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Who Will You Be Held Accountable For?
One day a woman named Louise fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a dream.
She dreamed that someone in Hell wrote a letter to
her, and It was to be delivered to her by a
messenger. The messenger passed between the lakes
of burning fire and brimstone that occupies Hell,
and found his way to the door that would lead him
to the outside world. Louise dreamed that the
messenger walked to her house, came inside, and
gently but firmly woke Louise up. He gave her the
message, saying only that a friend had written it
to her from Hell. Louise, in her dream, with
trembling hands took the letter and read:
My
Friend,
I stand in
Judgment now,
And feel that you're to blame somehow.
On earth, I walked with you day by day,
And never did you point the way.
You knew the Lord in truth and glory,
But never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was very dim;
You could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together on the earth,
you never told me of the second birth,
and now I stand this day condemned,
Because you failed to mention Him.
You taught me many things, that's true,
I called you "friend" and trusted you,
But I learn now that it's too late,
You could have kept me from this fate.
We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the Light.
You let me live, and love, and die,
You knew I'd never live on high.
Yes, I called you a "friend" in life,
And trusted you through joy and strife.
And yet on coming to the end,
I cannot, now, call you "My Friend."
Marsha
After reading the letter, Louise awoke. The
dream was still so real in her mind and sweat
dropped from her body in pools. She swore she
could still smell the acrid smell of brimstone and
smoke from her room. As she contemplated the
meaning of her dream, she realized that as a
Christian, she has failed in her duty to "go
out to all the world and preach the gospel."
As she thought of that, she promised herself that
the next day, she would call Marsha and invite her
to church with her. The next morning she called
Marsha and this was the conversation:
Yes, Bill, is Marsha there?
Louise, you don't know?
No, Bill, know what?
Marsha was killed last night in a car
accident.
Deep letter, don't you think? How many of
your friends will hold you accountable for not
telling them about Jesus and His love? It is every
Christian’s mission to share the gospel message
with all. It is not just the minister, It is not
just the Elders or Deacons. Jesus does not ask you
to tell the world, like you have a choice in the
matter. He commands us to tell the world! God's
purpose in our life's was not just to "get us
saved." If it was, once we accepted Christ
into our life and received his gift of grace He
would have taken us to Heaven at the moment of
salvation! His purpose is for us to tell the world
of His Son Jesus!
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Tonight
at 6:00 pm, we will have singing night.
We
express our deepest sympathy to the Family of
Ed Garcia.
A
big thank you to Don Yost for his work on the
bathroom facilities for the new building.
Thanks
for all the prayers.
Please
remember to invite others to our services.
Ebert
Cribbs
Ferd
& Beverly Stagg
