Subject: Billy Graham Spoke to the World
There is one thing out there about what happened last Tuesday/Friday
that came in under the radar and escaped most Christians. That
Friday, for the first time in history, one man (Billy Graham) spoke
the Gospel to the entire world at the same time. He gave the sermon
at the National Memorial Service, and it was broadcast on every
major television station in the U.S. and by satellite to the world.
Every country in the world received this broadcast...and because
it was a GeoPolitical event, every leader watched and heard it
translated into his/her language.
Many preachers have their messages broadcast in other countries and
carried around the world, but this is the first time that the entire
world listened to the Gospel preached at one time.The World and all
its leaders tuned in and heard the gospel.
Never before has one individual preached to the leaders of the
world and their country at one time!!
Mark 13:10 -- And the Gospel must first be preached to all
the nations
Matthew 24:14 -- And this Gospel of the King shall be
preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations and
the end shall come.
Romans 10 -- whole chapter -- particularly verse 18.
Through Billy Graham, Biblical prophecy was fulfilled.
As I listened to him Friday, I was in a store that had the entire
service broadcast throughout every speaker in the store's audio
system. It was on virtually every TV and radio station, and people
across America held hands and wept before God. It is my personal
belief that the Holy Spirit came upon Billy Graham just as it did
upon John the Baptist announcing the Kingdom of God is at hand. I
also believe that this is the most significant prophecy to be
fulfilled since Israel became a nation in 1948.
Agree or not, it was staggering to hear this today. Jesus tells us
often, to watch and ''take heed, keep on the alert, for you do
not know when the appointed time is." Mark 13:33.
This takes a minute, but is a good piece....
Finally, The Truth
on National TV
Billy Graham's daughter was
being interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
Clayson asked her "How could God let
something like this happen?"
And Anne
Graham gave an extremely profound and
insightful response. She said "I believe that God
is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but
for years we've been telling God to get out of our
schools, to get out of our government and to get
out of our lives. And being the gentleman
that He is, I believe that He has calmly backed
out. How can we expect God to give us His
blessing and His protection if we demand that He
leave us alone?"
I know there's been a lot of
emails going around in regards to 9/11/01, but
this really makes you think. If you don't
have time, at least skim through it, but the
bottom line is something to think about....In
light of recent events...terrorists attack, school
shootings, etc.
Let's see, I think it started
when Madeline Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her
body was found recently) complained she didn't
want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then, someone said you better
not read the Bible in school...the Bible that says
thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and
love your neighbor as yourself.
And we said, OK.
Then, Dr. Benjamin Spock
said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would
be warped and we might damage their self-esteem
(Dr. Spock's son committed suicide.) And we
said, an expert should know what he's talking
about so
we said OK.
Then, someone said teachers and
principals better not discipline our children when
they misbehave. And the school
administrators said no faculty member in this
school better touch a student when they misbehave
because we don't want any bad publicity, and we
surely don't want to be sued (There's big
difference between disciplining and touching,
beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.
And we said, OK.
Then someone said, let's let
our daughters have abortions if they want, and
they won't even have to tell their parents.
And we said, OK.
Then some wise school board
member said, since boys will be boys and they're
going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the
condoms they want, so they can have all the fun
they desire, and we won't have to tell their
parents they got them at school. And we
said, OK.
Then some of our top elected
officials said it doesn't matter what we do in
private as long as we do our jobs. And
agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to
me what anyone, including the President, does in
private as long as I have a job and the economy is
good.
And then someone said let's
print magazines with pictures of nude women and
call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for
the beauty of the female body. And we said,
OK.
And then someone else took that
appreciation a step further and published pictures
of nude children and then stepped further still by
making them available on the internet. And we
said OK, they're entitled to their free
speech.
And then the entertainment
industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex.
And let's record music that encourages rape,
drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And
we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse
effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so
go right ahead.
Now we're
asking ourselves why our children have no
conscience, why they don't know right from wrong,
and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers,
their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard
enough, we can figure it out.
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE
REAP WHAT WE SOW."
