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Dear Christian Believers,
June God has truly blessed us through HIS plan of salvation, the
Lord Jesus Christ.
2003 June 8th is “Pentecost.” the birth date of the
Christian Church to which ALL Christian believers belong. Pentecost
means “fiftieth,” and the number fifty signifies deliverance,
rest, joy, and refreshing. Mankind’s day of deliverance had
arrived, and this deliverance is available to All who make Jesus
the Lord of their lives and believe that God hath raised him from
the dead as declared in Romans 10:9-10. The twelve
apostles were the first to experience the deliverance of the “new
birth,” and it came on Pentecost. Acts 2
records this event and their response. They spoke in tongues the
wonderful works of GOD, and then Peter stood up with the other eleven
and gave the first sermon of the Christian Church, preaching Jesus
Christ and his resurrection. The result, about 3000 souls were added
to the Church. Before Jesus ascended into heaven he had instructed
his apostles where they were to be, what to expect, what they were
to do, and ... they did it. They were ministers and messengers of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and became living epistles known and read
of all men. Their Pentecost came 2000 years ago and they responded.
Our Pentecost came when we accepted the Lord Jesus Christ and were
“born-again” of GOD’S spirit. The only question
is, “what is our response going to be and continue to be?”
I Timothy 2:4 says that it is God’s will
for all men to be saved and come unto a knowledge of the truth.
If this is God’s will then it should be ours too, “Not
my will but Thy will be done,” remember? Romans 10:17
says, “So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the Word of God.” Also it says in verse 14b
“... and how shall they believe in him of whom they
have not heard?”... People, there are still those
who have not heard or heard enough to believe, what are we going
to do about it? The apostle Paul prayed and asked others to pray
for doors of utterance to be opened unto him that he might speak
the mysteries of Christ. When I lived in Florida I watched several
“Space Shuttles” blast off to do and complete their
mission. They would blast off when the “space window”
was open for them to pass through. GOD has given us our window,
a lifetime to move through the windows of opportunities HE provides.
Let us not waste our lifetime of opportunity, and what GOD has so
freely given us.
Psalm 107:2
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, who He hath redeemed from
the hand of the enemy.
Have you been redeemed? Has God recovered you from the captivity
of the enemy? Have you been rescued? Are you thankful and blessed?
Then, SAY SO!
Psalm 71:23-24a
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee and my soul
which THOU hast redeemed. My tongue also shall talk of THY righteousness
all the day long...
People, we have received much and have much to give, Pentecost
did not end 2000 years ago, it just began. Let’s keep the
fire of Pentecost burning and what God poured out to all who will
to believe.
Acts 4:20 should be our cry ... “For
we cannot but speak the things which we have heard and seen.”
The true celebration of Pentecost is not a calendar date,
or a special worship service, but it is in what we do and say day
by day as active ministers and messengers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Keeping the Fire Burning with you,
John
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