Battle Log
Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
Posted 26 June 2019, 6:26 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink
On Tuesday afternoon I was back on Riccarton road with my flip chart.
The first hour of outreach saw some great interaction with high school students. First, three guys heard the law and the gospel. Later three girls heard the law and the gospel.
Lastly 2 other guys showed interest. It turns out one of the team had already shared the Gospel with one of them a few days earlier in a different location. He had a reasonable understanding and had obviously been thinking about it. But he said he needed to ‘thank’ Jesus rather than ‘trust’ him for salvation, so I took some time to further explain salvation through faith alone. They had to get going - but they both took tracts from me (different from the one he had received days earlier).
The last hour was wonderful. A young man that I shared the Gospel with earlier in the year had contacted me via email, and we have been in communication ever since. Earlier in the day, I had sent him a brief email in response to his last one. Well, now he walked past with a friend!
We had a long conversation (that made the outreach go fifteen minutes over time) where we were able to discuss his questions in depth. The only thing that ended the conversation was the cold and the fact that it was getting dark! He is a very thoughtful young man. I did my best to come back to the Gospel as often as I could - as it is the only thing that is the power of God to salvation!
Wednesday saw two outreaches: in Cashel Mall (instead of Cathedral Square - for a change) and outside Ara. It was wonderful having Graeme join me for the Ara outreach.
In the mall, one conversation that didn’t go so well, rolled into a wonderful conversation with a lady who had been listening from a distance. She couldn’t stay long, as she needed to get back to work. But she said her brother had become a Christian and this was causing her to think deeply about the important questions of life. She had been listening to me present the law in the previous conversation, and she mentioned that it made sense. She gladly took a Gospel tract.
Later, a busker went past and we ended up having a long conversation. During that conversation, the funniest thing occurred. A wonderful older lady walked into the conversation and gave us both Gospel tracts! I’ve never had that happen before. I was incredibly encouraged. Oh for more Christians to do that. :)
Ara continues to be a place for talking to very open hearted young people (pictured). I’m surprised at how often I’m getting the response “all the time”, to the question: “do you ever think about the afterlife?” and then moving into a wonderful Gospel conversation. Long may it continue - until the nets are full!