Battle Log

Friday, 7 May, 2021

Posted 8 May 2021, 7:10 AM by Glen Richards. Permalink

Thursday afternoon I was at the Eastgate bus stops with Andy.  We had a great time telling many about Christ.

By the end of the outreach, I got into a roll.  It started with a chat with three girls (pictured).  They were all in different places with their thinking, but I managed to keep the conversation on track explaining the logic and reality of the true God, God’s law we know by conscience, the logic of justice, and the hope of forgiveness only found in Jesus.  By the end, the one in the middle was asking really good questions!  It was a great chat.

Their bus came just at the right time - the conversation was coming to a natural end anyway, and as they left, I turned and a guy was walking past.  My initial questions pricked his curiosity and he ended up coming back to engage in conversation.

He was Agnostic / Atheist.  He heard the logic for the reality of God, and he initially agreed it made sense, but then he backed up and started arguing the point.  I patiently sparred with him and did my best to gently point out his inconsistencies.  I even stepped into presuppositional apologetics for a minute.  I wasn’t making any progress, so I changed tack.  I simply changed the subject and asked if he was a good person - had he ever lied?  (Moving away from the intellect to the conscience.)  I was able to take him through the law and then the gospel.  He had a question about the reliability of the Bible - “great question, can I come back to it?”  I finished sharing the gospel, and then swung back to his question.  In the end, the guy really appreciated the conversation, he thanked me for what I’m doing on the streets.  He left with a follow up tract.

I was pretty tired by this stage, and I was sitting sipping a coke for a minute when a couple walked past - I recognised the guy from a previous gospel conversation, I even remembered his name.  I turned to the girl with him, and then I recognised her too - her hair was a different colour.  I’ve talked to them both multiple times before.  We fell into another gospel conversation - a long one.  They were both very resistant, but I could see cracks in the guys defence.  He said he would believe when he turned 80 - I told him he wasn’t guaranteed the next 5 minutes, and I gave an example of how death can come quickly.  I had a deep felt compassion for this couple, I pleaded with them to not play games and to trust in Christ today.  The conversation ended well, and they left with tracts (ones they hadn’t seen before).

We have been bringing the gospel to the issue of abortion, weekly, outside Christchurch hospital for two years now.  You can read more about that here.  We were there again on Friday.

After this, a team was in the city.  Andy and I had a wonderful conversation with a young man who has been caught up in the cult: World Mission Society Church of God.  We were able to minister to him from the scriptures.  Lord, please convert this young man.

Over the two days, I also spent six hours reaching people with the gospel online.

Thank you for your prayer and support!