Ambassadors for Christ
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Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23 NIV)
Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Cor. 5:18-21 NASB)
We were blessed to have Pastor Jay join us, along with some of our new members.
Many Gospel conversations were divinely appointed and many tracts were received.
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"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies." (John 8:44 NASB)
Although most people who make a show of confronting us with the "hail satan" routine probably do not even believe that he exists, we see more and more of these displays in rebellious opposition to the Gospel. Please pray with us that each would be led by the Holy Spirit to read the word of God and be granted a heart of repentance whereby hopeless sinners may be saved from eternal destruction in hell.
Most of those who proclaim their supposed allegiance to satan do not bother to stick around and present a coherent argument for their "belief". Here is an article that documents one such discussion. But, of course, our Lord and Savior always had the last word when rebuking the evil one, as in (Matthew 4:10-11).
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We have been blessed with several new (masked!) faces joining our ranks. Glory to God! Thanks to all who have been faithfully praying for this ministry.
Brother Bob offered another thoughtful plea to the people of Burbank to repent and believe the Gospel, this time based on passages from the Prophet Hosea.
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For information on how you may participate in this outreach please contact Steve at email: ephesiansDELtwo8910@gmail.com. (In order to avoid automated spam replies I have added three letters in caps. Please DELete those letters before using this address to reply.) Thank you!
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