God gave me an awesome privilege back in January to lead a man named Bill to faith in Christ.
I went to see Bill in the hospital at the request of his son. We hit it off right away and became good friends.
One day when I went to visit Bill we began to talk about spiritual things. Morally, he was a good man but he had never surrendered his life to Christ.
As I shared the gospel with him, he began to weep over his sin. I asked Bill if he would like to have forgiveness for his sins and ask Jesus to be his savior.
When he said "yes", I told Bill that he could pray on his own to do that.
Before I could finish speaking, this 76 year old man raises his hands in the air, tears are streaming down his face and he cries out "Dear Lord Jesus, I have let you down so many times. Could you ever find it in your heart to forgive me? Please forgive me and please adopt me into your family. I want to be your child."
Bill got saved that day. 32 days later, he died---just one day after his 77th birthday.
I preached his funeral and was able to comfort the other believers with the news of Bill's salvation. That same news served as Bill's testimony and his witness to all of the unbelievers gathered that day.
Pray for the seeds of the gospel that were planted through the life, death and testimony of my friend Bill.
I only knew him for about 45 days here on earth---but we will have eternity to get to know each other!
