War Stories 2008/3/18

I have been on YouTube for about 6 months now. As of today, 6:26PM, I have had 6,065 views of my YouTube videos. I must have responded to over a hundred video comments and private messages. However, I have yet to know of one person who has been converted. Maybe I do not pray enough? Maybe I need to reach more people? This is a common experience from people who do evangelism. It is very easy to be discouraged at this point, and to give up. So it makes sense for me to explain to you, dear reader, why I am going to carry on.

Matthew 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”

There are 3 action words here: Go, Teach, and Baptize. So was this command obeyed? Go: I made the videos on YouTube. Teach: The videos were viewed over 6000 times.  Baptize: none. Well, two out of three. The last is difficult as people are baptized as a profession of their belief in the Gospel. However, God is the one who causes a person to believe. In the passage below, Jesus speaks to the people: 

John 6:39-40 “And this is the Father’s will which hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

It is the Father that causes people to believe the Gospel. By sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we obey the command of our Lord. The Word of God always fulfills the purpose for which it was sent. It is written:

Isa 55:9-11 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”

God is in control. Let us trust God, and obey His command…

1 Cor 3:5-7 “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”

…and God will provide the results.

God bless,
George
 

The Christian Challenge : I believe in a thing called love

Dear Readers,

I would like you all to support Emily in her project. Please send videos to her and email her words of encouragement. She has been sent negative communications by many people on YouTube (who are hostile to Christianity) for starting this project.

I believe that her efforts will encourage other Christians to share their faith! If you have not shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ before, then do so now! Make a short video, post it to YouTube, and reply to her video with your video.

God bless,

George