Battle Log
Sunday, 16 June, 2019
Posted 16 June 2019, 6:38 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink
Friday’s mist turned into a rain on Saturday and, sadly, this wasn’t conducive to people coming out - or if they did, to them being interested in stopping for a chat!
Yet tracts were received, and I did have two conversations.
The first was with a homeless guy I hadn’t met before. I sat next to him and spend some time getting to know him and, of course, I shared the law and Gospel.
The second was with a young man who went to church, but didn’t seem to have any understanding of the Gospel - which I was able to explain.
I also open air preached in the rain to the few passing by.
Sunday saw the sun come out again, and with it people. So tracts were distributed, and Gospel conversations occurred.
Two people walked passed and received a tract. A while later, they came passed again, and before I realised it was the same people, I had offered them another tract (they responded with - “you’ve already given us one”). Finally they came past one more time and this time I said: “I know I’ve already give you one of these, but can I ask you - will you go to heaven when you die?”. They engaged, and we had a short conversation where I was able to reason with them about the realities of life and death - and the hope of eternal life found in the Gospel.
A man had walked past me twice on the previous day and had refused tracts both times. But on the second time I smiled and said, “Will you get a third opportunity? This is important.” Well, today he came past again - his third time! :) This time he smiled, took the tract and moved on. But he then came back and we had an opportunity to chat. It turns out he works in one of the shops close by. He had a reasonable grasp of the Gospel already, but seemed to be in need of some discipling and encouragement. He had to head back to work, but I asked him to contact me.
The outreach finished with open air preaching in Cathedral Square. There were quite a few people about. And I was encouraged to get a new heckler that asked some good questions. I did my best to bring my answers back to the Gospel. During the dialogue, I noticed a guy watching the exchange intently. Later, one of the team was able to have a conversation with that guy, and I was very encouraged to learn he was open to the Gospel.
Yet, the preaching wasn’t without opposition. One of the market stall owners decided to play harsh music loudly in an attempt to disrupt the preaching and later he had some ‘words’ with one of the team as they were passing by handing out tracts.
Thank you for your continued prayer for our Gospel efforts in Christchurch. May “Christ” continue to be glorified by His “Church” as we obey His command to go.
