{"id":21,"date":"2008-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-05-29T08:53:37","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T12:53:37","slug":"evangelistic-teaching-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/gary-smith\/2008\/05\/29\/evangelistic-teaching-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelistic Teaching complete."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"God<\/a><\/p>\n

“Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.” Acts 2:47<\/p>\n

Praise God! This is indeed what is going on here! Since the lesson on Jesus dying on the cross for sinners, we have heard person after person praising and thanking God for doing such an incredible thing on their behalf. One by one people here are being added to the family of God!<\/p>\n

Before the teaching there was nothing but confusion, unrest, and doubt. But now people drop their heads in amazement as they realize what God did for them, and they just keep saying, “Kulom, kulom sinik,” which means, “Thank you, thank you so much.” It’s such a joy to see them being transferred from the kingdom of death into the kingdom of God!<\/p>\n

We haven’t had the chance to visit everyone yet; but as we were teaching the truth of the gospel, there were big smiles all over the crowd and people nodding their heads. Here’s the kinds of things that we are hearing:<\/p>\n

Peso: Before I was in Satan’s family, but now we know that Jesus died for our sins. I know I can’t do anything to be put in Gods family, only by belief in what Jesus did, only He can save us.<\/p>\n

Maangit: Jesus took my place and died for my sin.<\/p>\n

Mesari: What Jesus did is true, He died for my sin. He shed his blood for me.<\/p>\n

Takido “Before you all came to us we were living in sin and were going to die and go to hell. But now we understand that God sent Jesus to die for our sin so that we can be saved. That’s what I think is true. God is true.”<\/p>\n

Kombu: “I believe in God and Jesus, but I didn’t understand how to wash my sin away, but now I see that Jesus washed it away by dying on the cross for my sin. I am not able to do it, but because of what He did I can go to God when I die. I’m just so happy about this.”<\/p>\n

Juretnuwo: He said over and over again that he knows that because of his sin he deserves death, but Jesus died for his sin so now he is in God’s family.<\/p>\n

Itiringke: “I understand that I should go to hell because of my sin, but Jesus took my place so that I can go to God.”<\/p>\n

Raukepe: Jesus died for my sin, He saved me, later I will go to God.<\/p>\n

Felix: Today I don’t worry anymore, I know that it’s because of what Jesus did for me that I’ll go to God.<\/p>\n

Bau: My head is just breaking open as I think about what Jesus did for me. Thank you God!<\/p>\n

And there are many more like this. God is being praised and glorified here as He creates something new. He is adding to the universal church and being faithful to the promise He made so many years ago when Jesus said, “I will build my church.”<\/p>\n

Thank you so very much for fighting this battle with us on your knees, and rejoice with us (and the angels!) that God is winning the victory!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After 14.5 weeks of teaching many of the Dinangat people are
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