Spreading God’s Word: This Blog Site’s Mission

 

Currently, there are nearly one billion Internet users worldwide — that’s approximately 1 out of every 6 people on the earth.  From our home in Maryland, the Internet provides us with a tremendous opportunity to share the gospel of our risen Lord Jesus Christ.  Most outreaches aren’t open continually; they close every evening daily so people can go home to their families.  On the other hand, a blog site and/or website can spread God’s Word 24/7/365 so that the Great Commission is continually being fulfilled and never closed.

 

 

Some might wonder how we got ourselves started down this path.  I can only speak for ourselves and not for anyone else, but my wife and I became quite alarmed at the lack of personal or individual outreaches today.  To be sure, there are many church-affiliated and church-run ministries endeavoring to faithfully proclaiming the gospel — and they should be lifted up in prayer and supported by believers where possible.

 

Unfortunately, too many Christians (not all, but a great number) feel that once they write a check or attend church, then their personal obligation in carrying out the Great Commission is completed…at least until next service or the next time they write a check.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  When did the Great Commission end?

 

 

We sing that great hymn, “Onward Christian Soldiers” and one of the stanzas says, “Like a mighty army, moves the church of God.”  Consider this: armies have Generals commanding thousands of troops into battle.  Look around…where is that army?  Instead of fighting in an army, many Christians today send the General into battle while they stay home; they abdicate their personal responsibility entirely to their pastors and elders forcing them to virtually all the ministry while they themselves do little or nothing.  Then when they attend church, they’re among the first to complain that unbelievers are taking over the church and their country.  Well the fact is that with no opposition, it is easy to conquer!

 

For ourselves, the time came for us to halt the practice of lazily consigning this ministry to others.  Flawed as we are, we nevertheless are striving to do what we can using the gift/talents the Holy Spirit bestowed upon us to have a personal outreach ministry available on the Internet for anyone to see 24/7/365 from anywhere in the world.  We certainly won’t win any webmaster awards; you won’t find glitzy multimedia presentations here.  But what you will find is a straightforward exposition of the doctrines of grace as outlined in the Bible.

Unfortunately, many outreaches are suffering from severe doctrinal erosion and are teaching ungodly religions and false gospels as acceptable paths to Heaven.  Many of the mass media outreaches are only out for the money. 

 

It is time for true believers to take back the fort, rebuild the army and move mightily.

 

We have a divine mandate as born again believers to go into all the world.  If our earthly boss tells us to do something, we do it immediately for fear of getting fired.  Why then do we seem all too eager to neglect the commission given to us by the One who redeemed us for eternity?

 

That’s the reason for this blog site and its accompanying website at http://home.comcast.net/~watkinsclan  Together, they represent our family’s outreach proclaiming the Gospel of the Bible to the world. .  We want to faithfully proclaim the doctrines of the Christian faith — and do so in a manner that it’s available anytime, anywhere should the LORD lead someone to these sites.  As the owners of these sites, we are accountable to God for what we post, the spirit of our conversations with other visitors, our faithfulness in meekly seeking to correct wrong doctrine, and when necessary ending unprofitable debates. 

 

We are sinners who deserve only the wrath of God for our disobedience; however, by His grace, He has clothed us with Christ’s righteousness and enabled us to work for His kingdom using this technology as our battleground.  Clearly, we are not the most talented soldiers on this 21st Century battlefield.  But we are doing our best to keep pressing forward against the enemy.  At times, we will slip but with God’s help He will enable us to stand up once again and keep fighting the good fight.

 

You can do the same thing we are.  Chances are, you have access to a large amount of free web space from your Internet service provider.  You can create text-based web pages quite easily — trust me, if I can do it then ANYONE can do it.  If you don’t have free personal web space available, then you can create your own blog site using WordPress (that’s what we did).  To get a bare-bones site up and running like ours without fancy bells and whistles all one has to do is follow the instructions.  Again, if I can do it, you can too!  And in our economically troubled environment, you don’t have to worry about the price of such an outreach — it’s free!    

 

In closing, if you feel this blog site or its sister website faithfully reflects the gospel message as declared in the Scriptures, then please share it with others.  God is faithful and His Word will not return void.  It will accomplish the purpose He intends for it.  May the LORD richly bless you. 

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17  “All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”

 

We urge that in all comments, users make their primary appeal to that source.  When possible, please support your comments with Scripture.  In everything we do, let us edify our LORD and Saviour.  

 

To God Be The Glory!

WANTED: Godly Leaders

 

As America embarks upon an historic presidential administration let us all remember that we need leaders who espouse the ideals taught in Scripture. 

During difficult and trying times in the past – times not unlike those we face today — God raised up religious leaders who blessed America.  The US needs more godly leaders.  Leaders like…

ROBERT E. LEE: “In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.”

DANIEL WEBSTER: “If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper.”

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: “I have made it a practice for several years to read the Bible through in the course of every year.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Saviour of the world is communicated to us through this book.”

GEORGE WASHINGTON: “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”  

HORACE GREELEY: “It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible-reading people.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON: “I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by himself to be the most pure, benevolent, and sublime which have ever been preached to man. I adhere to the principles of the first age; and consider all subsequent innovations as corruptions of this religion, having no foundation in what came from him.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON: “Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would by now have become Christian.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: “As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, is the best the world ever saw, or is likely to see.”

WOODROW WILSON: “The sum of the whole matter is this—-that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually. It can only be saved by becoming permeated with the spirit of Christ and being made free and happy by practices which spring out of that spirit.”

PATRICK HENRY: “There is a just God who presides over the destiny of nations.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON: “Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON: “Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern, which have come under my observation, none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus.”

GEORGE WASHINGTON: “The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low, that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: “Here is my creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshiped.”

CALVIN COOLIDGE: “The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.”

GEORGE WASHINGTON: “The perpetuity of this nation depends upon the religious education of the young.”

To God Be The Glory!