Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
How’s your day been walking with Jesus?  Andrew prayed to receive Christ today.  And I had a good day, although most of the peeps who were willing to talk to me claimed to be Christians (though they thought they were going to Heaven based on their good works when we began talking, but were professing faith by the time I finished the Gospel.)  Many Churches are so busy telling you what to do that they fail to remind you why you have any power to do what they say.  But I wonder sometimes how many people seem to be converted to believing in their salvation as Grace by Faith in Jesus work as we talk and don’t even realize they have begun to think about it differently.

But Andrew realized there had been a difference between what he had been told at church and believed, and the Gospel I taught him.  He had not known of the imputed righteousness of Christ and that he would not go to Heaven because he was good, but because Jesus was.  When I explained it to him he said, “That’s great.”  Andrew had jet-back hair combed straight back James Dean style, black-rimmed glasses and a Black shirt on with a white print of bass guitars made to look like a Rorschach blot.  He played base.  He had been going to church until recently, and even went to a Bible study.  But he had not thought about Jesus’ death for his sins before.  When I asked him why God should let him into Heaven he said, “I think I’ve been an overall good person.  I donate when I can.” He left his church when the Preacher had preached kind of a harsh sermon on activism that just made him feel like he was in the wrong place.  It seemed like he was in a conservative church but activism and good works had somehow become the focus of the Christian life instead of God’s love in the Gospel.  But he listened patiently to the Gospel as I told it to him, quoting Bible verses, and said he would want to be forgiven based on what Jesus had done for him.  So I told him that if he wanted to he could ask for forgiveness based on that, where the Holy Spirit could enter him and give him power to live the Christian life.  I got out one of the booklets then and showed him a prayer he could pray, explaining it.  He took it and prayed to receive Christ.  I got his email to send him some stuff and gave him a Bible Study to read.  He took a copy of More Than a Carpenter, saying his mom would probably like it. “She’s the one who got me into all this.”  So I will be praying for Andrew to grow in his new faith.

Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  We had a fun group at Bible study tonight too.  God blessed.

In Him,

Bob Bollow

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