THE FOOLISHNESS OF YOUTH

I greet you in the name of Christ Jesus, the great head of the Christian Church. I know that, I am SAVED! My calling and election are sure – and on Christ the Solid Rock I’ll stand for Sovereign Grace! I, like my brother (Elder G.M. Spotts) am hurting! I was not a good son to my Pastor. Through, the ignorance of youth, and a hurtful moment that occurred in the church world; I left The Main church and a Pastor who was indeed a preacher of the Gospel, and a Pastor to Pastors. Now, saints, I have lost those years. I could’ve spent my whole youth with the Greatest Preacher since the Apostle Paul. I tell you this story so that you might learn a truth, “Let there be no divisions among you” Through the years that I have been gone, the radio and television has tuned to every broadcast from Main Street Church. I sometimes visited home with my Sister Julia and it was then I was blessed to have told him, back last year, that I loved him, and that I am saved. He patted my hand and held on to it and said that he loved me to. My heart aches tonight. You bet’ not waste your youth on foolishness. Because, no matter what the problem, if you have a pastor, like my Pastor (Elder D.J. Ward) you might get mad at one another, but grace is greater than all the mess in your life!
The fact is if you make it through your youth, as a preacher, without destroying your ministry, it’s because you had or have a pastor, who is a believer and teacher of The Sovereign Grace of God. He is the first to stand by your side in the mess in your life. He would say, “Grace is greater than all your sin. I’m a grace case.”
I still hurt, over not humbling myself, I should have ran to Elder while he was yet still among us, and told him how I yearned for him, how I loved him and how much I needed him to be my teacher. Again, I say, "Don't waste your youth or your twilight years on being foolish." I will always remember my Pastor. I’ll preach the Gospel of Sovereign Grace that my Father in the Ministry traveled this country preaching!