Pampa's Celebration of Hope crusade saw more than 800 decisions for Christ last week. That's 800 new souls in the kingdom, and that number is probably a lot higher because sone people never go down during the altar call but make a decision in their hearts. God looks at the heart and knows who makes a sincere commitment.
I thank God for the new Christians, and I pray for those who heard the salvation message and went away unchanged. For some, that might be their last chance to hear the message and turn their lives over to God. Jesus is coming soon.... sooner than some may think.
With 800 new born-again believers, the real work is just beginning. It's now up to the churches and other Christians to take in the new ones and teach them to live for God. It's one thing to make a decision for Christ and another thing to live it out day by day. Even some of us older Christians have a hard time doing that. It's a daily decision to live for the Lord.
The crusade was a good start. Now the churches need to step up its efforts to reach the lost. The evangalist for the crusade said something that shocked me. He said more than 10,000 churches in America went a full year without seeing a single person saved in their services! That's sad! The mission of every church should be to see the lost saved.
What happened to hell-and-brimstone sermons? We rarely even hear about sin and the need for repentance. We want to hear messages that make us feel good. We don't want to be confronted with our sins and messages that will literally scare the hell out of people.
It's time to step up and tell others about Christ. Their lives may depend on it. Time is running out. I'm ready for heaven, and I want to take as many with me as I can..
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