? 
   You should.
      Your plan sucks.
      It really, really sucks.
      Suckage Maximus.

Most people are WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

Jesus is coming.
   Are you ready to meet Him?
   Give your life to Jesus Christ.
   Time is running out.

Praying For Revival

We may be praying for, um, unpleasantness. There are people I care and pray about who seem determined to keep their eyes fixed on their electronic distraction devices, taking their behavior and morality cues from the vast herd of lemmings I believe are laughing their way down the broad and easy path of eternal destruction. I want these loved ones to pause, put down their smart phones, and think deeply of their eternal destination. I want them to choose eternal life. But I think it may take events that are, shall we say, substantially different from “normal, everyday life” to get them to pause and reflect.

I witnessed the drowning death of a high school classmate. I could stand my own thoughts for only about a week thereafter. I basically just grabbed a pastor. We prayed, and ever since I have possessed a peace and a joy that stubbornly persist no matter what slice of hell I may be going through. I belong to God, and there is no evil power strong enough to change that.

Jesus is coming soon!

As for me and the possible coming calamities, I am determined to be untroubled. They are merely an opportunity for God to prove that I am worth more than many sparrows! Should I be called upon to be a contestant in a round of You Bet Your Life – Eternal Edition, I pray that my meditations on my soon fittings for my robe of righteousness and crown of life will be sufficient to see me faithful to the end. Which is really, just the beginning!

Are you following God's plan for your life? 
   You should.
      Your plan sucks.
      It really, really sucks.
      Suckage Maximus.

Most people are WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

Jesus is coming.
   Are you ready to meet Him?
   Give your life to Jesus Christ.
   Time is running out.