Is He Your Lamb?

I went to an awesome revival tonight and am still so overcome with the emotions and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that I have to share.  I know many were saved tonight and the young people were filling the altars.  The Holy Spirit took over and the Evangelist never got around to preaching.  Tonight was for everyone but the Lord was leading through the young people.  Here's what happened:
One of the teenagers asked the evangelist if he could give his testimony.  This surprised and delighted the evangelist so he gave the young man a microphone, this was his story in his words.
"My name is Caleb and I'm a PK (preacher's kid).  I am 13 years old and I've been in church my whole life. I've led Sunday School for younger children, worked with our youth ministry, sang with my mom and dad, whatever needed doing in the church that I was big enough to do I've done.  I had always believed that I was saved from as early as I can remember maybe as far back as 2 years old.  Two years ago, when I was 11, we had a revival at our church, and I had heard a little of what the evangelist was preaching and I liked it and wanted to hear more but I had to keep the younger kids so I couldn't so the next night I asked if I could attend services and my parents let me.  The evangelist was preaching about Jesus being the Lamb.  He started pointing around the room asking people to raise their hands if Jesus was "their Lamb".  I was all set to raise my hand when the time came he pointed to me.  Then he pointed at me and asked, "is Jesus your Lamb?"  Immediately I heard this very clear voice say, "no Caleb, I'm not your Lamb, you have never accepted me".  I was talking in my mind and I said, "God don't tell me that, it can't be true".  Again the voice said, "I am not your Lamb, you've never accepted me."  I said, "God is that really you?"  Knowing in my mind it was.  All of a sudden I could feel the fiery pits of hell and I knew that it was true.  (At this point he began crying while trying to tell his story).  He said, "I ran to the altar, I couldn't wait to truly give my life to God because I realized that all my life I had been living a lie.  I had pretended to know Jesus but hadn't known Him at all.  I realized that I was living on my parents salvation and I couldn't do it anymore.  That night I truly gave my life to God and when I got up from the altar I could say with all my heart, "yes Jesus, you are my lamb".  I couldn't wait to tell people what I had experienced.  Before I didn't want to say anything I thought people would think I was weird, even though I was a preacher's kid, but after that night I wanted to tell everyone. "
He couldn't get through the rest of his testimony because he was crying so hard, but so was everyone else in the church.  The Evangelist's son started preaching and asked them to play a video they had shown at the beginning of service.  The video showed a man in a hospital bed, the caption said "Hell is a choice", it told that when you die someone will be there to get you, either angels or demons.  You could hear on the video what sounded like demons coming closer to the man, the man opened his eyes and started screaming, "no get away from me, why are you burning me alive, don't take me" and the video ended.  It moved everyone in the church but especially the young people and especially my 11 year old grandson, who, like Caleb has professed to know Jesus but until tonight was living a lie.  He went to the altar and gave his life completely to God tonight.  Hell became real for him tonight as it did many others young and old alike.  The altars were filled, not just once but 4 different times as people were moved by the Holy Spirit and by the prompting of the Lord.  That's a move of the Holy Spirit.  That is what it's all about.  Not just doing lip service, not just coming to church because it's the right thing to do.  We can't live on our parents salvation, our preacher's salvation, our spouses salvation.  We have a choice to make.  Hell is real.  The Lamb (Jesus) is real.  What is your choice, Heaven or Hell.
Is He your Lamb?
John 1:29  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
God bless
tawanab

Spiritual Atrophy

Have your spiritual muscles atrophied?

Atrophy: degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse.

How many of us have let our spirits atrophy? We try to ride on past gifts, past ministry, past Bible reading, past praying. We cannot get by on what we used to be or what we used to do. I've heard many people say, "I used to read my Bible", "I used to pray everyday", "I've been a christian all my life." Being a christian all our lives doesn't necessarily mean we are going to make it into the Kingdom of God. What are we doing with Christ right now? Who is He to us right now? Are the works we did 10 years ago, 5 years ago, even 6 months ago going to get us into the Kingdom of God? Not necessarily. The Bible says we will be known by our fruits. If we are not continuously bearing fruit then how will we be known. I believe God will make exceptions for those who are ill or have real problems that keep them from working for Him but what about the rest of us? We have to be about the Father's business and we cannot rely on our past works to carry us through.

I've heard an old expression, "once a preacher, always a preacher" and theoretically that may be true but if a preacher doesn't get fed, continue to study his bible and pray, eventually he will start preaching the same messages over and over again. As preachers, teachers and children of God we need to be continuously searching the word of God for revelation from the Holy Spirit. If we don't we stagnate. There is more in the Bible than one person can possibly remember or get the first time through. God has many messages for us. The first being to have no other Gods before Him. The second to love our neighbor as ourselves. However, there are many, many things God wants us to know and share with others and the only way we will know is by continously studying His word. Sometimes what He wants to reveal to us is the truth behind an old belief we have carried around all our lives.

We are told in the gospel of Luke, chapter 9 vs 23 - And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. The key word here is "daily" not once in a while, not serve me for six months and then coast, not serve me for 40 years and then coast but DAILY. Paul did not cease to teach and preach the gospel. Jesus taught until His death. We are not once saved always saved, we must continue to fight the good fight.

1 Timothy 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ! Does that sound like we are supposed to sit back and rest on our laurels until the Lord comes. No, we must be about the Father's business. We've got to exercise our spiritual muscles. How do we do that? By hitting our knees, reading God's word, teaching, preaching and testifying until Jesus Himself splits the clouds in glory and the trumpet sounds. Then my friend, we can rest, not only that, we can rest for eternity with Jesus Christ our Lord when He says to us, "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." Praise God! What a day, glorious day that will be!

Until next time, may God richly bless and keep you and yours,

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Tawana