JESUSisKING
John 3:16
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[Copied:] THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE
My late Pastor who died a few years ago was a God fearing man filled with the Holy Spirit. He really loved the Lord and in his preaching, he always rebuked sin. But when he lay, very sick in his death bed, the only thing he kept repeating was,
"if God heals me, this time around am really not going to take preaching against sin lightly. Am really really going to preach against sin in my church, I won't care even if the whole congregation runs away from me and I remain with just one person, I will preach against sin without sparing."
He wasn't saying this because he hadn't been preaching against sin before, I had attended his church for a long time and I can testify that he did preach against sin. But now that he was on the verge of death, his spirit man was more alive and realized what the most important thing in eternity is; to preach against sin that souls may be saved. And so he wished he had done it much more than he did, he wished he had preached more intensely and more passionately without caring what the consequence is. Now that he was entering eternity he realized that it didn't matter if all your followers run away from you for rebuking sin because it is what God wants you to do. If you are a preacher, speak whatever the Lord tells you ... Don't be afraid of losing followers. The word of God always comes to separate because it's sharper than two edges sword and cuts deep - - Jesus was constantly losing followers whenever he preached what was controversial. Be faithful to God now and do your best to serve Him faithfully. The most important message you can preach is the message of repentance from sin and salvation of the soul because that is of eternal consequence.
My late Pastor who died a few years ago was a God fearing man filled with the Holy Spirit. He really loved the Lord and in his preaching, he always rebuked sin. But when he lay, very sick in his death bed, the only thing he kept repeating was,
"if God heals me, this time around am really not going to take preaching against sin lightly. Am really really going to preach against sin in my church, I won't care even if the whole congregation runs away from me and I remain with just one person, I will preach against sin without sparing."
He wasn't saying this because he hadn't been preaching against sin before, I had attended his church for a long time and I can testify that he did preach against sin. But now that he was on the verge of death, his spirit man was more alive and realized what the most important thing in eternity is; to preach against sin that souls may be saved. And so he wished he had done it much more than he did, he wished he had preached more intensely and more passionately without caring what the consequence is. Now that he was entering eternity he realized that it didn't matter if all your followers run away from you for rebuking sin because it is what God wants you to do. If you are a preacher, speak whatever the Lord tells you ... Don't be afraid of losing followers. The word of God always comes to separate because it's sharper than two edges sword and cuts deep - - Jesus was constantly losing followers whenever he preached what was controversial. Be faithful to God now and do your best to serve Him faithfully. The most important message you can preach is the message of repentance from sin and salvation of the soul because that is of eternal consequence.