Letter to a Jehovah Witness

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am not really new to Waldorf. My family has lived in the area for 8 years, but prior to moving to Waldorf, we lived in Bowie. When we first bought our home 8 years ago, I can say that no one has sent us a letter welcoming us to the neighborhood. It was only after we have purchased this home that people have sought to invite. It is good to see other like myself interested in people. However there are reasons why people tend to reach out. My feeling is the sense of lostness and the lack of community. The lostness is great throughout southern MD. Your probably questioning what I mean by lostness? Well the fact of the matter is, all mankind is lost because of sin. We are lost and without hope . Sin has condemned humanity to death. We are all going to die as the scripture says in Hebrews 9:27 that “it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgement” Death was the consequence of sin coming into the world through one man (Romans 5:12), therefore making all men sinful. We know that no one is perfect, but why do we strive to be perfect. When the word of God in Romans says that no one is good no not even one(Romans 3:12). For we all have fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). The wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23). Not only physical death but also a spiritual death as seen in Rev 20:14. When death and hell will be thrown into the lake of fire. Therefore no can stand before a Holy God. The lostness is not being able to stand before the wrath of God and be judged by the works of our unrighteousness. Yet the good news is that Christ having been offered once to bear the sins of many, wil appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him (Hebrews 9:28). Jesus being the scapegoat as seen in the Hebrew scriptures in how the atonement for sins were to be cleansed temporarily every year. That is the works but we are free from works and by faith in Christ Jesus. The Bible is clear as to what we need to do to be saved Romans 10:9 says “ If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. It is so emphatic that it reiterated Romans 10:13 “for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Why do we call on the Lord because we will die and have to stand before God and give an account of our lives. It isn’t based on a Church but on the finished work of Christ John 19:30 no blood of bulls or goats but the blood of Jesus. By placing faith in Jesus you will be saved as it is written John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, whoever does no obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. The words of Jesus are clear he says as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever believes in him may have eternal life (John 3:14-15). Jesus says that he is the bread that comes down John 6:41. He is the good shepherd he lays his life down for his sheep John 10:14. Jesus says that he is the resurrection and the life. “Whoever believe in me though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die” Do you believe this? If you do not believe these things you do not have a promise of eternal life you are without hop and the wrath of God remains on you. It is simple as believing and placing your trust hope and faith in the free gift of God, but it is not of works so that anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8,9 It is of importance that you well intention letter does not go without mention. However the bible is clear as Matthew 7:21-23 “ Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” The works that they have done they think it will get them into his heaven no it is not works or well intention letters of evangelism, but those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. Acts 17:31. That is the will of the Father to believe on the Jesus. Again it is of true importance Titus 3:4-7 “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Do you believe? or are you going to believe what is false? Grace and Peace and hope to speak with you soon. Lamar

Know Before You Go!

Know Before You Go! Before going to do hospital visitation today 6/2 on my drive south on MD210. There are signs that MDOT changes to notify drives of road conditions as well as traffic during rush hour. Since today is a Sunday the message on the digital sign read “Know before You Go dial 511”, I thought about that and chuckled a bit and thought it is wise to know before we go. I always hear people say how hard life is, how depressing it can be if you do life alone. I think about it life does suck but the problem is this; you spend your whole life with the emotive feelings of how bad life is or the next it is great. What we tend to forget is that even though we have ups and downs, we still live our lives as if tomorrow or the next year or for the next minute is guaranteed. Let me get to my point as the sign reads dial 511 to gain information about your travels toward your destination. We all must come to grips that we shall all die one day, and yet after we die as it is written in scripture Hebrew 9:27 we will die and face judgement. Yes judgement in the afterlife and when this world will all be destroyed and renewed more on the renewal part another time. However we can know for sure that we will have everlasting life in this life and yet when we hit our life’s end we shall know that we will live forever. Let me just take sometime to share what the bible says. We are sinners in need of a savior someone who is sinless who can bare the iniquities all of humanity.(Romans 3:12, 3:23) Who by his death can satisfy the wrath of God for the sins of humanity.(Roman 6:23) Who’s blood can cover the sins of all humanity, which by our association to Jesus as brothers and sisters we become co-heirs with him. By faith while we were still sinners Christ died. Jesus death on the cross was done so that we my be healed from all our unrighteousness and that believing in him we my have everlasting life. Through God love for the word he gave us his son so that belief in him we may have everlasting life. (John3:15-15) Jesus being the manifested in the flesh full deity and fully man yet without sin was able to die for the world. This is love that a man lay his life down for his friends, not only for his friends but for his enemies. (John15:13) So we are to believe in Jesus and we will have eternal life. Belief is the same as knowing in the illustration is 2+2=4. That if you have paid your electric bill the lights will come on when you flip the switch. You have faith and hope and hope is not life a subjunctive in that you assume something might happen. No hope is the assurance or the certainty that it will occur, that certainty is life eternal because we believe in Jesus, life death burial and resurrection. Therefore we place our trust in him and not in things of this world. Jesus says in John 11 I am the resurrection and the life the one who believes in me even if he dies will live. Everyone who believe in Me shall never die. Than he asks the question “Do You Believe this?” The title entry is know before you go. That is to know that when you die if you place your faith in Jesus that you will be assured of entrance into heaven based on the work and grace and faith of Christ alone. After reading are going to heaven when you die?