Celebrating Freedom in Jesus Christ

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

John 8:34-36

Our new "Liberty Pine"

Friday, July 4th, 2014.
Here in the United States of America, we celebrated our 238th year of independence from British rule, and it was a beautiful summer day here in Iowa.
To commemorate the day, we planted a white pine in our back yard, and christened it "The Liberty Pine." Long may it grow.

Mary and I did some shopping together and enjoyed the holiday. At Younkers, I happened across an LED light set on the yellow-dot sale table, and I put them to use later that evening by putting them on my FREEDOM IN JESUS witnessing cross and hitting the street corner by Wal Mart - my usual Friday afternoon spot - for a little twilight evangelism.

Marshalltown does have 4th of July fireworks at the fairgrounds, but there is no public area close by that you could do public ministry. Traffic was light, but in the hour I was out there, I gave away 6 Bibles, along with some tracts and "God of Wonders" DVD's. Had an excellent gospel conversation with a young woman named Jenny, and her parents Anna Maria and Rudolpho. Jenny walked over as I was packing up, just after this picture was taken, and asked for a Bible. Whenever a Bible goes out, the gospel goes with it. Jenny was of the opinion that most everybody goes to Heaven when they die.  I said, "No Hell?" She thought only really bad people went there, so we went through a few of the 10 Commandments to show how we are all guilty and deserving of Hell. I explained the simple gospel message, and it was a joy for me to show her 1 John 5:11-13 in the Bible I gave her. As a former Roman Catholic, I was taught that it is a sin to say that you know for sure you will go to Heaven when you die. But God's word tells us that, indeed, you can know that you have eternal life in the Lord Jesus Christ. Isn't that just awesome? It is to me.

Please pray for Jenny, Anna Maria, and Rudolpho, that they would truly understand the gospel, and join us who have turned to God and placed our faith in Jesus Christ alone.

Santa Biblia: Palabra Dioses en Español

I really love the Bible. It is unlike any other book - religious or secular - in that it is not written by man. You see, the author of the Bible is Almighty God. Our Creator used about 40 men, as you and I use a pen, pencil, or a keyboard, to write out His Holy Word in the 66 books of the Holy Bible.

And yes, I can prove this is so: the fulfilled prophecies of the Bible prove that this book could not have been written by man, because frankly, men can't guess that good! And we know that the God of the Bible is THE GOD, and that the Bible is HIS WORD, through the nation of Israel, as I have mentioned in the past. Wow...to hold in one's hands the words of our Creator to us!

But, I digress. Today my son and I dropped back into Rosenkranz Book & Bile Outlet Store up in
Eldora, IA. Mary and I stopped in last week and stocked-up on Bibles to give away, but they had no Version Reina-Valera Spanish Bibles at that time. But today, there were many! Seems they bought a gaylord container of liquidated Bibles from Holman Bible Publishers this past week, so I scooped up several, and now have a good stock to give to my Spanish speaking friends and neighbors.

Please pray for us as we give out the precious seed of the Word, that God will speak to the hearts of these dear souls, and may they be delivered out of the bondage of religion (most I meet here in Marshalltown are either Roman Catholic, or Jehovah's Witness: both of which have no gospel, and are leading their followers to eternal Hell) and into the glorious light of eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

(In case you wonder, the title of this post is "Holy Bible: God's Word in Spanish").