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The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. Psalm 11:5

Well Praise the Lord! Ben joined me Sunday night as we ventured to Atlanta for WWE Raw 2010. The line was the longest I have ever seen it at Philip's. It stretched down several blocks and stayed idle for over two hours. I think the reason is because they did not open the doors very early like they normally do. I was glad because I got to preach the gospel to many as they stood in line. There were lots of hecklers and lots who wanted to stand next to me laughing and mocking and getting their picture taken with the preacher. I just ignored them and kept proclaiming the Truth. It is funny because I asked Ben when we got there what sign I should bring. The Holy Spirit must have intervened because I did not even notice until we were out there over an hour that I had brought my sign with Psalm 11:5 printed in large letters. What an appropriate message for those going into a wrestling event.

One guy wanted to know if I was protesting the event. I assured him that I attend many events at Philip's Arena. Another guy who had heard the preaching for at least an hour came out of line to get one of my tracts. I asked him if he likes to read. He said he did so I gave him a copy of One Heartbeat Away. That was a divine appointment because he must have seen many people mocking me and he heard what I was preaching, yet he still came up to me wanting one of my cards. Praise the Lord!

Please pray for another divine appointement that God has set up for me. Recently I went and held a sign in front of 12 Stone Church on Hwy 20 near Buford. They are doing some wicked things there so I was compelled to go preach and hold my sign while people were arriving and leaving Sunday morning. Here is a link to what they have conducted in the past for their Sunday service.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJEZHIScBg

I got an email from the owner of Books for Less the local bookstore on Hwy 20 near the church. He said he had seen me at the courthouse previously and appreciated my zeal, but had recently seen me at his church and wanted to know why I would protest there. He then went on to say how many people were buying Bibles from his store as a result of that church. I wrote him a short reply just explaining that the end does not justify the means. Anyway, we are supposed to meet when I get back from Miami so pray that he will be receptive to the Truth of God's Word and that men who love Christ cannot be friends with this world. Friendship with this world is enmity with Christ.

The new school campaign is going wonderful. Please pray for me and my faithfulness in going to schools daily with the new sign. I can already see the long term implications.

We leave in less than two days for Miami. Please pray for us and that the name of Jesus is exalted! God is good!

Lord, take me home soon, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ. Philippians 3:8

There really is nothing left to say for the Christian. Christ is everything and nothing else matters. I love the pictures we are given from Scripture of every creature constantly praising Him, everything in nature praising Him, and one day everyone of His redeemed praising Him. How I long for that day. There is nothing I want more. There is nothing keeping me here except for Him. And I will accomplish what He wants and I will go home to Him.

God has been so gracious to me. He has given me so much. He has provided. He continues to bless and provide. And He continues to surprise me with new blessings. I wonder about the blessings He has for me this week. Maybe I will be persecuted for His glory. Maybe He will be gracious and bless me in some other way. All I know is that whatever circumstances He brings to me, it is His gift to me and I receive it gladly hoping that it will cause me to long for Him more.

I had an incredible opportunity this past Saturday as I went and met with a lady, Barbara, her daughter, Candace (who is a professing Christian), and Candace's boyfriend, Joe (who is Catholic). It is interesting how this meeting was set up. You may remember that I witnessed to Barbara a while back at the courthouse. She approached me because she did not like my sign declaring God's hatred for wickedness. She has been coming off and on to my church on Wednesday nights. She is a professing Christian, but living in an immoral relationship. She is not ready to repent, but I can tell that God is working in her heart. It is interesting that she is in this sinful lifestyle yet she is concerned about her daughter dating a Catholic. She wanted me to meet with them and talk about the heresy I have seen in Catholicism. She picked me up on Saturday and we drove up to Athens. We met with them for probably over three hours. I got to share a lot of Truth with all three of them.

