I have said on a number of occasions that part of the authority of the preacher is his call from God. Al Mohler has a great word on "the call" in the link below.
http://albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=1095
The bottom line is that if you can do anything else, do it. But if you can't you're called!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, February 08, 2008
Union University
Here is an arial shot of Union University sent to me by a member of Fairview, whose neice attends there. It is a miracle of the Lord that no one was killed. Let's remember the folks at Union and the surrounding Jackson, TN area. This is not too far from my neck-of-the-woods.
Thought about Evangelism
Not too long ago I read that the world's population will be 6.66 billion people by April. (Yes I did see the 666!). What does God desire for them? He wants every person to hear the good news that Jesus saves and to accept His Son as their Savior. How do I know this? I read in 2 Peter 3:9 that God is "not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." I read in Romans 10:13 that "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." I read John 3:16, "for God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." Finally, I read in 1 John 2:2 that Jesus is "the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world."
Do you see the universality of each verse? Did you notice the words any, all, whoever, everyone, and whole? God desires that the billions who live on this planet He created be saved. If each person could stand before Him right now, it is likely He would say "I love you" and point to the cross to prove it.
But people can't stand before God and hear Him personally say those words. How then will they hear about the love of God found in Christ? Paul wrote that "it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe" [1 Corinthians 1:21]. The message must be proclaimed. Who is going to introduce the billions who do not know Christ to the Savior? We must. Our message must be proclaimed locally, but we also must announce it to the whole world. Who will if we won't?
Do you see the universality of each verse? Did you notice the words any, all, whoever, everyone, and whole? God desires that the billions who live on this planet He created be saved. If each person could stand before Him right now, it is likely He would say "I love you" and point to the cross to prove it.
But people can't stand before God and hear Him personally say those words. How then will they hear about the love of God found in Christ? Paul wrote that "it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe" [1 Corinthians 1:21]. The message must be proclaimed. Who is going to introduce the billions who do not know Christ to the Savior? We must. Our message must be proclaimed locally, but we also must announce it to the whole world. Who will if we won't?
Thought about Evangelism
Not too long ago I read that the world's population will be 6.66 billion people by April. (Yes I did see the 666!). What does God desire for them? He wants every person to hear the good news that Jesus saves and to accept His Son as their Savior. How do I know this? I read in 2 Peter 3:9 that God is "not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." I read in Romans 10:13 that "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." I read John 3:16, "for God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." Finally, I read in 1 John 2:2 that Jesus is "the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world."
Do you see the universality of each verse? Did you notice the words any, all, whoever, everyone, and whole? God desires that the billions who live on this planet He created be saved. If each person could stand before Him right now, it is likely He would say "I love you" and point to the cross to prove it.
But people can't stand before God and hear Him personally say those words. How then will they hear about the love of God found in Christ? Paul wrote that "it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe" [1 Corinthians 1:21]. The message must be proclaimed. Who is going to introduce the billions who do not know Christ to the Savior? We must. Our message must be proclaimed locally, but we also must announce it to the whole world. Who will if we won't?
Do you see the universality of each verse? Did you notice the words any, all, whoever, everyone, and whole? God desires that the billions who live on this planet He created be saved. If each person could stand before Him right now, it is likely He would say "I love you" and point to the cross to prove it.
But people can't stand before God and hear Him personally say those words. How then will they hear about the love of God found in Christ? Paul wrote that "it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe" [1 Corinthians 1:21]. The message must be proclaimed. Who is going to introduce the billions who do not know Christ to the Savior? We must. Our message must be proclaimed locally, but we also must announce it to the whole world. Who will if we won't?
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