"The Last One!"

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time

we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

(Galatians 6:9)

Ah, the Harvest Moon gives a little more light  ...  in the night. There WILL be a final number, a final soul won to the kingdom of God, a witness that ends it all, a last soul speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God gives the utterance; it will be "The Last One!"

The Lord of the harvest, Jesus Christ, is depending on us, the Church, to complete the task.  The Creator will touch "dust" once again, as creation becomes the Creator!  Huh?  WE are the hands and feet, the voice, the anointed touch, the very bodily presence of Jesus Christ in earth.  WE must reap the harvest, gather the sheaves, win the souls, preach the gospel, lay hands on the sick, raise the dead, deliver the bound, and "find" that last one  ... That's why Jesus Christ suffered and died, and rose again.  It may be America, or Europe, or Asia, or the Islands of the Sea  ...  What?  The last one, the last soul to be saved before the door is shut and time shall be no more  ...  How do we do it?  "Tears."  Prayer.  Work.  Spirit.  Organization.  Regions.  New Church Order.  "Tears."  Witness.  Love.  Forgiving.  Personality.  "Tears."  Go.  Kindness.  Passion.  Compassion.  Strength.  And, "Tears."  "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy."  (Psalm 126:5)

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."

(2 Corinthians 9:6)

We're just harvesters, reapers, soul winners, people who stand in the gap, current good Samaritans, doers of the Word, the Apostles of the present day, sheave croppers, who are running out of time  ...  We work and toil for a heavenly soul winner's crown; but, the real crown is the lifted hands of a lost soul that lived under a bridge with no hope, the tears streaming down a saved face, the joy bursting from one lost who has just been found, the tongues of fire speaking from a mouth just filled with the Holy Ghost, a blood-washed soul rising from baptismal waters in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the peace saturating the smiling face of a loosed new Saint of God, the beauty of Jesus Christ dwelling in a new golden vessel of honor  ...  that, my friends, is the REAL crown.

"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you.

Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you

 know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."

(I Corinthians 15:58)

We raise the gospel of the Holy One, the Lord Jesus Christ as a mighty banner of proclamation over a world walking in storms.  The virgin birth, death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the ANSWER for a dying lost earth.  Will you be the last one?  Who will be the last one?  It's a sobering thought, is it not?  There WILL be a last one; the door WILL shut; the final number WILL ring the bell; the angels WILL stand at attention; the heavens WILL ready the trumpet; the horses WILL paw at the ground and pull at the reins; it's coming; heaven knows it; the Saints of the Most High God know it; you know it; the headlines echo the Biblical account of it  ... the last one  ...

"Therefore, since through God's mercy

we have this ministry, we do not lose heart."

(2 Corinthians 4:1)

It's a holy ministry of love, reaching out to a hurting world, and showing them the "eternal love" of Jesus Christ our Lord.  Kids know about it; here's what one said, ""Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."  Yep, that's it!  O, longing hurting world, WE have tasted, and the Lord is Good!

"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is

the man that trusteth in him."

(Psalm 34:8) 

We have our assignment; our orders are clear.  Time is short, and the door is gently swinging on its hinges; the harvest is white upon the fields, but the laborers are few.  We have to, we must, endeavor to find "The Last One!"

Man standing in a recently harvested field

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

~Always reaching out for One more~

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sunday 10:30 am and Wednesday 7:15 pm

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"Jesus Speaks To You"

"And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:

and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,"

(Matthew 5:1-2)

"Blessed are the poor in spirit:

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

(Matthew 5:3)

"Blessed are they that mourn:

for they shall be comforted."

(Matthew 5:4)

"Blessed are the meek: for they

shall inherit the earth."

(Matthew 5:5)

"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after

righteousness: for they shall be filled."

(Matthew 5:6)

"Blessed are the merciful:

for they shall obtain mercy."

(Matthew 5:7)

"Blessed are the pure in heart:

for they shall see God."

(Matthew 5:8)

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for

they shall  be called the children of God."

(Matthew 5:9)

"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness'

sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

(Matthew 5:10)

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you,

and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."

(Matthew 5:11)

"Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is

your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the

prophets which were before you.  Ye are the salt

of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith

  shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,

but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 

Ye are the light of the world.  A city that is set

 on an hill cannot be hid."

(Matthew 5:12-14)

(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(A mighty Man of God, living Matthew 5)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm

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to sow a love offering into fertile holy ground, please

give online @ promiselandchurch.net.  

Thank you, dear one, and God will surely bless you!

