Here is a fascinating thing about Mark 16:15. The original Greek meaning of "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" opens up some interesting thoughts. The word for "go" is very captivating. It is poreuomai, meaning "go". The word "all" also carries with it gripping connotations. It is hapas, and actually means "all".
And if that doesn't rivet you, look closely at the word "every". It is pas, and literally means "every". So when Jesus commanded us, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature", to be true and faithful to the original text, what He was actually saying was, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature". We are so fortunate to have access to knowledge like this.
I also had another awesome time down at our local Thursday Night Farmers Market. I met up with Jon Talley and Gary Jacques. I had felt last week I was not very fruitful and only gave out about 200 or so gospel tracks. The enemy whispered to me that people where just going to throw them away.
This is something that I have learned that when we are not witnessing the enemy will tell us not to because we don't know enough or are not really good at it in the first place. Then when we are witnessing the enemy will tell us to stop because we are not really making a difference and we should go back to being a cozy Christian.
So I stood purposely next to two large trash cans and handed out more than 400 gospel tracks with only 2 rejections in the trash. So 0.5% didn't want it and threw a tract away and 99.5% did, I consider those very good odds. Most people wont event hand out a tract because they are afraid of rejection or say it just doesn't work. How do you know unless you try?
I also had more than several great conversations and remember that the face of the lie the enemy tells us is all about pride, this is because we don't want anyone to think badly of us. So step out side of your comfort zone and you will step right into God's. Please put your trust in the Lord, he will always amaze you!.
Also a side note I send out text messages to my friends and one of them had switched phones numbers. However a guy that I had texted some Bible verses too and had mentioned some upcoming events at church came to church looking for me and wanted to talk about Jesus. Please pray for him and his wife. You just never know how God will use you to impact others.
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
And if that doesn't rivet you, look closely at the word "every". It is pas, and literally means "every". So when Jesus commanded us, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature", to be true and faithful to the original text, what He was actually saying was, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature". We are so fortunate to have access to knowledge like this.
I also had another awesome time down at our local Thursday Night Farmers Market. I met up with Jon Talley and Gary Jacques. I had felt last week I was not very fruitful and only gave out about 200 or so gospel tracks. The enemy whispered to me that people where just going to throw them away.
This is something that I have learned that when we are not witnessing the enemy will tell us not to because we don't know enough or are not really good at it in the first place. Then when we are witnessing the enemy will tell us to stop because we are not really making a difference and we should go back to being a cozy Christian.
So I stood purposely next to two large trash cans and handed out more than 400 gospel tracks with only 2 rejections in the trash. So 0.5% didn't want it and threw a tract away and 99.5% did, I consider those very good odds. Most people wont event hand out a tract because they are afraid of rejection or say it just doesn't work. How do you know unless you try?
I also had more than several great conversations and remember that the face of the lie the enemy tells us is all about pride, this is because we don't want anyone to think badly of us. So step out side of your comfort zone and you will step right into God's. Please put your trust in the Lord, he will always amaze you!.
Also a side note I send out text messages to my friends and one of them had switched phones numbers. However a guy that I had texted some Bible verses too and had mentioned some upcoming events at church came to church looking for me and wanted to talk about Jesus. Please pray for him and his wife. You just never know how God will use you to impact others.
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
