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On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007 (message contributor)
On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse was traveling by train through Europe on the way to preach in Belfast, Ireland. Hitler was unleashing his fury. There were wars and rumors of more wars. Britain’s prime minister was ready to declare war. Everything was tense. What was next? Troops were boarding the train at each stop. He saw husbands and wives tearfully holding on to each other for one more moment. Children were weeping. Early on Sunday morning, Barnhouse awakened early. God gave him a text to preach later that morning. It was Matthew 24:6, You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
. He talked of the plight of the people and then added the words of Jesus, Be not troubled. He further painted the picture of separated families and added . . . Be not troubled.
You will notice that this illustration deals with real issues.
We need to be encouraging but not in a trivial way.
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