Do You Have A Uterus?
Ministry Update June 18, 2017
“Do you have a uterus?” asked the woman who pulled her SUV into Planned Parenthood’s parking lot. Yes, a woman drove into the parking lot just to ask, do you have a uterus. In other words, if my friends and I can’t have a baby then somehow that negates our right to stand against abortion. Hogwash. Life is precious and life is worth fighting for. Then she repeated “Do you have a uterus?”
I was preaching so I stopped and said “I have a brain and I have a heart and I have a God who created me and He created you too. A baby inside of a woman is not that woman. That baby is a baby, it is separate. They have to kill the baby. They don’t kill you ma’am when they kill that baby. They don’t kill you…we’ll sometimes they do. But they kill you on accident. But they purposefully kill the baby. You need to repent.”
Thirty Four Week Old Babies In The Womb Can See
There was one woman inside Planned Parenthood when Allen, Aaron and his dad – Brooks and I got there. I started off reading the USA Today article by Doyle Rice published on June 8, 2017 where researchers have discovered that 34 week old babies in the womb can see and not only see, but they prefer to look at faces right side up! I kept pointing this article out to the woman as she left, but she never looked up or said anything to us.
Most Aborting Mothers Are Not Victims
After the first woman came and went, a second woman went inside. When she came out I was still bringing a message against abortion. She just smiled and shook her head side to side, mockingly. Folks, many Christians that have never stood outside of an abortion clinic or referral clinic are under the impression that somehow women are the victim because of an abortion. From what I’ve seen first hand and had other friends around the country describe, more times than not, women are not victims. The babies being dismembered until they die are the victims.
Many women are just like this second woman and the one that was angry with Aaron last week. They aren’t victims, they are loud and proud. They know they are murdering a little baby and they do it anyway. It’s pure evil, they are not a victim. (Now I realize that there are young women who are coerced by a wicked man or ashamed parents into having an abortion. I admit in these cases, the woman is a victim too. But most of the time they are not, at least from what I have seen).
A third woman went to PP, but I had to get back to work before she came back out. We had a few cars drive by and honk in support as well as several that honked in anger against us. A guy that works for a local asphalt company pulled into the Asian restaurant next to PP and drove the wrong way around the building listening to Aaron preach. Then he drove by us real slow recording the preaching.
I don’t believe he supported what we were doing. Then when I got home that night, I saw the top article for the News-Leader online was Planned Parenthood in Springfield is going to start offering surgical abortions this summer. We knew this was coming, but it is heart wrenching nonetheless. Lord, please convict our nation to turn back to you.
Secret Sin Is Now Committed In The Open
Friday night was a very wicked night. Not just the usual mockers and scoffers, but wicked person after wicked person and false convert after false convert. We sang a few hymns and then I brought a message about how God Will Judge The Wicked. I had the usual mockers, cars with engines revved and motorcycles with engines revving, all trying to drown out the message. A woman from a group walking across the street yelled love like Jesus did. I told her that I was loving like Jesus, I was preaching the Gospel and warning people to repent. The guy with her mouthed off something too. I just encouraged them to repent and trust Jesus. Don’t fall for God loves everybody (in other words, you can continue living for the devil because God loves everyone). God is the one who commands all men everywhere to repent.
Wicked Sinners Simulate Sex
Then Aaron got up to preach and his message was also about God’s judgment, but he started off talking about how people now commit sin openly that they used to commit in secret. As he’s starting his message on this, a man and a woman walked up behind him with their friend recording them simulating having sex right there while Aaron was preaching. Then a drunk guy came up and read the passage where you aren’t supposed to pray in public just to be seen by men.
We get so tired of people twisting Scripture like this so Aaron quoted him some verses that we are commanded to preach. Then this drunk professing Christian (think false convert) starts talking loudly in front of Aaron to keep people from hearing the message. Can we say hypocrite? He did exactly what he was accusing Aaron of doing, even though Aaron was just preaching the Gospel.
