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We Follow Satan

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We Follow Satan
Ministry Update November 25, 2024

Anand, two of his daughters and I handed out tracts last Friday on a cold, quiet night. But the strangest interaction was with a couple that refused tracts. They said no to me and then as they turned the corner, Anand’s daughters tried to hand them tracts too. But they refused them and the man yelled out, “We follow Satan!” So I yelled after him, “Satan can’t save you.” “Yes he can,” the man replied. So I stated, “Only Jesus can save you. Satan will be right there next to you in Hell, but you won’t care about him and he won’t care about you.” By that point, they were too far away to say anything else.

The only real conversation was one that Anand had with a young man named Evan. Anand handed him a a tract and told him that it’s a Gospel tract. Evan said that he was a Christian, so Anand asked him how he came to faith. The young man couldn’t say. So Anand asked him if he’s going to Heaven and Evan said, “I hope I’m good enough.” Anand gently explained to him that the Bible says none of us are good. That’s why we need Jesus – we need the perfect One who bore our punishment to save us. We pray that God will convict and convert Evan.

 Don’t You Have A Job?

I handed out tracts last Wednesday at Missouri State University during the lunch hour. (I had just posted a couple of days earlier on Facebook how there seemed to be a different spirit on campus this year. I wasn’t even open-air preaching this day, just handing out Gospel tracts. All the mockers saved it up for this day). One girl refused a tract and said, “I’m not into cults.” I replied, “That’s a good thing, because I’m not into cults either.” Another girl yelled an emphatic NO! Then toward the end of my time there, a girl walked by and said, “Why are you always here on Wednesdays? Don’t you have a job?” (That one cracked me up). I told her that I do have a job, but I’m worried about her eternal soul, even if she isn’t.

Then the girl from last week that grew up atheist also walked by. I was handing out What Is The Meaning of Life tracts from Living Waters. I directed her to their website (again). Hopefully she will go there since she’s the one wanting to witness to her friends.

May God bless the tracts that were handed out downtown and on the campus. These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share their faith in Jesus with others. It’s easy to hand out a tract and say, “Did you get one of these?”

Is Love The Only Doctrine?

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Is Love The Only Doctrine?

I saw a church sign the other day that read, “Love is the only doctrine of this church.” That sounds lovely, doesn’t it? What’s wrong with love? In fact, the Bible says God is love. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love (1 John 4:8). And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him (1 John 4:16). God is love. So is love the only doctrine? Is this what the Bible says?

Is love the only doctrine? No it is not. God is love. Love is one of God’s many, many, countless attributes. But it is only one of many. Yes, again, God is love. But God is also righteous, Holy and just. He is even wrathful. You can’t just tout one attribute of God. In doing so, you miss God! You miss the God of the Bible. We can never fully understand God with our finite minds. But God graciously gave us His word so we can know Him.

Love Is Not The Only Doctrine

God’s word points us to Jesus Christ the Lord and love is NOT the only doctrine of Jesus. The Lord Jesus was tough on self-righteous, religious leaders. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in (Matthew 23:13). Jesus was also tough on His own disciples. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken (Luke 24:25).

The woke crowd in America would most definitely call Jesus unloving because of the words He spoke to the religious leaders and to His own disciples. Worse yet, Jesus was intolerant. Very intolerant. Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6). Yes, woke Americans will not tolerate the intolerance of Jesus. Even though He is he Sons of God and He is the only Savior. [Read more…]

Are You Wicked?

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Are You Wicked?

This is a serious question: Are you wicked? Absolutely not you might say. So why am I even asking this question? Because God has some harsh things to say about the wicked. God hates all workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5). God is angry with the wicked every day (Psalm 7:11). But here’s the really scary one: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God (Psalm 9:17).

The wicked shall be turned into Hell. This should frighten every single person that is not a follower of Jesus. If Jesus is not your Lord and Savior, you should have sleepless nights. The terrors of Hell should frighten you nearly to death. You should tremble and fear. Yes, you should shake in your shoes. The demons believe and tremble (James 2:19). Why do they tremble? Because even though they know God is real, they know they follow Satan and they are on the losing side. They know that they have Hell to pay!

So why are you listening to this with no fear and trembling? Because you don’t believe that you are one of the wicked ones. When I say this, I’m talking specifically to unbelievers. Those of us who are truly saved, know that God has saved us out of our wretchedness and we have surrendered our lives to Jesus. But for those of you who are hearing this and are not saved, you most likely have no fear because you don’t see yourself as wicked. You ignore the warnings and hearing about God being angry with the wicked didn’t faze you at all because you think that you are not wicked. [Read more…]

Mockers And Scoffers

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Drive by Mocker Yelled “Shut Up Nobody’s Listening.” – Photo from 2017

Mockers and Scoffers

We frequently run into mockers and scoffers while we are out witnessing. Last week, there was a guy dancing around inappropriately while I was open-air preaching. Others mocked as they walked by. We tried to hand a Gospel tract to one guy and he refused and said, “I’m trying to give that up.” Yes some people think they are funny and others are down-right rude or get fighting mad over hearing about Jesus Christ in public. [Read more…]

Praise Satan!

