Friday 10/5/12 Salvation Friday

Dear Father in Heaven ... Thanks for another day on this old earth.  Please forgive us, for me of my sins as I go forth this day and please help me repent and to try my very very best not to sin again.  Thanks, dear Lord, and thanks for all You do for all of us, and thanks for all the blessings You trust to us.  In Jesus' name, Amen.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and yes, I have it dated on Friday but am writing on Saturday morning, running a day late.  Guess I missed the bus.  So today is October 6th, Happy Birthday, Karen!

Salvation Friday and the day we pray for all those working in the fields of Harvest and pray that they can turn some soul for the Lord.  Yes, I have the word spelled correctly, soul, not soil.

Salvation Friday and what a day it was!

James 5:19 - My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20 remember this:  Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.  (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, when God commanded us to go into all the world and preach the Good News, He did not say to preach it to just Christians or people who call themselves Christians (there is a big difference).  We are expected by God to be preaching that Good News of Jesus Christ and salvation through Jesus Christ to all people, and folks, please remember that all people, red, yellow, black, and white, and all the mixes, are all God's people.  And please remember this, regardless of their religion, it is our job to tell about Salvation through Jesus Christ.  Please also remember that there are a lot of denominations out there that do believe in Jesus as their Savior, and there are some that do not.  Also out of some who say they believe in Salvation through Jesus Christ, and who say they are a Christian Denomination they are trying to sell their flocks on lies.  That is why I will tell you and many, many pastors will tell you to CARRY YOUR BIBLE and check out for yourself what you are being told.  Be sure what you are being told and taught is coming from THE WORD OF GOD.  Case in point, there is no place in the Bible that tells you that a man can marry a man or a woman can marry a woman and it is okay.  No, if a church is teaching that or even accepting it, it is a lie.  To accept something that is wrong, listen to me and hear me on this one.  To accept something that you know is wrong is really approving of it.  If you are going to a church that supports what is wrong, I have one suggestion for you, RUN.  Get out of that church and get to one that is preaching the truth after you try what I will be telling you later on in the message.  You would not purchase gas from a gas station that is "adding some water to the gas", so why in the world would you go and hear messages that are "watered down"?  You would not purchase meat from a butcher shop where the butcher lays his finger on the scale to make it look heavier than it is.  So why would you go hear messages that are not weighted correctly according to the Word of God found in our Bibles?

Let's take a look at the scripture for today.

James 5:19 -  My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20 remember this:  Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.  (NIV)

If you wander from the truth, someone needs to come after you.  If you go to a church and you are sitting there and your pastor is wandering from the truth, before you RUN take some other members of your church and go and talk to the pastor, for if you can bring him back you will be blessed over and over again.  The same with members of your church or your family and friends.  There are also times when you will find if you are going to stand for Jesus, you might be standing there with some of your friends walking away, but fear not, you will never stand alone when you stand with Jesus.  Folks, when we go out to work for the Lord, we are to be taking the Good News, the Truth about Salvation Through Jesus, we are to be taking these words with us ... "REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR."

Everyone should ask this question of their pastors and the elders of their church ... Do you believe in Jesus as your Savior and are you "Born Again"?  And this one, do you believe in EVERYTHING in the Bible?  Folks, it is important that we believe all that is in the Bible, for if you do not believe all of it, then answer this question for me.  How do you believe any of it?

Dear Father in Heaven, we want to believe all that is in Your Word.  Please open it to us, and help us to be able to read and understand it.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Now go forth, repenting of your sins and teaching the Good News of Jesus Christ, and while going forth, please take time to "share your blessings."  Love ya, Pastor Dan.