At the beginning of this year I purchased Oral Roberts personal commentary in which to do my daily Bible study. This morning, one of the scriptures I read was Lu. 10:30-37; speaking of the parable of the good Samaritan. Before reading, my thoughts had been on the vision of Cornerstone.
Oral Roberts says, “ Christianity without a personal witness has been compared to an imaginary football team that does nothing but huddle. “
Can you imagine how ridiculous this would be? To be a team in a continuous huddle, ready to receive signals before a play….always planning what they were going to do…..but never DOING anything?
There are a lot of believers in this world, but there are also many souls around us who are dying and going to hell. So many who don’t know that Jesus paid the price for them to be saved, healed and delivered. So many who don’t realize, because of a Living Savior…. they can live in victory 365 days a year.
Just as the Good Samaritan when he found the man along side the road….stripped, wounded and bleeding and left for dead. He took the time and he paid a price for the man to be taken care of and to be healed. Please, listen to me, church….We have to see the lost souls around us the same…. ones who are stripped, wounded, bleeding and left for dead. Many who have lost hope and don’t know where to find it.
As believers, how many times have we stood around in our “holy huddle” ….always talking about the lost souls and what we need to do…..but never follow through?
Our vision at Cornerstone has always been to reach the lost. We have been blessed to have been taught and have experienced much about the Word of God and how He has translated us from the enemy’s kingdom into the Kingdom of God’s Son. We need to break from our huddle in 2011 and reach those around us who do not know the Savior that we serve.
I think God would say to us, “This is NOT a game. It is reality!” We MUST follow through!
God bless!
Pastor George.
