Wow March went right on by, where does all the time go? This past month we got to visit our local High Schools during a program called 'Every 15 Minutes' where the idea of of the program is to use drama and fear to show teens the potentially lethal consequences of drinking and driving. We were able to meet pass out hundreds of Gospel tracts from the sidewalk at both schools. The goal of the "Every 15 minutes" program is to challenge students to not drink and drive. However we got to hand out Gospel tracts and declare what is going to happen to them on the other side if they are not right with Jesus Christ. If there was ever a time to declare to the youth of this generation about God it is now.
On the campus they have a mock funeral service and also there is a student who pretends to be the "Grim Reaper" tagging people and also there is a staged car accident on campus. There is a statistic that none of us can beat and that is that 10 out of 10 people die.We were able to meet pass out hundreds of Gospel tracts from the sidewalk at both schools. The kids were able to watch a dramatization of what happens as police, firefighters, medics and a funeral home respond to a two-vehicle head-on collision, with even a chaplain assisting as they give the parents a fake death certificate of their child. The students watched as the 'dead' person was zipped into a body bag and placed in a hearse for the trip to the mortuary.
We were able to pass out over 400 Gospel tracts in the 2 days during what was most of our lunch breaks, and had a blast. At Chico High School one girl was waiting for her friends to catch up and so we were able to talk and I had asked her if she knew the Lord. She said kind of, which is an interesting answer. I then asked her if she was 'Born-Again', to which she responded that she did not. She told me that she had tried to read the Bible once but it didn't make sense to her.
I was able to talk to her about sin and how unless we see our sin for what it is we will never see our need for a savior. I got to plant a seed that day and also encouraged her to read the Gospel of John, which was written that we would know God. It was a great time and we continue to pray for the High School kids. Here is a short video that shows some of the outreach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_TCtBP-Y-w
We were downtown again to the Saturday morning farmers market, and we were able to pass out a hundreds of tracts and had some very interesting conversations. I had a lady walk by and just grab a tract right out of my hand, and as she did so she said "I''ll take one", and she did. There are so many people searching for answers and for truth in this life. We must not fail to tell this world about Jesus and we must do everything we can to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We know that approximately 150,000 people will die today, and our hearts break for those who will slip form this life into an eternity of torment in Hell because they died in their sins. More importantly, we are consumed with concern for those sill on earth who have not yet trusted in Christ for their salvation. So together we must do all that we can to reach the lost. We must practice sharing our faith in order to become good at it, so why not start today?
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
On the campus they have a mock funeral service and also there is a student who pretends to be the "Grim Reaper" tagging people and also there is a staged car accident on campus. There is a statistic that none of us can beat and that is that 10 out of 10 people die.We were able to meet pass out hundreds of Gospel tracts from the sidewalk at both schools. The kids were able to watch a dramatization of what happens as police, firefighters, medics and a funeral home respond to a two-vehicle head-on collision, with even a chaplain assisting as they give the parents a fake death certificate of their child. The students watched as the 'dead' person was zipped into a body bag and placed in a hearse for the trip to the mortuary.
We were able to pass out over 400 Gospel tracts in the 2 days during what was most of our lunch breaks, and had a blast. At Chico High School one girl was waiting for her friends to catch up and so we were able to talk and I had asked her if she knew the Lord. She said kind of, which is an interesting answer. I then asked her if she was 'Born-Again', to which she responded that she did not. She told me that she had tried to read the Bible once but it didn't make sense to her. I was able to talk to her about sin and how unless we see our sin for what it is we will never see our need for a savior. I got to plant a seed that day and also encouraged her to read the Gospel of John, which was written that we would know God. It was a great time and we continue to pray for the High School kids. Here is a short video that shows some of the outreach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_TCtBP-Y-w
Also in March I got to go downtown on St. Patrick's day, where I went with a good friend to hand out tracts and to get into conversations with people on the street. It was an exciting time, and we were able to pass out over 200 Gospel tracts within an hour. The spiritual darkness there was unbelievable. So many people hurting who where trying to drink away their problems. However there were also people who were looking for truth, and stopped to read the tract. When there is great darkness it can become very easy for a believer’s light to shine very brightly.
