CHRIST IS ALL
Autumn 2014 (September, October, November)
Dear Friend in Christ,
God has given us much lovely fall weather here in central Japan.
It does my soul much good. Rice harvest scenery is beautiful, especially the
rice paddies when the farmers harvest the rice. Studying Genesis, I believe
that Our Creator ordained that mankind is to spend the daylight hours outdoors,
tilling the soil and such, labouring in God’s created nature to obtain the
necessities of this earthly life. During the fall, I spent as much time as
possible outdoors labouring in the Lord’s Harvest of eternal human souls. I
preached in public and distributed Christian literature from house to house.
May The Holy Ghost work powerfully in the heart of each Japanese who heard or
read those words pertaining to eternal life.
Each month, I preached one Sunday each in the churches in
Miyota, Yoshii, and Isesaki. It greatly blesses me to preach to these small
flocks of Japanese believers in their language. Pray for them.
I pray for God to keep my heart tender and compassionate toward
all lost souls and keep me stirred with zeal to tell them of the Saviour of the
world. You please pray that for me also. I pray that God will also do the same
thing for you. “Lord, please perfect us all!”
In the evening of November 15th I shut down the
rescue mission in Karuizawa for the winter with plans to open it again in
mid-April, Lord willing. It was a joy to see several Japanese come into the
mission and take Bibles, Christian literature, and daily-use items with
powerful prayers written on them. Those prayers will be before their eyes as
they use the bags, towels, plates, drinking glasses, tissue packs and such.
Pray for God to stir up their hearts to pray those prayers in earnest.
The vast majority of the souls who passed by in front of the
mission spoke with quite scornful voices as they read aloud the large sign “Christ
Is All.” It was heartbreaking to see some parents adamantly refuse to let their
children take items for free (with words of eternal life on them) that the
children wanted, like the balloons. What eternal regret they will suffer unless
they repent. I can picture the grandparents (of those parents) who are
now in the lake of fire with the rich man of Luke 16, moaning with deep regret
that they raised their descendants wrong resulting in those descendants now
being headed straight for that lake of fire also. May God cause you and I to
fully do our duty as a watchman to warn the wicked souls around us of the wrath
that is to soon to come.
Thank you for interceding for the salvation of the many lost
Japanese to whom I preach Christ. Thank you for praying for my health and my
welfare. Thank you for giving offerings to enable me to carry on this
missionary work. God richly bless you and repay you many fold for your much
generous goodness to me.
Lord willing, from December 6th thru January 6th
I will be at Mino Mission in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, joining
those zealous Japanese Christians in the much evangelism they do during the holiday
season. They hold Christmas services in more than 20 care facilities (mainly
for the elderly, several of the souls there are in their 90s) and in one
orphanage. They hold several special church services (preaching, praying,
singing, and testimony time) in the 3 Mino Mission churches. They also do
outdoor evangelism. During the “holiday season”, daily, the Mino Mission
Japanese Christians go after precious lost souls (for whom Christ died) doing
so for several hours each day. Now that is my kind of Christian Christmas
fellowship!
What great joy it brings to me to join them in their efforts
aimed at the salvation of eternal souls for whom Christ died. Down thru the
years, God has blessed me in allowing me to spend Christmas in several various
nations and places on this globe. Most everywhere, Christmas means the
following to Christians: eating, drinking, eating,
making merry, eating, playing, eating, exchanging
expensive gifts, eating, socializing, eating,
having as much fun as possible, and EATING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Giving maximum
effort (and much money) to fulfilling the lusts of the flesh, eating mountains
of sweet, rich dainties that destroy priceless God-given health. With each
passing day of this end-time age, I gain a better understanding of why Our Lord
says to the church of the Laodiceans, “I
will spue thee out of my mouth.”
“And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold joy and
gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let
us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.” (Isaiah 22:12 & 13)
Likely they were so accurate when they declared they would die
on the morrow. Truly the Lord prepares a great slaughter for such a generation
of believers. “Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord.”
“Excuse me, Brother Richard, but you have ceased giving
missionary news and have gone to meddling in our own personal lives and
affairs.” Then let us return to the news. I have made plane reservations to fly
to the US in mid-January to be there till 9 April, Lord willing. Would you
please pray for God to give me safety of travel? I am so blessed that several
pastors are inviting me to preach to their flocks. I earnestly pray for the
Lord to make me a blessing. I hope to be posting that schedule on this web
site, piecemeal. Please pray for the services. If you live near enough to one
of the churches to come there, I would enjoy seeing you.
God be with you to bless and keep you, and to perfect your every
way.
Christ’s unprofitable
servant in Japan, Richard Yerby