Doug Riggs is pastor of Morning Star Testimony Church in Syracuse, NY. You will find him at www.dougriggs.org.
Doug came to the Lord at age 11, but didn’t begin following the Lord until age 24, at which time he was “led” to purchase a Bible. He began by reading the Gospel of John. The Lord Jesus Christ made Himself remarkably real to him at that time. He was intensely “apprehended” by the Lord out of a life of drugs and rebellion. He quit using drugs and started pursuing the things of the Lord from that time forward. His prayer was: “I want to know Your Word as You have it written.” The Lord honored that by leading him to a church in Houston, Texas, where the Word of God was taught every night of the week, with the exception of Saturday, twice on Sunday and twice on Monday. The pastor taught from the Hebrew and Greek and was a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate. He systematically taught the doctrines of the Word, but something (Someone) was obviously missing and Doug was feeling totally bankrupt after a few years. By this time Doug and Lori were married (1974). The Lord had put a book into Doug’s hands written by Major Ian Thomas called The Saving Life of Christ. “We weren’t hearing this about the Lord at the church we attended. It was wonderful! We were having our eyes opened to the fact that Jesus Christ was to be our LIFE, not just our Savior; that He is a personal and living God with whom we are to walk intimately; that He lives within us!” Then the Lord led a woman at a Christian bookstore to encourage him to buy a copy of The Green Letters by Miles J. Stanford, which speaks of the identification truths; about the power of the cross over sin and self. “This was revolutionary to us! We weren’t hearing this taught either! We wondered why??? We attempted to share with others the glorious news that Jesus Christ not only died FOR us, but AS us; that we died with Him on the cross. People didn’t have ears to hear. This was the beginning of a lonely journey for us in our pursuit to gain Christ.”
The Helmet of Salvation – Part 1 & 2: A Message from Pastor Doug Riggs
It is time to wake up! And if that means a rude awakening, so be it. It's time for us to get off the fence and decide if we are going to take the Word of God seriously. The warnings to the church of this generation are clearly proclaimed in this series of two messages. Expect to not only have your toes stepped on, but expect some deep and potentially painful spiritual surgery as the Word, the "sharp two-edged sword", cuts away at the soulish cancer that is leading the church into apostasy and the coming judgment and purging.
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The Day of Visitation: A Message from Pastor Doug Riggs
This is not your run-of-the-mill rock-you-to-sleep bible lesson - but a terrific revelation and explanation of what is coming and how to prepare for it. The "Day of Visitation" is like a two-edged sword: for some, a great and long awaited blessing and vindication; for others, a potentially fatal and tragic judgment resulting in eternal loss of the inheritance and blessing God intended all of us to receive.
"Once a person sees this eschatological framework, you have a solid grounding in where you are in history; you have a clear understanding of God's purpose and end-time plan for Israel and the Nations which comes after this - but God's whole purpose of bringing the church to completion - bringing the church 'to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ' (Eph. 4:13) - Christ being fully formed in His people (Gal. 4:19) - this is the key, because Christ in His people is the revelation of His glory. The church is the chosen instrument to reveal the glory of the Messiah (2 Thess. 2:14; Col. 3:4; 2 Thess. 4:10). When He comes, 'He will come to be glorified in His saints.'"
This is a transcript from a podcast message from Pastor Doug Riggs originally aired on Georgeann Hughes' ByteShow posted around 2005. You'd think it was given in 2021!
