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Blah Kind Of Witnessing Time

April 23, 2023 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Blah Kind Of Witnessing Time

I witnessed at Missouri State University on Wednesday and later that day, I told my wife about it and said that it was a blah kind of witnessing time. Then she clarified that it was uneventful and I agreed, that was a better way of stating it. I always hope and pray that God will bless the tracts and the messages, but from our perspective, it was an uneventful lunch hour.

The wind gusts were 30 miles per hour, so it was really windy. I handed out tracts before and after open-air preaching. I tried to strike up a conversation with a couple of twin girls, but they just politely took tracts and kept walking. Same thing happened later on when I tried to talk to a couple of brothers. Most of the students were in a hurry to get to class and didn’t have time to talk.

Guilty Conscience Can Be Wiped Clean

There weren’t any mockers or encouragers when I brought a message. One student made eye contact with me as he walked right in front of me. I was pleading with students to repent and surrender their lives to Jesus. The young man turned the corner and was walking away from me when I pointed out that your sins can be forgiven and your guilty conscience can be wiped clean. He turned around a looked at me, but then kept walking. I couldn’t tell if he thought I was talking directly to him or not, but I pray that God will reach him if he isn’t saved.

Lady Asked For A Bible

I didn’t make it downtown Friday night to witness, but I praise God that Anand, Michael and Joshua made it. They handed out tracts and Anand said that Joshua and Michael spoke a bit to a couple of people. He said the highlight of the night was when they were standing there handing out tracts and a lady drove up in a car and asked for a Bible. Praise God that Michael had one with him and he gladly gave it to her. I’m very grateful that my friends witnessed Friday night.

(These updates are given to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with this lost and dying world)

Posted in: General Tagged: asked for a Bible, blah, conscience, guilty, kind, lady, time, tracts, uneventful, windy, wiped clean, witnessing

God Speaks Through Our Experiences?

March 5, 2023 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

God Speaks Through Our Experiences?

Ministry Update March 5, 2023

My friends and I weren’t able to witness downtown Friday night. But I was able to share the Gospel at MSU on Wednesday. I didn’t have any mockers and a few students seemed to listen as they walked by. Toward the very end of my message, Eric walked up and sat down to listen. So I walked over and talked to him after open air preaching. He is a very pleasant young man who believes that God is in all of us and that God speaks through our experiences. He kept talking about experiences and about feelings the whole time we talked.

It is true that we are all made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26-27), but God is not in all of us. Those who are outside of Christ are children of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2). Those of us who are saved are children of God (Galatians 3:26) and Jesus lives inside of us through the Holy Spirit (Galatians 2:20).

You Are Going To Lose The Students

We both politely listened to each other, but he kept mentioning that God speaks to him through his experiences. The Bible tells us that God shapes us through our experiences (2 Corinthians 1:3-4), but God speaks to us through His word. I kept directing him back to the Bible, to the Gospel. At one point he told me that I was going to lose the students if I kept saying the same thing over and over. But salvation is only through Jesus Christ, so that’s why we must constantly point folks to Jesus. I told Eric that Jesus Himself said that He is the way, truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except by Him (John 14:6). People don’t want to hear exclusive statements like this in our day and age, but it is the truth.

His comments about saying the same thing over and over again reminded me of the story where a lady asked George Whitefield why he kept saying you must be born again. His reply, “You must be born again. Because, Madam, you must.” At the end of our conversation, I gave Eric a Gospel tract and encouraged him to read it. He said that he would. I also highly encouraged him to read the Bible and to read it humbly since God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). He nodded his head yes. I hope and pray that he really does read the Bible.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with this lost and dying world.)

Posted in: General Tagged: constantly, exclusive statements, experiences, feelings, George Whitefield, God speaks, in all of us, lady, lose, must be born again, nodded, pleasant, point, students, yes

Two Christians With Two Very Different Reactions

July 5, 2020 by dennis@seekandsavethelost.com Leave a Comment

Two Christians With Two Very Different Reactions

Ministry Update July 4, 2020

There weren’t as many people downtown as the week before. I really didn’t think the day before the holiday would matter that much, but maybe people were at the lake or traveling. While I brought the message, I had one mocker that just yelled as he drove by. Another vehicle slowed way down and the passenger in the rear rolled her window down and she grinned really big. The lady showed support for the name of Jesus being lifted up in the streets. She was a great encouragement. There also were three young men that walked by and one of the young men lifted up his hand when I mentioned the name Jesus Christ. After that I encountered two Christians with two very different reactions.

