The “Feel Good magazine from your local Amcal, Unichem, Radius & Life Pharmacy” (2011/12 Summer issue), tells me about many guides. I am amazed. There are at least six, or even more. Let me just mention a few of them. There is “a quick guide to get beach ready”, “a quick guide to women’s health” and “the Blokes’ Guide to good health.” There is “a step-by step guide to your best ever tan.”
Can I tell you please about the guide book to everlasting life?
Why do I want to do that?
Because man consists of body, soul and spirit. The body is the physical part of man. Our spirit has the ability to communicate with God. And the Lord Jesus died on the cross to redeem our souls.
Uncle Ernie was my teacher at the Bible Institute I attended in Germany long ago. In his book YOU NEVER MEET ANYONE BY CHANCE he writes, “I entered a drugstore and stood looking at all the merchandise on the shelves. When I had the attention of the salesperson, I asked him, ‘You have medication for the body, the back, the feet, the eyes, the stomach, etc. Do you have anything for the soul?’ Surprised by my question he answered, ‘No, we have nothing for the soul.’
‘Well,’ I said, ‘You are fortunate. I have something for the soul and I would like to give it to you.’ He accepted the tract I handed him.”
“I picked up 2 boys going fishing and said, ‘I’m a fisherman, too, but actually I’m looking for bigger fish than you.’
The boys, who were fishing for trout, asked, ‘Are you after Salmon or pike?’
‘No,’ I said, ‘Still bigger.’ Of course they had no idea that I was trying to catch fish as big as they were. I told them that in the Bible Jesus had called Peter to follow him and become a fisher of men. I, too, am a fisher of men. Then I explained what it meant to follow Jesus and how to become a Christian. One of the boys prayed with me and committed his life to Jesus.”
“Experience FREEDOM today. Talk to us about a Freedom Transaction Account.”
A National Bank ad says that.
Not long ago I read a quote by Peyton C. March. In the quote he says that FREEDOM is one of the things we crave most in life. The other two things are happiness and peace of mind.
The Bible says that the truth will set us FREE and that the Lord Jesus Christ will set us FREE! (John 8:32 and John 8:36)
Today I received a Small Packet (Books, CDs, Tracts) from Ernie Klassen. He used to be my teacher at Bible school in Germany many years ago. We called him Uncle Ernie. One of the books he wrote is called: YOU NEVER MEET ANYONE BY CHANCE. I started reading it!
I think it was Uncle Ernie who taught me Personal Evangelism. Why? He did not only teach it, he did it and is still doing it . He was born in 1918!
