Last week I was informed that Pastor Ron Spear had passed away and I was so saddened by his demise. I first met Elder Spear in 2003 in West Palm Beach. I saw him several times since then in Orlando, Florida, and was so happy when I heard he was retiring in Florida and would support the Eternal Gospel Ministry; However, he eventually returned to Washington state and I never saw him again. He was a longtime faithful servant of the Lord, lead many to Christ, and could recite the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy off the top of his head. I am so fortunate to have known Ron Spear.
Arsenio
P.S. Pastor Ron Spear introduced me to The Sanctified Life by Ellen G. White.
“The Voice of Truth in Perilous Times”
Elder Ron Spear passed away around 3:30AM on Friday, February 28th, 2014, at his home in Washington state.
Memorial Service plans have been made. The Memorial Service date is March 15, 2014 at the Loon Lake Church in Washington state. Please remember Ron's wife, Carmen, and Ron's family in prayer. Download memorial information. Sign Guestbook!
Respectfully yours,
Dean & Blanca Ferrell
Revelation 14:13, "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." -- Sleep in peace brother Ron. Thank you for loving Jesus and sharing His gospel message with so many.
Pastor Ron Spear writes from the state of Washington.
"God brings His people near Him by close, testing trials, by showing them their own weakness and inability, and by teaching them to lean upon Him as their only help and safeguard. Then His object is accomplished. They are prepared to be used in every emergency, to fill important positions of trust, and to accomplish the grand purposes for which their powers were given them. God takes men upon trial; He proves them on the right hand and on the left, and thus they are educated, trained, disciplined. Jesus, our Redeemer, man's representative and head, endured this testing process. He suffered more than we can be called upon to suffer. He bore our infirmities and was in all points tempted as we are. He did not suffer thus on His own account, but because of our sins; and now, relying on the merits of our Overcomer, we may become victors in His name.
God's work of refining and purifying must go on until His servants are so humbled, so dead to self, that, when called into active service, their eye will be single to His glory. He will then accept their efforts; they will not move rashly, from impulse; they will not rush on and imperil the Lord's cause, being slaves to temptations and passions and followers of their own carnal minds set on fire by Satan. Oh, how fearfully is the cause of God marred by man's perverse will and unsubdued temper! How much suffering he brings upon himself by following his own headstrong passions! God brings men over the ground again and again, increasing the pressure until perfect humility and a transformation of character bring them into harmony with Christ and the spirit of heaven, and they are victors over themselves." 4T 8
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Amen and amen. Ron Spear was one of the truly faithful to our Lord, His Word, and His servant's latter-day writings. I still have my original copies of Our Firm Foundation - they kept me on the right track through the 80's and 90's, and still do! A true and faithful Seventh-day Adventist, yet he was persecuted and slandered by the church and unfaithful brethren, along with other faithful ministers of his generation. I thank God for all of them and the tremendous privilege of having heard Ron and others speak and preach despite it all. May we all greet each other in unbelievable joy when the Saviour returns. Now it is up to us to prepare for what is ahead, and be likewise faithful. God bless.
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