I got to talk to a man who wanted to talk, and he even stopped and then put down his things to see what we were about. He was wanting to know what proof we had for Christianity, and had a lot of very in-depth questions about God. He hadn't really thought about the eternal side of life, but did get a degree studying the world religions. About halfway through the conversation, he told me that was "born-again" once but now considered it all to be rubbish.
I then asked him if he had repented and trusted in Jesus, but immediately he told me that he didn't understand why Jesus was the only way. I was able to explain to him that the Bible speaks of false conversion, in which many receive the Word with joy and gladness, but when tribulation, temptation, and persecution comes that they then fall away.
I was able to take him through a few of Ten Commandments, and then into the message of the cross, and the necessity of repentance and faith in the Savior. We had a great conversation and I was even able to leave him with a Why Christianity? Gospel tract which he said he would read, as he loves to read. I didn't want to end things on an awkward note, so I shook his hand and thanked him once again for talking to me.
From there we went toward more of the bar section of downtown and got into a conversation with another guy who considered himself to be spiritual but not religious. So we started talking and asked him a few questions, and even when through a few of the Ten Commandments as well. He had admitted to lying, stealing, and looking with lust. That's when the conversation got strange.
You see he had told us that he didn't lust after women but after men, and that the desires that were within him were completely normal. In fact he even told us that he embraced his flaws which he considered sin. I didn't want to loose this guys so I brought up civil court, and that this excuse would not work on Judgment Day. It is human nature to try, but it doesn’t work with God.
I was able to tell him that it is natural for all of us to desire sin and to be tempted to do things that God says are wrong. From there we talked about absolute truth vs. relative truth, and after asking him if what Hitler did was wrong he agreed that there must be some absolute truth. However, he didn't want to talk much further or take a tract from us. We still thanked him for his time and shook his hand before we left.
I got to talk to a man who wanted to talk, and he even stopped and then put down his things to see what we were about. He was wanting to know what proof we had for Christianity, and had a lot of very in-depth questions about God. He hadn't really thought about the eternal side of life, but did get a degree studying the world religions. About halfway through the conversation, he told me that was "born-again" once but now considered it all to be rubbish.I then asked him if he had repented and trusted in Jesus, but immediately he told me that he didn't understand why Jesus was the only way. I was able to explain to him that the Bible speaks of false conversion, in which many receive the Word with joy and gladness, but when tribulation, temptation, and persecution comes that they then fall away.
I was able to take him through a few of Ten Commandments, and then into the message of the cross, and the necessity of repentance and faith in the Savior. We had a great conversation and I was even able to leave him with a Why Christianity? Gospel tract which he said he would read, as he loves to read. I didn't want to end things on an awkward note, so I shook his hand and thanked him once again for talking to me.
From there we went toward more of the bar section of downtown and got into a conversation with another guy who considered himself to be spiritual but not religious. So we started talking and asked him a few questions, and even when through a few of the Ten Commandments as well. He had admitted to lying, stealing, and looking with lust. That's when the conversation got strange.
You see he had told us that he didn't lust after women but after men, and that the desires that were within him were completely normal. In fact he even told us that he embraced his flaws which he considered sin. I didn't want to loose this guys so I brought up civil court, and that this excuse would not work on Judgment Day. It is human nature to try, but it doesn’t work with God.
I was able to tell him that it is natural for all of us to desire sin and to be tempted to do things that God says are wrong. From there we talked about absolute truth vs. relative truth, and after asking him if what Hitler did was wrong he agreed that there must be some absolute truth. However, he didn't want to talk much further or take a tract from us. We still thanked him for his time and shook his hand before we left.
We were downtown again to the Saturday morning farmers market, and we were able to pass out a hundreds of tracts and had some very interesting conversations. I had a lady walk by and just grab a tract right out of my hand, and as she did so she said "I''ll take one", and she did. There are so many people searching for answers and for truth in this life. We must not fail to tell this world about Jesus and we must do everything we can to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We know that approximately 150,000 people will die today, and our hearts break for those who will slip form this life into an eternity of torment in Hell because they died in their sins. More importantly, we are consumed with concern for those sill on earth who have not yet trusted in Christ for their salvation. So together we must do all that we can to reach the lost. We must practice sharing our faith in order to become good at it, so why not start today?
Does anybody outside of your church know that your a Christian?
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Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
