Entries from September 2018 ↓

Most every Sunday night since I have been a pastor (since March 1991), after I get something to eat on Sunday night after church, I usually sit at my recliner, get my preaching Bible for the next Sunday, and look over the Scripture passages for both worship services the next Sunday. I have preached through the Book of Revelation at the four churches I have pastored and preached on the Seven Churches in the Book of Revelation (Chaps. 2 & 3) each time. But, in preaching through the Seven Churches again, I am looking forward more than ever before to the next sermon.

I can see some of Fellowship in each of the churches I have preached on the past three Sundays, both in the compliments the Lord had for each church and the criticisms/complaints and cautions He had for those churches. I encourage you to get a Bible with study notes, such as The Life Application Bible, and read Rev. 2:1-17 then read the notes that help to bring a relevancy for today regarding those churches. Below are some quotes that I shared in my message Sunday from the book “Simple Sermons on the Seven Churches in Revelation” by Dr. Herschel Ford, which were preached in the late 1950s at First Baptist Church in El Paso, Texas, when he was the pastor there.

“The only way that you can make a sinner know that you are a Christian is to live a life different from his, a life like unto the Master’s life.”

“Sometimes when we stand up for Christ it seems that the whole world is against us.”

“A few wrong people in a church can ruin the life and influence of the church.”

“If your Christianity is going to mean anything to you or God or others, you must loosen your hold on the world and live closer to God than you have been living.”

“There were two groups in the Pergamos church which Christ would fight against—those who were mixed up with the world and all of its sinful practices, and those who wanted to lord it over God’s people” [Their fellow church members].

“If we are living for Him above all, surely all the sweets and joys of Christ will be ours to feed upon and enjoy.”

In reviewing the text last night and studying for this Sunday’s sermon on the Church at Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-29), Wow! I pity a church that has been affected by a “Jezebel” in their midst that, and as Dr. Ford put it, “is doing a devilish work” and being permitted to stay there, which is one of the complaints that Jesus had against the church. But, still, the Lord had some good things to say about the Church at Thyatira and He will bless those who stay faithful and stay true to Him.

Blessings,

Bobby Mullins

BTTBM SEPTEMBER 2018 UPDATE
“It’s Time To Get Back To The Basics Of The Christian Life”

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE AIR A FRESH START TV PROGRAM

I am still spiritually energized even today from one of those unexpected blessings God sends to my life from time to time just to let me know His Hand is on me & to confirm I am in the center of His will for my life. A 70 yr. old African-American man, as prompted by the Holy Spirit, drove 40 mi. on a recent Sunday from Batesville, MS to attend our morning worship service at Fellowship Baptist Church in Hernando, MS. He told me that he watched A Fresh Start TV Program (I did not know it reached to Batesville) & he liked my preaching & wanted to hear me live.

He also said he wanted to get his confession of faith right. So we talked in my office for a few minutes before the worship service about being saved, I led him in “A Sinner’s Prayer” (have always done so & will always do so when someone wants to become “in Christ”). At the Invitation Time at the end of the worship service he made a public profession of faith in Christ & I will soon have the joy & privilege to baptize him. Praise You God from Whom all blessings flow! As my preacher friend Ronnie Coleman says, “It never gets old!” I am continuing to look forward with great anticipation to what the Lord has in store. This is one of the main reasons why we air A Fresh Start TV Program.

In addition to airing A Fresh Start to be an encouragement to Christians, we air it as a way to fulfill the Great Commission Jesus gave to His Followers to take the Gospel to the whole world. By your donating to Back To The Basics Ministries, so that we can air A Fresh Start, you are a partner with me in helping those like Willie from Batesville, Mississippi to find forgiveness and peace in their life, the kind of peace that is for all eternity. I will share more stories with you in future BTTBM Updates like Willie’s about lives that have been changed for the better through A Fresh Start TV Program.

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Blessings,

Bobby Mullins

“Keep in the Word, on your knees, loving God, loving each other, building godly homes, worshiping together, sharing the faith, supporting the Lord’s work financially, living life abundantly”

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