The Most Important Business in the World
Gerald Harris
James 5:19-20
The most important business in the world is turning people to Jesus Christ; turning lost people to Christ, or, in the case of our text, turning those who are already Christians back to Christ.
As a young preacher boy, one of my heroes was Dr. R. G. Lee who was for many years pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. R. G. Lee did not have a diplomatic bone in his body. There was no subtlety about him. He was always direct and to the point. And I heard him tell a story one time about a man in his church that he called Bob.
I'd like to introduce the message by sharing this story about Bob because it may be the same kind of story that could be repeated here in Marietta.
Bob was a young man who was married and had two children, and was involved in the church. God was blessing him. He owned a hardware store, and he was faithful to the Lord and began to grow as a Christian. The church elected him as a deacon. Bob was faithfully tithing, and he was even teaching a Sunday School class of teenage boys. His marriage seemed to be strong and he was a good father. He was respected in the church.
An opportunity arose for Bob to purchase a hardware store that was going out of business. After much prayer he decided to buy this second hardware store. After that he was able to secure a loan and he opened a chain of hardware stores in Memphis and in Arkansas. Before he knew it, he seemed to be a very successful businessman in control of a number of employees, watching over a number of stores.
But something also happened during that time of business success. Although his business success could be charted in this direction, his spiritual life was charted in this direction -- downward. During the course of time, Bob got away from the Lord. It didn't happen overnight. He didn't wake up one morning and decide that he didn't want to serve God. It happened gradually. He had begu ...
Gerald Harris
James 5:19-20
The most important business in the world is turning people to Jesus Christ; turning lost people to Christ, or, in the case of our text, turning those who are already Christians back to Christ.
As a young preacher boy, one of my heroes was Dr. R. G. Lee who was for many years pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. R. G. Lee did not have a diplomatic bone in his body. There was no subtlety about him. He was always direct and to the point. And I heard him tell a story one time about a man in his church that he called Bob.
I'd like to introduce the message by sharing this story about Bob because it may be the same kind of story that could be repeated here in Marietta.
Bob was a young man who was married and had two children, and was involved in the church. God was blessing him. He owned a hardware store, and he was faithful to the Lord and began to grow as a Christian. The church elected him as a deacon. Bob was faithfully tithing, and he was even teaching a Sunday School class of teenage boys. His marriage seemed to be strong and he was a good father. He was respected in the church.
An opportunity arose for Bob to purchase a hardware store that was going out of business. After much prayer he decided to buy this second hardware store. After that he was able to secure a loan and he opened a chain of hardware stores in Memphis and in Arkansas. Before he knew it, he seemed to be a very successful businessman in control of a number of employees, watching over a number of stores.
But something also happened during that time of business success. Although his business success could be charted in this direction, his spiritual life was charted in this direction -- downward. During the course of time, Bob got away from the Lord. It didn't happen overnight. He didn't wake up one morning and decide that he didn't want to serve God. It happened gradually. He had begu ...
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