Jesus has compassion on lost people, do we? February 7, 2010

I am so happy today to have listened to preaching about the compassionate heart of Jesus Christ for lost people.  My Pastor spoke about what has been for a long time now my favourite text in scripture.  I find in them some of the most beautiful, joyful, sorrowful, and heart wrenching words I have ever heard.

Matthew 9:36-38 “When he (Jesus) saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.  The he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.’”

When Jesus saw the crowds, it is not as if he just looked out and observed that there were crowds of people.  He is the Son of God, and he knows all flesh, even our thoughts.  When he saw them, it is to say that he perceived their spiritual state- that they were dead, that they were blind, and that they were lost!  He saw that they were walking around aimlessly; ready to follow whoever would make a claim to know something about God, something about truth.  He knew all about the religious leaders who claimed to know the way to God, but were truly nothing more than hypocrites,  and extortionist who saw ‘godliness’ as a means of financial and personal gain.  He saw how they “tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger (Matthew 23:4)” and how they “shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces (Matthew 23:13).  Oh how deeply the Lord was grieved at seeing their terrible state!

To Reconcile Our Differences December 8, 2009

This is another addition to my introduction for “The Complex Nature Of God’s Heart For Lost People.”  I felt that I should be more upfront about what I intend to learn more about and expound upon.  Please understand that this piece is not intended to explain or go into depth about the doctrine.  It is what it is- an introduction and basis upon which to build the things that I will write later.

To Reconcile Our Differences, So That We All May Rightly and In Unity Embrace God’s Heart For Lost People.

The Foundation Of Our Faith November 6, 2009

For those of you who may have read my blog “Consider His Death,” I have taken the beginning and expanded it to make it more of a introduction to “The Complex Nature of God’s Heart For Lost People.”  Please let me know what you think. 

1Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

Consider His Death October 22, 2009

(I am, Lord willing, writing a book titled (as of now) “The Complex Nature Of God’s Heart For Lost People.”  I don’t think that this chapter (or intro) “Consider His Death” is finished yet.  It is highly likely that a lot of editting is yet to be done.  This is what I have written, prior to editting.  Please let me know if anything is confusing or needs clarifying. Also if you could tell me if there is anything you particularly like about it.  Any comments or questions are appreciated!)

There is a fair amount of “gospel preaching,” that goes on today.  The vast majority of it is being done in our churches, which is all together necessary because the gospel is not only for the unsaved, but for the saved as well.  Yet, I long that much more gospel preaching would go forth from out of the church and on to the streets.  Some people see the cross as only a stepping stone to move on to better and more glorious things.  I pray that this is not how you learned Christ.  I remember a time before I was saved when I