Don Fortnor has gone to be with the Lord

twin1954

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my dear friend and pastor has gone to be with the Lord. We miss him greatly and he will be remembered as one who was mightily used of the Lord to preach the Sovereighn Grace of God in Christ Jesus the Lord.

He died a few months ago (I can look up the date if you wish) and the world mourns his passing.

He suffered from cancer and the effects of cobalt treatments of cancer in his younger years. It combined to overcome him and he died in humble faith in the Lord.

I wil miss him as I loved him even through our disagreements in human failings but never in theology or faith.

He has left a glorious legacy in books and ministry throughput the world. May God bless his ministry beyond the grave as much as He did Gill, his favorite theologian, or Pink or even Spurgeon.

He taught me what it was to preach the Gospel of the sovereign grace of God in Jesus Christ the Lord. He was used of God to shape me into the man I am today and was my dearest and closest friend.

To God be the glory in Christ Jesus the Lord, Amen.
 

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So good to know that death can not separate us from Christ and in Him we have us all to glorify Him forever.

What greater Joy and Comfort can one have?
The joy for him and the heartache because of his passing both fill the heart with longing and rejoicing. He will be missed tremendously but knowing he is now seeing his Savior face to face both comforts the soul and fills the heart with gladness. He is missed for sure but the Lord does all things well and we rest in Him who rules all things according to His will.
 
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Don Fortner's Funeral Service

God blessed me greatly through Don Fortner. I will continue to listen to his sermons. As Pastor Fortner once preached, "A few more nights, then everlasting day! A little more pain, then endless pleasure! Just a few more sleepless nights, then eternal rest! Just a little more trouble, then everlasting ease! Just a little more dying, then eternal life!" February 16, 2020

Yours in the Lord,

jm
 
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