Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Greetings in the precious name of our marvelous Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! July has been a very fruitful season after a small spiritual drought! Sometimes it seems you get discouraged doing the same old thing over and over, and you wonder if all of your preaching and teaching is accomplishing much. But in July, the Lord brought to light some things that proved Isaiah 55:11 (that God’s word will not come back void!) and helped to strengthen me here on the field.
The work in the village of Magdalena, Intibuca, Honduras (about 30 minutes from the El Salvador border) is going well. I have been preaching and teaching there for over three months now, and the people are anxious to start a Baptist Church. However, I am a little leery of this, as most of the people come from a “Santidad” (Holiness) background, which teaches that works are essential to get saved or to stay saved. I have been preaching hard against this, and stressing salvation by grace through faith. I believe the people are starting to understand.
On July 3rd, I led Licandro Argueta to the Lord. He had been coming to services, but was trusting in his own righteousness rather than Christ’s righteousness to save him. He gladly accepted the truth after an hour bible study, and trusted solely and completely in the shed blood of Jesus Christ to save his soul, and nothing else! After he trusted Christ, he told me that the Charismatics had been working on him. They told him, “Be careful of those Baptists! They are dangerous, because they teach doctrine!” Well, thank God for the wonderful doctrine of salvation by grace through faith that still saves souls!
A week later I received some more great news. As I was walking into town with Elias Marquez (the leader of the group in Magdalena) I asked him when he was saved. He told me it was the first night that I preached in Magdalena. He said that was when he first realized that salvation is by Christ, his blood, and what he did, and not what we can do to get to heaven. That night he trusted Christ as his Saviour! Wow! What a blessing! He had been a “Holiness” preacher for 12 years, and for all that time he was preaching works for salvation! But now he is preaching the Gospel of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, and preaching it even harder because he realized that he was deceived by that cult church!
So things are starting to pick up! The rest of the people coming to the services keep pushing me to start a Baptist Church. They are very excited about this, and enjoy learning the Bible. However, I have my concerns, as I don’t know for sure if they are all saved. After some careful consideration, I decided to pull a fast one on them. I designed a church constitution that had a doctrinal statement that ran more than ten pages. Each paragraph contains 15-20 Bible verses. I made it into sort of an over-sized gospel tract, if you will. And I told them all to read it and look up every verse. After they do, I will try to get each of their testimonies before organizing as a Baptist Church. Please pray for them that God would open their eyes and help them to see the truth if they are not yet saved!
Towards the end of July, I had another extra special blessing. As you remember, I am teaching Bible to Nelson Corrales in Tegucigalpa. He was out of work for more than a month, and just recently found a job. Care to guess where he is working? He is now a security guard for a Catholic Church! Well, even though Nelson didn’t like the idea of working for the “Great Whore” (his words, not mine), this didn’t stop him from serving the Lord! Do you know what he’s doing now? He’s putting Gospel tracts on the cars of those who come to the church for Mass! He has been witnessing to the other guards, and even preaching to the priests! Plus, he’s also holding Bible studies with some of the other workers there! What a “fanatic,” huh? Praise God for such a good convert!
Near the end of July, Nelson introduced me to a young man training to be a priest. His name is Saul. I talked to him for a while, and he related to me his hatred for the Roman Catholic Church. He said, “the Catholic Church is nothing but a business that is only interested in money!” He continued by telling me how hypocritical the priests were, and how the Catholic system was full of errors and false teachings. To make a long story short, I led Saul to the Lord two weeks later in Nelson’s house while we were eating chicken, red beans, and rice!
God has been very good in the month of July! Please continue praying for Elias Marquez and the people in Magdalena, the children’s ministry at my home on Saturdays, and Nelson “the Go-Getter” Corrales.
Because of Christ Jesus, my blessed Saviour,
Robert Breaker III
1 Sam. 12:24!
