Saturday, January 19, 2019
Sunday, January 13, 2019
HEY STRANGER!
HEY STRANGER!
When was the last time you talked to a stranger? About sports? About politics? About the weather? About anything? About your last vacation? About the last cruise you took? About your Jesus? About your final trip? FINAL TRIP? What do you mean? I mean when you breathe your last breath on earth and your first breath in ETERNITY! Yes, you will be alive! Everybody has eternal life! Some in Heaven and many more in Hell! You get to pick! Jesus said: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them”. Why is it that we find it so hard to talk to anybody about our Jesus? Myself included! Are we in denial? I know my kids don’t like to talk about their mom’s and my death. Do you know anybody recently that has avoided death? You do know that just because someone does not believe in heaven or Hell, does not change reality and the truth. You can pretend you are one of the three monkeys: “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Death, Heaven and Hell are still there when you take your hands down. Jesus believed in “stranger evangelism”, ask the woman at the well! (John 4). People in hell believe in “stranger evangelism”. Jesus told us in the account of the rich man in hell and Lazarus. (Luke 16:19-31). If people in hell believe in and Jesus believes in it, who are we to disagree? Do we so much hate the people around us, who serve us our meals, who fix our cars, who check us out at Walmart, who share meals with us, that we don’t care that they may be headed to HELL FOREVER!!!! Sharing our plans for our last trip is not a presentation. It is a conversation. Plant a seed! Don’t worry about the results. Maybe you are watering a seed previously planted. God will take care of the harvest! Don’t worry what people think about you. In fact you need to be concerned when everybody thinks well of you.Jesus said “Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.”Luke 6:26
Monday, January 7, 2019
DO YOU NEED A MULLIGAN?
NEED A MULLIGAN?
Do we ever need a “mulligan” in life? Sure! We are given many opportunities to correct mistakes in life, but once we die, we do not get a “mulligan”. Is that fair? Even by the most liberal rules of golf, you can’t get a mulligan after the round is over. LIFE is not a game! Life is forever! It’s just a matter of where you will spend it: HEAVEN or HELL? “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Hebrews 9:27 It does not matter if you don’t believe that! The truth is not altered by our beliefs! It does not matter if you believe you birdied the last hole when everybody in your group saw you had a double bogey. “God said, ‘I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them.’ He also said, ‘The Lord will judge his people." Hebrews 10:30. BUT God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, loves you so much “that He gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.” John 3:16. Jesus said in John 3:36, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.” Paul speaking to the Romans tells us, “if you confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord" and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9-10. NOW is the time to decide! Now is the time to turn around! Turn to God! Admit that you are a lost sinner, going to Hell! We are all sinners but Jesus gave His life to pay for our sins. It is a free gift; but each person must accept that gift! Make Jesus LORD of your life! For more info contact mjaarda@icloud.
As for me, pray that when I open my mouth, I'll get a message that confidently makes this secret plan of the gospel known. Ephesians 6:19
As for me, pray that when I open my mouth, I'll get a message that confidently makes this secret plan of the gospel known. Ephesians 6:19
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