Salvation in the House!

2013 January 2 (13)

Exhortation

Happy new year! Let's kick off 2013 with evangelism tonight at Markville Mall at 6PM. Message me if you are coming.

Some of you heard at Harvest Bible Chapel York Region this Sunday about the cost of discipleship. When Jesus tells us to follow Him, it is not easy, it requires work. Luke 9:60 reads, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." I think this is pretty clear. Have you left everything behind or are you still carrying on to something? Are you counting the costs? Are you really following Jesus? If you are, do what He says! Go and proclaim the kingdom of God! Go share the gospel!

Share it with your family, tell it to your friends, talk about it with your coworkers, and if none of those work out, come out to the mall with us! But don't just do nothing. Above all, pray. Your prayers do more than any other action can accomplish. Pray for me too, I covet those prayers. If you are Christian, may we say to Jesus truthfully, "I will follow you wherever you go" and do it.

Testimony

Testimony time! Evangelism was great tonight. Here it is in summary form:

1. This Chinese guy who's never heard the gospel listened to everything I said. When I got to the part where I said Jesus was the only way anyone could get to God in Heaven and that there's absolutely no other way, he was so taken back that he literally fell backwards. He regained his balance right after. See, he understood it and responded better to the gospel than most: in awe.

2. This Tamil guy Raghulan was another good conversation. Mike and I shared the gospel with him very clearly, using the courtroom analogy too. This was the first time that we encountered someone at Markville who agreed so much with what we said. He completely understood that he was a sinner. He knew that he could not get to Heaven by his own works. He agreed and believed so much that for a moment it seemed like he already knew it. At the end, we told him how He could go before Christ any time he wanted. We also told him about the cost of discipleship, how it's not going to be easy at all, but that it will be worth it. He asked for our numbers after without us asking! Pray that God will convict Raghulan to repent tonight!

3. Ask Josiah about this when you see him. We also encountered someone whom God is already working in, saving his brother, having a Christian wife, etc. He said "Jesus is following me". And he even said "It's like Jesus is coming to me through you". This is incredible! That is exactly what we are doing, bringing Jesus to these people. Oh that more people would encounter God through us. Come Lord Jesus come!

My brothers and sisters in Christ, join us in proclaiming Jesus to these people. Join us in fixing our eyes on eternity. Join us in partnering with God in the salvation of the lost. Join us in unceasing prayer for the world. Join us in this great work of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. THIS is the Christian life, THIS is life abundant!

PS. It was only supposed to be one paragraph... I tried keeping it short, sorry, I failed.

More Testimony

Salvation! Raghulan prayed to trust Christ as Lord and savior! Read more in above blog link.

Souls (5) {Total: 60}

D;
R(salvation);
A, K (Christian wife, non-Christian husband);
Chinese guy

Team (3)

Tony, Mike; Josiah