{"id":948,"date":"2018-01-30T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/?p=948"},"modified":"2018-01-30T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:05:09","slug":"now-is-the-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2018\/01\/30\/now-is-the-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Now is the Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen is worried about the people in her village.\u00a0 We were sitting on short stumps in her warm kitchen, checking the lesson about Nicodemus.\u00a0 She was telling the story back by paragraphs, tracking well with what Jesus had said about being born again.\u00a0 A little later in that story, Jesus makes the point that the work of the Holy Spirit is like the wind; it is real and affects us, but who can understand how it does what it does.\u00a0 Queen commented, not for the first time, that surely not everyone here will believe.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t understand why they aren\u2019t listening,\u201d she lamented.\u00a0 \u201cI tell my mother and my son to go, but when the day arrives they find something else to be busy doing. Not everyone is going to believe, are they?\u201d she asked me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Queen and her children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nWe looked again at John 3, where Jesus spells out that God would have it be that all would be saved; it was for that purpose that he sent Jesus to earth\u2014not to dole out punishment, but because of his great love for all.\u00a0 But it is also true that some rejected the Christ during his time on earth, and some reject him even now, and her family\u2019s reaction to the truth is heavy on Queen\u2019s heart.\u00a0 The implication of what Jesus said to Nicodemus is clear to her.\u00a0 \u201cNot a single person will see the time of God\u2019s ruling as king, unless he has been born again another time around.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Queen helping Rachel with the Nahuatl translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/span><\/span>I tried to encourage Queen, reminding her that while some have been interacting for a while with the Scriptures as translation and lesson helpers, some are just beginning to hear.\u00a0 I told her that our team, and many of those far away who are also children of God, were daily asking Him to help the Nahuatl listen and believe.\u00a0 I told her she could also ask God to do that, as well as tell the truth to her family.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Queen and her husband and their twin girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nJesus ends his conversation with Nicodemus by comparing himself to a light.\u00a0 Those who believe, draw near to the light, but the rest reject it.\u00a0 Queen commented, \u201cSurely some here are rejecting the light.\u00a0 But I am understanding that all those who don\u2019t believe will be punished.\u00a0 Why aren\u2019t they believing?\u201d she asked again in frustration.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t know how long we will last here, and once we die we can\u2019t change our minds.\u00a0 Now is the chance for believing.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rachel and Queen working in our home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We know that you all are also praying that the Nahuatl would clearly see that \u201cnow is the chance for believing.\u201d\u00a0 By next week our team will be presenting the death and resurrection of the \u201cone who God promised long ago for saving.\u201d\u00a0 We are asking God to convince hearts and minds of the truth and to bring many to come to know him.\u00a0 Some, like Queen, seem to clearly understand and be burdened for those who might be missing their chance. \u00a0Pray that those individuals will brave persecution and ostracism in order to reach others with the truth.\u00a0 And pray that the new church will band together and find an<\/span> identity as a brand new family. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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