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Tom Fry is the founder and pastor of Ambassador Baptist Church in Frederick, Maryland.

Getting saved is just the beginning, not the end of the Christian life. Some people think, “The Christian life is about just going to Heaven.” No, it’s more than just going to Heaven. That’s how you start, by knowing for sure you are saved. In fact, until you know that, you are really not a Christian. Knowing Christ as Saviour, trusting Him -- that’s where we begin. The Bible calls that the new birth, you are born into the family of God. Then how do you have victory here on earth? How do you have success living a Christian life? That’s what we are looking at in the book of James.

If I were preaching today on the sins of homosexuals, the crowd in the independent, Baptist church would say, “Amen!” because probably there are none here. If I say, “Now I want to preach to somebody that is a born again Christian and some sin they are involved with,” it just gets quiet. If we…

Sam Gipp is a local church evangelist out of Meridian, Idaho and President at Treasure Valley Baptist Bible Institute.

“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” (James 4:14)

If you’ve ever talked to anybody about buying anything, especially when they are trying to sell it to you, they’ll call you up and offer you a special deal. You say, “Let me think about this.”

They go, “No, this is your one chance to get this price.”

You know. This guy comes by your house with a $200 sweeper and wants to sell it to you for $800, but tonight only he can give it to you for $400.

You say, “Let me have a couple days to think about it.”

“No, no, this is your one chance to get this deal.

You say, “Not today. Maybe next week.”

He says, “No, this price is only good tonight and that’s it.”

You say, “No.” So the next day…

Dr. Wendell Runion was an independent Baptist pastor for many years, founder of International Baptist Outreach Missions and two Christian radio stations. He graduated to glory in April of 2018.

“And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto…

Brian Evans is the pastor of Oakwood Baptist Church in Flowery Branch, Georgia.

Psalm 107:8-9. “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.”

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

I want to point your attention to those words in Psalm 107, verse 9. “For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.” So man was created by God one way, as a living soul, and then he became something else, a longing soul, as we see in Psalm 107. I want to speak to you about that this morning, the Longing Soul of Man.

Father, thank You for allowing us to meet this morning and for this church where we can gather, and for what a blessing it is to be Your child. I couldn’t imagine living one…