Battle Log
Saturday 9 July 2016
Posted 15 July 2016, 11:34 AM by Ryan Hemelaar. Permalink
The gospel went out again last night in Brisbane city. We know that people's greatest need is forgiveness of sins found only in Jesus, but last night a couple people on the team were also able to help an intellectually impaired man who had just arrived in Brisbane but was planning on just sleeping the night on a park bench. They were able to give him a feed and find a place of accommodation for him, but also most importantly, tell him the gospel.
Meanwhile, the rest of team were busy handing out gospel tracts and talking to people about Christ. One young Chinese man I spoke to, whose English name is Frank, was initially looking at the sketchboard, at what was painted on there. So I gave him a tract, but his English wasn't the best. So I ran over to my bag to get a Chinese version of our comic book tract. I gave it to him and he read every page of it right in front of me.
After reading it, I asked him what he thought. As we were discussing, the language barrier was quite difficult. So I got him to come over with me to the sketchboard so I could use the visuals that were on there to help him understand the gospel. On the board was a scale between 0 and 100, and I asked him where he would place himself in terms of how good he is. He said right in the middle.
I asked him about whether he had done certain sins before, and he had and I said, "Where do you deserve to go then?" He said, "Hell." Then he asked, "But what can I do then?" _450x338.jpg)
So I explained the cross and how we need to trust in what Jesus has done as the only reason we are forgiven, and as a result, we will then want to live the rest of our lives for Jesus. He was very receptive. I then helped Frank download a Chinese Bible to his phone so he can start reading it.
As they say, 10 of out 10 people need the gospel. Glory to God that some more people heard it last night!
To get some comic book gospel tracts (in English) to hand out yourself, go to: www.operation513.com/comics
View previous Brisbane (QLD) report (6 July 2016)
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