I NEED TIME TO WRITE

I Need Time To Write Because Of Who I've Become

The loves of my life are sharing Christ with the lost, discipling believers to maturity so they can lead others evangelistically and in a walk of faith, and fulfilling the gifts given to me to aid in correcting the errors that have plagued the church for over 2,000 years.

Along with my faith loves, my wife, son, daughter, extended family, and all those with whom I have had fellowship in the faith for the last fifty years.

The last love is something that God has given to me as a result of my prayer life, a deepening fellowship with God through His Son, an ongoing and exhaustive study of God's word, and last but certainly not least, an awakening in my spirit following my first six years of my faith without anyone to disciple me, and the sin and brokenness that resulted.

I Need Time To Write For Conscience Sake

Raised Catholic and saved through the preaching of Billy Graham, my introduction to faith in Christ made me painfully aware of two things. Both came in the same package. Staggering enlightenment to the extent of being completely deceived by those I thought to trust the most and the depths of my sinful heart that I had first thought was good.

During the past fifty years of diligent study, trying my best to take little to nothing for granted, I have been repeatedly reminded just how gullible I can be by believing something to be true, only to find later it was a deception. When writing to Timothy, Paul said, "...fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith." (1 Timothy 1:18, 19). Rejecting a good conscience is a very dangerous thing to do.

I Need Time To write Because Of My Present Passion.

A very dear brother called me yesterday; to put it mildly, he was distraught. His problem was church-related, and I wish I could say I had never heard anything like it before, but it is routine to me now. He is not a young brother but one who is nearly as old as I, wiser, and very experienced. Nevertheless, listening to him, I heard all the same hurts, confusion, and bewilderment because he thought he could trust the people with whom he had been fellowshipping.

After fifty years, I find my conscience registering off the charts because I have been silencing it for loyalties to people I know, love, and trust. You know it makes no difference who you trust and how deceived they may be because when you wake up and can't talk about something that God hates but is accepted in many circles, you are the one labeled as a troublemaker. It's taken me fifty years to stop caring about what people think, and my conscience is having a field day because of my prior silence.

I Need Time To Write My Third and Fourth Books.

I have been saying for a long time that I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH is coming out. But now it's all paid for; Greg and I are being sent the last proof copy, and the man in charge of publishing it knows what he's doing. Next week is the week. I Need Time To Write because my son has asked me to write something for him and that has been taking a good amouny of my time, which I am more than pleased to do.

This book is a good foundation for what is to follow. I hope we capture the interest of many. Those who know me from the past know that I have been solid in my beliefs, a person who God has loved and has been teaching me to love Him in return. It is with godly faith that I say the church belongs to Jesus Christ and no one else. We are made members through His blood and suffering, not mine or anyone else. My prayer times have been passionate, intense, informative, intercessory, and worshipful. Studying without God present does nothing for me. I want to continue growing in my prayer times; those who know me know that has been my concern. If I speak from myself, no one should listen to me, but if I speak for God, God help those who will not respond appropriately. May all be delivered from the conscience I now possess.

The book I now write will be like the one coming out next week, but with more history, more scripture, and time spent with God. The fourth book will be in the line of THE JESUS YOU NEED TO KNOW. People can say what they will about what I write because I write for an audience of one, and if He's happy, I'm happy. I prayed that people would love or hate my first book, and God certainly answered that prayer. This time, I am praying that the brethren would be unable to turn a deaf ear to those truths that will cost them grief at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

Until I am done writing, I love all of you who have been reading my posts. I have never cared about numbers; I am sold on the House church, after all. May God bless you, and may your lives be filled with the presence of the only One who truly matters.

In the Grip of His Grace,

Joe Durso