I want to

encourage everyone who receives it to redeem your VCR and

watch it. I first saw the Jesus Film in Uganda, realizing

I did not know Luke's account as good as I thought. The

video will teach you stuff about Jesus. You will think

it's not in the Bible; you will run and seek to find it

in Luke; lo and behold, it's there.

After

watching the video as a Christian, invite friends and

family members over; order some pizza and watch it

together. It certainly is better than The Three Amigos.

It's all about one sure, fireproof amigo who will never,

ever ride out of town on you. When you watch the life of

Jesus Christ with your friends, spiritual electricity is

in the air.

Taking it a

little more down the road, pray for your neighbors as

they receive the video. Pray that they will pop it in

their VCR and watch it.

As you take

your video out of your mailbox, look around at your

immediate neighbors. Stop, look, and pray. See Dick and

Jane and how they need a Savior. Let the star of the

video begin to tug at your heart.

What I am

trying to say is this: make the most out of that one

video. It's a treasure. It can connect anyone to God

through Jesus. It can turn a family from crashing into

the world's wall of self-destruction. It can get your

entire family into church. It can make sure your entire

family can get into heaven.

Remember

the first time I saw it was in Uganda. There Life

Ministries, under the leadership of Peter Asiimwe, equips

lay ministers to take the film into the bush where there

are no television and no Internet. With a gas generator

delivering the electricity, The Jesus Film is the biggest

and hottest show in the bush. Hundreds of people come out

of nowhere to watch. As they change reels, the lay

followers of Christ step up to give their testimony. As

the film comes to a close, someone gives an invitation to

accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Hundreds and even

thousands have come to follow Christ through this film.

Praise God!

So, they

keep on keeping on. One thing limits the evangelistic

teams: lack of transportation. If I were a

multimillionaire, I would send the money to buy seven 15

passenger vans for Life Ministries. It would be one of

the best investments anyone could make.

Since the

film has been so effective in other countries, a few

bright and blessed people got the idea that maybe it

could be used to reach America-an increasingly pagan

country.

Let me

encourage you to make the most of the video. Please do

not let Jesus return and find the video gathering dust.

Lend it out. Show it in your home. Invite the teens over

and show it. All the time praying that God will use the

technology of the 20th Century to change people for

eternity.

The Rev. Dr. John

Hatcher is pastor of River's Edge Community Church in

Fayetteville.

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