A Story of “Salvation - TOO LATE!”

Passage of Scripture (KJV): Luke 16:22-23

Luke 16:22: And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Luke 16:23: And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

It was TOO LATE for a Soul to be SAVED!

It was December 14, 2006 (Thursday) when I visited my hometown Calamba (now a city), province of Laguna during my five-day stop over in the Philippines, on the way back to the USA from Seoul, South Korea on business trips. Early that morning, I took the public bus at Quezon City which arrived at Calamba City before eleven o’clock that same morning. At a bus stop in Barrio Real (where I was born), a young man named Manuel picked me up with his car. We then drove to his parents’ house, which is not far from my parents’ old house. As we got there, my childhood friend, who is a young Christian, was also there—he was excited to see me after many years. He lives about a block away from the house I was at. After a few handshakes with all the people in the house, I asked this young Christian how his father (whom I called Tio or Uncle Juan) was doing, as I knew he had been sick for a few years suffering from an acute lung disease. His reply was that, “he is at home, still sick, but quite okay”—as if not too big of a deal for him because his father is going to be a-okay.

I wanted to see Tio Juan real bad as I knew I had to minister to him with great sense of urgency in my heart, but it was already lunch time and the food, which the owner of the house prepared for me was already on the table warm and waiting for me to dive in. As much as I wanted to see the sick uncle right away, I had no choice but to let my fleshly appetite fall into the temptation of good-smelling aroma from the native Filipino food, which I had been craving for many years while in America. I munched like a hungry goat in the prairie and did not stop until I was bloated to my throat.

As soon as I finished munching, I slowly eased up to the front door intending to go and see my sick uncle in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, another delay came along the way: three mentally handicapped men in the Barrio heard of my coming and they came to give me a big welcome salute. Feeling like a celebrity in the house, I had no choice but to stay for a little bit longer to accept the honor of their hospitality – not to mention the fact that (like them) I was ecstatic and joyful to see all of them.

It was during that joyful and meaningful event when Tio Juan’s younger daughter walked in with sorrowful facial expression and started crying while saying that her father has just passed away a couple of minutes ago. Oh, what a timing! It was like a huge brick that smacked my chest, in spite of my happy time full of joy and laughter with old friends and families. Immediately thereafter, we ran to the house (a block away) where the dead uncle was at. As I got in to his small shanty-looking house, I was brokenhearted (deep down inside) when I saw his dead body lying down on a piece of plywood right on a dirt floor, with a dirty pillow and a dirty blanket. As I reached down on my knees on his side, I touched his chest gently and checked his pulse and every thing. Surely, he was dead. Not much I could do at that point to share to him the Gospel of Christ, and to help him confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus as his Saviour, that he may believe in his heart that God has raised Him from the dead – for him to go to Heaven. It was too late! He died unsaved, and was already on his way to hell like the rich man in Luke 16:22-23.

How about you? If you die TODAY -- where are you going to spend your eternity – Heaven or Hell? Are you going to be like the beggar in our text (who went to Heaven), or like a rich man (who went to Hell)?

NOW is the time to CONFESS Jesus in your heart as the Bible teaches in Romans 10:9-10,13 and start having a PERSONAL relationship with HIM. Please find the page titled “Salvation 101 - Simple Prayer of Surrender” in this blogspot and recite the prayer with your mouth, and with sincerity in your heart. Otherwise, it will be TOO LATE!

If you get saved through this page, please let me know your testimony of Salvation so I can pray for you. You can email me at mhmoe@bellsouth.net.

A Testimony of SALVATION!

This is my daughter Jessica’s testimony about her friend (whose first name is Kajal) at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, who got SAVED on
Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007.

This is aimed to touch the heart of every Christian believer and non-believer alike reading this blog.

May you be blessed by Kajal’s Story of Salvation!

Manny H Moe
Founder, The Young Pigeons Ministry

Passage of Scripture (KJV): Psalm 68:20; 2Corinthians 6:2

Psalm 68:20: “He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.”

2Corinthians 6:2: “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”

Kajal’s Story of Salvation:

From: Jessica
Date: 2007/04/10 Tue AM 09:06:21 EDT
To: Dad
Subject: God is good!

