Battle Log
Monday 23 July 2018
Posted 23 July 2018, 5:20 PM by Gordon Jackson. Permalink
It was a quiet start for our time but a couple walking by were invited to do the Good Person test and started to do so. The lady left when the spiritual meaning of lust was explained. However Paul, who has no religious background, stayed and heard it all. He has taken a copy of John's gospel and is counting the cost. While Ryan was doing the presentation with Paul, a lady who is very loud sat nearby and made numerous sounds to disrupt the hearing of God's 'good news'.
There needs to be prayers offered to our God to use these 'spiritual attacks' (in other locations as well) for the progress of His name. May He shut down some and use others to attract more people to hear the gospel or whatever He knows will yield the best outcome in each individual case.
In God's providence, two other conversations were had with young men, both named Daniel. Both were "spiritual" in their beliefs but neither understood God's Holiness or their desperate need for a Saviour.
The first Daniel had Buddhist leanings and was all about "enlightenment" and finding inner peace through meditation. He acknowledge that we sin but it took him a while to understand that we are sinners (not just good people who make mistakes).
By the end of the conversation he intellectually understood the Gospel and why it was needed but sadly his bus came and the discussion was cut short.
The second Daniel believed in the Aboriginal dream time and its "spirits". He had gone to a Catholic school but had a range of struggles with Christianity.
The discussion went for almost 40 minutes but the final question he asked, after saying many times "I understand what you believe but I disagree" was, "So if I do want Jesus as my Saviour, how can I have Him?"
With one final summary, Daniel left and promised to read the Gospel of John.
Amongst a range of other conversations with people who had varying levels of understanding of the Gospel, a conversation was had with Brittany.
This young lady had spoken to the team three times prior. She had heard the Gospel and understood it mostly. The only real issue in her understanding was that she thought Jesus' sacrifice was on behalf of all people, whether or not they believed.
This meant she thought that even if she didn't trust in Jesus, she was still going to Heaven.
It was explained to her that Jesus' sacrifice is for those who believe. It was stated, "Simply knowing that He can save you, isn't enough for you to be saved, you must trust Him".
Brittany understood this and was left with a choice to make, will I trust Jesus or myself.
Please be praying for those who were spoken to this afternoon that they may come to Jesus and find forgiveness and life.
View previous Capalaba (QLD) report (16 July 2018)
Capalaba Team (QLD)
Meets 2-5pm every Monday afternoon (except public holidays) at the bus station between the two shopping centres (next to Noeleen Street).
Contact Ryan Hemelaar for more information.