The Best Investment in the World

An Amazing Fact: On July 31, 1667,the Dutch made a trade deal with England that seems ridiculous today. The Dutchgained rights to the small Indonesian island of Run in exchange for a swampyisland off the coast of North America. The lucrative island of Run grew nutmeg,a coveted spice. But its value eventually plummeted when nutmeg trees weretransplanted to other locations—whereas the swampy island of Manhattan wasdrained, found to be resting on bedrock, and eventually became a majorfinancial, cultural, and political center of the world.

Thomaswas born in India but grew up in South Africa. As an adult, he began to explorereligion and eventually connected with Pentecostals. But when he was urged tospeak in “unknown tongues,” something seemed amiss to him.

 

Manytoday are cautious about religion. In a world filled with fake news, falseadvertising, and bizarre cults, nobody wants to get pulled in, ripped off, orduped! Just as financial investors want to harvest a good return, spiritualseekers want a genuine faith that leads to eternal life.

 

Well, youhelped Thomas make the best investment of his life when you provided answers tohis biggest questions! Your generous support of Amazing Facts evangelism ledhim, step by step, to find truth that has resulted in rich rewards in his walkwith God.

 

And todayyou have the chance to make one of the best investments ever with ProphecyOdyssey, a 16-part evangelistic series that Amazing Facts is presentingthis fall in New York City, one of the most influential places on Earth. Whenyou invest in these meetings—to be broadcast across the globe—you will touch thehearts of millions with God’s last-day message.

 

Now letme tell you more about your part in helping Thomas find trustworthy answers …

 

A Wise Investment

Thomaswas feeling pressured to join a Pentecostal church, but he had real doubts. Heknew he needed solid Bible truth. So before investing his heart into a newfaith, he sought divine wisdom.

 

A friendguided him to amazingfacts.org, where he discovered our free book UnderstandingTongues, which is about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the true gift oftongues. He read it and was convicted. He says today, “I was so glad to havebeen saved from that pitfall!”

 

Next,Thomas’ friend invited him to watch an Amazing Facts evangelistic series calledMillennium of Prophecy. This was 25 years ago. Thomas watched and wasbaptized into God’s remnant church!

 

Irecently met Thomas and his wife, Evelina, during a visit to India. While I wassharing with a group about our new meetings in NYC this fall, Thomas revealedhow, 25 years ago, he made his decision for Christ while watching Millenniumof Prophecy, which was also broadcast from New York.

 

It wasthrilling to hear this man, living on the other side of the globe, tell how Godchanged him through our meetings in NYC!

 

His storyreminded me of this: “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find itafter many days” (Ecclesiastes 11:1). When you invest in sharing the Breadof Life, Jesus Christ, through preaching and teaching the Bible, you areassured of a good return!

 

Investing in Difficult Places

When consideringwhere to invest our money, we naturally want to get the best bang for our buck.Financial advisors encourage us to weigh risks when building a portfolio. So,why invest in evangelistic meetings in NYC? Doesn’t it have lots of theft, violence,congested streets, and a high cost of living? And isn’t this a secular cityfull of people resistant to the gospel?

 

It’strue. New York is a challenging place to do evangelism. But so was Nineveh. Infact, when God called Jonah to preach there, he ran the other way! As it turnsout, Nineveh was primed for one of the most powerful revivals to ever hit agreat city.

 

I alsobelieve that God has called us to return to NYC at this time because it is themost potent platform for a global event. This is why Paul was determined to go to Rome. Heknew Rome was the great communication crossroads for the ancient world. Hisministry there was not easy—after all, it’s where he was martyred—but it was powerfullyeffective in reaching people and spreading the gospel of Christ.

 

New Yorkis today’s Rome. When we invest in God’s kingdom, we walk by faith in Hiscalling to go where He calls us. And we remember that the Lord loves allpeople—secularists, atheists, agnostics, nominal Christians, lovers of self,lovers of the world—and He has the power to transform any heart that opens toheavenly influences.

 

Treasures in Heaven

Jesussaid, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rustdestroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselvestreasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves donot break in and steal” (Matthew 6:19, 20).

 

Friend, thetreasures we lay up in heaven are souls won for Christ! When we invest insharing the life-changing truths of the Bible and lead people to Jesus, we arelaying up treasures that will never fade.

 

New Yorkis the center of global culture, the ideal location for broadcasting anevangelistic series to all nations, tongues, and peoples. As many as 800languages are spoken there. The city hosts millions of lost people who havedeep connections to other parts of the world, including the highestconcentration of Jews outside of Israel.

 

So when youhelp save NYC, you help save the world!

 

This is exactlywhy Amazing Facts is now urgently preparing to present Prophecy Odyssey thisfall at the Manhattan Center. Careful plans are prayerfully being laid for outreachtraining to reach the lost souls of New York. (Mark your calendar! This seriesbegins on September 20.)

 

Will you pleaseprayerfully ask God what He would have you give to help share His last-daymessage? This is our biggest-ever evangelism effort—it’s budgeted at $3 million!I praise God that $2.3 million has been raised already, but we still need youto support this series and our other outreach efforts. Whether you can give $25,$50, or $100—or even help lead this effort with a special investment of $10,000,$25,000, or $50,000—you are investing in heavenly treasures that will lastforever.

 

Thomas isa business consultant in Dubai who helps companies make wise decisions—but thebest investment he ever made was when he discovered Bible truth that you helpedbring to him. Will you now help many others find riches in heaven?

 

Investingin heavenly treasures,

 

PastorDoug Batchelor

President,Amazing Facts International