My friends, those I know and don't yet know, please take a moment to read this post. As I said in the introduction to this blog, I am not an alarmist. But, I have read Brother David Wilkerson's message in his blog concerning the danger this country is coming under for turning from God. I have to agree.
For the last four years, I have had a message to those I have the opportunity to preach to that I have the compelling urgency to say it is time to gather the sheep.You know, we as a church body seem to let folks slip away from us without much worry in trying to gather up those that are lost.
I feel the time is getting short, and for our family members, brothers and sisters in Christ, and all those that don't know Christ as their Savior, it is time to get off our "Blessed Assurance" and do what Jesus commanded us to do, speak of Him. It is up to us to give the message of the Gospel. It it not up to us to force anyone to accept what we believe. The Holy Spirit will convict the person or not. Our job is tell others of Christ and His sacrifice for them, His love for them, and their need for Him because we are all born in sin.
If you know someone who is not going to church like they once did, someone who was a fired up Christian but has now fallen away, speak to them, Jesus still loves them, just as He did the prodigal son.
If you have family that are lost, now is not the time to become complacent on them. Pray like you've never prayed before. Do not compromise in your actions or words around them. They will either accept Christ or not, but THAT is not up to you. You are to pray and show Christ lives in you, just as He promised. He never beat it into them, His example is clear. He spoke only the truth, and it was up to them to accept the truth. But He, nor Stephen, ever gave up on those who did not believe. They both, while dieing, asked God to forgive those who were killing them, for they did not know what they were doing. (Luke 23:34 Acts 7)
No matter where the sheep are wandering, if God has put them before us, He wants us to lead them back to Him.
Gather the lost flock, for the time will not last forever.
1 Peter 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:14,15,16 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
In Christ's love,
Terry
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