After that a man with pink hair wearing a pink blouse started yelling at him while he was still preaching. Aaron preached over him, so the she man came over to talk to me. Frankly, I didn’t want to talk to him because I’ve talked to him before. He said the same old things. He claims he’s a Christian. So I asked him if he’s repented from his sins (knowing full well that he hasn’t, just by the way he’s dressed, talks and acts). He says that he has. So I asked him about 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and he says that’s the Old Testatment. I said, no that’s the New Testament. Then he says well that’s what Paul said, not Jesus. I pointed out that Jesus affirmed all of Scripture. If you don’t believe it all, you are calling Jesus a liar. He mouthed off and walked away.
Motorcycle Guy Threatens Street Preacher
Then a guy that threatened me several weeks ago, came up and yelled in Aaron’s face, telling him to shut up or he was going to beat him up. Aaron just kept preaching and they guy walked away cussing and mouthing off. He rode by on his motorcycle and flipped us off. Then a wicked pervert from across the street came over and acted like he was performing a sex act on Aaron while he was preaching. This vile sinner doesn’t even try to hide his hatred for God and God’s truth. Later on he mooned the cars driving by and the people across the street. I was thankful that he turned around the other way.
About this time the pink haired she man comes back over, yes the professing Christian and he pretends he’s performing a sex act too. Yeah, real Christian-like. But hey we were told constantly not to judge. Well guess what? It isn’t really hard to guess by their words and actions. Jesus said that we would know His disciples by their fruit. This was vile, wicked fruit. Not one shred of evidence of a follower of Jesus.
Don’t Pray In Public
The guy that rode off on the motorcycle, who cussed and flipped us off, drives back by, parks his bike and runs over reading the same don’t pray in public verses the other false convert read earlier. Again, this guy threatens frequently to beat us up, cusses like crazy and he’s going to educate us on what the Bible says. Can’t you see how Satan is the Father of lies and how he has so many deceived? Utter foolishness, but I was once the same way before God revealed my unrighteousness to me as well as His Holiness.
More cars and motorcycles revved their engines and more people yelled and mocked the preaching. There were a couple of more wicked people that came over to harass Aaron, but he just ignored them and kept preaching. A few of them then approached Justin and were spouting their anti-God beliefs to him. After that we sang a couple of hymns to end the night, but then a tall, young professing Christian came up to tell us how wrong we were for the way we preached. Aaron jumped back up and started preaching again.
The young man in the blue shirt was livid. But Jimmy ended up having a good conversation with him. Then people across the street started going crazy. Aaron kept preaching. A group of five or six young women started whooping and hollering. They walked across the street and started to condemn our method of open-air preaching, but decided not to. About the time they were crossing the street one of the girls said something about going to church and then let out a cuss word. I called her out on it and said that’s why we are compelled to come out and preach. A lot of people in our area go to church, but that doesn’t save you. It takes repentance and faith.
So Many False Converts
Then after Aaron preached, I just basically said that we come out and share the Gospel because so many people are false converts. They’ve never truly repented and put their faith in Jesus. I quoted a few verses and that was it. While we were putting our things away, a guy comes running over to tell us that we are doing damage to our cause. He ended up talking to Justin and myself. I could tell that he had been drinking so I asked him about it. He said yes, but Jesus turned water into wine.
We talked for several minutes and the whole time he just kept justifying his sins. He said everybody lusts. We were wrong for judging people. I told him we aren’t judging, we’re quoting the Bible. We went back and forth several times and then I asked him when was the last time that he read the Bible. He replied that he read the whole thing before and that it’s full of false statements. So there you go. A false convert finds false statements in the Bible. I’ve been converted for 10 years, read the Bible daily and I’ve yet to find a false statement. I highly encouraged the man to repent and trust Jesus. Sadly, he walked away thinking that we are witnessing the wrong way and I walked away convinced that he’s a false convert.
Drunks Threaten To Beat Me Up
Justin was parked in a different direction, so we he went the opposite direction that I was going after a car full of guys called us faggots. They were driving the same direction that I was walking. They turned into the parking lot by Starbucks and one of them yelled out I’m going to kick your ___. I ignored them and kept walking.
