Note: Today I will be heading up to the mountains in northern PA with our friends, the Lapp family. I don't expect to post another message till Thursday, 8/20.

Message summary: Have you called on the Name of the Lord to be saved?

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"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Acts 2:21). If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).

JR is a man we met in the course of our chaplain ministry about ten years ago. For the first several years he was cordial but really didn't seem too interested in conversing.

One afternoon Brooksyne was walking in the hallway and JR approached her. She could tell he had something on his mind. "There's something I want to talk with you and Stephen about" he told her. Shortly afterward we met up with JR and stepped into a more isolated area and JR proceeded to tell us, "I got saved". It turns out he had been a working alcoholic which may explain why he didn't have much to say to the chaplains.

But he hit rock bottom when his addiction finally caught up with him. On March 13, 2021 his wife found him unresponsive on the floor. She did CPR and he ended up in the hospital with a blood alcohol level .32 mixed with other prescription pills. When you hit rock bottom, the only choice is to climb to the light of freedom or stay in the dark abyss of addiction. JR got saved!

For the last five years+ we have visited with him as a fellow brother in Christ and seen God change him. He now has a very active ministry helping others overcome addictions.

We meet a lot of interesting people in the course of life. Not only do we see many people in our chaplain ministry but we make it our goal to let Christ's light shine through us wherever we go with whomever we see.

We enjoy a song with the simple title, "I Got Saved". The link is below if you want to hear the powerful words. A line that grips me so much states,

Romans 8:1 states, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus". The word "condemnation" from the original Greek means "an adverse sentence". Because of Christ's death on the cross we are no longer objects of God's wrath, but we are His beloved children and can experience the joy of "no condemnation" or as the song words it, "All of my guilt was erased."

On the Day of Pentecost Peter preached and quoting from Joel, an OT prophet, he set forth a foundational truth for the birth of the church and the rebirth for every repentant sinner, "And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved".

The "everyone" is about as inclusive as you can get. That means you!

Today we must ask you:

Have you called on the Name of the Lord to be saved?

Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13.

Stephen & Brooksyne Weber