The first telephone can be seen with God’s communication with Moses though the burning bush. God was in heaven, and His voice to Moses came though the bush which was on fire but didn’t burn up (Exodus 3:1-6). Next time you go to the supermarket and the automatic door opens for your entrance, I ask that you read Acts 12:10. The angel led Peter to the main door of the prison and that huge door opened by itself and Peter walked out.

Columbus, Magellan, and others of his day were curious about the earth being flat, so they sailed and found out that it wasn’t. But centuries before, the prophet Isaiah said that the earth was a circle (Isaiah 40:22). And you know there was no space travel to confirm that at the time, but it was confirmed to the prophet by God.

Eccl 1:10 said, “Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”

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​Noah was not only the builder of the ark, but he also set aside time to warn men about the coming flood (2 Peter 2:5). The bad thing is, no one believed him—the people thought he was crazy for building this big boat on dry land and not a drop of water in sight. The people couldn’t understand his message, for there had never been a world-wide flood, but they failed to understand that Noah was moved by faith in God’s word (Hebrews 11:7).

And also since he apparently wasn’t gaining converts, people thought he was wrong because the only people standing with him were his own family of seven (1 Peter 3:20; Genesis 7:11-13). So because of all of this, the people avoided Noah like the plague, for no one wanted to be the first person to join with old, weird Noah (Gen. 6:12-13, 7:1, 7:21-24).

But guess what? There are plenty of Noah’s around today. Are you listening? Or will we have the days of Noah all over again when God brings the final Judgment upon men with fire? (2 Peter 3:1-14).
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Repentance is required if a person expects to get to heaven (Luke 13:3). However some refuse to repent (Revelation 2:21). The attitude of rejecting the message of God is like saying, “I don’t need to hear what the gospel has to say, because I do things my way, and the Lord better accept it.” But guess what? God is not going to do that. Heaven is God’s gift to give, and if a person wants to go there, he better stop mapping his own way and start listening to God’s way.

Repentance is going to require that a person provide the time to read the Bible to see what must be done (John 5:39). Heaven is available to man, but it is not going to be just simply given to men. Man must earn it by being obedient to what God wants (Matthew 7:21). Hell on the other hand is another story (Matt. 7:13-14). One can just sit around and do nothing and end up in hell (2 Thessalonians 1:6-10).

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When visitors come to a church, the members should make them feel welcome. There are people who would visit a church, but they might not know anything about church doctrine or the people, so they feel apprehensive. The members of the church must realize that it is their duty to walk over and introduce themselves and make the visitor feel relaxed because no visitor should ever have to introduce himself. The church members shouldn’t smother the visitor with too many questions, nor should church members pressure visitors for phone numbers or addresses.

The church may mention that visitors cards are available, but a visitor cannot be pressured nor made to feel obligated to fill out one. If a visitor wishes to become a member of that church, he should continue to visit in order to get to know the church members and find out what is taught. So yes, there is no need to be afraid to visit, just come and you will find potential friends (Micah 4:1-2; Psalm 122:1; 1 Corinthians 14:23-25; Genesis 28:16-17).

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