The Harvest is Plenteous

Matthew 9:37 “… The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few”

 While megachurches are putting the sword to the battle in Asia and in Africa, and the Middle East; passionately taking new ground for the kingdom, our generals (heads of these reformations) have failed to guard our flank. Overtly, the three-headed monster is attacking us in our own homeland eating at the fiber of our faith, gnawing at the entrails of our morality, and imposing their thoughts and doctrine on our children because we have failed to equip them to the faith.

They are the ones, knocking on doors, handing out literature, and talking to our children about their faith. Creating new converts for their beliefs at the root level where we have all but completely failed. This three-headed monster understands very well that the future of our faith is dependent on the hope of our youth.  So while we sit high and mighty in foreign lands the monster sneaks into the homework and school books of our children.

 Matthews 24:15 tells us that the gospel shall be preached in “all the nations”, so we have sent missions to Asia and Africa and every corner of the world. Yet we failed to reach our own backyard. Our neighborhood churches are slowly being replaced with Mosques or Kingdom Halls, or whatever the Mormons call their place of worship.

 We are sending money to save the children in every 3^rd world country, yet our own children are killing themselves because we have failed to tell them about Jesus. While we are feeding our egos with plane trips to far-off places, it’s the Jehovah's Witnesss who are knocking on doors, the Mormons who are handing out literature on the buses, and the Muslims who are reaching our children in the playgrounds.

I believe that if we teach our children the ways of Jesus Christ we can affect positively the problems that weigh down our cities. I believe there is a place for missions in Africa but not at the cost of forgetting missions here in Philadelphia.

Too few churches have a commitment to evangelism; too few Christians have a heart for the lost. We have found it so much easier to ignore the problems that plague our city because of a lack of knowledge of God (Hosea 4:6) When will the Christians realize that because we are not part of the solution we are the problem. (Matthew 12:30). The question is, are you satisfied with being part of the problem?

Or do you want to be part of the laborer of the harvest? It is my desire to make a difference in Philadelphia through sound and Biblical teaching. If you would like meet with me to see what we can do to make a difference in this city that we love.  <Just click this link>  and if the link does not work  just past this link  " https://pastortroy1.start.page " into your browser to contact me

Your Brother in Christ

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