Great pastors like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitfield, and John Wesley traveled and proclaimed true faith in Christ. Perhaps no man since Luther had such a great effect on the church as John Wesley did. Young Wesley’s father was an Anglican pastor in England. One night as the family slept, their home caught fire. Wesley’s mom feared John was lost. In the midst of the fire John was able to escape; he was 5 years old. Being saved from the fire he understood that God had a great work for him to do.
As an adult he formed the Wesleyan movement or Methodism. This theology developed as an alternative to Calvinism. He developed Methodism on four ideals: Scripture, Reason, Tradition, and Experience. Today Wesley can be viewed as the father of the Methodists, the Assemblies of God, the Church of God, the Church of God in Christ, the Foursquare Church, African Methodist Episcopal, Nazarene, Christian Missionary Alliance, and many other denominations. His impact on the world goes way beyond his lifetime. You see the scripture tells us that God has a divine plan or calling for all of us.
Jeremiah 1:5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Tonight I want you as an individual to know that God has a divine plan for your life. It is a plan that is solely yours and no one else’s. It is a good plan. It is a plan that begins with accepting Christ as your Savior and in that decision receiving life forever.
John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life”
We never know what potential we have to change our world until we see ourselves through the eyes of Christ.
No comments:
Post a Comment