Preaching; May 16, 2024

Posted on May 17, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 17:30 “In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.”

From every perspective this was a masterful sermon, beautifully reasoned and contextually grounded, even using cultural references with which his hearers would have been familiar. And he didn’t pull any punches, because here he explicitly expresses the command to repent, which all too many preachers avoid for fear of offending. At the same time, the response was hardly overwhelming, counted in verse 34 as “some,” with two mentioned by name. The point is, words are essential for communicating the Gospel, but they aren’t sufficient in themselves. Particularly where there isn’t a cultural framework for Christianity, demonstrations of the reality of the message are desirable at the very least. As it says in the last verse of Mark, “Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.” (Mark 16:20) Even if you hold that the very last part of Mark was added by some copyist, this certainly expresses the experience of the early Church. Jesus Himself stressed the impor­tance of congruity between a preacher’s words and his lifestyle, saying, “By their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matthew 7:16) American English uses the two terms, preacher and pastor, as though they were completely interchangeable, but I don’t think they are. The New Testament speaks often enough of preaching, but it doesn’t give “preacher” as a job title. Far too many preachers are impressed by their own words, and don’t really express the fruit Jesus spoke of.

This hits really close to home, because I am certainly a man of words. It is a bit of a joke with people who know me that I can have trouble shutting up! I do tend to like the sound of my own voice, but I have learned that, apart from the love and grace of God, it is no more than “a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1) Crafted sermons can be impressive without power, and I don’t want that. I have been used in prophecy, but in only a few miracles. I can’t generate any of that on my own, but I don’t want to substitute words for power. I have experienced God speaking through me countless times, though mostly not in a “prophetic” format, and it is indeed addictive! I want to be a faithful mouthpiece for my Lord, in public and private settings, and I want my life to reflect His presence and character so that nothing will detract or distract from His words through me. That requires that I listen to what He is saying, even when He is using my mouth to say it! And I must remember, as Paul did, that I am no more than an earthenware pot in the process. (2 Corinthians 4:7)

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for the opportunity I have to speak twice on Sunday, in the morning service and in the afternoon celebration. I ask for Your anointing as I prepare those notes, that I may say exactly what You want said and no more, for the blessing of all who hear and for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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More Cross-cultural Evangelism; May 15, 2024

Posted on May 16, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 14:15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.”

Following on yesterday’s reading, this is another example of contextual evangelism. You could hardly imagine more contrasting circumstances! If Paul and Barnabas had been humanly motivated they could have played along with the crowd, getting a lot of physical benefit from it. However, they were completely sincere, motivated by the Holy Spirit, and it brought them a lot of trouble. When Paul recognized a divine appointment and healed  a crippled man (verses 9-10) he had no idea what would happen next! It led to Paul’s being stoned, to the point of a near-death experience. The experience itself, reported in 2 Corinthians 12, was doubtless an incredible blessing, but being stoned to the point of death is something no one would choose! This is again a story of cross-cultural evangelism. The people of Lystra were total heathens, worshiping the Greek pantheon and knowing nothing of the Torah. It would have been easier for Paul and Barnabas to skip over them, but they recognized that God loved those people too, and so felt compelled to share the Gospel with them. This verse certainly illustrates the difficulty of that! They were scattering seed on totally unprepared soil, (Matthew 13) hoping that at least something would happen. I would think that the man who was healed did eventually become a true believer, but we have no clear record of that. There was enough of an uproar that I would imagine the soil was broken up somewhat, but the point is, Paul and Barnabas were faithful to do as God led them, and leave the results up to Him.

I find a lot of empathy with this story. I’ve never been stoned, either with rocks or with drugs, but I certainly know the feeling of scattering the seed of the Word on unprepared soil! We mark 40 years this month of ministry in Omura using the name, Shinsei no Sato, on top of about 2½ years before that of officially being deno­minational. (Incidentally, the church name means, “Home of New Life.”) I could hardly say the harvest has been abundant, but some of it has been very real, and I can say with certainty that there are people who are spiritually alive today who would not have been apart from our having ministered. Japan has long been called “a graveyard of missionaries,” because of the very poor response to the Gospel, but that clouds the fact that there are very vibrant Japanese believers, and God isn’t through with this nation. I am never to give up, but keep working on the soil, scattering seed and watering it, so that God may provide the harvest.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for what I was able to do in our vegetable garden yesterday, that illustrates this very point. I got a row of beets planted, and the soil looks to be in better condition than it has all the years I’ve been trying to grow stuff there. I do ask for a good harvest of beets, but far more than that, I ask for a great harvest of souls, not just in Omura but across the nation for all of Your workers, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Cross-Cultural Evangelism; May 14, 2024

Posted on May 15, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 13:38-39 “Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.”

