Have You Heard that Jesus Is Coming?

When I was a child growing up in the church, I often heard teachings, sermons, lessons, etc., about the Second Coming Of Christ! It seems to me that every evangelist, pastor/teacher that would come to preach at my home church (which was pastored by my faithful father), would preach a stirring message about the soon return of Christ. Sometimes when I pause to think about my childhood, some of those stirring sermons ring again in my heart. The Bible speaks about Christ coming like a thief in the night, when you least expect him. It will happen in the twinkling of an eye with the sound of a trumpet. We would sometimes sing that piercing old song, "Be Ready When He Comes."

This powerful idea and thought is seldom heard in God's house today. Very few Christians live with a sense of expectancy, looking and yearning for Jesus' return. How has this happened? Do we still believe in this basic truth of scripture? Are we committed to proclaiming it?

As one looks at the world, its condition and its direction, you have to ask yourself if this is the terminal generation! I am certain others in the distant past asked the same thing, but I am suggesting that it is closer now than ever and that we must return to the urgency of this message and proclaim it. I have been asking myself over the past several months if in fact I will hear the Mid-Night Cry and see the return of Christ in my lifetime!

Have any thoughts?

"Until Then,"

Pastor Mitch

The One, the Only Gospel

Is there really only one way to be saved? Today I was visiting a gentleman and was we talked about the truth that Jesus is the one way and one way only to eternal life with God. I asked him the question ... "Do you really believe... Acts 4:12... ' Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved'?" If so, what other motivation do we really need in order to be about the mission and ministry of Jesus on the earth? Because this incredible truth is so compelling, we should need no other motivation. If we really believe people who do not know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior are lost and not going to heaven, then how does that impact the way we share our faith?

I want my life and witness to evidence the fact that I am fully aware that Jesus is the one and only Son of God and the one and only way to have the promise of eternal life.