Word for Today / God Won’t Let You Off The Hook

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God Won’t Let You Off The Hook

‘Your faith in God has become known everywhere.’ 1 Thessalonians 1:8 NIV

Jack Eckerd, founder of the Eckerd chemist chain, which was the second-largest chemist chain in America several decades ago, became friends with Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship. He introduced Colson to various influential groups in Florida in an effort to bring about change in the state’s prison system. During their travels together, Chuck had an opportunity to share with Jack his new-found faith in Jesus Christ. He gave some books to Jack, including his own, and eventually prayed with him to become a Christian.

Shortly after, Jack happened to be walking down the magazine aisle in one of his stores when he noticed two pornographic magazines on the rack. The presence of the magazines had never bothered him before, but now it did! Jack called the president of his company and told him, ‘Take those magazines out of my stores.’ The president argued, ‘But we make a profit of three million dollars a year on those magazines.’ Jack insisted, ‘Take ’em out.’ And so it was that all such magazines were removed from his seventeen hundred stores in one day. When Chuck Colson asked Jack about his decision, he replied, ‘Why else would I give away three million dollars? The Lord wouldn’t let me off the hook.’ And when you are committed to following Christ and living by the principles of Scripture, God won’t let you off the hook either.

So let it be said of you, what Paul said of the believers in Thessalonica: ‘Your faith in God has become known everywhere… how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.’

written by Bob Gass

 

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Before I became a Christian I was pretty rough. Growing up in a wild area of west Little Rock I learned from my peers how to drink, lie, swear, fight, steal etc. After Jesus came to the rural wooded hills where we live far from town life was changed. When he baptized me in his Holy Spirit my life was empowered to serve God with zeal and fire.


In my workshop one day I set eyes on some reloading equipment I'd stolen from a sporting goods store in Little Rock some fifty miles distant. I heard nothing but knew instantly that God wanted me to return the things to that store.

Carrying them with me the next work week I walked into the store and asked for the manager. A clerk told me he was busy with a customer but would be free soon. I asked his name and was told "that's Mr Eichenbaum, Daniel Eichenbaum".

When he came over I introduced myself and gave the reason for my visit there. I explained about meeting Jesus and that he had told me to return these things. He asked what denomination I was and I explained that I was a Christian, a follower of Jesus and did not belong to any denomination. He then shook my hand and told me he admired what I had done and I said that God had told me to return the things and tell my story. We said goodbye and I left.

I wrote him a letter giving old testament scriptures about the Messiah and their accompanying scriptures that gave fulfillment of the prophesies.

I didn't make any other contact with him. He was a orthodox Jew and son of a man that was partner in a very large arcgitectural/engineering firm, Erhardt, Eichenbaum, Rausch abd Blass, all of whom were Jews.

A few years later I read that Daniel was chairman of the governor's prayer breakfast. He had become a Christian.

Dan died in 2003 at 64. On his headstone is carved :

Matthew 25:23

Matthew 25:23 KJVS
... Well done, good and faithful servant,... enter thou into the joy of thy lord.


One sows, another waters but God grants the increase. If was wonderful to witness Jesus to a Jew and find that they had turned to their Messiah. We must be sensitive to listen to the Holy Spirit so we can be led to one that will receive. Amen