Then they drove by my again yelling out the window inviting me to perform a sex act on former President Obama. I kept walking. Then the guy yelled out again mother ______ I’m going to kick your ___. But they turned at the four way stop and I kept walking straight to get to my car. It was a crazy way to end a night full of wicked sinners and a bunch of false converts. But it was good to witness with Justin, Aaron, Jimmy and the kids that were with him and Serenity. Oh may God convict these lost souls of their wickedness and His Holiness. May God grant these lost souls repentance and faith in Jesus.
The Fun Didn’t Stop There
If that wasn’t enough excitement for one week, we also witnessed at the Gay Pride Parade on Saturday and the “fun” continued. It was just an extension from Friday night. Aaron’s message of what used to be done in secret is now celebrated in the open rang even truer on Saturday. Matt and I were the first ones there so we preached at the beginning of the whopping 10 minute parade. I literally only saw six people waiting to see the parade. I guess it’s more of a participatory parade, but still amazingly short. It isn’t even a third as long as the Christmas or St. Patrick’s Day Parade routes that are full with people watching. I think Aaron had the chance to preach at the end of the parade.
Preached Without Amplification
We couldn’t use amplifiers on the square, so we had to preach with our natural voices. Matt, Aaron and I took turns and Brian jumped up there once and brought a message, but it was hard to talk over the bands playing. Once when Aaron was preaching, a young man came running up yelling the Bible supports slavery. He wouldn’t talk about anything else. But most of the day people were telling us “Judge Not” and “Love Thy Neighbor,” yet the whole time one of us were preaching there was always one, two or three other one on one conversations going on. And people say that open-air preaching isn’t effective.
Nathan kept trying to interrupt me while I was preaching so I had him talk to Aaron. After I finished up, Nathan still wanted to talk. He alternated between I want to repent and trust Jesus, to condemning us for being to harsh. He said the crowd shouting “Love thy neighbor” spoke to his heart more than my calling people to repent and trust Jesus. I told him that I’m not surprised, because people love their sins and if someone affirms you just the way you are, sure you will be comfortable with it.
This man wasn’t gay, in fact he had his two small children with him. He said that he’s open minded and wanted his kids to see other people and how they look and act. (I personally think I would have picked a different place and crowd). Again, Nathan would seem sincere and I’d share truth with him and then he’d go down one of man rabbit trials. I pointed this out to him and he didn’t see a problem with it. We basically left it with him shaking my hand, still claiming he wants to repent and trust Jesus, but telling me that my friends and I are wrong the way we share the Gospel. I encouraged him to read the Bible and he assured me that he’s read many versions. That wasn’t what I meant.
LGBTQ LOVE?
Before we even really started preaching a vile lesbian came up and said some wicked things, dropped her pants once (I think, I looked away) and got in our faces screaming and cussing us out. She is a very wicked, depraved young woman who loves her sins. Later on when several gays and lesbians were throwing condoms on Matt and I, she was right there with them. Is this the face of tolerance and love that we hear so much about? Didn’t gays just want equal rights? Funny, we didn’t hear a single word about equal rights today.
No, now the LGBTQ community wants more than equal rights, they want full acceptance and they want to ram their agenda down the throats of us who hold to a biblical view of human sexuality. This love is love community wasn’t very loving today. I have to admit that sometimes we get fired up too and we probably aren’t the most loving when we present the Gospel. We did plead with people to repent and trust Jesus.
Love Thy Neighbor
Again, over and over again we heard “Love thy neighbor.” Now they said this thinking that Jesus would be on their side. That love trumps all. That love wins in the end. Love warns. If a little child is about to get hit by a car, the most loving thing you can do is shove that child away from danger. Smiling at the kid, saying have a nice time while you watch the child get crushed by a car is not love. In fact it’s the opposite of love. But all throughout the time we were there someone would chant love thy neighbor to try to drown out the preaching.
While Matt was preaching, two different lesbians started crying at different times. The crowd got really angry with Matt. They accused him of making the girls cry, but I think God was convicting them. The first girl said her name was Nicole and that God abandoned her five years ago. She was crying, so I invited her to come over and talk to me one to one. I asked her what happened five years ago. She didn’t want to say what it was, but I tried to share truth with her.