Unfortunately, Joe is trusting more in the church to tell him what is Biblical rather than trusting the Word of God and His Holy Spirit. He was even so bold as to say that if the Catholic church came out with a heretical teaching like denying Christ's deity, he would no longer believe in God. He said he is trusting that God protects the integrity of the church and this belief is so strong that if the church were to fall then so would his faith. I could not believe what he was saying. Especially considering all of the heresies that the Catholic church is teaching like Mary's sinlessness, and faith mixed with works. It just shows how blind men really are. The Word of God is so clear and yet men supress the Truth in unrighteousness. He wanted to conclude the meeting by saying that we basically believed the same things. He wanted to send me some links to some Catholic apologetics. I told him no thanks. He asked how I expected him to read what I gave him if I would not look at what he has. I told him that I was not there to learn anymore about the Catholic teaching. I had looked at it enough to see it as wrong and I assured him that we believed different things and what he was believing had severe implications. He was a little surprised at my boldness, but the meeting still ended well. It is amazing how bold you can be when you found evangelistic relationships on the gospel. The gospel is the center and if people reject you because of the gospel then let them reject you. We are not to be friends with the world except that we are constantly seeking to win them to Christ.

I also had another great encounter with an eight-year old. I was teaching at a school and got to talk to one of my students. He said he goes to church. I asked him if he believed in God. He said yes that he got baptized. I asked him what that meant. He began to talk to me about conversations he has with his mom and other people at the church about the Trinity. He said he could not understand how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit could all be one, and this was from an eight-year old.

I shared with him from John 1 explaining to him that Jesus is God's Word made flesh. I think too many times we use illustrations to make our points, but why didn't God use the perfect illustration to explain the Trinity? I would rather stick with Scripture and explain the Trinity the way the Bible does. I wrote the verses out for him on a note and he was excited to put it in his book bag. He then seemed very interested in what church I went to. Praise the Lord. I hope this young man looks at the Word of God is changed forever just like I was in college.

I am so fortunate to have Christ with me at all times. May He be with us as we reach out to thousands at the SuperBowl next week. We need your prayers.

Christ, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us 1 John 1:2

I have been memorizing the book of 1 John. It is amazing what God shows you when you hide His Word in your heart. I had never noticed before that this passage says the "eternal life" that they proclaimed was "made manifest" to them. I know it seems elementary, but I had never noticed that before. The eternal life they proclaimed was Jesus. Jesus is the eternal life.

You may have heard it said that many people want to go to heaven, they just don't want Jesus to be there. But Jesus is heaven. The question is not, "Heaven or Hell?" The question is, "Jesus or Hell?" It gets right at the root of a person's being. What do people really want? Do they really want Jesus? That is the question to ask people. What do people really want in this life and in the life to come?

Well, I had a wonderful time with Scott Autry and his wife Stephanie from Fish For Christ. Ben was able to join us along with some others, Jasper Capps and his wife Tiffany, and Chad, a friend of Scott's. We gave out tracts and witnessed to people as they came out of the movie theater and restaurants in Conyers. Apparently it is public property. Praise the Lord, the police officers were even glad we were out there.

Ben and Chad got to talk to some Jehovah's Witnesses while I talked with a guy who was leaning toward Islam. Jasper and his wife talked to many people and Jasper even got a little persecution. One guy walked away in the middle of the conversation, obviously opposed to what he was saying, while another couple of girls tried to give the tract back cursing and saying they did not want to hear it. The Lord gave us great success and we were blessed to share the gospel with so many.

Jeff Suricki, Jeff Gary, Jim Coyle, and Bobby McCreery joined me at Winter Jam 2010. This is a Christian concert event. Third Day was the headline band. Some might think it weird that we went to share the gospel at a Christain event, but there were some we got to talk to who were definitely not saved.

Jeff Gary and I talked to a group of teenagers who said they were not sure what would happen to them if they died. They said you cannot know for sure. Jeff took them through the law, shared the gospel with them, and we assured them they could know for sure based on the promise in 1 John.

