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Does It Show You Where The Naked Men Are At?

Ministry Update January 29, 2023

Friday night was one of those nights with some strange encounters. Before my friends joined me, people were lined up about a half a block outside of the Gillioz Theatre at 7 pm. They were there to see Frank Foster in concert. The show started at 8 pm, but people were lining up early to get in. Evidently, he’s a country singer. They were a tough crowd. Most refused tracts and some of them appeared to be drunk already. But after Joshua, Michael and his friend Anand joined me is when things got interesting, including a guy asking about a tract “Does it show you where the naked men are at?”

Mocker Dancing Around Sexually Suggestively

After my friends arrived, Joshua prayed for us and I went across the street and brought a message from Genesis 1. Fairly quickly, a guy walked up behind me and to my left (where I couldn’t’ see him) and he started dancing around sexually suggestively while holding a flashlight. I appreciated Joshua coming over and standing near me while this was going on. The open-air preaching brought a few people to all of us to talk to. While Joshua was talking to a man, I was handing out tracts and a teenager took one, but what looked like his parents refused and the man said, “I’m trying to give it up.” Obviously, he didn’t even know what I was handing out, but he was just trying to be a smart aleck. I replied to him that Jesus doesn’t give up on us, but you have to come to the Lord His way, through repentance and faith.

Guy Asked The Question About Naked Men

Then toward the end of the evening, a couple of guys walked toward me and they both refused tracts. One guy didn’t say anything, but his buddy refused it but wanted to know, “Does it show you where the naked men are at?” They kept walking, so by that time they were past me and near Joshua who asked the man if he knows Jesus. The guy replied, “I know Him and I’m going to know my buddy tonight.” Folks, it doesn’t work this way. You can’t hold onto Jesus with one hand and hold on to the sins that you love so much with the other hand. Jesus will meet you in the sin gutter of your life, but the Lord loves us too much to leave us there.

We also had an encourager. He took a tract and thanked us for being out there sharing the Gospel. After I brought the message, a guy walked by and thanked me too. He started talking to Joshua while I was standing nearby. I typically end the message inviting people to come over and talk to us if they have questions and to also let us know if they want a Bible. Another gentleman walked up about that time and said he wanted a Bible. As I gave him one, the guy named Chance that Joshua was talking to also asked for one. Now Chance said things that made it sound like he’s a believer. But Joshua asked him good questions and the more they talked, the more it sounded like Chance really isn’t a true follower of Jesus. We prayed for Chance before he walked away. Michael and Anand also got into some conversations across the street from us. It was a cold night, but we had a good time witnessing, even with some of the strange encounters.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others)