Here we have an example of Paul’s preaching to Jews and “God fearers,” those who were actively studying and following Judaism. This statement would have made very little sense to people who weren’t trying to follow the Law of Moses. This is why it is very important to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit at all times, because something that might touch one person deeply could be meaningless to another person with a different background. Cross-cultural evangelism can be very challenging! Preaching to people with at least a cultural understanding of the Gospel is frankly much easier than trying to communicate with those who have no foundation for understanding the idea of a personal Creator who cares about His creation. Even in Islam, which is certainly monotheistic, there is no idea of a loving heavenly Father. I have read or heard multiple testimonies of former Muslims who said that Islam by definition means “submission,” and there was no joy in it. And then there are atheists, who need to be shown that the complexity of the universe, and of life itself, logically requires a Creator, a guiding Intelligence, before going on to explain the love of that Creator. The task can be daunting indeed, but God will give wisdom to those who ask for it, because He “wants all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:4)

As a child of American missionaries in Japan, and a pastor here myself, this is an issue I have been aware of all my life. I went to seminary in the US, and sad to say, the Personal Evangelism course I took has been completely useless here, because Japanese culture has no framework for the techniques I was taught. That’s not to say that Japanese can’t be saved, by any means. Rather, it means that boiler-plate techniques, such as I see being used on YouTube, simply don’t work here. 50 years ago I was with a very well-meaning young American missionary who was “evangelizing” a high school student on the street, and he got him to express agreement with all the tenets of the Gospel. The only problem was, the high school student was just being polite, and his words meant nothing to him. I’ve got to express the Gospel on the basis of relationship, and that can be hard work. One of my major frustrations is that people look at me with admiration, considering me to be very good, but because I’m a Caucasian they see me as “other,” and don’t think they could have the relationship with God that I do, and so don’t reach out to receive. That’s why I desire so earnestly for the believers in this church to wake up to their own responsibilities and opportunities for evangelism, because they are automatically several steps closer to those around them than I could ever be. If I didn’t know that God is capable of anything, I would have given up a long time ago!

Father, thank You for this reminder, and for Your faithfulness over the years. This coming Sunday we are celebrating 40 years of using the name, Shinsei no Sato, and You have indeed touched many people in that interval. Thank You for all the seed that has been plan­ted, and especially for what has come to fruition. I pray that there would be more and more harvest, for the salvation of many and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Discrimination; May 13, 2024

Posted on May 14, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

This was an absolutely shocking moment for the Jerusalem church. I can imagine the scene. The Japanese says, “they were speechless.” I would guess so! This turned their lifetime preconceptions on their head, and they had no choice but to accept it. And 99% of the readers of my blog are beneficiaries. There are probably some who have not yet acknowledged Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, but I would guess they are a small minority. I pray that they would join the majority, even today! I also have friends who are genetic descendants of Abraham, and they likewise have experienced the “repentance that leads to salvation.” No one on either side of the divide had imagined a level playing field, but that is what Jesus created through His cross. Paul goes to some length about it in more than one of his letters, but most Gentiles simply ignore the issue, to their loss, I think. Most Gentiles don’t realize how big a privilege it is to be accepted as a spiritual descendent of Abraham. If a Gentile had been the first to say all the things Peter and Paul said about all this, it would be dismissed out of hand. However, they were both devout Jews, and Paul was the equivalent of a PhD in Jewish theology. I look at it all as being examples of a Japanese proverbial expression: “acorns comparing height.” We see our differences as huge, but from God’s perspective we’re all the same size. Discrimination isn’t just wrong, it’s stupid!


I have dealt with racial discrimination in one way or another all my life. I’m grateful that by the time I entered a US military dependents school, Truman had fully integrated the Armed Forces by presidential fiat, and also that my parents taught me that people might look different and/or have different gifting, but we were all of equal value in God’s eyes. As a Caucasian in Japan, I have experienced a great deal of discrimination in one way and another, sometimes to my emotional hurt and sometimes to my advantage. I’ve learned that I can’t complain about the one while taking advantage of the other! I resigned my only US pastorate because they wanted me to resign from the area ministerial association, because it was interracial, and they felt that my participation would signal that Blacks would be welcome in our church, and they couldn’t agree with that. Right now our church has people from Japan, America, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China in it. We are aware of differences in culture and language, but even more aware that we have only one Savior, and we are all from one human race.

