Results of the Work – 12/10/21

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a blessed day. I had a good last day on campus and Lewis, Adrian and Leon. All confessed Christ as Savior after I went through the Gospel with them in the Cafeteria. I also got to give witness to some peeps in the works righteousness cult on campus, one of who may be saved but is stuck there. So please pray these guys would truly realize the faith. They were all High School students from York visiting for something. They did not seem old enough to be seniors. Their story is below.

I walked into the cafeteria and towards the back several students were sitting at the windows. I asked if they wanted to do a student survey and Lewis was game right away. He was shorter not 6 foot looked a bit like a cross between Jon Bon Jovi and John Mellencamp (if you know of those old rock stars). Had sandy hair. Adrian was shorter still and looked Latino. He had a small round face and a narrow mustache a flat mop of brown hair. Leon was the furthest from me at the counter. He had a big mop of dark blonde sandy hair was a bit taller could have been Lewis’ brother but had a less serious face and demeanor. They were waiting for a bus that was a half hour off. When I asked them what they would say to God to get into Heaven Leon said, “You shouldn’t I have not followed your rules.” Adrian agreed saying, “Yeah, I’m a messed up person.” Lewis said, “I feel like you guys but you know you can be forgiven.” I went through the Gospel and asked how Jesus had taken away their sins. They didn’t know but Lewis said, “Confession”. I said that was true but checked if he was catholic and then said that the Church says only God can forgive sin. I then used the analogy of priest being like an insurance agent where when you crack up your car you don’t expect the agent to pay the company pays. I said the reason God can forgive you is because he got paid. I explained the atonement to them and the righteousness of God Christ earned and Lewis agreed affirmingly throughout, saying “That’s right.” Adrian was really tuned in. Leon checked on something at one point but they all tracked with me. I asked if they would want to be forgiven and they all did. So I said there was a prayer they could pray. I talked them through it. I knew they were not going to pray right there around a bunch of friends so I asked each if they wanted a booklet, they all agreed they did. So giving each one a booklet I asked them one by one, “Do you believe Jesus is God He died for your sins and rose from the dead.” Lewis said yes as I addressed him first. “And to you place your trust in that to be forgiven?” He said yes again. They had kind of gathered towards me and so I did the same with Adrian and he answered, “Yes” to both questions. Leon was next and I could tell he wanted me to ask him and I did also getting a yes to both questions from him, it seemed he went to a Lutheran Church. I then gave each of them The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet and wrote their names and mine I the front. I said “So if you guys are trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be your righteousness like the extra credit in class, {referring to the story I had told them} the likelihood you will go to Heaven is 100%. Because how righteous is Jesus 100% righteous and what is his righteousness worth, an infinite amount. So there’s enough for an old Bike like me and you guys too.” They all liked that. “Thanks for the Lecture,” Leon said and they all agreed.  And they decided to head over to Starbucks and I went over to talk with a friend Roy a few tables over who prayed to receive Jesus a couple years back and had been invited to Church locally by his science teacher on the 19th.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry this semester and for evangelism today if you had a chance. I hope the seeds planted in Lewis Adrian and Leon with take root and they have truly trusted in Christ. I’ll be praying for them until a year from spring, in the hope it has or will.

In Him,

Bob