Philippine Preaching February 8-10, 2023
Dear family, brethren, and friends,
James Paet picked me up at 8:00 A.M. and then Lordy Salunga joined us for the 2 ½ hour drive to reach Alacala on Wednesday. Glenn Fiesta is an evangelist with this new congregation which began meeting a couple of years ago and now has an attendance of about 30. Today’s attendance was 93. The church meets in the San Vicente Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Alcada because they have no church building. Though struggling without adequate support, they have a happy and healthy outlook rather than murmuring and complaining.
The meeting began with the sermon “From Wretched Man to More Than Conquerors,” which was completed before the lunch hour. After lunch I preached “When Peter Confessed Christ” (Matt. 16:13-19), showing that Peter confessed Christ to be God’s anointed King and deity in the flesh. Jesus promised to build his church on this bedrock truth. His church was built hundreds of years before Roman Catholicism and modern denominations. One lady came forward during the invitation song with tears in her eyes to confess Christ and to be baptized for the remission of her sins. We rejoiced with her and with the angels of heaven.
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