By PETER Helgerson |
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06βͺFEBRUARY 2024βͺwww . cmausa . org |
AS CMA β ers , we are blessed to belong to this ministry with a family of thousands of fellow members across the land . We enjoy the fellowship of a chapter and the thrill of riding motorcycles together . However , the most important aspect of being a member of CMA is the opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ . We are the messengers of the Good News and hope and speak the truth from God β s Word . We are servants of our Lord Jesus and are called to proclaim this message to a lost and dying world .
As we go into the secular events and meet riders along the roadways , we must present the Word of God in our actions and speech . In Proverbs 14:12 , NKJV , we read , β There is a way that seems right to a man , but its end is the way of death .β Some riders we mingle with at an event watch every move we make . They know we proclaim the message of God , but to them , they are caught up in the ways that seem right in the world . And make no mistake , our actions around secular riders are crucial to maintaining our Gospel message .
In 1 John 2:15-17 , NKJV , we read , β Do not love the world or the things in the world . If anyone loves the
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world , the love of the Father is not in him . For all that is in the world β the lust of the flesh , the lust of the eyes , and the pride of life β is not of the Father but is of the world . And the world is passing away , and the lust of it ; but he who does the will of God abides forever .β
Knowing these Scriptures should be ever mindful as we serve the world with the only truth . We need to be careful of what our eyes are looking at when we are at an event that seems to have much lust over flesh . In Ephesians 6:12 , NKJV , we read , β For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood , but against principalities , against powers , against the rulers of the darkness of this age , against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .β This battle we are in is not ours ; it belongs to the Lord . We need to stand firm in the fact that the Holy Spirit within us is more significant than that in the world . We need to go out into the world with the whole armor of God , as is recorded in Ephesians 6:10-18 .
Our enemy wants to dilute our message with the things of the world . In 1 Corinthians 1:18 , NKJV , we read , β For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who
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are perishing , but to us who are being saved it is the power of God .β We need to be the walking , talking imitators of our Lord and demonstrate to the world what being a child of God is . They may reject us , but John 15:18-19 , NKJV , tells us this message is spoken from Jesus , β If the world hates you , you know that it hated Me before it hated you . If you were of the world , the world would love its own . Yet because you are not of the world , but I chose you out of the world , therefore the world hates you .β
Finally , in 2 Timothy 4:5 , NKJV , this is the charge to CMA : β But you be watchful in all things , endure afflictions , do the work of an evangelist , fulfill your ministry .β CMA
Peter and Laura Helgerson oversee the Northeast Region as National Evangelist .
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