One guy came up to me and said my tract, "God Loves God Hates" was unbiblical. He was there saying this to me in front of his wife and two daughters. I asked what part. He said the part where it says God's hatred is poured out on people in hell. He tried to convince me that God loves people in hell. I told him he would have a hard time convincing people in hell that God loves them. Try telling a person that God loves him when his flesh is on fire forever, in utter darkness and misery while he is wailing and gnashing his teeth. I told him that once a person rejects Christ and enters eternity, God's love has ceased and if God did not spare any of His wrath from His Son, He certainly will not spare any wrath from the unrepentant sinner who has spit in the face of God's sacrifice. He said we would have to agree to disagree and walked away. The problem is that he is disagreeing with God.

Another guy came back to me and was really excited to see my "God Loves God Hates" tract. He said he and others at his church were just talking about how they wanted something like that. I gave him some more and told him I would mail him more. Praise the Lord. Others there greatly encouraged us and one group even brought us free dinners from Moe's. God is good to those who faithfully serve Him. I cannot thank Him enough for all of the prayers He is answering.

The SuperBowl is upon us. Please pray for us as we prepare for this exciting mission trip.

One last thing I wanted to mention. For a while now I have had a burden to reach out to middle school and high school students, but was not sure what to do so I was not doing anything. God has burdened me more and more and He helped me realize that I should be doing what I do best, street evangelism. Since I cannot go into the schools, I am planning a schedule to visit middle schools and high schools daily as the students dismiss in the afternoon. I will be holding a sign with Scripture and the new website and preaching. My hopes is that by faithfully consistently going to schools, the students will become familiar with me, visit the site and hear the Truth. The website is dedicated to exposing the lies being taught in the public schools. Email me If you would ever be interested in joining me one day.

Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. John 16:2

Well this may not be happening right now, at least not in America, but we may be closer than you think after you hear what happened this past weekend in Miami.

Bill and I went down to the camp where we will be staying for the SuperBowl Outreach to finalize plans. Justin Harris and Wes Tyler joined us to do some evangelism on one of the days.

The night that Wes and Justin came in we decided to go around the camp and witness to some of the youth who were wandering around the grounds. There were many out there because there was a youth camp going on.

We first talked to the youth pastor who seemed very Rob Bellish. He had the hip look and was teaching the youth some Bible study they had themed around the hit TV show 'Lost.' I guess the Christian bookstore was all out of the 'Andy Griffith' Bible study (there really is such a thing).

He really seemed like a nice guy, just misled by all the relationship evangelism and results driven teaching. He later told us that 6 kids had 'accepted' Christ.

We hung out and as the kids walked passed us in the parking lot we decided to hand out a few tracts and talk to them. We were doing this no more than 15 minutes when the youth pastor came out and stopped us. He said he really appreciated what we were trying to do, but wanted us to stop sharing the gospel with them. He did not want us giving them tracts. He did not want us talking to them. I was stunned. He tried to use the excuse that we were strangers. He also said we were distracting them from what they had been teaching them. We told them we were just sharing the gospel with them so it should be the same things they were teaching. I tried to share with him Philipians 1, that he should be rejoicing because we were sharing the gospel with the kids, but he ignored me.

It is not like this guy thought we were Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses either. We talked with him thoroughly on our methods of evangelism. We told him we liked Kirk Cameron's Ministry, The Way of the Master. He was familiar with them and of course asked us, "What kind of results do you get using that method?"

The night ended with them threatening to call the police on us if we did not stop. One of the guys even told us that it was private property and we should not be doing that. Unbelievable! I am still in shock, but I guess I should not be by now. The hour is coming. And why do they do this?

Because they do not know the Father or Jesus Christ.

Apart from this we had great opportunities to share the gospel at the Orange Bowl and other sporting events in Miami.

Also, please pray for Hunter. He was a youth at the camp. I was able to share the full gospel with him including hell and repentance. He knew nothing and this was one of the guys that the youth pastor boasted about sharing the gospel with. Apparently he is in a gang. Pray for him that he repents and is born again.

Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Luke 10:2

I am thankful for those laborers who were able to come out and share the gospel with the multitudes that were on the streets. Thanks to Jeff S., John B., Bill A., Bobby M., Franklin J., Chap W., Scott A., Stephanie A., Chris G., Eddie J., Saki A., and the many others who were not with us, but were obedient to the great commission.

It really was a fruitful evening. There were so many out there who needed the gospel and we were able to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ and HIm crucified to many. You can see one video here. It really shows how energetic the crowd and atmosphere was.

So many people stopped to talk to us and ask us why we were there. We got to share with them that we were there because we loved them and did not want them to perish. Many people also took our tracts.

Praise the Lord for this incredible night where the world gathers the people so we can preach to them.

I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 1 Corinthians 4:16

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. Ephesians 5:1

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit

1 Thessalonians 1:6

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews 1 Thessalonians 2:14

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Hebrews 6:12

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 13:7

From the above verses it is clear that we are supposed to be imitators of Christ (God). We are also supposed to be imitators of those rooted in the word doing the work of God. Hebrews 6:12 warns us not to be sluggish, but to imitate those who inherit the promises.

Hebrews13:7 tells the believers to imitate those who delivered the word to them. Isn't that amazing? Strong believers in the Lord proclaimed the Word to lost people and then those lost people who received the Word are told to imitate the very ones who preached to them.

Paul was an incredible missionary and twice above he says to imitate him.

The question I asked last week is, "What are you doing with your time?"

The question I will ask this week is, "Who are you imitating?"

I can say with great confidence to be an imitator of me. Remember I have nothing to boast about. Everything that is happening in my life that people seem to admire is all a work of Christ. He is working it out of me. His Holy Spirit is bringing about Christ's fruits of righteousness.

He is the source of my life in Christ Jesus and Jesus is my wisdom, my righteousness, my sanctification, and my redemption. Therefore I cannot boast, except in the Lord.

So be an imitator of me as I am of Christ. Let us not be so entangled in this world, distracted by worldly desires, loving the world more than obeying Christ.

Again, who are you imitating? Are you imitating the world? The Bible says if we love the world then the love of the Father is not in us. This may be an easy question to answer in your mind. You may think you are imitating Jesus. But what do your works tell you? What are you doing New Year's Eve? Are you going to a party like everyone else? Are you going to just watch TV and then go to sleep like everyone else? Are you spending time with a loved one like everyone else?

There will be thousands of people out celebrating and if a bomb were to go off then most of them will end up in hell. Not only that, but Christ commands you to be His ambassador and proclaim His gospel. You, as a Christian, are the representative He has chosen. Will you squander that? Will you waste your talent?

You may think I am trying to make you feel guilty. I am hopefully challenging you to do more. What would Paul do this New Year's Eve if he were around and knew there would be thousands of people gathered to celebrate? What would the other apostles be doing?

You might try to rationalize it and think you should get a chance to rest. You might actually be doing something that will edify you spiritually. You might think you have done your job for the week because you talked to someone at work or preached on Sunday morning.

But what would a strong man or woman of God do knowing that there is such a great opportunity to represent Jesus? You can pray or read John MacArthur any other time. You can rest another time. You can be with a loved one another time, or you could even do something radical and bring your loved ones out with you. Allow me to answer what we should all be doing. We should be out proclaiming the gospel to all of creation. I will be out proclaiming Christ to all of creation on New Year's Eve. Imitate me. You admire me and follow my website and encourage me and pray for me. Imitate me and reach out to the lost.

You may think you are not Mark Cahill. Mark took the first step of obedience, that led to the second, that led to the third, and so on. Will you take the first, or another step of obedience that will lead you to more sanctification? Who are you imitating and how are you spending your time?

I am glad that this past Thursday night I obeyed God rather than my flesh. My flesh told me to stay home and rest because it was the day after Christmas. God told me to go to the Jingle Bash at Philips Arena. I am glad because Matthew, a Catholic, came up to me as I was reading Scripture. He was trusting in his goodness and his works and his Catholic faith to get him into heaven. When I spoke to him about his personal faith and relationship to Christ, he had a hard time separating himself from the church. He kept saying, "We as Catholics," to which I responded, "But what about you?" He thanked me for the conversation and took a tract. Pray for Matthew the Catholic.

