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 INTRODUCTION
One thing that I have resolved to do with more abandon than ever this year, is to take every opportunity I can to stir up the Body Of Christ to the work of soul-winning! There is no greater thrill than to see people won to the Lord. There is nothing more reviving to a flagging soul than to see a loved-one, co-worker or friend receive the free gift of salvation.
THE FIELDS TURNED WHITE OVERNIGHT
Sometimes we can get so involved in the "business" of Church; so embroiled in theological and /or political disputes within church life, that we can loose sight of our real purpose, which is to populate heaven and to send hell into a recession!!!
There has always been tremendous debate and division over the issue of Christ's return, but I like what well known author and minister Francis Frangipane recently said about this subject; "Until that worldwide outreach is fulfilled [the gospel being preached to every nation], much discussion about the Second Coming can almost become a religious diversion from the real task at hand, which is winning the lost."
If I didn't believe in the literal return of Christ to this world, I would have no cornerstone to my faith. The Resurrection and the Return are all I need! But the gap in between must be filled with the Harvest. Through the events of September 11 2001, God (who will take any tragedy and turn it around for good) has given the Church one of the greatest opportunities to bring in what could be the last great harvest.
"The Resurrection and the Return are all I need! But the gap in between must be filled with the Harvest"
THE MUSLIM HARVEST
Francis Frangipane goes on to say; "… The fastest way to obtain the Lord's rapture of the church is to finish the Lord's work on earth. Jesus said, 'This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come' (Matt 24:14). The rapture is the consummate event of the harvest, and the harvest comes after the gospel has been preached to all nations. It is for this very reason, that the gospel must be preached worldwide before the end, that I have such faith in God for the Islamic world. Today, more Muslims have come to Christ in the last decade than the sum of conversions for the past 15 centuries. Just as the Lord focused His attention on stopping the advance of other totalitarian regimes: Japanese Imperialism, Nazism and Soviet Communism, so He intends to use this war on terrorism to stop the advance of Islam. The Holy Spirit is about to truly open Islam for the sake of the gospel…"
Just as the Berlin Wall fell over night, it seems that the veil of spiritual darkness that currently hangs over a large portion of the Islamic world may soon be lifted, giving an unprecedented opportunity for the mother of all harvests. Let's not miss it!
"He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son." (Proverbs 10:5)
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