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Praise Satan!

Ministry Update July 31, 2022

You never know what you will see or hear while out street witnessing. Friday night was one of those on the wilder side. There were eight of us witnessing and Conner brought two of his young kids out with him. We were just getting started witnessing and nobody had even started open air preaching yet. A car full of people pulled up and the driver yelled, “Are you Baptists?” Elly replied, “We are Reformed Baptists.” It appears these young people don’t understand Reformed Baptists, so the driver yelled again, “Are you Baptists?” Elly again replied, “We are Reformed Baptists.” But this time she walked over to their car and handed Gospel tracts to the driver and front passenger. To her credit, she then asked how many are in the backseat and they said two more so she handed them two more tracts. As she walked away, they drove off and the front passenger yelled, “Praise Satan!”

Girl That Says She Slept With Her Stepbrother

That was just the start of a somewhat crazy night. After that, Trevor and Elly were on a corner across the street and they tried to hand tracts to a couple. Both of them refused, but then the woman pulled her pants down. I’ve had women lift up their tops before, but I’ve never seen anyone do that. Conner was preaching during this time and three people crossed in front of Trevor and Elly, but one of the women yelled toward Conner, “I f’d my stepbrother.” All three of them laughed as they walked on. Then a few minutes later, they drove right in front of Conner and woman yelled the same thing again. The man that was driving yelled too, but I couldn’t hear what he said. Obviously they were looking for shock value, or who knows, maybe the guy she kissed in front of us really is her stepbrother.

What Do You Believe In?

Trevor brought the first message of the night, then Conner and I brought one after that. As I was open air preaching, a guy on a bicycle stopped and talked to Matthew and Joshua. Joshua asked the man if he’s a believer and he replied that he believes. Joshua questioned the man what he believed in and that started about a 30 minute conversation that was mainly between the man and Matthew. They had a good discussion and by the end of it, the man understood that faith in Jesus is what we really need.

Matthew Talking To The Guy On A Bicycle

Then Matthew brought him across the street to us because they needed an ink pen. Matthew was giving the guy his phone number. I asked him if he had a Bible and he said that Tyail gave him her Bible, right there on the street! We thank God that Tyail did so and we pray that the man will call Matthew this week. When they were done talking, Matthew prayed a beautiful prayer with the man and prayed that God would save him if he isn’t really saved.

Fellowship With Fellow Believers

Toward the end of the night, I looked around and all of us were conversing with each other. I truly enjoy the fellowship with the other evangelists as much as actually evangelizing. Also Conner’s daughter listened as I was open air preaching and afterward she asked me who was next. She was ready to hear more and I was the third one to bring a message. After that she handed out tracts. I love seeing children hand out tracts. I thank God for Trevor, Elly, their girls, Tyail, Conner (and two of his kids), Matthew and Joshua for coming out witnessing. The fellowship with these dear brothers and sisters in Christ is very sweet. Speaking of which, while Joshua, Matthew and I were talking toward the end, a guy stopped his car in front of us and encouraged Joshua for us to keep doing what we are doing. Then a truck drove by and an older lady in the passenger seat gave us a thumbs up as they went by. So even though we some vile mockers earlier, God blessed us with a couple of encouragers there at the end.

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

Conner’s Daughter Handing Out Tracts

Elly With The Kids

Joshua Handing Out Tracts

Matthew And Tyail Talking To A Guy

Trevor Open Air Preaching

Conner Open Air Preaching

Can I Get A Hallelujah?

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Guy On The Right Says Can I Get A Hallelujah?

Can I Get A Hallelujah?

Ministry Update July 24, 2022

Friday night was full of mockers from beginning to End. A couple walked by while I was open air preaching. The woman stopped and yelled, “Get a life” at the exact moment when I was saying that Satan is the little g god of this world who has blinded unrepentant sinners to the Gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4). I explained that she is one of those people and pleaded with her to repent and trust Jesus. Then another mocker yelled out after that. We even had mockers while we handed out tracts. While Trevor was open air preaching, I was caddie corner from him and three guys walked by. One of them mockingly put his hands together like he was praying and asked, “Can I get a hallelujah?” I replied, “You can get a repent and trust Jesus.” I continued pleading with him to repent as he walked away laughing.

