Battle Log

Sunday, 27 December, 2020

Posted 27 December 2020, 3:55 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink

It’s been great to have a few weeks off for rest - it was very refreshing.  But It’s so good to be back to work!  I started back with some online work with the team from Brisbane over the weekend.

On Saturday we were online for three hours.  My first conversation was with a guy who was very resistant.  He believed he was pure, and stuck to his guns in spite of his conscience.  He bailed on me.  Welcome back to work! :)

Next up was an interesting text based conversation with someone claiming to be a lesbian.  They heard the gospel and seemed to respond positively to it - even said “that’s beautiful”.  She asked more about homosexuality.  I did my best to answer her questions faithfully (to the Bible).  But then they turned on me.  Stringing me along the whole time maybe?  I felt sad for them as I left the conversation.  Lord, save them.

Next up was a chat with some resistant Jewish guys.

But then the conversations started warming up.  I had a kid who was very switched on, and really wanted to discuss the after life with me.  He had some JW friends, so after sharing the gospel I answered his questions in relation to that.

Then I was into a couple of conversations with people claiming Christianity and yet not understanding the gospel.  Praise the Lord, they came to understand that salvation was by grace alone through faith alone - which would lead to good works, NOT because of good works.  The second chat was a twenty minute chat where the concept of grace was not grasped easily, I had to labour through various checking questions, but I’m confident the penny finally dropped.  It was great that the person persisted through a bad Internet connection - they eventually had to turn off video and switch to text.

The last chat was with a guy who was resistant - but that’s the way it goes.

On Sunday we had “Outreach Sunday” online.  Two hours of outreach where we pair up and give feedback on each other's conversations for growth.  I was paired up with Ryan (from the US).  We had a great time of gospel sharing.

The highlight for me was a chat with a Christian girl, who when pushed on what she had to do to be saved, admitted she didn’t know.  (Her first answer was that her pastor tells her how!)  By the end of the conversation, she could clearly articulate why she was saved, and that she was so from today!  I pointed her to the Bible to verify what I was saying, and also to her Pastor to talk it through!  A great chat.

Later I had a chat with another young Christian lady who thought she was going to hell.  After conversation, it was clear she had no hope because she was trusting in her ability to be good enough to be saved.  I had a great chat where she came to grasp the good news - there was a point where I confused her, and I had to back up to undo that - so important.  Another great chat.

So good to be back into the fray.  All glory to God alone.