I doubt anyone missed it, but i never got around to posting last week with all the activity leading up to our Saturday outreach effort. Despite the rain, I’m calling that a success! About sixty people came by and five prayed to receive Jesus! A lot of people helped made it happen.

Ours was one of thirty-eight projects of various kinds sponsored through the Serve Tour. A ministry of the Send Relief organization, it consists of “events in cities across the United States and around the world,” and anyone with a desire to do good while sharing the Good News can be a part of it. Several more events are planned for this year and the next. Checkout the link above for more information.

We also want to thank our friends at the Dallas Baptist Association for the use of the block party trailer and help with finding the right folks to work with us. And we could not have asked for better partners than the wonderful group of volunteers from Sunnyvale FBCEn Espanol.

Last Sunday, we discussed that well-known passage in John, Chapter 3, where Jesus explains to Nicodemus that one must be “born again” to enter God’s kingdom. Here we have the Gospel message in Jesus’ own words, containing the famous verse we all know and love, ““For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” (3:16)

This week, we’ll pick up Chapter 3 from verse 22. Both John the baptist and Jesus are baptizing, and John’s disciples note that Jesus is beginning to draw away followers. John’s response is a humble one. To highly paraphrase his answer, “I told you I wasn’t the one. He’s supposed to outshine me, and I am pumped that it’s happening!”

John’s mission was always to point to Jesus. Now, Jesus will take the spotlight. It’s possible that what we read starting with verse 31 is actually the commentary of John the disciple on what he has just written. The writing style does lend credence to this thought, but either way, the truth remains. The final word on the subject is in verse 36, “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Choose life today!