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We hear Jesus Christ speak through His Word 

to us and to the whole world!

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"Flawless Faith"

"For therein is the righteousness of God 

revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 

the just shall live by faith." 

(Romans 1:17)  

The menu "special" for this hour is an abiding, enduring, never wavering, all-consuming, powerful-standing, 'Come on, satan,' and 'Make my day!' kind of "Flawless Faith."

Noah

Noah had it!  Some say that it took Noah 120 years to build the Ark.  Can you imagine being laughed at, ridiculed, mocked and taunted for almost 120 years?  Noah's faith did not waver, because he had heard from God.  When the rains came, and Noah, his family, and all the animals were in the Ark, and the plank door was shut  ...  it dawned on Noah that not a soul would be alive when it was over  ...  but "he and all in the Ark" were spared  ...  his faith must have soared with a sorrowful, pained, lonely thankfulness ... Almighty God made His face to shine on this stalwart obedient man and his family  ...  only!  
 

Mary Magdalene

Mighty Mary Magdalene had it!  She was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples; Jesus cleansed her of seven demons.  She was the most prominent in Jesus' last days; she was present at the cross after the male disciples had fled (with the exception of John the Beloved), and she was there at his burial.  Mary Magdalene was the first person to see Jesus after His resurrection.  Her devotion to the Lord bespoke of her thankfulness, love, and faith in Him for what He had done for her.  She was forgiven much; therefore, she loved much!  Evil spirits were gone  ...  abiding peaceful faith drove her to follow, follow, follow  ... 

Esther

Esther had it!  She called for consecrated fasting and prayer as she contemplated going before the King "unbidden."  It was a law that anyone who came before the King, not at his request, could be put to death.  The Jews, her uncle Mordecai, and herself, gave themselves to severe consecration before she finally took the steps of faith to enter the courtyard before the King.  Her famous words in Esther 4:16 were, "I will go to the King even though it is against the law.  And, if I perish, I perish."  Faith towers over the claws of death.  Faith endures to the end; faith stands in the face of death and persecution  ...  Faith  ...

Four in the Fiery Furnace

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had it!  They refused to bow to the image set up by the King, Nebuchadnezzar, so he ordered them bound up and cast into a furnace heated seven times hotter than it was normally heated.  The fire was so hot that it slayed the men who tossed them into the fire.  Then, King Nebuchadnezzar mocked the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and insinuated that he was more powerful than the God they served. 

Listen to the three Hebrews' voice of faith before they were cast into the fiery furnace, "..Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O King.  But, if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up." (Daniel 3:17-18)  The King threw the three into the furnace; then astonished, he asked his counselors, "Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?"  They answered, "True, O King."  He answered and said, "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."  The faith-walking Hebrews walked out of the furnace, with not a hair of their heads burned, and they did not even smell of smoke.  Nebuchadnezzar said, "Blessed Be the God of Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego..."

The Lord Jesus Christ walks with us in the fires, carries us in the storms, whispers to us in the terrors of night, holds us when we have no strength to go on, but through it all; our Faith in Him "brings" His presence, His peace, His abiding love, His way of escape  ...    

All through the Bible, and throughout our own lives, people had it and have it!  What?  FAITH!  We see people who are mighty holy monuments of faith.  Mighty and powerful Christians all over the world have endured prison, torture, loss of family and Church, for the cause of Jesus Christ, yet they Stand; they persevere; they have not turned their backs on Almighty God.  When we know in whom we have believed, persecution only makes us stronger; and dear Christians, it's not over until the golden trumpet sounds.  We must hone our belief to a sharp glistening point!

This is what "Flawless Faith" looks like!

Daniel in the lions' den

Over 100 million Christians are persecuted worldwide

Martyr film about Christian persecution

Asian Christian persecution

Christians persecuted in India

This is all some Christians get

Persecuted elderly Christian in Pakistan

Christian persecution in Laos

Persecuted Christians in Iran

Christian children thrilled with radio broadcasts

Christian persecution in Zimbabwe

 ~ This is Faith ~

There's only One God for whom people will risk their very lives,

because He gave His life for us, and lives to redeem us!

What should we do?

(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(Taking the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm

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Thank you for joining us to worship our King and Lord, Jesus Christ!

Please send us your prayer requests, and if you would like to sow

seed into holy blessed ground that prays and SEES miracles, you

may give online @ promiselandchurch.net.  God bless you, and

I know, dear one, that He surely will!

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PromiseLand Church!

Our FAITH is strong in Jesus Christ!

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