Last Wednesday I witnessed a contrast between life and death in Red Hill. First, the sad news: Two weeks prior, a young man had been electrocuted while working on a transformer box. The memorial service I attended drew an overflow crowd. A somber mood prevailed, the kind you would expect when someone so young (mid-20s) departs so suddenly.
The question was asked, as Jesus had asked, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26). The pastor later told me he had seen more young men attending his church in recent weeks. The hope is that they are considering their own mortality and their relationship to the God who they too will meet one day.
The good news: Three girls experienced re-birth into eternal life in our after-school program. On Wednesday afternoon, we presented God’s plan of salvation, explaining that it’s not to enough to know about Jesus as savior, but that a decision to know Him personally is necessary. After we finished and sent the kids home, these girls, ages 9, 10 and 13, stayed behind and prayed to ask Christ into their hearts as personal lord and savior.
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again,” (John 3:3). It was clear that these three girls were excited to have that new birth and guarantee of eternal life. As Pastor Jeff Cranston of LowCountry Community Church always says, seeing people come into God’s kingdom never gets old.
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