Battle Log

I’m talking to more and more kids online, who already have a grasp of the gospel - obviously babes in the Lord, desperately in need of discipling.  Where are these kids hearing the gospel?

The last chat on Saturday was with a kid who said he first heard it about a year ago… on TikTok!  He couldn’t tell me who he heard it from, but he heard it from somewhere.

From what I know, TikTok is a social media platform that originated from China.  And yet, God seems to be using this to spread the gospel!

There was another chat I had with a kid back on Tuesday who had reasonable gospel answers to my questions.  He also had been following a TikTok channel and learning from it.  I pointed him to a Bible and a local church.

There was a third recent similar chat that I’d had - I can’t remember the details now, nor can I find the recording.

And now that I think about it more, I remember getting into a conversation with two people (within the last few days) and one of them said, “I’ve already watched a video where he talks about God, skip him”.

And that reminds me of yet another conversation I had, about a week ago, where a kid said he had already watched a video with his Mum where I was sharing the gospel.

It’s starting to dawn on me the reach the gospel is having online.  It has its drawbacks - no doubt.  But it’s truly amazing seeing what’s happening - glory to God.

As an example, here is a sample video of a gospel chat Grace had recently.  It’s really worth heading over to watch it.  It’s a one minute summary clip of an online gospel chat.  The power of the gospel is truly epic!

So, watch this space.  Please pray that the gospel would continue to prosper online.  That many would be saved, and get connected with a Bible and a local church - wherever they are!

Anyway, I’m supposed to be writing about the weekend outreaches for the Christchurch team.

I was online on Saturday for three hours.  I had a lot of chats - 12 in total.  One of them started with two girls asking me to wave to their TikTok followers - one had a mobile phone and was recording me.  So I waved and simply asked them (and their followers) what they thought happened after they died.  She kept recording as I took them through the law and the gospel - it was a great chat (pictured)!

I had a couple of tough chats too.  One in particular, the guy started bucking against sound logic.  I was just too tired to argue, so I simply said so and skipped him.

On Sunday afternoon, after church meeting, I headed into Cashel Mall for some street outreach.  It was great to have Mike join me!  I had three solid chats.

The first was with a lady and three older kids - they all had a Christian background, but she seemed a bit confused by the gospel message I was sharing where I was emphasising the fact that works DON’T save us, but only Jesus does by his sacrifice on the cross, which will lead to good works.

The next was a lovely chat with a Christian down from Auckland on holiday.  He seemed impressed with what I was doing.  We discussed evangelism and theology among other things.  He had seen American Gospel on Netflix, and had been impacted by it.

The last chat was with a guy who had served time in prison for violent crime.  We talked for a long time, where I had to do a lot of listening, and gently folded the law and the gospel into the conversation.  He ended up leaving with four different types of gospel tract to read.

I made it home in time for online outreach with the team.  I was paired up with Riley from the USA.  He did such a wonderful job in sharing the gospel - always ready with a great analogy and always keeping the conversation on the gospel.  I ended up having two conversations with Muslims.  One from the Philippines, and the other from Egypt.  Both were open to hear the gospel.  The guy from the Philippines was very open, and seemed impressed by the gospel.  But then he remembered that he was a Muslim, and he suddenly closed up tight - I lost him.  Yet, the seed has been sown.  When I got into the second chat, I could see the same thing happening, so I raced away from talking about Islam and back to the gospel as quick as I could.  He said he would check out more online.
 

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