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Battle Log > Plymouth Team > Saturday, 3 April, 2010
Saturday, 3 April, 2010
Easter weekend
Good Friday
On Good Friday, I went to Truro in Cornwall with Shirley and her daughter, and Shirley had brought a wooden cross about 4ft tall that her husband had made with different sins written on them in black which looked very effective and gave something for people to look at and think upon.
We started one to one witnessing and giving out tracts, and then Shirley preached outside the Cathedral, and I preached in the highstreet. Truro again is another small city/ town where many are apathetic and walk past without any concern, and so having a couple of older teenagers stop and listen was encouraging.
Afterwards I managed to chat with 4 of them and asked what they thought good Friday was about, what they think happens to someone after they died, and if they would be good enough to go to Heaven/ who should deserve to go to Hell.
They were very open which weas encouraging, and we spoke for about 15 minutes on the subjects, andthey each took a 'why the cross' pamphlet and other tracts, one even took a gospel of John which was great.
On the way back from Truro on the train, a lady sat next to me for most of the journey, and we started a conversation, and after she had looked at the book I was reading, said she was a Catholic. We had an interesting discussion about what the Bible says about how someone gets to heaven. After asking her why she thinks that God should let her into heaven, she said that she felt she had done some good things and that God would see this, and as Father God loved her she would enter heaven.
This then led onto going through the 10 commandments to show that no one is good enough to get to heaven themselves, and any good we think we have done thats deserving of salvation, to God is as filthy rags. We then talked about the difference between justification and sanctification, and the doctrine of faith and works, andthe order they come in salvation. We left on a good note though, and she said she would read the why the cross leaflet on her next train which was great.
Walking home from the train station, I met a lady called Kath who had listened to us preaching in town over a year ago, and had said that she wanted to get right with God. She is still attending a Church in Redruth which is great and seemed full of JOy, despite problems with her knees resulting in her having big operations on the way. This was a great encouragement that although most of the time we never see the fruit of the gospel tracts we give out and conversations, salvation is always from the Lord, and so was great she was now a Christian.
Saturday
On saturday we had about 7 of us in Plymouth city centre, and on first looking at the pouring rain, it looked like it would be a dismal day. However, lots of us prayed, and 15 minutes after meeting, the rain cleared allowing us to speak. Another gentleman from Bristol was out handing out Christian leaflets with his wife and speaking to people, and so while he was up the top of town, we went nearer the centre, where Shirley preached, we gave out tracts, then Wayne and I managed to preach right outside the shopping mall which had great amplification as people were coming in and out, and with no hastle from PCSO's or security guards, was a great day, with loads of tracts going out, good conversations with a Pagan, a friendly agnostic and some teenagers was encouraging.
Wayne preaching
Matt preaching