Psalms 2:8 KJV
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
This is easily one of my favorite verses and one of the most important I
my personal life as a believer. I believe I first heard Jack Hyles reference
this verse or perhaps one similar to it back in 1985-1986. Joe Lutz, the pastor
of the Town Center
Baptist Church
in Portland ,
had rented the auditorium of one of the liberal religious colleges of the area
to accommodate the size of the audience. During his message Hyles made
reference to a passage like this and said that one day Fundamental Baptists
would own the facilities of this place or places like it.
It was during the summer of 1987 when, as I sat in my office in the
abandoned gas station building we were using as our meeting place, I came to
this verse. As I read it I began to pray that a God would do what this verse
promises for me. As I remember it, and I will admit my memory isn't always
completely accurate, it was while I prayed over this verse that day that Pastor
a Mark Hunsberger from the GARBC church across the bridge from our gas station
came to see me. I had met him informally the previous spring as the two of us
had our children at the park. Pastor Hunsberger had told me then that he would
be leaving Astoria
soon. He came to my office that day to tell me that his church had asked him to
see if I would consider becoming the pastor of the church he was leaving. The
GARBC had said they would not send another missionary pastor there and if they
could not get a pastor they would be forced to close.
I officially became the
pastor of Bayview
Baptist Church
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