God doesn’t cause evil in this world. Sinners are under the influence of Satan and he’s running rampant. I shared the Gospel with her and pleaded with her to turn from her sins and turn to Jesus. She wiped the tears from her eyes and defiantly said that she would not repent. Then she smiled and joined her friends in the crowd. Then her friend started crying and she received a great big gay hug and that made her feel better. She looked up at Matt and said defiantly that she would never repent.
Caught Up In The Flesh
I don’t point this out to say look at me, I’m merely telling this because I still sin and get caught up in the flesh. It’s really not possible to accurately describe how wicked this event really is. People constantly telling us we’re judging, laughing and shouting love is love or love thy neighbor, throwing things at us, wrapping gay flags around us and so forth. One guy was extremely vile. No matter what I said, he just kept saying if you spend one night with me, I’ll make you change religions. He’d lick his lips, say more wicked statements.
Then he told me to turn around and “turn the other cheek to him.” I got caught in the flesh and warned him of Judgment Day and told him that I was going to be happy when Jesus cast him into Hell. I normally say I don’t want to see anyone die and go to Hell, but even as I’m writing this, I still want Jesus to wipe the smirk off this vile man’s face. Lord forgive me.
You’re Not Like This Other Guy
Matt and I switched off preaching many times because even though Aaron preached several times, he was constantly in conversations with people. While Matt was preaching, three young women came up to me and said they appreciated that I was talking to them, unlike Matt who was yelling. I assured them that we were preaching the same Gospel.
The one girl told me that she had repented many times, that she was raised Southern Baptist and she’s been baptized. I asked her if she supported homosexuality and she said yes. I handed her the Bible and let her read Romans 1:32. I told her that just supporting others in sin is a sin. I can’t remember what else she asked me, but I had her read a couple of Bible verses. Unfortunately, I didn’t get through to her.
Then her friend next to her said that she didn’t want to repent, that she was happy with her sinful lifestyle (she is a lesbian) and that going to Hell didn’t bother her or worry her. I told her that she doesn’t understand how awful Hell really is. She walked away still not worrying about it. The third friend insisted that there’s no proof that God exists. I told her that she will find out some day when it’s too late. I pleaded with all three to repent and trust Jesus.
F Word Spouting Professing Christian
One woman came up to me saying the f word 10 times. In fact she said that she goes to f ing church. I asked her if she learned that word at church. She accused Aaron of cussing. I’ve never heard him cuss. She accused him of saying rape is ok. I’ve never heard him say that. He did explain the word sodomite comes from Sodom and how right before God destroyed that city and surrounding cities, the men of Sodom wanted to rape the angels that were sent to get Lot and his family out of there first. Aaron did say that.
She proceeded to tell me that she’s always liked women. I asked her if she’s ready to meet God and she said yes. I said how can you say yes when you are living contrary to God. Guess what she said? Who are you to judge me? I told her that her own words judge her and that she’s not ready to meet to God in her current rebellious condition. I pleaded with her to repent. Instead, she grabbed a gay pride flag and stood behind Matt and I while we continued preaching.
People stood in front of us, next to us, holding signs and trying to block our signs. One guy kept yelling nonsense next to Matt. A girl behind me screamed for a really long time. I told her that her screams will be a thousand times worse in Hell. Another young man held a sign about being happy at gay pride. He became angry with me and tried to grab my sign. I moved it and when he tried again, I blocked him. He yelled don’t touch me. I said leave my sign alone.
Then he fished around in his pockets and pulled out his lighter and threatened to set my sign on fire. I assured him that he was going to do no such thing and he stomped off in a huff. There was even more craziness, but this enough of a report. The Gospel went forth, we had many conversations and Brian handed out several bottles of water. May God break hard hearts, open deaf ears, and open blind eyes. May He humble unrepentant sinners grant them repentance and faith in Jesus.
(These updates are meant to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others. You may not be up for this kind of craziness and wickedness, but you can share your faith in Jesus with a family, member, co-worker or friend or even a stranger at the grocery store)