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What You Do...
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What You Do... With the Life You Have
Can you imagine what the "Welcome Home" will be like for Bible
teachers the moment they reach Heaven, those who gladly devoted their
entire lives to the study of God's Word? Some are already there, others
are still laboring with love for their Savior, and are still helping us
to learn and love His Word better ourselves. Many of these great Bible
teachers are hardly known in secular circles, yet are very well-known to
believers and even more so in Heaven! But the Lord Himself told us it
would be this way. He said, "But many that are first shall be last; and
the last shall be first" (Mt.19:30). One such Bible teacher is Dr. David
Allen, well-known Bible Conference speaker and pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church in Hazel Park, MI for over forty years.
Dr. Allen is now with the Lord, but was a great Bible teacher who
believed in expository preaching and teaching. He is the instructor
for two of our BI courses: 50900 The Rapture and 31900 Galatians (BBNBI.org).
It is very difficult to find any information on Dr. Allen today, though
he faithfully ministered for the Savior all his life, yet many have
prospered spiritually under his ministry. One of those who so prospered
is another of our Bible teachers, Dr. Charles Wagner, who sat under the
teaching of his pastor, Dr. Allen for many years. Both of these men are
now with the Lord, but their legacies live on in the students of the
Word they are mentoring, even in their physical absence here!
Robert Murray McCheyne, the great Scottish preacher of past, lived
his life so as to be missed. He lived only 29 short years on this earth
with only 13 of those years in service to the Savior. The length of our
lives are not the important thing, but what we do with the life we
have. The way to make our lives count for time and eternity is to spend
them in service to our Savior. These men of God gladly gave their lives
in service for Him, so that we can benefit from their studies. As we
learn, we can also pass along the benefit we receive from them to
others. The great thing about the study of the Word of God is that the
benefit derived from studying it is eternal! We joyfully pass along this
tremendous opportunity to you, so you in turn can do so to others. We
certainly hope that you will!
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Written By:
David Wyatt
Date Posted:
1/31/2014 4:40 PM
Number of Views:
5758
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