2nd Open Air on Friday Night at the Street Fair 3rd & Roosevelt
The second one was like the first one. What we do is try to gather a crowd. But this one was different because this young man was raised Catholic, his named was jesus . He had difficulty admitting to breaking God's Law as he told me it was okay to lie if it was to protect someone. Stealing depended on why it was being done. If someone was hungry and didn't have any money it was okay to steal, like bread.
I explained to him that God sees someone who lies as a liar and the reason doesn't matter. If someone steals food in God's eyes he is still a thief. If the man doesn’t have money to buy bread then he should ask for it, it's called being humble. He finally agreed with that but then said as long as he confesses his sin to his priest he would be forgiven by God.
I then asked him if all we had to do was to confess our sins to a priest, tell some man in a dark closet what I had done and then say some prayers that that man gave me to say, then why did God send His only begotten Son to be beaten, whipped, have a crown of thorns forced on his head, and then nailed to a cross to die?
I then gave him the example of being in the courtroom like I did with Chris and this time he understood. Again, I asked him if he had violated God's Law would he go to Heaven or Hell, he responded this time with Hell. I asked if that concerned him and he said, "Yes". I then asked him if he knew what Hell was like?
Now this was God's perfect timing as a young girl who was walking by with several of her friends shouted out to me that we were already living in Hell. I responded by asking her was she having a good time here tonight by being able to have fun with her friends, and enjoy the great weather, as well as having the freedom to do or go where see wanted?
I then explained to her what the Bible says Hell is like. Where your thirst is never quenched, where there is constant gnashing of teeth, and where worms never die. I asked if she was experiencing these things because if not, then she was not in Hell.
Now this young man is getting the picture as I could see God at work in him. After asking him if he knew what God did for him so that he wouldn't have to go to Hell. He had no answer. I then explained that by his own admission that he wasn't a good person and didn't deserve the $10.00, but I was going to give it to him to show him that as a paltry example of what Jesus' death & resurrection on the cross as a payment for his sin as well as for mine.
Again this young man like Chris looked at me with sorrowful eyes & declared that he could not take the money as he was not deserving of it. I then explained to him that he was right that he did not deserve it, like I didn't deserve it back on that Sunday April 3rd, 1994.
You see I too was raised as a Catholic but that day God revealed to me that if I repent of my sins, regret them, have remorse in my heart, and how I had been trivializing my sins, I then had to place my faith & trust in Jesus Christ alone to save me, not Mary, a priest, or any other religion.
He then reached up & took the $10.00 and thanked me for sharing with him. Please pray for God to call jesus to be part of His Kingdom and that he understands what it means to be, "Born Again"!
I had to add this because as I was writing this I hadn't realized that this Friday April 3rd, was the anniversary of my rebirth, being born again! What a wonderful blessing that the Lord would give me this opportunity to share & help another person who was also brought up as I was to see the truth of our salvation.
Categories: Sharing, Open Air
Tags: Sharing Witnessing Gospel Tracts
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