Room for More in the Family of God   

In Luke 19:10, Jesus said, “The Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”  Similarly, Paul told Timothy, “This is a faithful/trustworthy saying, and it deserves full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15).  It was 2000 years ago that our Lord came to give His life to save sinners, but there are still so many remaining who need salvation. 
In Christ’s parable of the great supper, the servant went into the streets of the city and brought back many people.  But then he reported back to his master, “Lord, what you commanded has been done, and yet still there is room for more” (Luke 14:22).  God is still a God of abundant love and amazing grace, and there is still room for more in the family of God!  And certainly we know there is still plenty of room in this our Pontotoc Church Family for many more to come to Christ!
The Great Commission is recorded for us in Matthew 28:19-20, where Jesus said, “Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”  The early church kept growing and growing because, first and foremost, they went everywhere telling people the good news about Jesus.
In Acts 3, by the power of God, Peter and John had healed a man who could not walk.  As a result, a crowd gathered, and Peter preached to them about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God who sent His one and only Son Jesus, the One they had crucified just a few weeks previous.  Then in chapter 4, Peter and John got thrown in jail for proclaiming the gospel, and then they were brought before the Council. 
Why did they keep sharing the good news no matter what others said?  “For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).  That’s the real key for us today in bringing more souls into the family of God.  When we are so filled with the love of Christ, when we are overwhelmed by the grace and mercy of God, when this life in Him is truly everything to us, then we too will not be able to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.

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