Meet the Missionary: Martin Rizley - Spain

About this sermon

Meet HeartCry missionary Martin Rizley. He is pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Málaga, Spain. He has partnered with HeartCry since 2015. He shares: "As I began to read the Bible for myself for the first time, the Lord began to open my heart to see things that I'd never heard in church, that I'd never understood before. First of all, He brought conviction on my own heart, made me aware of my sin, and made me aware of my inability to overcome sin through my own efforts. This led to a crisis in my life because I thought, “If I can't overcome sin, how can I be good enough to go to heaven?” It was through reading the Bible that God brought me through that period of intense crisis and despair to finally understand the grace of the gospel. And then I understood what Jesus meant when He said, "I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." And it dawned on me, my sin was what qualified me to be saved. Christ came into the world for sinners. And I knew myself to be a sinner. And the door to heaven opened. I saw that I didn't have to produce a righteousness for God to accept me. Christ came to save sinners. And I trusted in Him." HeartCry seeks to advance the Great Commission by supporting missionaries, training missionaries, resourcing missionaries, planting churches, and then declaring God's great works to God's people. HeartCry Missionary Society: www.heartcrymissionary.com Watch HeartCry Films: www.heartcryfilms.com

Topics

• Evangelism
• Missions