Day 1618 April 10 – HARVEST IS PLENTY PT 2
RAY COMFORT – I am forever fascinated by good harmony. God has put unseen and rarely spoken about laws in place so that music will be music to our ears. But when these laws are violated, the so-called music becomes nothing but irritation. When someone can’t sing in tune, they are often considered to be “tone deaf.” The Bible speaks of “skilled” musicians (1 Chronicles 25:7). And those who aren’t skilled musically should sing on a hill far away. They shouldn’t be singing publicly. I consider myself to be in that category. Not only do I find it difficult to hold a tune, but if someone next to me breaks into harmony, I can’t help but follow them—like a lost and confused sheep. It embarrasses me to admit it, but I can hardly clap in time. The fact that I can’t sing doesn’t really matter. I simply tone down publicly. The only one who ever hears me sing is my wife. I’m not embarrassed for her to hear me, because I know that she loves me, and love covers a multitude of SINGS Ha Ha!
POINT TO PONDER: “The key to having the right tone as we speak to dying sinners about these life and death issues is to manifest the love of Jesus: “For the love of Christ controls and compels us” (2Corinthians 5:14). It’s not something we conjure up. The mouth merely speaks the abundance of a loving heart.
However, when it comes to proclaiming the gospel, we must never tone it down—not even if the whole world is offended. If our talk of sin irritates people, we must continue to lift up our voice like a trumpet and show them their transgression (Isaiah 58:1). If we can achieve the right tone, though, there is a way to speak about the difficult issues without undue offense. And that’s what we want. While it may be easy to speak about the love of God with a loving tone, it’s not so easy to speak about sin and its frightening consequences. I’m talking about talking about Hell. And that’s our dilemma.
People of the world are asleep in their sins. They’re not conscious of their moral condition. But they’re not merely asleep. They’re asleep, and their house is on fire! Our responsibility (with the help of God) is to awaken them and hopefully alarm them. We want them to be concerned to a point where they will run out of the house. So, what tone should we use to make this happen? It should be one of love mingled with fear: And some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. (Jude 22:23).
They will never be awakened if our tone isn’t shaped by love and directed by a sense of urgency. See how an angel of the Lord awakened sleeping Peter: And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” (Acts 12: 6-7).
Notice that it wasn’t the light that awakened him. He wasn’t even aware of it until the angel struck him. Like sleeping Peter, the world doesn’t see the light of the gospel. They’re not even aware of its glorious truth. The gospel doesn’t awaken them, because that’s not its function. Good news doesn’t “alarm.” Rather, the Law needs to strike the sleeping world because its function is to awaken. Paul said, “I would not have known sin except through the law” (Romans 7:7). He wasn’t conscious of his state before God (and the consequential danger) until the Law did its work and awakened him. The key to having the right tone as we speak to dying sinners about these life and death issues is to manifest the love of Jesus: “For the love of Christ controls and compels us” (2Corinthians 5:14). It’s not something we conjure up. The mouth merely speaks the abundance of a loving heart.
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.But after that faith comes, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.” (Galatians 3:24-25)
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All of us desire to know what truth is; what happens after I die; or what is my purpose for living. Young and old go through these various struggles. The Bible states in Isaiah 1:18 – “Let us reason together”. It states in Hosea 4:6 – “My people perish for lack of knowledge”. God wants us to know Him in a personal way and He desires for each of us to discover our purpose and destiny in life! Why not start a movement to directly help parents, grandparents, youth pastors, campus leaders to train and equip our young people and “PRODIGALS”? Why not create a “Spiritual Journey Devotional” to bring back prodigals, but also prevent the younger generation from becoming one. I (Rick) have worked on University campuses for years talking with countless young people (thousands) discussing and debating issues regarding God and the Bible. Opportunities to debate with representatives of other religions, atheists, agnostics, liberals and philosophies have been numerous. Also many liberal professors challenged me. Out of these experiences seems to arise a constant flow of redundant questions and topics. I have come to conclude that the questions and answers must be given to our young people.
PRODIGALS: Many in your congregation or sphere of influence have children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces and spouses who have become prodigals. Many wonder what happened as they were brought up in a Christian home. Can this be addressed directly in our churches and homes???
POINT TO PONDER: Many parents, pastors, youth leaders, cannot answer basic questions which are used to confuse believers and create seeds of doubt. We send our kids ill equipped into the world. Why not create a “DEVOTIONAL” answering these questions for parents and leaders to impact our church culture? It would be broken down into 3 sections – babes, you, and those mature in Christ. .Numerous church leaders I have contacted said this must be done.. In my publication “Bible to be True” evidence was given. I believe it was a good start for a family devotional – proving the Bible to be undoubtedly true. What if each parent could cover one of those topics each week? Then tackle the basic questions that are in the new upcoming Devotional – 70 other questions or topical areas would be included. The plan would be a 4 color, High Gloss 100 page devotional.
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