A Startling Letter
From a Young Lady Who Could Be
Your Neighbor

 
"NO ONE EVER TOLD US YOU HYPOCRITES!"

Some time ago an 18-year-old girl from Washington state attended a worship service.  For the first time in her life she heard a gospel sermon.  The following Tuesday the pastor of the church received a letter from her.  It read:

 
Dear Pastor:

Last Sunday I attended your church, and I heard you preach.  In your sermon you said that all men have sinned and rebelled against God.  Because of their rebellion and disobedience they all face eternal damnation and separation from God.

But then you also said God loved men and sent his Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to redeem men from their sins and that all those who believe in him would go to heaven and live with God eternally.

My parents recently died in rapid succession.  I know they did not believe in Jesus Christ, whom you call the Savior of the world.  If what you preach is true, they are damned.

You compel me to believe that either the message isn't true, or that you yourself don't believe this message, or that you don't care.  We live only three blocks from your church, and no one ever told us.  You hypocrites!

            Signed: _________________

Could your pastor or your church ever receive such a letter from a neighbor who lives nearby?  It's not likely if you're seriously praying for them. Churches, families, and individuals who pray earnestly and specifically for their neighbors always seem to find a way to touch their lives.


                         Article courtesy of the PowerHouse newsletter (Vol. 5, # 3).  
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