Father, thank You for the ground indeed being level at the foot of the cross. Help me proclaim Your Gospel effectively to all, regardless of background or ethnicity, so that as many as will may indeed repent and believe for their salvation, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Spiritual Power; May 12, 2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 8:19 He said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Simon’s mistake here is sadly not unusual. He saw spiritual power as something external to be manipulated, and obviously, as something to be bought and sold. Peter’s response is understandable! Spiritual power by definition doesn’t originate with people, but with either God or the devil. In neither case does material wealth have anything to do with it. In both cases, the desirable, valuable thing is the soul of the individual. If we want the power of the Holy Spirit, we need to be submitted to Him for Him to use us, not the other way around, the way Simon was thinking of it. Obviously, submitting ourselves to the devil in order to get that sort of spiritual power has absolutely tragic consequences, and as the Faust story, and others like it, illustrate, that never ends well. As came out two days ago, God’s power never originates with us, but it can and does operate through us when we are yielded to Him. As Jesus said so famously in Acts 1:8, the power of the Holy Spirit is primarily for us to demonstrate Christ, to testify of His power and love and goodness. That’s what Philip had been doing, and as a result many believed and opened their hearts to Jesus as Lord. God does not give His power to inflate us, and that is what Simon wanted.

I can’t say I am entirely untainted by Simon’s motivation. My flesh would like to have the reputation of being “a man of power,” and that is entirely unworthy. I’ve got to seek to be a vessel, a tool for God to use, and not put myself forward. I’m not to hesitate to step out when God says to do so, but doing it on my own will result in failure at best, and major damage at worst. I have seen God work through me, at times miraculously, and I would like to see much more of that, but “works of power” are not to be my focus. I am to be focused on my Lord and submitted to Him, whether He chooses to use me or not. After all, anything temporal is insignificant compared to the eternal glory that awaits me. I need to be as absolutely convinced of God’s power as Peter was, and just as submitted to Him.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for all You are doing in, around, and through us. Thank You for the new, “mystery” health challenge my wife is having. The cause is indeed unknown, to the point that I don’t know where to take her, medically speaking, but nothing is unknown, or even difficult, for You. However, pain is pain, and I do ask Your relief for her, whatever the source. May she and I both be honest with You and with ourselves and with each other, so that Your truth may be manifested in and through us, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Obeying God; May 11, 2024

Posted on May 12, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 5:29 Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men!”

This verse is the foundation of the long and honorable tradition of civil disobedience, but there has also been a great deal of misuse of it, ignoring its foundation: obeying God. People have used this verse to dress up and justify their own, entirely selfish actions, and God will not honor that. As we have seen in countless political “movements,” human motivation quickly descends into violence. Those who do that cannot rightly claim this verse! The thing is, when we really think about this verse, “obeying men” includes obeying our own flesh, and we are all very prone to do that. We are to be aware of our bodies in order to be good stewards of them, but letting our bodies be in control is hedonism, and that very quickly descends into moral, emotional, and physical chaos. The principle of obeying God first and foremost of course applies in the spiritual realm as well. As James famously said, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7) Without obedient submission to God, we are the devil’s toys, manipulated however he pleases. There is no peace and joy in that! So to come back to Peter’s statement, we are never to break laws or disobey authority on our own, but we must remember that God’s laws and His authority are supreme. A prime example in recent years has been doctors who have refused to perform procedures, such as abortion or “gender reassignment surgery,” because of their conviction that doing so would be in violation of God’s order. They can rightly claim this verse!

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a situation of civil disobedience, and I am grateful for that. I perhaps came close when I steadfastly resisted all the pressure to receive an mRNA shot, but at least in Japan the pressure was largely social rather than legal. I have worn masks a great deal over the past four years. Those were largely useless and thus silly posturing, but wearing them was no more than minor discomfort. Here in Japan, medical facilities still largely require them for all who enter, but even that is finally relaxing. On a deeper level, I have obeyed my body rather than God on countless occasions. I am still learning to submit to God! Thankfully, I’ve come a long way on that front, but like Paul, I can’t say I’ve “arrived.” I must maintain humility before my Lord and listen to His Spirit at all times.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for how far You have brought me, but keep me from prideful carelessness. May I always be actively obedient to You, for Your purposes to be accomplished on Your schedule for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Focus on Christ; May 10, 2024

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 3:12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we have made this man walk?

