This is the final day of the Bible Conference. Mark preached this morning from Ezekiel 3:17 about being a watchman whose task it is to see and speak. He is not to save the city, but to warn of danger. The gospel tells us everyone is to preach the gospel, simply proclaiming what God has done for you. Tell people they need to change course to go to heaven. We are accountable for our own obedience. It is not just the job of the pastors and missionaries. Mark was encouraging in this message as he got many excited about sharing the gospel.
Mike preached second on 2 Cor. 11:15 on being masters of ministry.
1) The joy of ministry is to see people we have led to the Lord serve God on their own, continuing with strength and power. 2) the duty of ministry is to spend and be spent. Keep telling the gospel to a lost and dying world. 3) the disappointment of ministry is true, but we need to press on and keep telling people how to get saved. It is not our job to save a person; we cannot. It is out job to warn and tell and God will do the saving.
At the end of the morning service, Matt told how he came to write Lord Send Laborers. As he toured many foreign countries his heart was broken for the lost people and the song was written as a prayer for God to work in Matt's heart and send him to the foreign field if that is what God wanted. He then led the congregation in singing that song in Japanese. It was a very fitting end to a wonderful week.
At the graduation service in the evening, several special songs were sung. Matt Herbster preached the message. First though, he gave Kato-san a Wilds Camp T-shirt. He said it was the smallest one they had (it was too big for Kato-san). Mind you, Matthew is 6'6" and Kato-san is about a foot shorter.
Anyway the message was from Deut. 8:11 and warning us to beware not to forget God. We forget God by acting if sin never happened. when we live contrary to God's commands it means we have forgotten God. When we are proud, we have forgotten God. 2 Tim. 10:17 says let him that glory, glory in the Lord. We forget God when we are consumed with other gods. Lastly, we need to teach our children, the next generation, about God or they will forget and that generation will be lost.
Kato-san received his diploma and everyone stood and clapped. Afterwards, there was a reception at the Bible School.
Next week we go to spring camp and will hear the Herbster brothers encourage the teens to stand for God. May it be a blessing to everyone going.
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