Twenty-six years ago for reasons known only to him, God saved me from certain death. Not only that, he also saved three other members of my family from certain death. A few years later, in response to my calling to Jesus for help, God came into my car on the New Jersey Turnpike and filled me to overflowing with his presence, with the Holy Spirit. His call on my life began and continues to evolve even today.
I had been a successful big corporation executive with a really good income, working throughout the world with business and government leaders, serving on international asociation boards. But no more. There was a new overwhelming purpose in life, one that immediately went way to the front of the list.
God is real - I just couldn't get over that. God is real, Jesus is real, the Holy Spirit is real, the Bible is true. God's continuing call on my life took several forms. Primary has been to "feed His sheep," which I do. And to give my testimony, which I do. Also to have a prayer, preaching, and healing ministry with my wife - that's how He said it, and we do. Write - religious poems and hymns and other works, and I have and do. A couple other major calls I do not share publicly.
So I have sought to reveal to people the fullness of who Jesus is. So much more than most know, than is taught in the traditional churches. And miracles just occurred and kept occurring over time. You can read about all this as well as an expanded testimony on our web site,
www.johnnewlinministries.org. There you can see articles and newsletters and request CD's and DVD's, even go to video postings of our television program DARE TO BELIEVE!.
AND THEN! - Beginning in March 2005 Jesus specifically began telling me: "John, tell people who I am and that I am coming soon." He elaborated on this many times, saying such things as "this is no joke" and "when I come, things will be different." (God does speak to you in the language that you will understand.). And He just kept bringing this up and pressing me on this. So my life and our ministry turned to focus primarily on this specific assignment. On television and in CD recordings and newsletter writings. Over and over.
You see, all those prophecies in the Bible of events to happen before Jesus returned, which had never occurred, suddenly began to be fulfilled. In the last century and up to today suddenly they were fulfilled one after another. The reestablishment of the nation of Israel. The takeover of Jerusalem by the Jews. (Read the teachings. Get our CD's on this.). It was all so obvious. He indeed is coming, and coming very soon! Later I realized he had been revealing this to some other ministers and individuals in the country. He wanted people to know. Because certainly most don't.
Now, we are right there, right at the point of his return. All the many things he talked about regarding his return have happened or are happening. We are right in that period Paul referred to as the apostacy, or rebellion, the falling away from God. Hard for anyone to deny that is the case in the US today, and certainly much of the world. At the same time that there are great pockets of mission work in the world with many coming to Christ, there are also huge zones where faith in God seems dormant, especially in the modern industrialized world.
The events in our society today should be readily apparent to most. But then most don't know the Bible, don't know the truth, sadly even don't know Jesus, so how can they recognize what is happening. The fear pouring out of Washington and the media, the confusion seen and felt by all, surely some are getting the point. We can hope. We can pray.
Are you ready for that return? Regardless of circumstances or events, the key question is whether you know Jesus. Get our material or that of other ministries truly focused on Jesus and the Bible. Read the book of John and the other gospel books. Ask Jesus to come into your life and be your Lord. Ask his forgiveness for all your wrong behavior in life, your "sins" to use Bible talk. And never stop seeking him. God says you will find him when you seek him with all your heart. He also says that you can call out to him and he will answer you and will show you great and hidden things you do not know. The Bible says if you lack wisdom about something, then ask God for that.
It really is now. Times for the country and world are getting tough. And so very soon, Jesus will be here. You want to be ready.