This was in a number of ways the perfect thing for Peter to say here. He acknowledged the interest of the people, to make full use of the opportunity this was, (Colossians 4:5) but shifted the focus from himself and John to Jesus. We need to learn from this! It can be difficult to do this gracefully, but God will give wisdom to those who seek it. (James 1:5) The essential thing is personal humility and the desire that God be glorified as His will is done. We are all too prone to let our own ego get in the way, to seek glory for ourselves, and thus directly block the flow of God’s power. We care about whether we will look foolish, what people will think of us and whether they will appreciate us. That in itself is the height of foolishness! Peter was totally aware that any power manifested wasn’t his personally, but that of Christ Jesus his Lord, and we need to have that same awareness. It’s much like the revelation Paul had when he asked the Lord three times to be delivered from a “thorn in the flesh.” “But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecution, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10) We sometimes see the opposite of this in “Christian celebrities,” and it’s sad. The world and the devil tell us to put ourselves forward, to “get the credit we deserve,” but that is stealing the glory from God, and we must never do that. Like Peter, we must keep the focus on Jesus.

People have focused on me numbers of times over the years, and frankly, it has felt good to my flesh. I still get a kick out of remembering one time when I was interpreting for the city of Omura and the mayor introduced me as “Garrott, whom everyone knows.” The look on the faces of the out-of-town guests was amusing! It was better yesterday, when after the program several people thanked me for the accuracy and smoothness of my interpreting. I had not known ahead of time that I would be asked to interpret, but that was fine too. I want to be used by God however He pleases, but I must be careful to keep the focus on Christ, just as Peter did.

Father, thank You for the time yesterday of meeting with the group from Singapore, and particularly for the good fellowship with them and with the Japanese at the meeting. Thank You especially for how You are drawing Singaporeans, from churches large and small, to be concerned for the Gospel in Japan. I pray that this “3rd wave” of missionaries would indeed bring Your revival to this nation, for the salvation of multitudes and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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The Evangelistic Imperative; May 9, 2024

Posted on May 10, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 2:38-39 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – to all whom the Lord our God will call.”

This is an absolutely magnificent statement of the evangelistic imperative. That it was prophetic, rather than something Peter had thought up, is clear from the very universalism of it, since it was at least a year or two later that God got it through to him that Gentiles were as much candidates for salvation as Jews. (Acts 10) It is significant that the Holy Spirit is part of the “salvation package,” since Peter had only just been baptized in the Spirit himself. That’s more confirmation that this was prophetic! The only awkward thing about this is that it specifies “everyone whom the Lord our God calls to Himself.” There have been many arguments as to whether God actually calls everyone on earth, but I think Paul states the issue pretty clearly: “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:3-4) God knows who will respond and who won’t, but everyone should be given the opportunity to respond to God’s invitation. We tend to be satisfied with “salvation for me and mine,” but that is ignoring the character and will of God our Creator. He doesn’t create anyone for the purpose of their going to hell, even though He knows many will. The whole issue is huge, to the point of being beyond our “mental horsepower” to sort it out, but at the very least we can understand that everyone is to be told the Gospel and given the opportunity to accept it.

I will never forget the time, about 30 years ago, that I was talking with a Japanese pastor who was so convinced of predestination that he insisted the Church had no responsibility to evangelize, because “God will save those He wants to.” I was blown out of the water, because as a child of missionaries and a missionary myself, my whole world view was predicated on God desiring people to be saved. I am happy to say that after a couple of years of my friendship, that pastor made a 180 degree shift in his position, wanting the whole nation to hear the Gospel and receive it! (Incidentally, he and I are still good friends, though long-distance at this point, since he now lives in a very different part of the country.) I am not personally gifted as an evangelist, but I must not let that be an excuse not to share the Gospel with all who will receive it. As a pastor, it is my desire and aim that everyone in this church likewise recognize what a privilege they have to share the Gospel with those who don’t yet know it. We can’t force anyone to accept it and be saved, but we can “set the table” so that all who are hungry may feast, for their salvation and God’s glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for the meeting I’ll be attending today, with people having come from Singapore because of their desire that Japan be saved. Thank You for the people You are drawing here from many nations, particularly those that are not traditionally “missionary sending” nations. Thank You for answering our prayers for laborers for the harvest! (Luke 10:2) May Your will be done indeed, not just in Japan but around the world, for Your pleasure and glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Priorities; May 8, 2024

Posted on May 9, 2024 by jgarrott

John 12:43 For they love praise from men more than praise from God.

