FORT WORTH —International evangelist Alberto Mottesi condemned adultery, pornography and family violence, telling Hispanic Texas Baptists a relationship with Jesus was the way out of family problems caused by sin.
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nternational evangelist Alberto Mottesi preached at a Hispanic Fellowship Rally prior to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in Fort Worth. (PHOTO/John Hall/BGCT)
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“Life is edified through family. And when family is broken, a nation crumbles,” Mottesi, an evangelist from Santa Ana, Calif., told the Hispanic Fellowship Rally prior to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.
People often get married expecting their spouse to make them happy, rather than seeking to bring happiness to their spouse, he said. Too often, people will be violent, hurtful or insulting to their families.
Mottesi told about a couple who subscribed to a pornographic channel on television. They didn’t realize that their children were watching it, but its influence led to a crisis involving their son impregnating his 12-year-old sister.
In another illustration to show how separation from Jesus hurts the family, he described a man who told his son that if he were a real man, he would jump off a balcony. His son jumped and killed himself.
Mottesi emphasized that walking away from the Fort Worth Convention Center without Jesus was “suicide.” And he encouraged the audience to follow Christ.
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