The Main Thing

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing”. I don’t know who said it first but I first heard it as a quote from that great missionary pastor  Oswald J. Smith as he was using it in reference to the Great Commission. Let’s look at it. In Matthew 28:19 Jesus said “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations”… Notice He did say “nations” not neighbors.  To be obedient to the great commission we must be concerned for the lost world. While some may not get

 it many of Alabama Free Will Baptists do get it. That’s why, even during hard times, our missions giving is still healthy. Bro. Danny Williams gets it. That’s why he spends countless hours each year coordinating the mission’s conference. Fifty-five of our churches get it that’s why they are involved in this year’s mission’s conference. There are other churches that get it that’s why they invite the Executive Director each year for an Acts 1:8 Sunday. Tim Baumgarten gets it, that’s why he is taking a medical team to Mexico in April. Mark Riggs gets it, that’s why he is taking a construction team to Mexico in May. The Alabama State Association of Free Will Baptists gets it that’s why we have an Acts 1:8 program of funding missions. That is also why we have a partnership with the Baptist Union Churches of Russia and the National Association of Free Will Baptists of Mexico. Dwight and Renae Lamb, of Lamb Motors in Hamilton, gets it that’s why they gave a van to Mexican Ministries. Forty– five of our churches get it, which is why they participated in the World Missions Offering last year. (If you need material or information please contact the Executive Office) America may be changing, churches may be changing but “The main thing is still to keep the main thing the main thing”.

No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once. - Oswald J. Smith