Louisburg and Overland Park Greeting

A skeptic promised British preacher Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910) that he would attend his church for four Sundays on which Maclaren would be presenting the main tenets of Christianity. The skeptic listened intently to Maclaren's sermons. After the fourth message he presented himself for church membership, saying he had received Christ as his Savior.

Maclaren was delighted and could not resist the impulse to ask which of the four sermons brought him to this decision. The skeptic replied, "Your sermons, sir, were helpful, but they were not what finally persuaded me." He said that after church one Sunday as he was helping an elderly lady on a slippery walk, she looked up into his face and said, "I wonder if you know my Savior, Jesus Christ. He is everything in the world to me. I would like you to know Him too."

It was a simple comment, but with the working of the Holy Spirit, it changed a skeptic's heart as no power filled sermon could do.

This morning we are going to talk about what Jesus commanded us to do when he left this earth, to be His witnesses to the world, to share our faith with our friends and neighbors. It is less about sermons and more about us telling our stories. We are the main witnesses as to what a difference Jesus has made in our lives and that has a lot of traction to those people we share our faith with.

Pastor Bob

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