Question of the Week: How can you share your faith with a Muslim?

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John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Are you willfully ignorant of God's presence? Some are, says II Peter 3:5. It is a strange thing that God leaves it so the man who is set on false doctrine may find some excuse for it in the Bible. The man who wants to do part of the saving and have it done by the church and give men credit for it, will think that "born of water and of the spirit" means baptism. And that "baptized. . .for" (eis, with reference to) "remission of sins" in Acts 2:38, means baptism. And God allows one who wants to believe that good works is the way to Heaven to think that doing, doing, doing, is the way to be saved. That is inexcusable, but God does not force people to know the truth who do not want to follow the truth. - John R. Rice

Oh, you who would know the truth, be sure that your heart wants to know the truth. God speaks in parables to those who do not want to understand the plain truth. God leaves a man in darkness who does not seek the light. If you prefer darkness, you will find it. If you prefer talking in tongues to the anointing power of God to win souls, you are likely to get tongues instead of Holy Spirit power. If you read Acts, chapter 2, with a special yen to prove dispensations, then you are likely to think about the origin of the church instead of the marvel of three thousand people wonderfully saved in a day by the power of the Holy Spirit upon Christians. - John R. Rice

Only a fool would not believe the Bible, as Jesus said in Luke 24:25-27, and only a fool, if he believes the Bible, would not pay attention to the solemn, awful warnings about judgment on Christ-rejecting sinners! - John R. Rice 

If America is to have the blessing of God in the future as it has had by mercy in the past, then Christians should return to the historic Christian faith. It is still true that "the Bible is the bulwark of our liberties" as General Grant, President Lincoln, Daniel Webster, President Woodrow Wilson, President Theodore Roosevelt and many other great Americans believed. American greatness is based on the Bible as the very Word of God. The way to God's continued blessing is for those who take the name of Christ to go back to the Bible and to the Christ of the Bible. - John R. Rice

A woman came to me greatly distressed, and said, "My husband won't hear me. He doesn't have any confidence in me. I don't know what to say or what to do."
I said, "You have your eye on the wrong person. If you want your husband saved, your main job is to get hold of God, and then God will reach your husband." It is all right to do personal work. It is all right to pray. That is proper, but God Almighty must send His Spirit to the hearts of people. - John R. Rice

Sin is blacker than any man can ever know. God's love is greater than any man can fathom. Christ's suffering went beyond what we can even think. Forgiveness and salvation are easier to receive than any of us are willing to believe. - John R. Rice

God who is a God of love and mercy is also a God of judgment and vengeance when that love and mercy are despised and abused beyond all reason. Oh, what sore earned punishment is reserved for the Christ-rejectors! How much worse than stoning of sinners under Mosaic law! How much worse than anything else that can ever happen to a person in this life, will be the awful punishment and judgment in Hell! 

POEM OF THE WEEK

Waiting

Ah, when I think of this modern age,

How far we have come from the printed page.

Things that previously were found in books,

Now call us, audibly, to give them a look.

We have faxes, and modems, and gadgets galore,

Sold by the piece, the lot, or the store.

Palm sized gadgets and laptops too,

Make desktops something that many eschew.

We download books and read them all right,

Or choose to listen and thus save our sight.

Like Buck Rodgers, Sulu, or good Captain Kirk,

we can communicate by giving our wrists a slight jerk.

Flip open our phone and even have mail,

Makes the old postman seem like a snail.

With all this we've mentioned it must seem like baiting,

Where did I come up with the odd title...Waiting?

Copyright ©2006 Frederick A. Jackson

REASONS TO BELIEVE #1

                                            1 PETER 3:15                                                     

Pastor Rick Jackson

R. A. Torrey said, Is the Bible the Word of God? If the Bible is the Word of God, an absolutely trustworthy revelation from God Himself, of Himself, His purposes and His will, of man's duty and destiny, of spiritual and eternal realities, then we have a starting point from which we can proceed to the conquest of the whole domain of religious truth. But if the Bible is not the Word of God, if it is the mere product of man's thinking, speculating, and guessing, not altogether trustworthy in regard to religious and eternal truth, then we are all "at sea," not knowing wither we are drifting, but we may be sure that we are not drifting toward any safe port.

I did not always believe the Bible to be the Word of God. I sincerely doubted that the Bible was the Word of God. I doubted that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. I doubted whether there was a personal God. I was not an infidel. I was a skeptic. I did not deny. I questioned. I was not an atheist. I was an agnostic. I did not know but I determined to find out. If there was a God, I determined to find that out and act accordingly. If there was not a God, I determined to find that out and act accordingly. If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, I determined to find that out and act accordingly. If Jesus Christ was not the Son of God, I determined to find that out and act accordingly. If the Bible was the Word of God, I determined to find that out and act accordingly. And if the Bible was not the Word of God, I determined to find that out and act accordingly. I found out. I found out beyond the peradventure that there is a God, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that the Bible is the Word of God. Today it's with me not a matter of mere probability nor even of mere belief, but of absolute certainty.

