The world needs Jesus Christ! I intentionally avoid listening to too much news, because it is horrifying nowadays. I am shocked by some of the disturbing reports I hear and see in the daily news. People are losing their minds these days, murdering their own loved ones, sometimes over a video game or arguing over sports. I don't like listening to the news, filling my mind with all that negative junk. I agree with Pastor Jeff Owens' wisdom, who says:
“Don't watch too much news. Watch enough, that you know what's going on; but not so much, that it depresses and panics you!” —Pastor Jeff Owens, “A Biblical Response To The Coronavirus”Our text verse is interesting, it doesn't tell us to recover people from the snare of the Devil; but rather, it says “THAT THEY MAY RECOVER THEMSELVES”!!! 2nd Timothy 2:25b-26 “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.” Please notice the word REPENTANCE! Spirit-filled, doctrinally-sound, Bible-preaching, produces REPENTANCE!!! The truth is that we cannot rescue someone who doesn't want to be rescued! We should still try, amen!
You Can Hear The Gospel Your Whole Life, But Still Go To Hell
There are tens of millions of unsaved people in the world today, who could recite God's plan of salvation back to you accurately, but they don't believe nor want it! The Jews who wandered in the Wilderness for 40 long miserable years, heard Moses preach the Gospel regularly to them, “but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it” (Hebrews 4:2). Literally, they could have told you how to get saved, even though they were going to Hell forever in their own unbelief. Go figure!That is why we hear some false ministers, like Charismatic televangelist Benny Hinn (talk about being “snared” by the Devil), preach a variation of the Gospel, yet he doesn't believe a word of it himself. I've actually heard Benny get it right at times, and horrible wrong at other times, like most false prophets. The most effective deception is the HALF-TRUTH, because the part of the lie that is true can be defended with incontestable logic. If you listen to Benny preach, he says different things to different audiences, to get their money. When he preaches to Catholics, Benny praises our Lady Of Fatima. 2nd Peter 2:1a and 3, “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you... And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”
The people who come to hear Benny don't want salvation, they want an experience, entertainment, a thrill, physical healing or to see a miracle. Jesus had large crowds follow Him seeking the same. John 6:2, “And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.” Of course, Benny has been proven to be a healing fake by an NBC Dateline investigation. Benny Hinn never heals anybody! Benny is a con man! My point is that, like the Jews in the Wilderness for 40 years, you can hear the Gospel all your life, even be able to repeat it to someone else, and yet not believe a word of it personally and go to Hell forever! The Devil is a beautiful liar!!!
“The world's greatest need is preaching preachers. The Gospel is our emancipation proclamation: let's take it to the slaves of sin.” —Evangelist Lester Roloff (1914-1982)
God's Grace Can Save The Worst Sinner
I am totally against this new heretical so-called 'REPROBATE DOCTRINE' being taught in some churches today, which says God gives up on some hardened sinners, refusing to let them get saved even if they want to. That is not what the Word of God teaches! The Bible says in 2nd Peter 3:9b that the Lord is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay! And the same Gospel truth that produces repentance in one man, hardens the heart of another!It is not our place as redeemed sinners to decide who is beyond the reach of God's merciful grace. We are commanded to, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). Notice that the Bible says: “EVERY CREATURE”! That certainly includes the homosexual community, because they are people for whom Jesus Christ died on the cross. “EVERY CREATURE” includes you and me friend. “EVERY CREATURE” includes this man below, for whom Christ died on the cross, to pay for his sins. God loves people! ...
Acts 26:18, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
“There is power in this Gospel message. Most people just don't know how to present it... The clarity of the Gospel is what makes it easy for them to believe.” —Pastor Ralph “Yankee” Arnold, a quote from the excellent MP3 sermon titled, “WHY GRACE CAN SAVE THE WORST MAN!”Oh dear friend, God desires to save you, and has a definite purpose and plan for your life, if you want it! You can have it all for FREE, right NOW, simply by coming to God as a needy sinner, and by faith (rely, trust) receive Jesus' sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, and miraculously resurrected bodily from the dead three days later. This is 'THE GOSPEL' (meaning, 'GOOD NEWS') by which you are saved IF YOU BELIEVE (1st Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 1:16; 1st Corinthians 1:21; John 6:47; 11:25).
“I'd rather be right wrongly than wrong rightly.” —Dr. Jack Hyles
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