Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I hope your day was blessed in the Lord. I had a god day on campus and William and John each prayed with me to receive Jesus.
William was sitting on the 2nd floor of the BIC building at the northeast corner in the hall. The door was closed in the classroom beside him and he was charging his phone out of the wall. He had an afro and distinctive features with a kind face. He was a big dude, about 6’3″ I’d guess, and solidly built with what looked like Blackhawks shorts on under his jeans which were sinkin’ a bit low and over black smooth toed work boots. He had on a Stanford hooded sweatshirt. He said he’d answer some questions and had a Christian background. He grew up churched but had not attended in a year or so. I asked him why God should let him into Heaven if he died and he paused and said, “That’s a good question…” finally saying “’cause I took responsibility for all my sins.” He thought he had a 60% chance of going to Heaven. When I asked him what Jesus had done to take away his sins, he knew about the Cross. I taught him all of the Gospel and asked him if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins. He said he would. And so, since he knew Christ died, I asked him if when he had asked for forgiveness was he was thinking, “I’m good and God is merciful.’ Or if he was trusting that “Jesus had died for him and so he knew he would be forgiven?” “That I was good,” he said, smiling a bit. So I offered him the prayer and talked him through it. He quietly prayed to receive Christ. He had a Bible, so I encouraged him to begin reading in John and gave him a Bible study and The Bible Promise Book. He gave me his email and happily thanked me, shaking my hand as I got up to go, and said, “Nice meeting you.”
John was sitting in one of the cubbyhole benches overlooking the science lounge. He was Asian looking in appearance and had family in 4 states in the US. He had stick straight black hair (or very dark brown) and was wearing a fleece pullover zipped at the neck and skinny jeans that met his black white laced converse canvas tennis shoes. When I asked him what he would say to God if asked why He should let him into Heaven he said, “I’ve tried. I don’t know. I’m not sure. I’ve tried to be the best I can be.” He said as a kid he went to church, but could not remember the name. He didn’t have any knowledge of the Gospel. But he listened closely as I went through it with him. In the end, I asked him if he would like to be forgiven for his sins and have God live inside him. “I’ve only thought about it once in a very long time. But yeah, I would like to be forgiven,” he responded. Since he’d had no real church background recently at all I asked, “Do you believe Jesus is God and died for your sins and rose from the dead?” He thought for a second and said, “Yes.” “If you’d like to trust in that to be forgiven, there’s a prayer you could pray and it’s on this next page,” I said and walked him through the prayer and offered for him to pray it. “I was just reading it with you,” he replied. “Amen?” I said. “Amen” he said in reply. He did not have a Bible so I said a friend had just bought me some and gave him a Bible, The Bible Promise Book and a Bible study. I gave him the names of several churches near him and he said apologetically that he probably would not make it to a Bible Study. I said “No worries. I’ll see you in Heaven.” “Yeah I’ll see you again,” he said. “Thanks for your time,” he said sincerely. I told him he was welcome to it.
So thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed the work and it was a good day.
In Him,
Bob
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