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Kenny's Blog
| August 12, 2009 |
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I have just returned from the very well attended funeral
service for 24 year old Chase Province, where I tried to
remind everyone of their need to follow Christ...Now. I
tried my best to put it all in simple terms everyone could
understand, using baseball as an analogy, and for two
reasons.
#1 Chase loved baseball and everyone knew that.
#2 There is so much confusion through television and
Christian mimicking cults which actually pervert the true
Gospel/Good News of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ came into this world at the request of His
Father, God. His mission was to represent His Father, living
a life free from sin. Look at this parable Jesus spoke to
the people:
Matthew 21:33-41 (NIV)
33 "Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who
planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress
in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to
some farmers and went away on a journey.
34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to
the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 "The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed
another, and stoned a third.
36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first
time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect
my son,' he said.
38 "But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each
other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his
inheritance.'
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and
killed him.
As wild as that parable might sound, it was played out in
Jesus' life. The people who killed Jesus did not know that
they were being used as pawns in a satanic attempt to
destroy God. While being crucified on the cross, Jesus asked
God not to hold those people responsible for they did not
know what they were doing.
The reasons (Plural) many people are walking around with
burdens galore stems from a lack of knowledge (number one)
and a failure to follow through (Number two.) The Bible
makes it very clear through Hosea 4:6 that God's people are
destroyed for a lack of knowledge. What's worse is to have
knowledge but continue doing things MY WAY.
Jesus spoke of one who was delivered from a demon within
himself. The demon eventually came back to the man and found
he hadn't made any changes to anything BUT WAS STILL
CLEAN...Yes clean BUT EMPTY. The demon brought some
friends with him and they all moved back into the man.
In the story, the deliverance can be related to knowledge
and following through with the knowledge can be related to
making changes in our lives, not having the demons back ever
again. How to apply all of this is where the excitement
begins. The knowledge we need to posses comes from
acknowledging we have sin in our lives and that Jesus offers
forgiveness. The follow through comes about when we ask for
that forgiveness (become clean) and are baptized (Become
filled.) Far too many people are out there perverting the
Gospel of Christ by telling people they just need to believe
while the Book of James makes it very clear the Devils in
Hell believe AND THEY TRIMBLE. They believe but that isn't
good enough for if it were, they would not be devils, they
would not be in Hell and they certainly would not be
continuing to tremble.
It is up to each one of us to snatch souls from the fire.
The way we do this is to be a walking, talking, breathing,
scoping, searching, bucket of truth which we deliver to
everyone we see. We need to become more proactive. Look for
those who are hurting. Ask God to show them to you, for them
to be placed in your path. They are out there, in your
family, at your work & at your leisure. Find them! Share
with them the truth that has set you free. Hear their
confession, pray with them...Baptize them. Having them
trained up in the ways of God will also bring about added
peace especially when disturbing things happen as it will
until we come into the full presence of God.
I continue to hear people say they are not getting anything
out of their church and might want to come to MZCC. While I
would love to see MZCC grow in attendance, the best way to
get something out of the church you attend is to put
something into it. Start your own evangelistic mindset and
watch how you start getting something out of wherever you go
to church. You will be surprised, the lost may be saved and
your church will wonder why you are so filled with joy.
On the way home from the funeral service I received a call
from a man who was at the wedding I performed in Jessamine
County this past Saturday. He requested meeting with me
concerning the salvation challenge I offered during the
ceremony. Yippie ahh ehye! Bring out the Lord wherever you
are, whatever you are doing, wherever you are going, share
the news that Christ offers forgiveness of sins, peace of
mind, continued assurance and eternal life.
p.s. If you are interested in receiving a copy of my speech
with the comparison to baseball, just email me
kws0077@yahoo.com.
For the Cause of Christ,
Kenny
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