By: Rev Reginald Stevens      

Love, grace, and peace to you, in the Name Of God the father, Son, and Holy Spirit who love us so much, that in eternity past God decided to do for us that which we are unable to do for ourselves. He decided that in the person of His Son He would step out of eternity into time die on the cross to pay the penalty which is the righteous requirement of the law for the sins of the world.

I must say how delighted I am to write you. It is not often enough that I sit down and take the time to write my friends. This is something I am asking God to help me with. In past times I never felt the necessity to do so. I know that is terrible right, please forgive me.

God has impressed on my heart the dilemma that we are in. The dilemma is one related to the diversity of cultures in our society, and the racial hatred brought about by the world.  We are Christian people and God hold us to a higher standard  of living.  God called us to love one another the way that He loved us and died for us. There are many cultures in the church  and God expect us to live before the world as an example of how we love one another. As Christians  we are not doing everything we can to love one another regardless of our culture and race. It makes sense that this is how God expect to eliminate racial prejudices. If it is not taken on by the church it’s not going to happen. God want the world to see that His people with the many cultures and races love one another.

One Church and many cultures

There are so many cultures in Christianity, and for that matter the world. It does not matter what your culture is Jesus died for your sin as well as mine. The first Christians in the world are Jewish. I would suppose the next probably were Greek, and so on. In the book of Acts the 8^th chapter we are told how an Ethiopian was converted into being a Christian. When you look at the cultural background of many of these Christian people you will find that they have a heritage that is outstanding. Not that they were rich even though some may have been, but they could look into their past they knew their parents, grandparents, great grandparents and so on.

A Fathers’  and mothers’ responsibility is the welfare of their child.

In  Israel every man that was a father had the responsibility before God to teach their child a trade. This was a part of their culture. The reason for that is so that when the child, mature into an adult, he is able to earn a living. Here is where some people  fail. God want us to make sure our children get everything they need to be doctors, lawyers, teachers, social workers, nurses. judges business managers, guidance counselors’. This is what God want us to do with our  children and with our lives. Don’t let your children go with out securing to the best of your ability that they will become upstanding citizens in the community and a productive member of society and a Christian man or woman. The world (Satan) has other pans for them, to be dope dealers, gang bangers, thieves , robbers, alcoholics, pimps, prostitutes, addicted to drugs, this is not at all what God or you want for your Children. The standard of living God call us to starts at home and spreads out to the community and the to the world.

We must take care of our own

There are very few people in our culture that love each other enough to step up and take on the responsibility of providing help to their own people who fall into the hardship of having a parent that die unexpectedly, or get ill to the point that they are no longer able to provide financial, moral, and ethical support.  The world offers them  the promise of love and protection along with the financial support, and anything their heart desire. The moral and ethical code the world has to offer is much different than that which our God expect of us.  We don’t want our Kids to become citizens of the world with Satan as their God.

The values of the world

The worlds’ values are opposite of Christian values. God is Just, the world is unjust. God is righteous the world is unrighteous. God is love, the world is hate. God provides us with faith, the world invokes fear. The world teaches those who follow its’ way that there is no God, or that they are god. Don’t under estimate the power of the world to attract young people. The world has a strong hold on the young, making them promises that it can’t deliver. When the world get them where it wants them then the world abandon them and crusch them and deliver them up for death, separated from God forever.

Thanks be to God,

Thanks be to God and Father of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, that in eternity past God Planned to and has provided us a way to overcome the world which is destined to death. Through the Gospel of His Son Jesus Christ which is destined to eternal life. The Gospel is the power of God onto salvation for everyone who believes (Rom 1:16).

We all know someone who need Jesus 

every one of us know someone who has given in to being controlled by the world. God wants you to take the Gospel to them. It may not be easy, however God has given you the power to help others who are destined for death and hell and fire and suffering. God out of His love for the world has given his Son to die and pay the penalty for the sin of the world, and then with great power God raised Him from the dead. The Holy scripture say that anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. When we tell others about the Gospel of Jesus Christ the power of God will begin the work in their hearts. When we show them genuine love and kindness we provide them with a platform to trust us and listen to what we have to say.

Only God can save

So brothers as you know we don’t have the power to save ourselves, and nor can we save anyone else. There is nothing we can do to earn our way, we can’t bribe our way, we can’t buy our way. We can’t be good enough and we don’t have any righteousness of our own. However we know that the only way is Jesus. It is Jesus who saves. Now if we are in agreement I know that when I get to heaven I would like to see all of my family and all of my friends, and we will all be rejoicing because Jesus shared his grace upon us. That is the prize and it begins now, not when we get to heaven. So let us reach out now,  Satan is using people to murder each other. The dilemma is not getting better it is getting worse and we  have a responsibility to address the matter.

Conclusion

So let us be bold and take every opportunity that presents itself to us to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others, especially with those who don’t know Him. Amen. I just want to take the time to thank you for lending me your heart. May God continue being with you and protecting you and your family.

From Time to Eternity

May God Be with You

Rev. Reginald & Sister Vickie Stevens

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