“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” — Romans 1:16
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The Bible reveals two ways which people are following to get into heaven. One way, the true way, is God’s way. God’s way into heaven is the way of peace and truth and righteousness. It is the only way approved of God. This way centers in the Lord Jesus Christ who said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6). The Bible declares that there is another way. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Prov. 14:12).
There are so many popular ways today filled with lost multitudes all over the land, such as the way of morality, the way of respectability, the way of religion, the way of churchianity, the way of baptism, the way of christening, the way of confirmation, the way of penance, the way of confession, the way of “doing the best I can”, the way of self, the way of education, the way of philosophy, the way of false isms and cults that crowd the street. Little wonder then when we speak to people about the way of salvation, that so many have asked, “How can I know which is the true way? There are so many different ideas and so many religions.”
But there is ONE difference between God’s way of salvation and man’s way, and that difference is found in a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ. You will notice that man leaves Christ out of the center of his way. You will discover that the modern false cults and isms demote Christ to a mere man and add something to what He has already done for your salvation and mine. We become children of God through a supernatural birth. Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Jesus also said, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:7)
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“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called…” 1st Timothy 6:12
Spiritual balancing is not an easy task. We at the PGH are well aware of the fact that the Biblically mandated endeavors of building and battling requires great diligence. This involves a harmonization of these two endeavors where there is an equanimity of labors so that there is always the right proportion of emphasis in spiritual effort.
In battling for the faith, we at PGH believe to guard against un-biblical actions in the conflict. We must guard against meanness in the conflict. We believe that uncompromising Fundamentalist can be militant without being mean! We can be strong and still sweet, yes, we can be militant and be still majestic. And if we have to part ways with fellow brethren along the way, because they will not travel the uncompromising pathway anymore, our parting should be because of our positions, and never because of our disposition! The apostle Paul declares three Biblical responsibilities that every New Testament local church and every Christian institution is required to obey and fulfill, no exception or exemptions granted! These three divine assignments the principles and the practices required in a ministry.
Yes, we must guard against mishandling the conflict. That is we must guard against an un-biblical dogmatism in matters that are truly personal preferences and not eternal principles. As the battle rages and believers grow older, there is a tendency either to grow bitter or grow cold. We must resist the pressures to grow weary in the battle or to be come soft in conflict. “ And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9
Now the central message in the evangelism of sinners centers around Christ and the Cross! Unconverted sinners desperately need to know the truth about Christ and what He accomplished for them on the Cross. That is why Paul in 1st Corinthians 2:2 stated, “ I determined to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified,” and why he would so emphatically state in Galatians 6:14, “ God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
One way of preaching involves expositional teaching, which means verse by verse exposition, which surely is a legitimate form of preaching, but this only not always constitute preaching. There are other types of preaching which also constitute genuine Biblical proclamation, such as textual preaching, and topical preaching. However in any form of preaching the one necessary ingredient is that the substance must always be the Word of God. The word of God must always constitute the content of the sermon. Our first mission at the PGH is to get sinners to Christ and his Cross.
When that task is accomplished and sinners become saints; then our second major task is to point them to the importance of Christ and the Church. Yes, Biblical baptism, membership and activity in a local New Testament church is the second emphasis we project to new believers. After hearing the truth about Christ and the Cross and experiencing the joy and privilege of Christ and His Church as manifested in the local N.T. Churches saints need to hear about Christ and His second coming, which is the theme of 1st And 2nd Thessalonians. We at PGH believe that no doctrine can stimulate and stir the saints more to Christian service than the doctrine of the imminent- any moment, return of Christ(the Rapture) in the skies when the saints are raptured home to glory. In a day when there are prophetic shadows nearly everywhere in our world, this doctrine as especially delineated in 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18 needs to be reiterated again and again.
The epistles penned by Paul are the perfect examples of balancing that all New Testament churches and organizations need to emulate today. The book of Ephesians is a prime example of spiritual equilibrium, an exemplary emphasis for pastors to preach and for believers to follow in their daily lives. We here at the PGH ministry place great emphasis on the doctrine of the return of our Lord, and by far most of our prophetic messages are geared up around this theme – the return of our Lord, the Rapture!!
Biblical evangelism is the second step in balancing. The N.T, evangelists are one of God’s special gifts to the local church. Unfortunately, this Biblical gift has been curtailed and even deleted from many local churches spiritual agenda. For N.T. Churches evangelists and evangelical meetings should not be a sideline, they should be a mainline!! Many churches do not hold evangelistic meetings or revival crusades- the sad results are apparent in the diminishing numbers and decreased spiritual life of members in those churches. We the staff of PGH grew up in our church where our home church conducted two full time full week (Sunday -Sunday) evangelistic meetings in a year in the spring and in the fall. This is in addition to many weekend evangelistic endeavors. These evangelistic services helped in stimulating the church year round. Saying this we need to emphasize that evangelistic meetings, do not replace for the pastor to regularly “ do the work of an evangelist” as the Scripture states. For the pastor evangelicalism is not a secondary task. We at the PGH believe that we must first and foremost be a seeker of souls. Soul-wining must always be a major thrust in our ministry.
The third responsibility to achieve balance is probably the task where more preachers and Biblical organizations fail than any other, and do not achieve scriptural balance in their ministries. Exposing apostasy and compromise is a thorny labor that most pastors do not like to confront or face. Now, one of the major reasons why former fundamental churches gradually drift into New-evangelicalism is due to the pastors failure and neglect in this vital area. It sure is much easier to ignore compromise than to expose it. The Apostle Paul faithful warned believers to beware old Demas and not to follow his compromising path of alliance with ungodly world of his day. Wise indeed is the pastor who keeps back nothing that will be spiritually profitable unto the local church – Acts 20:20. Yes, Building, Battling, and Balancing may not be an easy task, but they produce a lasting fruit. !!!
The real Christian uses three things to worship: The Bible, The hymn book, and his pocket book. !!!
It is harder today to find the fishermen than to find the fish!
From The Peoples Gospel Hour Staff