Thank God for your heart for God and the lost as expressed in your affirmation. I will pass it on, which is an encouragement for him and those who likewise have eternity stamped their eyes and so see every soul that passes by as serving one of two Masters in one of two kingdoms, and headed for one of two eternal places and realizations. And who thus are burdened to give them the word of Truth.
And i do not believe we are simply there to win souls, but in preaching the gospel message, even by tracts, we are to warn the wicked of his way, lest their blood be upon our hands. (Ezek. 33:8; Acts 20:26)
Few churches see public tract outreach as viable, as their priority is how many people it will get in their church and have little tolerance for rejection (and an assistant pastor at Park st. church on the common, which does no outreach there, referred to the “seemingly demented” preachers there), but there are some who have a larger vision and faith.
One man is a pastor now, because as he testified, he was a lost soul among the multitudes of other lost souls at one of the rock concerts Bob has outreaches at by God’s grace, and came face to face with him, and the very look in his eyes convicted him and led to him turning to Christ for sin and believing and following Him.
Another notable conversion was a gentlemen (for he was) named Jason Baker, a former captain in the Marine cor during WW2. He lost 110% of his men, in action at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, but as his wife told, he was well respected by his men who later wrote to him.
However, after the war he went into real estate and began drinking, which led to his wife leaving him and a son being embittered. He ended up living in the Chelsea Naval home, and one day he received a gospel tract called, “All This I Did for Thee,” which has a bloodied figure on the cross.
As he described it, this was the first time in his life that he was heard a clear presentation of the gospel. He decided to believe in the Lord Jesus, and that night heard D. James Kennedy expound on Is. 53 and it made sense. He went to the Baptist church on the back and was baptized, and was dedicated and caring Christian and faithful church goer till his death.
More stories could be told like this and of God’s providence in living by faith and to His glory of God, but my fingers are tired. Praise ye the Lord.
Amen! I do believe the wicked know they are wicked - that's why they hide and we find them and/or are defensive and don't hide but need to drop the defense meant to hide their pain because they have no idea about “All This I Did for Thee,” and what the bloodied figure on the cross actually did for them and then IT becomes - the greatest story ever told! The gospel message comes to them as 'almost too good to be true' message! And then that is when one becomes a disciple of Christ instead of simply a lost soul who has been found.
More stories could be told like this and of God’s providence in living by faith and to His glory of God,
That is what I 'saw' in your previous post that was so well written and constructed - there are at least a thousand stories confined in that testimony.
but my fingers are tired. Praise ye the Lord.
Your fingers are that part of The Body of Christ. Praise God, indeed! And so is your and Bob's mouth and your hearts that beat solely for The Lord! Praise God - the ACTS of HIS disciples - HIS CHURCH - are alive and doing His work!