Battle Log

Wednesday, 4 November, 2020

Posted 4 November 2020, 6:01 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink

Tuesday.  First up I talked with a very bright young lad who came to understand the gospel.  But then I was transported into the dorm room of a young man half stoned waiting for his next online class and frustrated by the pandemic.  I gently reasoned with him.  He understood and resisted.  Eventually he fell off his chair!  I didn’t know if he was joking or what.  Assuming he could still hear me, I continued to share the hope of the gospel.  After a minute, he sat back up and re-engaged.  I decided to bail from the conversation.  I dropped a link to needGod.net into the chat.  He looked at it and said: “needGod.net”.  I disconnected.  God have mercy.

Two ladies heard the gospel, before I was transported to Morocco to have a gospel conversation with a young muslim who was resistant.  We fell back to text and Google Translate to take us between English and Arabic (pictured).

Next up a very bright young lady who clearly understood the logic and law I explained to her - she couldn’t argue with it.  I shared the gospel, she came to understand why Jesus died on the cross.  She stared at me and disconnected.  She understood it, and rejected it.  Wow.  Then I was transported into a chat with a guy who had a nice sounding keyboard but didn’t want to talk.  I talked, he typed.  He was very intelligent - but it was blinding him.  He loved philosophy, and so was very engaged, but he blocked all attempts for me to explain the gospel.  He eventually bailed on me.

Another kid was open to hear the gospel - praise God.  And then yet another kid was too!  I asked if he had any questions, he said: “no, but thank you”.

Next up was a Mr. Angry.  Actually, I very rarely encounter conversations like this.  He hated religion with a vengeance and he was completely closed to reason.  I bailed quite early.  But then I was connected with a guy from Alabama.  He thought he understood the gospel, but he didn’t.  It was a long and wonderful chat where he came to grasp grace.

On Wednesday I spent an hour online getting conversations started, but no opportunities to share the gospel.  People were resistant (like a Muslim from Palestine) or would bail on me early.

Later I spent a couple hours online with the Aussie team.  My first chat of note was with two young ladies (one of whom did all the talking).  She had seen some of the video’s on TikTok and was excited to be talking to me.  She heard the law and the gospel and said, “Thank you for that message” at the end.  Next a very thoughtful young 14 year old guy followed the logic of what I was saying - something he hadn’t heard before.  After I’d shared the gospel, I asked him if he had any questions.  He thought for a moment and then said, “no, this is one of the more interesting conversations I’ve had with a random stranger.”

Another young muslim was next, this one from Egypt.  Friendly but resistant.  Then a Catholic girl who was trusting her good deeds.  She came to grasp the gospel and seemed deeply impacted.

There were more chats.  Praise God for the wonderful opportunities to share his love.