Battle Log
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Posted 23 August 2015, 4:22 PM by Matthew Andersen. Permalink
This afternoon for our weekly evangelism in Brisbane city, though we only had a few labourers there were some great conversations had and God's Gospel was proclaimed!
The first young man I talked to whose name was Lachlan, first we discussed whether he'd be able to make it to heaven on his own merit and he thought he was pretty good and would most likely make it in but after presenting him with God's standard of perfection revealed in the law he very quickly realised that he definitely wouldn't.
I then offered him the cure, the Good News of Jesus Christ, that God loved us in that while were were still sinners, Christ died for us. He heard the Gospel and said he would consider it but seemed to think it wasn't that important as he had plenty of time. I challenged him that we don't know how long we have but he had to leave. Please pray for Lachlan.
Another conversation was with Robert, who was convinced that he was "a part of god" and that through a process of enlightenment he would one day join "the entity of consciousness" that is god. I challenged him for a long time on the problems with, the lack of our ability to become enlightened, that we as fallen humans could not reason ourselves to God but that God must reveal Himself to us and that if all humans and all their souls together made consciousness each individuals idea would always contradict someone else's, therefore this god would be always disagreeing with itself.
After a lengthy discussion on those things I challenged him on whether or not he would be guilty before a Holy God, the God of the bible and he was very quick to proclaim that he very rarely sinned and was actually in control over whether or not he wanted to sin. After discussing the law of God, he originally submitted to the realisation that by God's standard he was in the wrong but then denied God on the basis that his standard was too tough and god was mean, for Robert did not want to have to give up his sin.
I left Him with the good news that Christ has offered His life as a ransom for many and that salvation is offered but he declined that as illogical and foolishness. I finally challenged him to try his best to not sin for a week and come back to me next Wednesday and he left with a gospel of John. May God be gracious to Robert and may his eyes be opened!
Thank you to all those who were in prayer and it is a blessing that we are able to freely proclaim the name of Christ, the only name under heaven by which we must be saved.
View previous Brisbane (QLD) report (12 August 2015)
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