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I was born and raised in Northern (Superior) Wisconsin about 80 miles from the Canadian border; and, yes it gets very cold there! At the young age of 32 I began to feel called into ministry. One night at a church dinner, my wife Judy and I sat at a table next to our district superintendent. In the course of our conversation, he said that he had a small church that needed someone to supply the pulpit until he could appoint a new pastor. My pastor suggested that maybe I could do that. I agreed, and two Sundays later, my wife and I drove to that small rural church. Little did we know that I would fill the pulpit in that church for thirteen years!

I have now been in the ministry for 35 years after also serving churches in Virginia and Maryland. I am currently retired...well, sort of. In my retirement, I am now serving as part-time Pastor of First Evangelical Covenant Church in Superior Wi. I began writing books about seven years ago, and still enjoy speaking and teaching when I can. My wife Judy passed away in 2021and I have since remarried to My wife Crystal.

I have a deep desire to help people grow in their faith and knowledge of God’s Word. My books are what I call a “Quest for Discipleship”. As I said, I am a published author and I have nineteen books which include my latest called "Tell Me, Show Me, Fill Me, Change Me"; "In It For Life"; “By His Hand”; “Show and Tell”; “The Promised Gift”; “Jars of Clay”; “The Kingdom of God”; “From the Pastor’s Desk”; “More From the Pastor’s Desk”; "T.E.A.M."; "Let Earth Receive Her King"; "Therefore" "Principles from Proverbs"; "God's Top ten"; "Prayer Changes Things", "5 R's of Revelation" and two "Renewed Faith" 90 day devotionals all by Life Ministries Publishing.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

“Whosoever Believes”

The Bible is very clear about these three things: #1. God is willing to save us. #2. God wants to save us. #3. God is waiting to save us. “It is God’s will that not even one should perish, but all would come to repentance.”
    However, the Bible is also clear that the choice is up to you and me. God is willing to save, and wanting to save, and waiting to save “whosoever believes”!  Do you know that the most wonderful word in the Bible is “whosoever”? You see, God is not just the God of the Jews; He’s the God of “whosoever believes.” Jesus is not the Savior of a select few, or chosen few; He is the Savior of “whosoever believes!” The Holy Spirit is not the power behind just preachers and evangelists and a few selected and called people; the Holy Spirit is the power behind “whosoever believes!”
    In John 4:13 Jesus told the woman at the well; “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” ( KJV )
    In John 12:46 He says “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” ( KJV )  In Acts 2:21  “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” ( KJV )  “Whosoever will”- “Whosoever believes”- “Whosoever comes.” That is, anyone who chooses to come! Understand this; God cannot and will not do anything in your life, until you choose to become a “whosoever”! Oh, He will do a lot of things to guide and change your circumstances and so on, and continuously try to bring you to a point of decision, but, it is you who must decide! 
    Understand also; even though God’s offer is for whosoever, there is one condition. Anyone can come, but they must come on God’s terms and not their own. Let me explain what I mean by that. Anyone can be saved, but it is important to remember that there is only one way to be saved. Whosoever believes “IN HIM” It does not say “whosoever lives a good life” or “whosoever keeps the Ten Commandments” or “whosoever goes to church and is baptized” it says, “Whosoever believes in HIM!”  There are not several ways to get to heaven, there is only one! Jesus Christ, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” No one comes to the Father except by Him. “There is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
    Listen to the words of John again in his first letter - 1st John 5:10 “Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe, God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about His Son. And this is the testimony; God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life”. In John 20:31 it says: “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” There is only one way to know that you have eternal life - You must be a “whosoever”.
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