Torch Legacy Publications - Holding Forth The Gospel Light in the Black Community of America and Whosoever Will

“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.”    (Proverbs 31:30)

   Rosa Parks was the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda of the United States of America. Mrs. Parks is the first black woman to be chosen to have a statue in Statutory Hall in Washington, D.C. And she is one of the very few women who has had not just one, not just two, but three funeral services. Why was this humble and quiet lady so praised at the end of her life?

   How did it all begin? Rosa Parks, who was known by all to be a Christian lady and a woman who had a meek and quiet spirit, on a very memorable day in December of 1955, in the segregated city of Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a white man, when asked to get up. Many have said, “she sat down so that we all could stand up.” She was not boisterous, she did not fuss and fight, but won that battle through the “content of her character” and through a Godly and quiet spirit.

   After this incident, she lost her job and was persecuted. However, she never said a mumbling word. She never pitched a fit. She never sought the spotlight. And she never tried to profit from her fame. How could Rosa Parks do this? She did it because she knew the Lord, feared the Lord, and served the Lord. And this is why she will forever be “A Woman Praised.”

   Rosa Parks made a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

   Do you want to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour as well? Here’s how:

   1. Accept the truth that God loves you so much that He sent His only Son—Jesus Christ to die on Calvary and pay for your sins. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (Jesus Christ, John 3:16).

   2. Accept the truth that you are a sinner, who has broken God’s laws. Romans 3: 10, 23 says “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one...” “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

   3. Accept the truth that there is a price for sin and that you are on your way to an eternal hell. The Bible says in Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death…” Revelation 21:8 says,“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

   4. Accept the truth that Jesus is your only way to be saved from eternal punishment. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

   5. Confess the truth that Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for you, was buried and rose again to save you. The Bible states in Romans 10:9, 13: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

   If you believe with all of your heart that Jesus Christ loves you so much that He died for you, was buried, and rose on the third day, please pray this prayer:

   Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, deserving of hell. I do not want to go to hell, but rather, I want to live with you throughout eternity. Lord, I now believe with all of my heart that Jesus Christ died for me, was buried, and rose again. I confess you as my Lord and Saviour, right now. Please come into my heart and save my soul, this very moment. In Jesus Christ precious name. Amen!

   Congratulations on accepting Jesus Christ as your Saviour! You have now accepted the same Jesus Christ that Rosa Parks professed, and you will live with Him forever.

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