Hi Dad,

I just wanted to spread some good news. I have an Indian friend from School, who left me a burden after I had a conversation with her about accepting Jesus Christ about a month ago. I had asked her if she were to die today where she thought she would go. She answered with, "I know that I would go straight to hell". When she said this, I began to cry and she didn't understand why. And I continued to tell her about the Bible and the Scriptures (particularly John 3) and about being saved. She said that she had witnessed too many things and done a lot in her life that made her sure that there would not be anything to look forward to after death. She truly believed that God would not forgive her sins. But I kept telling her He forgives all sins as long as you accept him into your heart. After that night, she didn't completely understand everything I said to her.

Anyways, I have been worrying about her ever since our conversation, and have been praying for her to find God. Last night, before we got ready to go out to dinner she said she had something to tell me. She had said she went to church on Easter Sunday and was really touched by the Pastor's message. She said at the end of service, they had invitations and for some reason that she could not understand she felt something in her heart. She said she felt "weird", something that she had never felt before. She told me that she began to walk forward but that it felt like something was pushing her to go. Something had guided her towards the front. As she got to the center of the church (half way to the front) she was about to stop but the feeling in her heart just got stronger. She continued forward. Finally she found herself at the altar, but she said she doesn't even know how she got there. On Easter Sunday, she accepted the Lord and became a member of that church!

As she told me this story I began to cry. I was so happy! And I saw such a difference in her personality yesterday. Before, she was always depressed about school, family issues, and just life in general. But she had also said that when she went home that night to her family, her and her dad got in some argument again and instead of yelling back like she used to do before, she felt extra calm and spoke gently to her father even if he used harsh words to her. She said she could not stop smiling after she got saved. And I noticed she seems so much happier and NEW!

God is good!

I just wanted to tell you this because I am so happy. Please pray for her (Kajal) as well, so that she can keep growing in her faith. I'll be going to church with her later tonight. Anyways, I hope you have a wonderful day Dad! I love you!

Jessica

A Little Boy BAPTIZED!

This is a grandfather’s testimony of his 6-year old grandson’s Baptism on

November 9, 2008.

Tyler was saved on April 16, 2007.

This is aimed to touch the heart of every Christian believer and non-believer alike

reading this blog.

May you be blessed by Tyler’s Story!

Passage of Scripture (KJV): Galatians 3:26-27

Galatians 3:26: “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

Galatians 3:27: “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

Tyler’s Story of Baptism:

It was a Sunday (October 26, 2008) – the Lord’s Day: Tyler (a little over 2 months before he turned 6 years old at the time), together with his mom and grandma had a late start from home coming to church, and not able to get to his regular Sunday School class -- grandpa was out of town on business and not in the church with them that day. Since they were late, Tyler decided not to join his class and stayed in the pew for the worship service instead. As a behaving young man, he listened with full attention as the Pastor delivered the Message on that day. During the invitation time, the Pastor gave the invitation not only to those who want to be saved, but also to those who want to be baptized, and to those who want to be members of the Church. It was that moment when Tyler quietly asked his mom that he wanted to come forward -- he wanted to be baptized. Surprised as she was, his mom took him forward (to the Pastor) in front of the stage where the pulpit is. Tyler asked the Pastor that he wanted to be baptized.

The following week he got sick again, but this time with pneumonia. He was in bed for a few days, with recurring fever of high temperature and annoying cough. It took him on this situation until almost the middle of the next week when the fever stopped.

Exactly 1 year, 6 months, and 3 weeks after Tyler was saved – he was baptized by Youth Pastor Jason Little at the Beacon Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC on November 9, 2008.

What a great joy seeing a very young and intelligent boy to realize the importance of Baptism in his Christian life. In his own mind, without being ashamed but with great courage, he made his own decision to come forward and ask to be baptized. Courage and obedience: these are two important elements for every Christian to keep in their person when walking by faith, with Christ.

If a young boy (like Tyler) could decide for his own in professing his courage and obedience to follow Christ, should it be difficult for an adult to do the same? After all, adults should be more intelligent than a 6-year old boy.

Jesus shows us a clear example of professing His courage and obedience to His Father in Heaven in Matthew 3:13-17, when he came forward to be baptized in the Jordan River. Tyler has followed the example that Jesus did. If God is well pleased during the Baptism of Christ, we can be sure that God is also pleased when Tyler was baptized.

This testimony was proudly written by Manny H. Moe (Tyler’s grandfather, and founder of The Young Pigeons Ministry).