Results of the Work – 9/13/22

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you had a great day walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and John,  Skye, and  Michael  each prayed with me to receive Jesus and I got some quick seeds planted with a couple really tall black athletes AB and Gee, and another guy Matt. Thanks so much for your help in prayer today if you had an opportunity. Please pray they grow. Their stories are below if you have some time.

John was the first guy I talked to he was a soft-spoken guy and came across as a mature person. He had a loose curly afro, African American, his features looked Caucasian a sharp smaller nose, a square sharp chin. He wore a gray sweatshirt; dark sweats and had a small mustache. I’d felt prompted to go down the first floor hall [BIC] and try to talk to someone in the lounge he was in so I headed down there. Of the 2 guys in the lounge, the first said no but John replied he was just reading the Bible.  I asked if he’d want to answer the one big question in the survey and he said, “If the answer isn’t too long.” So I asked him what he would say to God if he was hit by a bus and killed and God asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven. “I have faith,” he said. “Faith in what?” I asked. You had faith in that chair before you sat down. “In God he replied.” I said, “The Bible says there is a little more to it than that would you be interested in hearing some Bible verses that tell you how you get into Heaven?” “Yeah,” he said. So I sat down and began going through the booklet with him adding a few Bible verses, Hell and that Jesus was God, that God was paid by His blood, over paid really since Christ’s blood would be worth an infinite amount. He remembered Jesus had died for our sins. I also added an explanation of the Righteousness of God Christ earned that was to his credit. When I had finished going through the Gospel I asked if he would want to be forgiven or if he thought something else. He might have been thinking or hadn’t realized I hadn’t asked a rhetorical question. So I asked again and he said, “I’d want to be forgiven.” So I said that if he’d like to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and explaining it I asked if the words were the desire of his heart. He said they were so I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven. He agreed and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. He had some Bibles and so I gave him a Bible study and asked if he thought he’d be interested to read some of Strobel’s arguments in The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet he said he would after I explained it and so I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I also gave him Bible Promises for You. I told him I would be praying for him. I got up to leave and he said, “We’ll thank you. I appreciate it.” “Dude thank you, you made my day,” I replied. “Smiling he said, “You made mine too.” And I headed off.

I walked around some more and bumped into some guys coming out of the PE building who held the door for me and I thanked them for helping out an old man. They said they were sure the generation behind them wouldn’t help them when they got old. I went through the Gospel with one of them, Matt when I bumped into him later in the day.

I held the door for them as we went into the BIC wise cracking about beauty before age. Skye was sitting on a row of chairs at the door. She was up for doing a student survey and the guys had moved on. She was wearing an orange sweatshirt and black sweats with half slippers. Her unwashed hair was plastered to her head tied in back and she had a cute oval face. Heavy set she looked as if she’d just rolled out of bed. Her left ear had multiple piercings small enough to be real diamonds. I asked her the question where she gets hit by a bus and God asks her, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “I mean I go to church,” she replied. “I follow all the things He has to say. I deserve to be there, I haven’t done anything where I deserve not to be there.” She thought she had a 95% chance of going to Heaven. I asked her what the big thing was that had taken away her sins and she struggled to remember at first. But she tracked with the Gospel and so I finished everything I say. I asked if she would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus has done or thought something else and she said, “A life with Christ.”  I said it didn’t seem like she had had a chance to put it all together before. If she’d like to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through the prayer to receive Christ. I asked her if it was the desire of her heart and she said it was so I asked if she’d like to pray it silently and she said, “Sure.” She took the booklet and prayed and finishing she crossed herself. I said she could keep the booklet there was more about faith and I explained the Christian life. She did not have a Bible so I gave her a study Bible and showed her some of the things inside writing in it her name and the date and “forgiven!” I explained living inside out by the Spirit’s power. I gave her Bible Promises for You also and a Bible study and Strobel’s Answer Booklet I told her I would pray for her each day and getting up to go she said, “Thank you, have a good one.” “You too,” I said and headed off.

I came across Michael in the cafeteria. He had a brown afro, a slight build, white guy, was wearing a green t-shirt black shorts with stripes, had an oval face and bags under his eyes. He looked like he needed some sleep. He was reserved and thoughtful. I asked him if he wanted to do a survey and he wanted to know how long it was. I said, “You want the short version just answer one question?” He agreed so I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus so you’re dead and you stand before God and He says, Why should I let you into Heaven? What would you say?” “Overall I think I’m a good person myself, “ he replied. “I acknowledge the sins or mistakes I’ve done and admit to them.” He thought he had an 85% chance of going to Heaven. I said the rest of the survey was what you thought about Christianity and I asked him if he ever went to Church. He said he used to go more but now went on Holidays, Christmas and Easter for sure. I began to explain the Gospel to him and how God wanted to live inside him asking how God took away his sins. “Baptism?” he guessed. I said baptism is symbolic of it, you’re purified. I began to explain the gospel to him and he recalled some of it. Saying, “It makes a lot of sense,” as I explained how God was over paid for our sins by the blood of Christ that was worth an infinite amount. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven or thought something else. “The one on the right,” he said identifying the circle with Christ inside. So I offered him the prayer asking if it was the desire of his heart. “Yeah he replied. I said he could pray it silently and he said, “Yeah, thank you.” When he’d finished praying I explained the Christina life to him and he did not have a bible so I gave him the other one I had showing him the “Messianic Passages Fulfilled by Jesus” section in the back and the “Where to Turn” questions listed for Biblical answers. I explained living inside out trusting in the Spirit’s power. He wanted to get back into reading and I gave him a Bible study and the Bible Promises for You book. He said he’d get a hold of me by email to do another study if he had time. He said, “I feel like I knew the story, from Church religious education [there]. It kind of just left me over the years.” I said this was a way to start fresh. He said he felt like 10 years ago there were a lot more people going to Church and that fewer people were taking it seriously. I got up to go after I had told him I would be praying for him for the next year from spring and a year after. “I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said. “Yeah, thank you,” he replied saying, “I’ll email you if I want another Bible study or have a question or something. I appreciate it.” So then I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob