It seems weird to say that I am prepping for my last sermon, but the pastors thought it would be too uch on his people to have the 4 hour youth rally and then a service afterwards so tonight is the last night for me to preach. I have been amazed so far how God has used the team. At last count, there have been 123 professions of faith and countless other reconciliations and times of encouragement that we have been able to provide. The team is out right now doing another fiesta and if like it was in the past there may be many more professions of faith before the end of the day.
It also amazes me that we can share the gospel so easily here when at home it is difficult sometimes to even leave the house. I think it would be great if we could pack up the entire church and come down here for 2-weeks so that we all could see how successful God’s word is when it is shared boldly in the streets. This is a call to all of you to accept this challenge to be involved. I know that we say that we are, but how involved is your life with spiritual matters. This week yet again has proven to me that I need to be doing more. Through the message the other night that God laid on my heart I proclaimed that their is no preparation needed to accept the gospel, and that there is an urgency in accepting the Gospel, but this can also be turned around. There is no preparation required in order to share the Gospel. We all have a testimony as Gerson found out last night when I had him give his, and if you are a Christian and you are living for Jesus, then you should have a reason for the hope that is in you and a basic understanding of how to be a Christian, so what more do you need. Secondly, there is also an urgency to sharing the gospel. As Wes said today to a few people, none of us knows the day or the hour of the Lord’s return or the day of our demise, so how can we allow the world around us to die as we live. We must remember that we are in a race against time and the one that is waiting behind is the one who will miss out on the blessing that comes from sharing your faith, not to mention that if you love your friends and neighbors, they are as drowning men with only moments to live, are you going to wait to throw them a line, or you going to ensure that they live.