Woman Yells Get A Life

Jesus Never Had A Megaphone

Trevor had several mockers too. One man yelled for Trevor to shut the f up and another woman yelled “Abortion” as her car went past us. During this time a couple walked by and they both refused tracts and the guy said that he’s covered by the blood of Jesus. He asked if I was too? I told him yes, that’s why we are out here. They kept walking away, but he turned around and said, “You need to live it instead of saying it. Jesus never had a megaphone.” So I reminded him that Jesus said go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15). Jesus also said that what we hear whispered in the ear, we are to proclaim from the rooftops (Matthew 10:27). I asked him if he reads his Bible every day. By that time, I couldn’t hear his reply, so I encouraged him to read the Bible and obey it.

Maybe you are reading this and thinking like the guy that said we shouldn’t use amplifiers. That’s ok if you don’t agree with us, but I ask you: how do you share the Gospel? What I’ve found most of the time is that professing Christians that don’t agree with open air preaching do absolutely no evangelism at all. So if this is you, I also ask you, are you being obedient to our Lord Jesus Christ? He says to share the Gospel with every creature so how is no evangelism accomplishing that?

No Way And Plenty To Read At Home

One woman refused a tract from Elly and said, “No way.” Another woman took a tract from Trevor then promptly handed it right back, saying that she had plenty to read at home. One driver went the wrong way down the one-way street in front of us. This always reminds me of lost souls going the wrong way in life and how badly they need the Good News of Jesus Christ so they can repent and believe the Gospel.

Matthew And Cindy Witnessing To Jason

Matthew and his mother Cindy spent most of the night talking to a homeless guy named Jason. Sadly, Jason thinks that he keeps most of the 10 Commandments and that his efforts will be good enough for God. None of us are good enough. That’s why we need Jesus to save us. Only the sinless One can save you. At the end of the night three people helped their extremely drunk friend to the car. She was so drunk that they literally were holding her up and halfway carrying her to the car. It was heartbreaking to see. Trevor started preaching to the group. He kept preaching even after they got to their car. At that time, a drive by mocker yelled “Yeah boy” out of the passenger window. Then Trevor had one last walk by mocker to end the night. I thank and praise God for Trevor, Elly, their girls, Tyail who held her Jesus sign as well as Matthew and Cindy for coming out witnessing.

Three People Helping Their Extremely Drunk Friend To Their Car

(These updates are given to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others. You may never go street witnessing and that’s ok. But if you are truly a follower of Christ, please tell others about our Lord and Savior and how He’s the only way of salvation. You don’t just live it, you also share it. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God – Romans 10:17.)

Guy Mocking Trevor At The End Of The Night

Elly Handing Out A Tract

Driver Messing With Trevor Open Air Preaching

Drive By Mocker

Car Going The Wrong Way

Knowing Is Not Enough

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Knowing Is Not Enough

Springfield Missouri is in the Bible Belt. A lot of people around here have grown up in church. Most people in our area know the Gospel. They know the facts about Jesus, how he came to this earth 2,000 years ago. How Jesus is the Son of God and how He took the punishment that guilty people deserve. Yes, many people know how Jesus suffer, bled and died on the cross, was buried and rose again the third day. A lot of people know this, but knowing is not enough.

Just knowing the facts about salvation is not the same thing as salvation itself. Yes, everything I just said is true. Jesus did suffer, bleed and die on the cruel cross and He rose victoriously from the grave three days later. Jesus defeated sin, death, Hell and Satan. This is all true. But knowing these facts do not save you. Again, knowing is not enough.

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He Is Lord Of All

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He Is Lord Of All

Tonight, I want to talk to you about Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Not only did Jesus save me, He is Lord of my life. I’m grateful that Jesus bore God’s wrath over my sins as Jesus was beaten unmercifully for my sins. The Lord also drank the cup of God’s wrath, the same wrath that I deserved. Oh, I willingly bow my knee to King Jesus. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Yes, Jesus is worthy of all praise, honor and glory because He is lord of all. [Read more…]

Do You Believe This?

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Do You Believe This?

Before Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, the Lord talked to Lazarus’ sister Martha. Basically, Martha told Jesus that if He had been there, she knew that Jesus would have healed him and her brother wouldn’t have died. She was lamenting the fact that Jesus didn’t get there in time to heal her brother. Martha and her sister Mary were heartbroken over the death of their brother. [Read more…]

All Means All

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All Means All

There is a very liberal church in Springfield, MO that has a message on their church sign that reads: ALL MEANS ALL. I agree with this church that all means all, but unfortunately there is a vast difference between what this church and I think all means all really means. They mean it that they are an open, affirming church. In other words, they affirm people in their sins. Conversely, I have a biblical viewpoint. [Read more…]