The Bible has withstood the test of time, the onslaughts of its enemies, the excesses of its friends, and the ignorance of the masses. It still stands, it still demands, it still reaches, it still teaches, it still preaches! It is in more languages, more countries, and more hearts than ever before. It is quite simply the Word of God, inerrant, inspired, infallible and forever settled in Heaven. In it you will find salvation for your soul, peace for your heart, information for your mind, medicine for what ails you and a shield for what assails you. Read it, heed it, study it, memorize it, use it, and live by it.

WITH BIBLE CHRISTIANITY

I. YOU HAVE AN APOLOGIA YOU AREN’T SORRY ABOUT [APOLOGETICS]

1. A Reasoned Defense [Acts 22:1, Philippians 1:7, 17

2.. A Rational Answer [Acts 25:16, 1 Corinthians 9:3, 2 Timothy 4:16

3. A Real Clearing [2 Corinthians 7:11, 1 Peter 3:15]

II. THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF FACTS FROM A BIBLICAL FAITH

1. Historical Not Hysterical [Deuteronomy 18:22, Daniel, Luke]

2. Knowing Not Guessing [Mt. 22:37, Jn. 8:32]

3. Proofs Not Presumption [Acts 1:3, Rm. 1:1-4]

III. YOU HAVE AN OBJECTIVE FAITH NOT A SUBJECTIVE FAITH

1. A Person [2 Tm. 1:12]

2. A Real Historical Person [1 John 1:1]

3. A More Sure Word [2 Pt. 1:16-21]

Warren W. Wiersbe Quotes of the Week

from the book, Be Determined (Nehemiah)

When you wait on the Lord in prayer, you are not wasting your time, you are investing it. God is preparing both you and your circumstances so that His purposes will be accomplished. However, when the right time arrives for us to act by faith, we dare not delay. - Warren W. Wiersbe

What is freedom? It is life governed by truth and motivated by love.  - Warren W. Wiersbe

While cooperation in the Lord's work is a noble thing, leaders must take care that they cooperate with the right people at the right time for the right purpose; otherwise they may end up cooperating with the enemy. Satan is a master deceiver and has his servants ready to join hands with God's people so he can weaken their hands in the work (2 Cor. 11:13-15).  - Warren W. Wiersbe

Separation without devotion to the Lord becomes isolation, but devotion without separation is hypocrisy (see 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1).  - Warren W. Wiersbe

No matter what God has called you to do, it's a great work because it's part of the building of His church; and that's the greatest work in the world. There are no small churches and there are no big preachers. In God's kingdom, every job is a big job and every servant is nothing apart from faith in the Lord.  - Warren W. Wiersbe

THE BIKER AND THE GENIE

A man was riding his Harley along a California beach and found an old lamp. On a whim he rubbed the lamp and a genie appeared and said, "Because you have freed me I will grant you one wish.

The biker thought it over and said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want."

The Genie said, "Your request is materialistic, think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help mankind."

The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, "I wish that I and all men could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a Woman truly happy."

The Genie replied, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?

ETERNAL VIGILANCE

NEHEMIAH 13

Pastor Rick Jackson

An old quote goes, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” It could equally be said, “Eternal vigilance is the price of God’s blessing on a nation”. The many troubles of Israel and the United States are enough to validate that quote. Case in point is Nehemiah 13.

I. THE WOLF AMONG THE SHEEP [v. 1-9] a wall should keep out wolves

1. Separation is a Bible Doctrine [v. 1-3, 2 Cor. 6:14-18]

2. Separation is a Bible Priority [v. 4-5, 2:10, 19; 4:3, 7; 6:1, 12, 14, 17, 19, etc.; Matthew 7:15, Acts 20:29]

3. Separation is a Bible Duty [v. 6-9, 3 John 1:9-11]

II. THE SNOWBALL EFFECT [v. 10-28] Eliashib’s lack of separation “snowballed”

1. Forsaking of the Temple [v. 10-14]

2. Breaking the Sabbath [v. 15-22]

3. More Intermarriages [v. 23-28]

III. THE REPROACH OF SIN OR THE EXALTATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS [v. 29-31, Prov. 14:34]

1. God Knows the Wicked [v. 29, 6:14, 13:29, Rev. 20:11-15]

2. God’s People are to Be Vigilant [v. 30-31a, 1 Cor. 5]

3. God Remembers Faithfulness [v. 31b, Nehemiah 5:19, 6:14, 13:14, 22, 31; Hebrews 6:10]

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