Main Thing
In the Heartlight.org post on “The Main Thing,” I tried to remind us that we must be a people of God’s holy character as well as His faithful compassion. Yet in the middle of emphasizing these things, we must never lose sight of the main thing!
I received a nudge about a small video piece on Viddler. I refer to it a bit reluctantly — not because it is not excellent, but because I am not completely sure it is supported by the folks who released the award winning film on which it is based. So I am pointing you to both the Viddler video and also to the website to consider using the whole video presentation at some time in your church with proper licensing and fees. The film is incredibly well done and has received some of the highest honors. It can be purchased fairly inexpensively for individual use and licensed reasonably for church use. The film is called Most. Beautifully and poignantly edited, this is an incredibly moving piece that helps us understand in some small way the cost to God the Father for the sacrifice of Jesus, the Son. Please check out the website: http://www.mostthemovie.com.
The Viddler video is not nearly as subtle and much shorter, but connects the subtler elements of the movie and drives the point home. It can be found on the web:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/MaximumReferral/videos/1/
Please, don’t use the video without proper licensing. I share it only to help illustrate the point that God sent His Son to do The Main Thing!
Phil,
You have brought out a most important point – we can silently serve Christ and never achieve the greatest goal – winning souls for Him. In “Showing God’s Love,” Brother Alan Smith reveals the other side of the coin – just as the young women in your article were preaching a sermon to others by their loving, caring actions we will also teach by doing. The important thing is THERE MUST BE BOTH! By remaining silent and never teaching people God’s will they will assume they need do nothing – when all that is necessary is to reach for Christ through His teachings – by believing He is God’s Son, repenting of our sins, washing them away in baptism and living for Him until death.
The Bible is so available these days – and so misquoted! I was listening to an episode of “Lost” last night and one of the characters who was supposed to be a preacher told a woman “when John baptized Jesus and saw the dove come out of heaven and light on His shoulder he realized he had washed this man’s sin away.” To think that Jesus could have sin! If He had He could NOT have been our sacrifice!
We MUST teach God’s Word as never before so we won’t be confronted on judgement day by those we see day after day who never came to know Christ because WE didn’t tell them. Just as Christ told the disciples they should know God because they had been with Him, people should come to know Christ because we are a refection of Him – and He taught God’s Word ALL day EVERY day, not just by action but by words.
Linda Hoeck
18 Nov 08 at 3:05 pm