Run like Joseph! Flee youthful lusts! Resist the devil and he will flee!! Run from the ideas of man that lead to hell. Run from anything that does not bring you closer to Jesus!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A6lWl_XzKA
This is a sobering video that challenged me. Its been around for a while but if you haven't seen it, its definitely worth the 4 minutes. When I read about Christine's experience of getting yelled at and being told you cant do and say what we're doing, it made me think of this video.
Tom
"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one GO there UNWARNED and UNPRAYED for."
C.H. Spurgeon
After an interesting conversation with a dear brother of mine, I had to ask myself this question: What draws the unbeliever to repentence and faith in Christ? The answer to this question is LOVE! Nothing else. While Theology is very important and needs to be sound, it is not what will draw the unbeliever. It is the LOVE of Christ with which He, while we were yet sinners first loved us. (Rom 5:8) This is what makes the true body of Christ so different from the world. We love those who persecute us, we love those who slander us or treat us wrong for Christ's sake.
Jesus said in Matthew 22: 37- 39
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment and the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
We can depate and argue over theological issues all day long. But there is one thing that all believers have to agree on, we must show the Love of Jesus Christ both through actions and words.
Even rebuke and correction can be shown in love. And so often when we are down at Alvorado St. we have to correct, but it is always out of love and in hope that this person would come to repantence and put their faith in Jesus Christ. We do not seek arguments, but want people to know the TRUTH!!!
Sometimes we get into debates with people because they are so greatly offended by the signs we hold up or by telling them about heaven and hell. People may slander us, shout profane things and sometimes come closer then we like, but the LOVE OF CHRIST in us, that motivates us to go out every Friday and Saturday to preach the Gospel to a lost and dying world is greater, then the fear of non acceptance or even "persecution" (and I use this word very carefully here, since we have a great freedom in this country, compared to what other brothers and sisters in other countries face on a daily base for believing in Jesus! God bless them!!!)
John 3:16
"For God so LOVED the world, that HE gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall nor perish but have everlasting life."
If God so loved us and still does, then we ought to love one another! (1. Corinthians 13)
See you friday!
Chrissy
Saturday night, Mitch and Dean, 7:00pm, "East Village", going over battle plan. Strategy: Speak the Truth in Love. Psalm 19:7 says the law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul. You give the Law to the proud hard heart, breaking it so God can heal the humbled broken heart with Grace. It was a great evening! Both of us had many opportunities to tell a lost and dieing world that there is a God who cares, who loves, and who died for their sins. It's always great downtown because every body gets touched. People are either open to hear the Gospel, getting touched, or they are antagonistic which means they are getting touched(convicted) by the Holy Spirit. There were also a few true believers that we prayed with that was a real encouragement to us. Remember, it's not about your ability or inability. It's about your availability! We plant seeds and water, but God gives the increase. We are just being obedient to the call of "Go out into all the world and preach the Gospel..."
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