Pastor John Collins: 2017 influential pastor

Pastor John Collins, influential pastor for 2016 and 2017.

 

Pastor John Collins, an evangelist and pastor leading the ministries of Love That Cross and John Collins Ministries, has been selected as an influential pastor living in the United States for two years in a row.  In an article written by Loretta Gardner of Inspirational Faith Magazine, Pastor John Collins is recognized for his unique style of preaching and evangelism that is similar to that of Billy Graham. 

Pastor John Collins promotes revival.

Across the United States, Pastor John Collins spreads the gospel and promotes revival of faith, revival of churches and calls on pastors and ministers to preach the truth to congregations instead of preaching and teaching what the public wants to hear. Pastor John Collins preaches what needs to be taught: salvation and redemption through faith and true repentance. 

Pastor John Collins redeems the gospel.

In so many ways, the gospel has been twisted to suit the needs of those who preach and teach the Holy Bible.  Words are changed, meanings are changed, and the message is twisted from the original intention of the writer.  Pastor John Collins preaches the truth.  He does not candy coat the message that is written in the pages of the Holy Bible, he preaches what we need to hear, so that we can find salvation in the words of God and Jesus Christ.

Pastor John Collins challenges the United States to turn back to God.

Time after time in Pastor John Collins’ messages in revivals, sermons, and radio messages, he emphasizes that the United States has kicked God out of our schools, out of our government, out of our homes, and even out of our churches.  Church has become a theater or a place where someone goes to be seen, rather than a place to go and hear the word of God, worship God, and learn of redemption for ourselves for the life that comes after the one we have here on Earth.  The United States has turned from God who helped this country become the land of milk and honey for the Gentiles and turned it into a land of “greed and money.”  God does not stand with us because we turn our backs to Him.  Pastor Collins reminds us that in order for this country to become strong again, we need a revival of faith and obedience to God in order for Him to fix what is wrong.  We lack the faith and belief in God that God desires of each and every one of us.

Kudos to Pastor John Collins and the others who were chosen for the second year as influential pastors, ministers, and ministries in the United States.   

Congratulations to those who are recognized for the first time.  We should listen to the words of Pastor John Collins and turn back to God. 

Pastor John Collins, Evangelist, Montana Revival Tour: Obedience

Pastor John Collins, Evangelist: Reviving Faith in Montana, One Church at a Time

In a revival series that was launched in fall, 2016, Pastor John Collins continues to spread the word of God, redeeming the Gospel, across the United States.  This blog post reviews excerpts from the revival tour as it traveled across Montana.

Pastor John Collins is a leading evangelist in the United States today.   

His vibrant, no nonsense style of preaching brings the Word of God, the teachings of Jesus to life.  He reaches the hearts of those who hear him.

 

Pastor John Collins strives to bring God back to the United States.   

He often preaches that we as a country turned our backs to God, one person at a time, one church at a time.  It’s time to change that and bring God back into our lives, to bring hope to ourselves and to our country, one person at a time, one church at a time.  Through our own choices to serve our own will, not God’s, we as a whole have turned away from God.  The result is that our country is in the turmoil it is in now.  As the Holy Bible says, if we turn back to God with all our hearts and cry out to Him, He will hear our plea and heal our country.  More than ever, we need God.  Pastor John Collins is answering his call by God to bring the gospel to as many people as he can reach with the words that he preaches.

Pastor John Collins says:

“It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’  Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.”  John 6:45 (NKJV).

The teachings of Jesus were insightful and revealed the heart of the law.  He came with miracles and truth and compassion and mercy.  He came with clarity and sadness for the people.  It is sad to see people refuse to get right with God, to see people rebel in their hearts and choose their own will over God’s will.

It is sad to watch people choose to be sinners and choose to harm others to lift themselves up.  Believe me, there is still plenty today for Jesus to weep over.

Our world is filled with people choosing to self-govern and claim rational thought for themselves and believing that there is no God, that their own moral code will sustain them and see them through this life and that there is no cause to concern themselves with an eternal life.  There are people on the pulpits sharing the good news without teaching the requirements of being a follower of Christ.  There are stubborn people who choose to believe that there is not a right or a wrong way to worship God and that we get to self-determine our God and how we navigate our faith in our life and have concluded that by doing so we will enjoy the outcome that we have decided upon.  It doesn’t work that way!  God came and gave instructions on how to worship Him.  Jesus came and gave insight into the law and gave instructions on how to worship Him.  Nothing has changed.

Grace is given and faith is free but obedience is required to claim them.  You cannot claim to be a person of faith and have fellowship with God when you are living a life of selfishness and unfaithfulness.  If you are a greedy, lying, cheating, vain, malicious, gossiper and drunk then you are not obeying God.  If you are full of bitterness and resentment and refuse to forgive those who you believe have done you wrong then you are not in obedience with God.  If you are consumed with materialism and are obsessed with your looks and your appearance then you are not in obedience with God.  If you are abusing drugs and your body and are not a believer then you are not in obedience with God.  If you are not in obedience with God then you will not see the kingdom of heaven when you die.  It really is that simple.

You must obey God to claim the gifts of God.  Salvation is claimed by those who believe because those who believe will submit to the will of God and will obey God.  I am not talking about casual belief but the belief that produces results in a life, belief that produces change and purity in a life and belief that transforms a life of darkness into one of light.  There is always an opportunity to truly claim Jesus as your savior, not in word only but in truth.  You know whether your life is truly a life that would have God’s stamp of approval and there is just no reason to live in denial.  There is not any time to waste on self-indulgence and sin.  It is time to examine your existence and if you are not right with God then it is time to get right with Him.  Believe in the Son and claim salvation. 

“I am the vine, you are the branches.  He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”  John 15:5-6 (NKJV).

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Do we want eternal life?  Then we need to listen and hear what Pastor John Collins preaches about obedience to God.  The road to destruction is wide, but the road to heaven and salvation is narrow as it says in the book of Matthew.  The United States has been travelling the wide road to destruction for a long time, turning our backs upon God and all the blessings that He gave us when this country was founded.  We need to claim salvation for ourselves, to hear the word of God, to read the works of Jesus and the messages in the Holy Bible in order to gain back the blessings that were ours as a country, and ours as individuals.  What does God want from you?  Simple-talk to Him in prayer and start reading a good translation of the Holy Bible that does not twist the Gospel to suit the purposes of the writer or confuse the reader with what is called transliteration-man’s explanation, not God’s inspired words.   God wants us back.