THE LEGACY OF THE FOUR PASTORS AND FOUR
CHURCHES VIDEO SERIES CONTINUES ~ Four who are faithful to
the moving of God the Holy Spirit's admonition to
"Go, Make Disciples, Baptize Them, TEACH Them.
. . Be His Witnesses In All The World"
(Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 1:8, Mark 16:15).
While I do not believe God
caused the CoronaVirus, I am convinced that
He is using it to cause
His churches to move away from "preaching to
the choir" in our local fellowships - and to
start using the power of the internet and social
media to take His Gospel of Salvation to the far
corners of the earth. Many churches and pastors
who had never learned to use social media before
to share the Gospel, are now very effectively
using it to share His Word.
Matthew 24:14, "And this Gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in all the world as a witness
to all the nations, and then the end will
come."
Another thing many of us in the Christian
communities have learned - is to streamline the
message, realizing that we are reaching out to the
unsaved of the world - not necessarily to folks
who want to hear a long discussion of the Gospel.
We are reaching out to folks who most likely are
not interested in hearing a long sermon.
That
should motivate us to keep our Gospel messages
short and to the point. That should motivate all
of us to reevaluate and rethink: Who are WE
trying to reach with our messages? Those already
in our Christian family - OR - those who have not
yet believed? In the Great Commission, who is
Jesus Christ telling us to Reach and Teach - those
believers in our local Christian family or the
unsaved?
Luke 5:3132, "Jesus answered and said to them,
'Those who are well have no need of a physician,
but those who are sick. I have not come
to call the righteous, but sinners, to
repentance.' "
That is why each week I take the videos which have
long dead time in front, and videos which contain
a lot of material which is part of our normal
local Sunday worship service - and trim the video
to share only that portion containing the Gospel
message. It is my belief that is what God wants
us doing right now. Not sharing our whole worship
service, but only His Gospel message of
Salvation. I believe He wants us reaching
out to the unsaved - not "preaching to the
choir."
If we focus our thoughts and efforts on those who
are not yet believers - or those who have
sometimes in the past believed, but are not yet
connected with a local church fellowship, or have
just become lax in attending worship services,
Bible studies, and other methods of fellowship -
we must adjust our messages toward those folks. Especially
those who are still not yet believers.
Two
things we know about that latter group: (1) they
are most likely not interested in attending long
church services, and (2) they most likely will not
sit still and listen to a long Gospel message.
To reach the non-believer and the unchurched - our
messages need to be short and to the point. A
great example would be the 15 - 20 minute messages
in Pastor Sam Lacanienta's playlist, where each
week he is taking one attribute or one name of God
- and sharing what it means.
Thinking back some
35 years to my own personal experience - if I
encountered a person sharing a short message, out
of curiosity I would most often stop and listen.
But if that message stretched to 45 minutes, 60
minutes, 90 minutes - I would have been gone after
the first 15 minutes. And most likely, the chance
to reach me and make me want to hear more about
God, would also have left with me.
We want our messages long enough to be effective -
but not so long as to drive away those who should
be listening.
Since the Covid-19 Panic has shut down our worship
services ~ I have been sharing Gospel messages
taught by these four pastors whom I trust to give
you the true Biblical Gospel. These four pastors, four churches -
I
personally know and I am proud to share their
teachings with you. I have chosen them
because they are Conservative Theology pastors
whom I have known for years - and in whose
Worship Services, Sunday School Classes, and
Bible Studies I have participated over the
years.
That is why I want to share their online
messages of hope, assurance, and peace found
only in God's Word with you. I am doing this
through my Friends Ministry eNewsletter,
our Bill & Dory Gray Christian
Ministries blog site, and on Facebook.
All four pastors and churches are
Dispensational, i.e., they believe in
and teach a PreTribulation Rapture of the
Church and a PreMillennial Second Coming of
Jesus Christ to establish His Millennial
Kingdom on earth.
And most important, all four believe in and teach "Salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, alone" and Eternal Security of all believers.
What I am sharing with you is a YouTube Playlist for each of the four pastors/churches, and I will keep adding their latest message videos on top of the playlist stacks each week. That way you can view their latest videos, and you can also scan the playlists to find other videos which may address issues you want to study.
I pray these video messages will help you during this time of isolation and trial, and even after we are back to having open church services once again - with assurances that with God's help we will all get through the valleys and come out stronger on the other side.
PASTOR SAM LACANIENTA - Talakag Church on the Solid Rock, Philippines (15 - 20 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C01SVraWTDE&list=PL_YT3RttutrjP4_ws1dHh8bO_CvVYWkPi
PASTOR ED DACIO - Corona International Christian Fellowship, Corona, CA (20 - 30 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEgot3_gfkM&list=PL_YT3Rttutri2x3a9teQBvznVAO4IjUEt
PASTOR FREDDY CORTEZ - Church of Hope, Aliso Viejo, CA (30 - 60 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otOmr5_c5XU&list=PL_YT3RttutrjNG8vXg20iPm0FNhfwZImX
PASTOR SERGIO NOLASCO - International Bible Baptist Church, Riverside, CA (50 - 90 minutes)
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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