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The Portland Observer June 27, 1990
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JEREMIAH 31:3
M A T T IE A N N C A L L 1E R
SPEARS
The Gospel Shall Stand
By Matti« Ann Callier-Spears
The trees have leav es and the grass
is green. The flowers are in fu ll bloom.
The fru it trees are beginning to bear
tra it o f its kind; but, * hat o f man? How
is it that every thing has an order that it
adheres to-cxcept man. How many life
times must pass before mankind w ill
decide to make up its mind to really
know in their hearts who the S A V IO R
is?
For many, many decades, man has
sought to change the words o f the
M A S TE R Teacher. He, man, has shed
the blood o f the innocent, he has im
prisoned those who have attempted to
preach out for what is right, and man
nas struck down his brother while claim
ing to be a child o f the A lm ighty God.
A ll kinds o f movements, both spiritual
and emotional, have plagued our nation
w ith i t ’ s vaned doctonnes. Some have
taken some parts o f their text from the
H oly Scriptures, while others have
completely changed, rewritten, or just
plain misconstrued the whole meaning
o f the H oly Bible.
Religious movements have come
and gone, but the Christian Religion
has existed since its conception. The
Gospel w ill be continually taught and
preached regardless o f whether or not
mankind wants to go w ith the flow or
w hether he chooses to rebel by creating
another fo llo w in g that w ill satisfy his
doctrine. M y question is; “ W hy re
invent the wheel?” “ I f it is not broken,
w hy fix it?”
C hrist’s ‘ w ord-of-m outh’ concept
caught on like w ild fire . The twentieth
chapter o f M A 11 HEW , in the eight
eenth through the twentieth verses, we
read that Jesus Christ has been cruci
fied, has nsen from the dead and is now
appearing before his disciples before
He ascends to h is Father in Heaven. He
give s
them
the
fin a l
commandment,"...Go ye therefore, and
teach all nauons, baptizing them in the
name o f the Father, and ot the Son, and
o f the H oly G host Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever 1 have
commanded you, and lo, 1 am w ith you
always, even unto the end o f the world.
Am en.”
The steadfast Christians have been
carrying the H oly L ig ht and passing it
on by letting their L ig h t shine,by teach
ing the W O RD , by preaching the pow
erful Gospel message that C hrist came
to save all who are lost. Salvation is fu ll
and FREE! In the 8th chapter o f St.
John, we find Jesus C hrist speaking to
an adulteress, When her accusers had
fled the scene, Jesus Christ asked her,
“ ..Woman, where are those thine ac
cusers? Hath no man condemned thee?”
The woman replied, “ No man, L o rd .”
This example serves as only one o f
m any, such, situations where Christ has
touched the life o f someone w ithout
pointing an accusing finger or belittling
them before their peers.
W ith compassion and so much
LO V E -C hrist always approached the
unsaved in such a manner.
Yes! Man has attempted to stamp
the name o f Jesus Christ from the very
face o f the earth; but, man shall never
be successful in such a quest The WORD
shall stand, the name o f Jesus Christ
shall be forever spoken from the lips o f
man. For my Scripture tells me, that i f
MISSING
man doesn’t decide to praise my Lord,
the rocks are going to cry o u t - ’ ’G lory
and Honour” .
Nostalgia has gripped many people
during these changing times. They re
live certain periods o f the past and
g lo n fy condiuons and situations which
marked those periods. 1, w hen we think
o f the past, we remember the blessings,
the inspiring growth in ourselves and in
our world, that is fine. But what a waste
o f lim e it is to dw ell on the past. Make
the present a rew arding tim e o f growth
in the Lord. It can be s o -if you let i t
Today, opportunity holds out it’s friendly
hand. We should grasp it. T ig h tly . Right
now, avenues o f success, unparalleled
in history, are begging to be opened.
R ight now-not in the thirties, forties,
fifties, sixties, or the seventies-lhe crea
tiv ity o f the H oly S pirit is readying our
new world. Through it all -the Gospel
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shall stand.
God showed how much he loved us
by sending his only Son into this wicked
world. He freely gave us the g ift o f
eternal life. He suffered. He bled. He
died. Through these acts, we see what
real love is. It is not our love for God,
but his love fo r us-for, he sent his Son
that we m ight live. O ur debt o f sin has
been paid through the precious blood o f
Jesus C h ris t
Christ said that he w ould not leave
us comfortless. We know how much
God loves us-because we have fe lt his
love and we believe him when he tells
us that he loves us dearly. W e can feel
the warmth o f His H oly Spirit. We can
feel the security o f the H oly Spirit.
Praise God! The Gospel shall stand.
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