“So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin.”

 

I have said this many times before and I’m going to say it again (DV).  I fell into the trap of Fundementalism and in fundementalism if you are not in that camp, you are a potential enemy.  It’s true and I’m sorry that it is true. Fundementalism is nigh cultism.

In that camp, Billy Graham is not a person well spoken of. They call him a puppet of the Pope. They call him a false prophet. They see him as an enemy. It’s true, research it.

When I was in the fundemental church I bought in. I said horrible things about Billy Graham.  I believed the people in the camp. Billy Graham was an enemy and a false prophet. BUT THEN……………………………………………………………………………….

But then on the day of my ordination, Bro. Richard Sandlin said, with emotion and tears something like, “You can love him or hate him, but that old man stayed faithful, there are no scandals in his minstry.”  I heard this from the man that is about to ordain me.  This made a mark on my mind.

I decided to look into Graham.  I purchased some of his books and I went to the source. What did I find? I found a man that held sound doctrine and was a fervent servant of God.  I ordered more books and books of Graham’s quotes on differing subjects. This man, I found to be a man of God, which caused me to look back upon all the things I said about him and all the things I was told about him by the fundementalist camp.  I repented of my slander from ignorance and shed myself of the fundementalist mindset. The men that helped me out of that mindset were: Luther, Graham, C.S. Lewis and A.W. Pink.

Billy Graham was an Ambassador of God’s Kingdom; a good emmissary for God, Billy Graham was. A good role model for persons to look to.

I have said Billy Graham is the Joseph, the Moses, the Samuel, the Nathan, the Daniel, the Nehemiah of our time, in terms of being God’s witness in a leader’s ear. This chosen man of God, this man that did stand in the gap. This man of God was counselor to Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush.  Obama gave political lip and eye service, and Trump, methinks respected Graham. It looks similar to Christ and His twelve (12) disciples, there is even a traitor in the mix!!!

Billy Graham will stand as Noah stood.  Due to Graham’s testimony and witness, many will be condemned, in light of his constant witness and his constant pointing to Christ.  And thankfully, on the other hand, many persons know Christ as Lord and Saviour through God’s use of this humble man.

If God chooses to, God may raise another to stand as Graham stood. One would think his son would step in, however, methinks America would not be able to stand Franklin’s forthrightness.  That is not a negative statement of Franklin, in no way, is that a backbiting statement concerning Franklin Graham. It is, however, a charge against this nation’s secularism and God-less world view.

It is never good to deify a man. We are not deifying Graham. Billy Graham was a sinner who became a saint by the grace of God. Graham came to Christ as all come to Christ, Repentance and belief.  However, it cannot be denied, nor can it be doubted, our God favoured Billy Graham with a great measure of faith and a great measure of grace. One may and can live a life like Graham, a life well lived. It’s simple, really, Love God through the Spirit of Christ and obey Him over all others.

Godspeed.