Mocker Yelling As He Drove By

Lady That Was Happy About Jesus Being Lifted Up

Young Man Liked Hearing The Name Of Jesus Being Lifted Up

Christian Questioning The Methodology Of Open-Air Preaching

Toward the end of open-air preaching, CJ came up and asked if I’d step down and talk to him. I told him I only needed a minute to finish up the message and I’d be happy to talk to him. He seemed a little put out that I didn’t immediately stop and talk, but he waited. I suspected that he was a ‘well-intentioned’ Christian that wanted to tell me that “this isn’t how you reach people” and that’s exactly what happened. I stepped down and he started saying that he didn’t think this was the right method to reach people. To which I replied, “I wish you would have heard the message” and his response was “I did.” Then I asked if he heard that God told Isaiah to lift up his voice like a trumpet in the street (Isaiah 58:1) and where Jesus said what you hear whispered in the hear, preach from the rooftop? (Matthew 10:27).

Yes, but…

“Don’t you think a trumpet is loud?” “Wouldn’t it be loud if I stood on that roof top across the street and preached from there?” “Yes, but don’t you think this methodology is wrong in reaching people here in the Bible Belt?” I really wanted to know how he could say he heard the things I said, ignored them and marched right back to his question. But I didn’t. He just kept telling me that he thought buying someone a cup of coffee and sharing the Gospel that way was the better way to witness. I told him if that’s the way he witnesses, praise God. Keep doing it. I would never tell him to quit his methodology and he shouldn’t try to talk me out of open-air preaching.

The young man told me that he’s a seminary student and several times he told me the message was right on (biblically sharing the Gospel), but that he thought we sometimes get too hung up on methodology. I agree that someone was hung up on methodology, but frankly, I think he was the one who was hung up on it. Many times he agreed with what I was saying, but always came back with, “but…”.  After we talked for a while I just had to thank him for his concern and we shook hands and he walked back across the street and joined his friends. I hate it when people complain about biblical witnessing, but I’ve learned over the years that people who believe this, very seldom change their minds. I’ve prayed about this many times over the years and God keeps compelling me to street witness.

Young Christian Supports Open-Air Preaching

Young Christian That Supports Open-Air Preaching

Earlier while I was open-air preaching, a young man walked by pulling a cooler and I’ve seen him doing this many times over the years. Most of the time he has friends with him, but Friday night he was also witnessing by himself. I said Hi to him when I saw him and as he was crossing the street, I mentioned that the young man was going downtown to offer people water and share the Gospel with them. He raised his hand up and waved. Then I asked the question: When we are truly saved, how could we not share the good news of eternal life with others? How could we keep the glorious Gospel to ourselves? The young man raised his hand up and waved again. Later I thought about how opposite these reactions were from these two young Christian men.

Handing Out Tracts

Before and after bring a message, I handed out tracts. At different times, two women asked “What is it?” when I tried to hand them a tract. I told them both that they were Gospel tracts and both of them took them. I was a little surprised. Many times when I tell people what they are they just say no thanks and keep walking. But these two women took them. Then I also saw a young man and his dad who I’ve seen downtown before and they always reject the tracts. Even though they walked together, the young man was a step ahead of his dad. The young man refused the tract, but to my surprise, the dad actually stopped and took one. Praise God for the tracts that went out and may God convict and convert lost souls through the Gospel tracts and the Gospel that went forth through the open-air.

(These updates are given to encourage Christians to share their faith in Jesus Christ the Lord)

Posted in: General Tagged: biblically, Christians, coffee, handing out water, Isaiah, lady, open-air preaching, preaching, reactions, sharing the Gospel, tracts, trumpet, very different, water, well-intentioned

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