He has been Saved Twice.

This is part of the Ambassadors Alliance blog of my witnessing encounters.

Before I talk what happen at the mall, here is a quote that my friend George, who taught me to witness, posted on his Facebook page.

To Chicago: The snow that is falling teaches you a valuable lesson. You see, snow is white and covers the ground underneath it when the temperature is right. However, when the sun comes out, or when the temperature rises, it melts away revealing once again the trash and dirt underneath. It is the same with many of you.... You go about covering your sin (or pretending it is not there) by supposing that the snow of your good deeds will cover up all the guilt. The problem is that this is only temporary. On the day of Judgement, God will turn up the temperature and reveal all the dirt and trash of your sin, all your good deeds will melt away, and you will stand exposed for who you really are. Thankfully, Jesus Christ died to give us a permanent covering for our sin by His blood. If you trust in Jesus to save you from your sin and turn away from your life of sin, the blood spilled by Jesus will be like an eternal blizzard that forever removes sin out of sight. He will do this for you sinnner, if you would just stop sinning and trust Him now! This is what God says in the bible to you: "Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isaiah 1:18”

Some of us in the Mid-Atlantic coast region can understand this a little bit. That is actually relevant to the fact that they where projecting 1-3inches of snow here in Lynchburg, VA on Tuesday. I told the Grad. Assistant that I would be going witnessing on Tuesday but he thought I would cancel because of weather so no announcement was made for an invite to witness. I was allowed to e-mail the class and one gentleman responded but because of a last minute homework thing he had to decline.

So it was Ed, aka the other wretch, and I passing out some tracts and share how God can to save sinners because of his goodness. I talked to one gentleman that has been saved twice. I guess he must be receiving a double portion when he gets to heaven. He said that one must go to church and do good works to get to heaven but he has not been doing good works. I witness to him and showed him that good works and going to church helps no one and that one must repent and trust in Christ to be saved and good works would flow from the person because they love God and want to obey him. I also asked him if he read his Bible and he does not read that often. I express that we need to read the Bible to know God and also because he has been doing bad, that God would corrected it through His word. He did catch me off guard when I asked him about what he thought of the encounter. He said that he should be witnessing more because as I was witnessing to him, he saw that are people going to heaven and they need the Gospel.

I would also witness to two fellow Liberty University students; I only know this because I saw them today at school, and they told me that I all have to do is Romans 10:9. They said the verse but I informed them that the word confess only means to say that Jesus is Lord and not confess your sins. I would go through the Gospel and urge them to start witness.

I would also meet another group of Liberty students, I would hand a ticket to Heaven tract to one guy to have him tear it. He did not but I asked them it convert me to Christianity. They said I needed to confess my sins and ask Jesus into my heart. I explained that I was offended that they would call me a sinner since I have never sinned. He would then explain that I was a sinner because I have lied and that was against God’s law. I asked if showing someone that they are a sinner before telling them would be better. They agreed that it would be better since then they would know that they sinned against God and since “through the law comes the knowledge of sin.” (Romans 3:20). It was a shorter time to witness but God was ever faithful by providing people to witness to. I might have talked to Christians and my hope is that they start to witness in the community. I pray that I will be able to teach some of my evangelism class to share their faith with this lost word.

John 4

One of my classes in on the Gospel of John. I have been learn a lot about who John is and also what he is trying to prove with signs that Jesus is Christ so people will believe. My assignment for tomorrow is John 4. I also have to read a commentary called Encountering John by Andreas J. Köstenberger. One thing that cought my attention is the fact that when Jesus tells his disciples that the harvest is ready when they brought him food in v. 31-38. Jesus is telling that the harvest ready to be saved and brought into a relationship with Jesus. John the Baptist did the sewing and now Jesus' Dicipiles need to reap the ready crop. Not only that, Jesus also states that, "Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonder, ... you will never believe." (v. 48 NIV) Köstenberger says that verse is telling that sign will not save people and that it is God alone who bring people to him. I hurt to think that our evangelism has missed this point when we reduced the gospel to say this prayer and you are saved. If a person wants to pray for salvation with me I will allow him, but I encourage them to make sure I am right. This also allows God to save them with out me taking the credit.

It is Febuary and I'm stressed out.

I have successfully stressed myself out once again. I have a speech due in 22 days, a 300 page book due in 25 days, plus all of the other home work I have.

But today is a special day for you because I am going to post a article I posted on Ambassador Alliance. It is a site for street witnessers to get together to share witnessing encounters and also ask questions to get advice on dealing with different groups. It is also for people you have attended the Ambassador Training in LA with Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, and other members of Living Waters. It is a weekend in which you street witnessness, open-air preach, stop light preach, and other ways to share the gospel. This article is about my trip to the mall here in Lynchburg, VA. Enjoy.

Today, I went again to the mall. I was to meet one of my classmates. She did not show up but it was my fault for getting info. I might just have to make cards to hand out. Ed, the guy who normally goes with me, could not come because his street is icy and it started to snow again here in Lynchburg, VA after dumping a foot of snow this past weekend. As I was waiting for my classmate and watching for the security, I had get a couple of opportunity to witness to some guys. I figured the best way to have someone found me was to witnesses with some people since that is why I was there. The first person I talked to was Kevin. He did not know at first if he would go to heaven or hell but after asking the question again, he decided he was good enough to go to Heaven. He was joking around a little and laughing so I asked what he knew about hell. He realized that I was serious about him and did not want him to die and go to hell. He had to get to work so I let him go. The next person was Zack, I think, I am bad with names. He accepted Jesus when he was 4 but, what seems like lot Christians I witness to, he could not tell me the Gospel. I went through the good person test and shared the good news that Christ took our punishment so he did do not have to. I asked if he had every repent and trust. His answered surprise me a little, because he said no. I urge him to repent and trust in Christ because you do not know when you will die. After Zack, I saw a group of guys, there was 4 of them. I handed them million dollars and one a ticket to heaven. One actually tore it but it took him a lot of strength. All 4 were going to heaven because they accepted Jesus; I asked them to tell me the Gospel with 3 mins to live. They jokingly said that it is too late to be asking that. I went through the Gospel with them and express that they need to share the law to show the person they are sinners. I ended this conversation telling them that they to repent and trust in Christ. As I was talking these young men, I noticed the security guard walking with a sheriff, so I kinda left so I was not thrown out. I wanted to witness more but without getting in trouble. It was good day to preach the Gospel and I just pray that these people turn to Christ.