Battle Log

Friday, 15 February, 2019

Posted 18 February 2019, 6:01 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink

Friday: 2 outreaches: both in the city: afternoon and evening.

A team of 5 from 4 different churches in the afternoon in Cashel Mall. (And there were at least 2 from OAC sharing in Cathedral Square.)

We faced some opposition, with a lady telling us that we were doing evangelism wrong by condemning people. No, we are not condemning people:

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
- John 3:18

Our job is to share the law to bring knowledge of sin:

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
- Romans 3:20

Then the gospel:

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-4

We do this so people will understand:

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:1

In the evening outreach (in Cathedral Square), I saw the 2 young men again who I previously mentioned had some "life wounds". And they had another friend with them. We spent time continuing the gospel conversation started the other day. I will continue to pray for them and hope, God willing, I'll see them again.

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
- Matthew 9:37-38