Sheep and Levi-athan
Hello again friends and neighbors. As a Christian and former pastor, I have had and still have what I call "sub-ministries." One is called "Lamar County Sheep Finders" and the other one, which is more of a national ministry, is called Levi-athan Ministries. I'll focus mostly on Sheep Finders, but Levi-athan's name is a play on words based on the Leviathan creature mentioned in the Old Testament and the Hebrew tribe of Levi named after Levi- one of Jacob's 12 sons. Years ago, a Jews for Jesus minister told me that based on my last name, it not being changed when my ancestors came to this country, and my father being Jewish, I'm from the tribe of Levi. So like the Apostle Paul, I have a desire to see Jewish people saved.
In John Ch 10 Jesus talks about Jewish sheep and Gentile sheep, and that they would be one and have one Shepherd. Further in the chapter Jesus says some interesting things about His sheep. First He says: "You do not believe Me, because you are not of My sheep" (vs. 25). Next He says: "My sheep hear my voice and they follow Me" (vs. 26). Then He says: "I give them eternal life, neither shall any of them perish." What it comes down to, and what my Lamar County Sheep Finders ministry is about, is that if you are one of Christ's sheep, sooner or later you will believe that you are a sinner undeserving of salvation and Heaven, and that Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again to pay the penalty of and forgive you of all your sins, and you will follow Him. This following of Christ is a result of a changed life (2Cor. 5:17) that includes not forsaking the assembling together with other believers (Heb. 10:25) in a bible believing, gospel preaching, grace embracing Church. Bible Belt States like ours are full of professing Christians that won't go to Church. If I may be blunt here, if you won't go to Church to be with other believers, why would you think you'd want to be in Heaven with a whole lot more? While going to Church does not save anyone one bit, the new desires salvation brings in following Christ as one of His sheep includes wanting to be a part of one of His Churches. You can make all the excuses you want down here, but it won't make the cut at the Judgment. Just sayin ;-).
So if you claim to be a Christian, you need to be in one of "His" Churches. Now an infomercial :-). The Church I'm a member of, Calvary Baptist Church in Vernon, is a small church with a mostly older congregation. Not only should you be in a Church like ours, I'm asking you to come to our Church since you should be in one anyway. You would be proving whether or not you're one of Christ's sheep, ministering by helping our Church grow again, and we could fellowship together regularly as Christians and fellow constitutional patriots concerned about the direction of our country. Are you going to be one of those that won't darken the door of a church until the unconstitutional and/or economic doo-doo hits the fan, and then want their help? Really? Maybe you're reading this and you're not a believer, but this has got ya thinking about your eternity. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). No other way, no other religion, no other person or founder! Are you one of Christ's sheep? If you think so, prove it. I'll be glad to help in any way. Because when it's all said and done, if God's not pleased to save our country because of the judgment we deserve, we still have Christ saving His sheep. Praise God!
Pester Brat is the Founder & Director of the local La-Fayette Constitutional Patriots and national Fellowship of Concerned Constitutional Patriots. You can email him at pesterbratdotcom@aol.com.
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