I Too am teaching through Hebrews an have found The Preachers Online Sermon And Bible & Commentary to be a very helpful tool. i believe it to be one of the best there is. try it. --- J & M <jim.melissa@...> wrote: > Thanks DW. Looks like helpful free stuff. > When you get to Heb. 6 you'll have to explain your > view to us. > Jimbo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Warner > To: pastorsforum@... > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:52 AM > Subject: RE: [PastorsForum] Wesley in prison for > souls > > > I am teaching thru Hebrews and just finished Chap. > 2. Earl White has an excellent commentary of > Hebrews and can be downloaded free from Fellowship > Tract League. > > > > > http://www.fellowshiptractleague.org/Books/Commentaries/Hebrews2.pdf > > > > > > Lots of stuff here in addition to this: > > > > http://www.fellowshiptractleague.org/books.htm > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: Jeff Hallmark [mailto:bctexan@...] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 1:25 AM > To: pastorsforum@... > Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Wesley in prison for > souls > > > > Hey, David. I taught tonight from Hebrews as well. > > Hebrews 2:3 and 4. Dealt with the apostle's sign > gifts. Taught why Baptist don't speak in tongues, > drink, cast out the sick and lay hands on the > demons. > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:36 PM, David Warner > <dwarner@...> wrote: > > I hadn't planned it, but I actually used this > story tonight in prayer meeting speaking on Heb 2 > and the "fear of death" being done away with in > Christ. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: Jerry [mailto:jlew@...] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:17 PM > To: pastorsforum@... > Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Wesley in prison for > souls > > > > Remarkable story!!!! > > > > Jerry > > "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith > God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: > and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and > your young men shall see visions, and your old men > shall dream dreams:Acts 2:17 KJV > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: J & M > > To: pastorsforum@... > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:36 PM > > Subject: [PastorsForum] Wesley in prison for > souls > > > > Wanted to pass this along from John Piper's > writing about Charles Wesley. Convicting and > Challenging it is. > > > > On July 18, 1738, two months after his > conversion, Charles Wesley did an amazing thing. He > had spent the week witnessing to inmates at the > Newgate prison with a friend named "Bray," who he > described as "a poor ignorant mechanic." One of the > men they spoke to was "a black slave that had robbed > his master." He was sick with a fever and was > condemned to die. > > Wesley and Bray asked if they could be locked in > overnight with the prisoners who were to be executed > the next day. That night they spoke the gospel. They > told the men that "one came down from heaven to save > lost sinners." They described the sufferings of the > Son of God, his sorrows, agony, and death. > > The next day, the men were loaded onto a cart > and taken to Tyburn. Charles went with them. Ropes > were fastened around their necks so that the cart > could be driven off and leave them swinging in the > air to choke to death. > > The fruit of Wesley's and Bray's night-long > labor was astonishing. Here's what Wesley wrote: > > They were all cheerful; full of comfort, > peace, and triumph; assuredly persuaded Christ had > died for them, and waited to receive them into > paradise. . . . The black . . . saluted me with his > looks. As often as his eyes met mine, he smiled with > the most composed, delightful countenance I ever > saw. > > We left them going to meet their Lord, ready > for the bridegroom. When the cart drove off, not one > stirred, or struggled for life, but meekly gave up > their spirits. Exactly at twelve they were turned > off. I spoke a few suitable words to the crowd; and > returned, full of peace and confidence in our > friends' happiness. That hour under the gallows was > the most blessed hour of my life. (Journal, vol 1, > 120-123) > > Two things amaze and inspire me in this story. > One is the astonishing power of Wesley's message > about the truth and love of Christ. All the > condemned prisoners were converted. And they were so > deeply converted in one night that they could look > death in the face (without any long period of > "follow-up" or "discipling") and give up their > spirits with confidence that Christ would receive > them. O, for such power and witness! > > The other thing that amazes me is the sheer fact > that Wesley went to the prison and asked to be > locked up all night with condemned criminals. It was > a huge risk. These men had nothing more to lose if > they killed another person. Wesley had no supervisor > telling him that this was his job. He was not a > professional prison minister. It would have been > comfortable and pleasant to spend the evening at > home conversing with friends. Why did he go? > > God put it in his heart to go. And Wesley > yielded. Wesley believed in hell and heaven. He > believed that what these prisoners believed from > their hearts on that night would determine forever > their eternal destiny. It was worth risking his life > for. O that I might discern the leading of God when > something outside my usual path is called for. > > > http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/RecentlyAdded/2827_Charles_Wesleys_Radical_and_Fruitful_Risk/ > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > pastorsforum-join@... To unsubscribe, send > a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > pastorsforum-join@... To unsubscribe, send > a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > === message truncated === Ed Hill,Sr