Pastor John Collins: A Letter From God
Pastor
John Collins, evangelist, of Love That Cross
Ministries continues to bring hope to us, bringing God back into lives that
are missing hope. Paul Harvey read a
broadcast entitled “If I
Were the Devil” in the 1960’s. That
particular broadcast
is eerily still as accurate for today’s world as it was 50 years ago. Pastor John Collins
presented “A Letter From God” during a
sermon that gives us God’s point of view
and feels quite like it came from Him.
God really doesn’t
want us to suffer,
to be sad, to be lost, to be miserable. He created
us, His children for His pleasure, and it
is His pleasure to give
us good things. He is a
just God, and He doesn’t simply give everyone what they want when they want
it. He wants us to come to him willingly, by our
choice. He loves us whether we recognize
Him or not. He waits patiently
for the time when we will turn to Him in love and faith.
Pastor John Collins: Truth in Preaching
Pastor John Collins tells us the truth about God, about Jesus Christ, about the scriptures
and the Gospel
and how we have fallen far from the Cross of
salvation, deny the existence of God who
loves us, who is just and who tests us to grow in faith in Him
every day. Each day is a test of our faith, and God waits
for us to realize He is as real
as the air we breathe
and the ground we walk
on. He wants us to turn from hate, from despair,
from the sadness that simply
prevails in this
world, to talk to Him in prayer, to
learn to love Him
with all our hearts,
souls, minds
and strengths. He is our God, and He gives us chance
after chance,
forgiveness after forgiveness.
This is Pastor John Collins’ Letter from God:
LETTER FROM GOD
My Children,
My wounded and hurt children, what shall I say to you? I
know that your hearts are broken and your spirits are defeated because I can feel
your pain. I know that you are lost and weary because I can feel your
confusion. I know that you are angry and bitter because I can feel your
resentment. I know that you are distant and separated because I can feel your
doubt. I know that you are above it all and feel that you are better than I
because I can feel your pride.
I see you. I feel you. I created you. I have never forced My
love on any of you, I have given it freely. I have never forced My Son on any
of you, I offered Him freely.
I look down upon you and am saddened. I look down upon you
and am angered. I have given you the truth and it is there within you, yet you
ignore it. You have the free will to make your own choices and that is
something that I have always honored and will always honor. As a Father, I want
the best for My children and have sent so many along the way to guide you and
to help you and yet they are rejected and killed.
You hate each other and you hate Me. You have stopped
believing in Me and have turned away. What shall I say to you?
Are the skies not blue enough for you? Are the sun and the
moon not enough light to guide your days and nights? Has the earth stopped
yielding her fruit? Have the waters run dry? Have you stopped being able to
have children of your own? Has the earth that I provided stopped doing what it
was created to do? Is it not enough to have life and learn to do something
precious with that life?
Why do you hate? What makes you doubt? What more do you want
that has not been given?
Each one of you was not meant to live the same life as each
other. But, each one of you was meant to live a life that will challenge you,
enrich you and give you the opportunity to come back home to Me. Why do you
despise what you have been given?
You desire to blame Me and you desire to discard Me. I look
down and see the rape of children, men and women. I see the slaughter of
innocents, the lust of people acting like animals, the pride and arrogance of
the doomed. I see the betrayal, the lies, the death and the deception. I see the
malice and greed of so many and I see too many that use Me to gain prestige and
money. I see the ruin of so many and the ignorance of more.
You may be able to look around and take note of what I am
saying, but what you can’t see is all. You can’t see into the depths of hell
and feel the pain and regret. You can’t know the bliss of heaven and the beauty
of the kingdom. You don’t seem to care that you are blessed with today while
you yet have breath in your body.
I know that I do not ask too much. I know that My ways are
right. I know that life may very well seem impossible and that is why I have
given you My Son. I know the human heart because I created it and I know the
challenges in life because I gave you life. Each of you has a choice to make
and with all of My heart I hope you choose the right one.
My children, once again I ask you to not be taken in by the
lure of the lusts of this world. As much as I love you, I will not force your
love upon Me. I will always allow you to choose what you hold dear and will
honor your choice. I can only hope that you wake to the truth that is in your
heart, where I wait to embrace you. But, it is not only believing, my child, it
is acting on that belief.
Do not let the terrors of this world keep you from your
reward. Do not let illnesses and broken hearts keep you from loving one
another. Do not let resentments and bitterness keep you from forgiveness and
peace. Do not let hatred control your actions and do not let greed drive you.
Do not let pride and vanity overtake you and do not accept the gifts of the
world.
My children, come home to Me, come back to Me, come to My
Son and seek His loving embrace.
Know that I love you and have not forgotten
you nor forsaken you.
Love, God
LOVE THAT CROSS, PASTOR JOHN COLLINS
Pastor John Collins has been spreading the message that God
wants us back for over ten years. This
world is a hard and harsh place to live and to do so without God makes us a
hopeless people. Thing is, it’s not
necessary to live it alone. God sent us
Jesus to teach us through His actions and words. Jesus taught us to love, to be like God, to
be Christ-like. We can’t be perfect, but
Jesus and His sacrifice on the Cross for us makes us perfect in the eyes of God
if we accept that They exist and are real.
It would be so much easier to live in a world where we let go of
resentment and hate, of pride and vanity.
What people do to each other creates more of the same. Wouldn’t it be better to create a good place
to live, a peaceful place to live?
Salvation means being saved from condemnation after we leave
this body. Condemnation comes when we
reject God and His love, His existence and the existence of Jesus. Jesus saves us because we are not perfect and
we can’t be perfect without Him. God has
done so much for us, yet the world continues to slap Him in the face with hate,
resentment, lies, pride and ego. We have
to humble ourselves and admit that we are wrong, that we need Jesus, that we
accept His offer of salvation, then truly admit that we regret what we’ve
done-sin-and let Jesus and God work the wonders of salvation in us. It’s that simple. The alternative is a miserable life here
followed by a miserable life in eternity.
One second after you die, you will know it’s too late to change
anything.
God wants us, as many of us who will come to Him. He is patient, forgiving, and loving. He is just.
As Pastor John preached, God wants us back. It’s time to bring Him back into our lives.