What a sad, yet common, commentary. This is indeed common everywhere around us, and we are prone to it ourselves. Social media feeds into this a great deal, with people caring more about the comments on their social media than they do about what their Creator says about them. For that matter, many people have no idea what their Creator says about them! To get out of this trap, the first thing that is needed is a relationship with God. The average person on the street has no idea how to acquire such a thing, so those who do know Him have the privilege and responsibility to share that information. We can’t save anyone in our own strength, but we can share with them what they need to know to turn their heart toward God and open up to Him. However, it doesn’t stop there. It really is a matter of values and priorities. Many people who know of God don’t value that knowledge enough to want to know Him personally, and sadly, that includes many Christians. That’s what John is saying here. We tend to care more about the people we can see and hear physically than we do about the God who created us and loved us enough to send His Son to die for us, and that is tragic. We need to be honest about the priorities we actually live by, rather than the theoretical priorities we know we should have, and repent when they are wrong. God is indeed merciful, but we generally need to ask for that mercy!

And this certainly applies to me. Having retired from school teaching, my priorities are much more in evidence, because they govern my daily schedule. Thankfully, this morning devotional time is my first priority, schedule-wise, and I certainly intend to keep it that way. The question then becomes, what do I do with the rest of my day? I still haven’t gotten into a writing schedule for my autobiography, and that fact bothers me. Many things insert themselves into my day, but often enough they are actually divine appointments, so I’m not to complain. This morning is a case in point, since a demand/request was made of me that I resented at first, but which will enable me to do something else I know I really need to do. I’m manifestly not good at planning, so I need to be all the more careful to recognize and follow the plans God has for me, I really do want to hear Him say to me, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your absolute faithfulness toward me. Help me be faithful in Your service, valuing Your opinion of me more than anything else, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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The Believer’s Joy; May 7, 2024

Posted on May 8, 2024 by jgarrott

Luke 24:52-53 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

We can do no more than imagine the depth – and breadth and height – of the disciples’ joy at this point. We have not seen the one we were sure was the Messiah be horribly mistreated and killed, and then have Him show up again, alive. If they had not gone through all the events leading up to it, having Him taken from them into heaven, as Matthew talks about in more detail, would have left them very upset. As it was, they probably felt like their own feet hardly touched ground, they were so joyful! This was what prepared them for the persecution that would soon come upon them, as well as for the frustrations of dealing with all the human interactions of daily life, such as what necessitated the appointment of deacons, in Acts 6. It is those who have been through deep suffering, of one sort or another, who are prepared to deal with all the lesser stuff, because they know that since God brought them through the deep water, the “kiddie pool” is nothing to get upset about. Many of us feel we are over our heads in the “kiddie pool!” That comes from failing to fix our minds and hearts on Jesus our Lord, as the Bible tells us to do many times. As the writer of Hebrews put it, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” (Hebrews 12:2-3) We shake our heads at the deceived young people today who are supporting terrorists without really understanding what is going on, but we ourselves are sometimes just as disconnected from reality when we feel like our own immediate problem is so great as to negate everything else. We need to remember that we serve a risen Savior, and that should fill us with enough joy to get through anything!

It’s easy for me to sermonize on this, but I need to hear it too! I was just called down by my daughter for responding poorly to people to whom I should be expressing appreciation, and she was right. I too need to keep everything in context, remembering that Jesus took on our humanity, so He knows all our weaknesses, and then He let his human body be nailed to a cross, wiping out our sins, and then rose from the grave, leaving our weaknesses in the dust. With that assurance I should be living each day in unshakable joy and gratitude. I’m not there 100% yet, by a good measure, so I have no room for spiritual pride, and I need people like my daughter to remind me of that! I can’t tell others to “Look to Jesus” and fail to do so myself! After all, that was what Peter cried out to his wife as she was being crucified. My faith needs to be that strong!

Father, thank You for this Word, both through the reading and through my daughter. May I not just agree, but actually follow through and put this into practice, for the sake of the Body of Christ and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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