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Have We Delivered the Message of the Gospel?
This week, I read in the book, The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, by George Sweeting, of a man by the name of John Currier, who was found guilty of murder in 1949 and was sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In 1968, Currier's sentence was commuted, and a letter bearing the good news was sent to him. But John never saw the letter, nor was he told anything about it. Life on that farm was hard and without promise for the future. Yet John kept doing what he was told even after the farmer for whom he worked had died. Ten years went by. Then a state parole officer learned about Currier's plight, found him, and told him that his sentence had been commuted. He was a free man. Sweeting concluded that story by asking, "Would it matter to you if someone sent you an important message -- the most important in your life -- and year after year the urgent message was never delivered?" Those of us who have heard the good news and experienced freedom through Jesus Christ are responsible to proclaim it to others that are still enslaved by their sin. As your Pastor, let me encourage each of us to do all we can to make sure that others get the message of the Gospel! Will you help us this week to share the "good news" of the Gospel with someone who has yet to hear it? GPBC Soul Winning is held on Thursday at 10am and Saturday at 10am. Gospel tracts are available for anyone that would like to take some to share with others! Come go with us! In eternity you will be glad you did, and so will those that you led to Christ! See you Sunday! Preacher
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