I was so blessed to receive the most recent letter from a dear brother in Christ whom i've been discipling over the years. He's a pastor and indigenous missionary in the Philippines with a passion for Christ that i rarely encounter. As he has been learning more and more solid biblical truth the Lord has been growing him in incredible ways; and as he grows he also shares what he knows with others. It is a great testimony to how God can use one individual to set off a domino effect that changes many individuals and churches. The most recent studies that we have been going through have been related to basic Reformed theology (i.e. TULIP), repentance, and eschatology. The next thing we plan to go through is the moral law of God. Please take a few moments to read about the amazing work that our great King and Savior is doing through Pastor Nestor Pablo...and pray that our most gracious God would continue to empower him to serve Christ's Kingdom even as he grows in faith.
Dear Brother Larry,
Greetings in the name of our Savior Lord Jesus Christ!
I am so thankful for all your help for sending those books to me for studies. And most all, I thanked God for His abundant love, grace, and mercy. I am done reading all the books that you sent. It is so nice to read the book of John Owen about The Death of Death. I was enlightened about the TULIP. His explanation about the Limited Atonement or particularly about the Redemption of Christ only died for His elect exclusively, is very clear. I really like also reading the book of Richard Baxter about the Reform Pastor. For me, those pastors who haven't read this book yet are still lack of knowledge to become a full time pastor. The message of the book is so rich. His approach about the book is so unique. Thanking God for using Baxter for writing this book. It is a great tool for teaching. As of now, there are lots of things/ ways I changed in my life as a pastor. I repented to God all my failure. But I know that it's not too late yet. The book is so helpful.
I also read The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson. The message of his book is so rich too. This is my first time reading a very deep teaching about Repentance. When I read his book, I was amazed. I continued reading his book in my room with meditation. I shared all what I have read to my wife and children because I realized that we lack something. You can't read this book without sincerity because every time you read it, your heart get melted about the truth. I saw some aspects of my life that I haven't repented yet or surrendered it to God. I can't help myself not to cry while I'm reading this book because you can see what Christ did on the cross. I told my family that if a person who can read this book and wont cry, he/she has no conscience. I was blessed especially what he stated on the book about praying. He said that if you are prayerful then you still continue sinning, time will come that your sin is the one letting you stop for being prayerful.
I was blessed also about the book of Bryan Zachaias especially how he interprets The Armour of God and how to apply it. And how important is the prayer to the life of Christians. My knowledge was increased too about the The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit by John Owen. I required all my students in Mobile School to read all the books.
As of this time, I have a friend pastor who always visit me everyday just to learn more about the Word of God. I let him read all the books that you sent. He is a Supervisor of Christian Missionary Alliance Church. As a supervisor, there are 177 churches under him because he supervised two regions. He was so amazed and appreciate all the books. He also read all the handouts you sent me through internet about the Eschatology. He read the book He shall have Dominion by Kenneth Gentry, Perilous Times and Navigating the Book of Revelation. He also read the Postmillenialism by Loraine Boetner. Last month, after I was reading the book that you sent, he also read it. He is also sharing what he learned to his wife, and to his eldest son which is also a Pastor. He also have another son that is graduating to be a pastor in their Bible School. All of them are reading the books and their Theology were changed. Because of this, his two sons which are pastor and graduating pastor are decided to enroll next year on January to a Reform Theological Seminary in Manila. The school stand about Eschatology is (AMILL) because there's no school yet of (Postmill) here in the Philippines. I think I'm the only one but I am not sure. As what I said, this Friend Pastor of mine has 177 churches under him. He also shared what he learned about the Reform Teaching to their Vice President of Christian Missionary Alliance Church and he accepted the Reform Teaching. In fact, he invited their Vice President on our coming Pastor's Conference next year God willing with Pastor Craig Ireland. Help us to pray that the Reform Theology will be spread to these pastors because this group/denomination is really big. So far, Christian Missionary Alliance has 2,800 churches in the whole Philippines. I was so thankful to God by using me as an instrument for sharing the solid truth to these pastors. To God be the glory alone!
Thank you very much! To God be the glory!
In Christ,
NESTOR PABLO
