[Faith-talk] Fwd: Today's Turning Point with David Jeremiah

[eric calhoun]

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> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:00:35 -0600 (CST)
> From: Turning Point
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> Subject: Today's Turning Point with David Jeremiah
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> Today's Turning Point
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> Tuesday, January 8
> 
> Where the Needy Are
> 
> And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His
> disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax
> collectors and sinners?"
> Matthew 9:11
> 
> Recommended Reading
> Luke 5:29-32
> 
> A young man's lifestyle has been a hard one--his
> life consists of pick-up jobs, riding with his
> motorcycle gang, and hanging out in bars and clubs.
> But he meets Jesus and is genuinely saved. A leader
> at the church he attends encourages him to stop
> frequenting his old hangouts and start spending more
> time with believers. "But believers are already
> saved, right?" he asks. "If I leave the places I
> came from, who's going to tell my unsaved friends
> about Jesus?"
> 
> How would you answer this young man? When Jesus
> began His public ministry, He did a seemingly
> strange thing: He asked John the Baptist to baptize
> Him along with the repentant sinners streaming out
> of Jerusalem and Judea. Why? Because He wanted to
> identify with those He came to save. Even though He
> had no sins to wash away in the Jordan River, the
> last thing He wanted to do was stand off to the side
> in a "holier-than-thou" posture. He came to seek and
> save the lost, so to the lost He went.
> 
> If we remove ourselves from those who need Jesus, we
> remove a lot of the opportunity they will have to
> meet Him. Count up your non-Christian friends. If
> you can do it on one hand, ask God for more.
> 
> Go for souls, and go for the worst.
> William Booth
> 
> Read-Thru-the-Bible
> Genesis 25:1 - 27:17
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