"Watching Jesus Die" preached by Dr. John R. Rice from Matthew 27

The Bible Preacher

Dr. Rice preached this message at Temple Baptist Church in Portsmouth Ohio in the 1960's and has made an impact on all who heard this message. I believe it will make an impact on us today as we listen to Dr. Rice preach "Watching Jesus Die".

Dr. John R. Rice was born in Cooke County, Texas on December 11,1895. He was mightily used of the Lord in many ways throughout his life. It has been noted many times of Dr. Rice being a tremendous soul winner.

Once on a car trip from Dallas to Chicago, Dr. Rice prayed, "Lord, help me to find someone I can win." He then missed a turn in Oklahoma and drove fifty miles out of the way. At a gas station where he stopped to ask directions, he led the attendant to Christ. Still upset about the unplanned detour, his daughters giggled at him, reminding him of his earlier prayer.

At 81, with a hearing aid, suffering from arthritis, and aware that his memory was "not quick as it was years ago," Dr. Rice still managed to be at the office most mornings at 6:30. In 1978, he had a heart attack, then a second, more serious one in April 1980. He died of a stroke on December 29. The staff counted 22,923 letters that had come to Rice between the beginning of his writing ministry and his death, each reporting that the writer had found Christ through Rice's books or booklets or through a sermon published in The Sword of the Lord.

(December 11, 1895 – December 29, 1980

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