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Hello, I hope all is well for everyone. This is an account of the preaching that I did do last night:
I went downtown to the gore park area again around 6:30-7pm. I surveyed the buses and crowds once again. While I waited I approached a man and gave him a tract. Ironically this man was a professing Christian, so I hope that my approaching him could encourage him to do the same to others.
I had great fear and told myself in my mind that the buses could come at any time, so I shouldn't preach to these crowds yet. After the first sets of buses came it seemed that there wasn't going to be any more crowds of people. I read through Ezekiel 2 as I waited.
2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks , though they be a rebellious house.
7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
These verses helped me to remember that I should not fear them and to preach to them whether they will listen or not. I was concerned and discouraged as I continued to wait and saw less and less people around the area. I was praying and wondering if I had missed my oppurtunity, had I wasted the night? Did I fail this night? I continued to pray that the Lord would bring a crowd of people.
Matt 10:28-33
28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
A smaller crowd did come over on one side, but there was a fella busy playing his electric guitar(he had the guitar plugged into a powered amp) and I supposed that the sound of his guitar would drown out my voice or greatly distract the others if I were to preach to them, so it seemed hopeless.
Eventually a large number of people did come. A large group out of those people were larger men, dressed in a gangster way.(Thinking back on it now, perhaps this group was a "gang") I went over and stood on the preaching "box" and began to preach. I expounded on the Ten Commandments and warned them of the wrath to come. I told of the weeping and gnashing of teeth and everlasting destruction and the lake of fire that awaited them justly for their great crimes against a holy God. They did not care. They threw pinecones(or something very similar to that) at me, they heckled me a great amount.
This was by far the most stiffhearted and stiffnecked group I had ever preached to. It seemed the one had to refrain himself from attacking me; instead he unscrewed his water bottle and attempted to splash the water on me. They continued to tell me they did not want to hear me and that I should leave in a very hostile manner. At some points it did seem noone was listening, but the more serious I did speak the more their attention seemed to be grabbed. I finished off telling them that now is the day of salvation and the need to repent of their sins and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ who died for their sins and was buried in the tomb and on the third day rose again.
Near the end of my preaching some professing Christians came and I suppose they thought it seemed it well to sow some seeds of discouragement for the preaching of the gospel; perhaps not wanting to have heard the whole matter first before casting out their judgement. For they told me not to cast the pearls before the swine. They didn't seem to be fans of my preaching. I did approach them afterwards, but they all left right away the moment I went in their direction. I was discouraged and considered such a thing afterwards; perhaps my deceitfully wicked heart was deceived in some manner.
After discussing with a sound brother I was reminded that reference in Scripture is referring to for example: telling the heathen that God loves them and wants them to go to heaven without first expounding on God's Law to show them the seriousness of their crimes and the fact that they deserve hell. For God's love is perfectly seen in the cross of calvary and that love will only be understood when the sinners realize they deserve an eternal hell and by no means can save themselves. Their mouths are stopped and they are without excuse, guilty before God. Then when they hear of God's love how grateful and willing they would be to cling on the Lord Jesus and to serve Him.
Afterwards 2 girls from the crowd came up to me and the one wanted her picture taken with me. They said they felt sorry for me. Nonetheless it was an oppurtunity to give them gospel tracts and to talk about eternity with them. They said something to the extent that I definately deserved heaven for preaching out of my own free time and for not getting paid. I told them a bit of my testimony of how a wretch like me deserved an eternal hell for my guilty crimes against a holy God. That my salvation was nothing I could deserve or earn, but on the basis of Jesus Christ dieing on the cross for my sins.
One of the follow "gangsters" did approach me. He did not seem hateful as the rest were and he did look at a gospel tract and gave it back. He told me he was a muslim and it seemed that perhaps the rest of these gangsters were.
After that I went on the bus and went home leaving a bus on the tract for someone to take and read.
After reflecting on the preaching I realized that I may have told the group that I did not want them to go to hell; almost out of some motivation or justification for me being there speaking to them. I realized that in those words was humanism. I wasn't preaching to them for their sakes, but for Jesus' sake. My love for them was not stemmed out of myself, but only out of God's love for me. God is the one who has even enabled me by His grace to have love for them.
I was reflecting on watering down of words as well. I was thinking of the common words to water down the preaching of hell, for instance calling it a Christ-less eternity or something to that sort. I was thinking of how such terms were originated. I cannot see them originated from anything of God, but just out of the fear of men and offending men in some way. I will call hell what it is and deem the wrath of God as it is. The everlasting destruction, the lake of fire, the no rest day or night, and so on. I must be faithful to make sure I do not water down any such things, but from what memory serves I do not think I have been guilty of such a thing; thankfully by the grace of God.
After praying and considering the Lord has led me to a new website name; www.sparenot.org
The Scripture of Isaiah 58:1 that contains that term was put in my memory last Sunday as I prayed about the name. The first time I ever did hear that reference to that Scripture was when I first had a well meeting with the New Testament Baptist church Pastor. Thanks be to the Lord for His answer to my prayers.
To reflect on everything I am reminded of how stiffnecked the heathen are. How I do wish I had such zeal that if they would not listen to my words, that I would have genuine tears that they would listen to. It is such a sorrowful thing seeing the multitudes headed for the lake of fire justly for their great crimes and yet they do not care. I told them are you too busy to care about the eternal destination of your soul? In all I believe that all the hearers may have consisted of 30-50 people. Many a people to pray for. Thanks be to the Lord for bringing the people and for His guidance and wisdom.
I thought about the honour I did receive to partake in such "persecutions". Of course I think this is nothing in comparison to early church persecutions. I do ponder on what I would do if I were to go through the torture or death the early Christians did; what a great honour it would be.
Please pray for the hearers, pray for God to have mercy on their wretched souls! Oh that revival would come!
Why the Law?
Rom 3:19-20
19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Rom 4:15
15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Rom 5:13
13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Gal 3:24
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
1 John 3:4
4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Psalm 19:7
7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Rom 5:20
20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Rom 7:7-13
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
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