This New Year's Eve please do something bold for the Lord Jesus Christ and let it be the first of many steps of obedience.

Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29

I must apologize for not sending out an update sooner. I have been extremely busy and it did not help matters that I was unable to access the web for about four days. I am glad to finally get back in the loop and share what has been happening. God is good and is always doing so much.

First, I wanted to comment on the above verse. I have observed this in the past, but never developed it fully in my writing. The above verse says we are being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ in order that we might be a brother of Christ. This is an amazing truth about True believers in Jesus Christ. The genuinely reborn have this amazing gift of the Holy Spirit and that Spirit will never be satisfied until we are perfect. Not that it is our perfection, but the perfection of Jesus Christ and His righteousness being worked out in human flesh and one day complete in glorification.

This is why we are never content in the flesh. I know in my own life it never seems like I am doing enough. I am never reading my Bible enough. I am never praying enough. I am never witnessing enough. I am never showing love to others enough. I never have enough Scripture memorized. I am constantly being convicted, challenged, and stretched to obey Christ more. This should be normal for the Christian. And again, this has nothing to do with us. It has everything to do with what Christ is doing in us. That is why we should not fight this sanctification process. We should continue examining God's Word and obeying.

The truth is that we will never be content until we are worshiping Christ without ceasing like the creatures and elders in heaven.

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!" And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

   "Worthy are you, our Lord and God,

   to receive glory and honor and power,for you created all things,

   and by your will they existed and were created." Revelation 4:8-11

Can you imagine being able to worship Him who sits on the throne and the Lamb forever and ever? There will be no bills, screaming children, work, anxiety, pain, tears, exhaustion, housework, distractions, etc.

Let us not let those things keep us from becoming more like Christ even now. Allow Him to sanctify you and be obedient to what He shows you. If you disobey then your growth will be stunted. Never be content with how much you pray, read the Bible, witness, etc. Always let Him push you to do more so that you never become comfortable. The Lamb is worthy and you will never on this earth give Him enough praise that is due His Name.

John Bensley, Jeff Gary and myself went and preached at the Starship adult store. Once again, God worked through the obedience He granted us. It seemed as if no one was around, but as soon as we set up with the cross and signs and began preaching, people came out of the woodwork. People began by shouting at us from passing cars. It was dark and very cold so it seemed like no one would care, but they did, because the darkness hates the light. Some were looks and shouts of disgust. They were angry because we had no right to judge these people for having a shop that promotes sexual immorality. Then the encouragement began to come. Many people stopped and were so glad we were there. One father and his three teenage daughters jumped out of their car shouting halleluiahs and embracing us in love. Another couple of ladies stopped and brought us hot chocolate to warm our spirits and bodies. People stopped as they walked in to shout at us or listen for a few minutes. Some of the employees even came out to listen for a while. This happened the last time Ben and I were out there. Of course the police came out, but did not give us any trouble. Praise the Lord for His work that night. I would love to go more until that place closes down, but I do not want to go alone. Contact me if you would like to go some time.

John and I went the following day and held signs in front of the Mall of Georgia and preached to the passing cars. You may think this is a waste of time, but there is nothing I would rather do on a Saturday afternoon than exalt the name of Jesus Christ when everything else in this world is being exalted above Him. The mall security called the police on us saying they managed the sidewalk. Of course the police told us we were allowed to be there and if we had any more trouble to call them. Praise the Lord we have such freedom and support in proclaiming the gospel! Why do we not take advantage of such liberties? It will be a fearful day for many pastors when they see the Lord. They will have to give reasons why they were too busy watching football or Christmas shopping.

Also, we had a wonderful time at the preacher's fellowship last night. Over 50 saints were able to join us and it was a great night of feasting, fellowship, and being challenged by brother Mark Cahill and the Word of God.

Here are some pictures so you can see what you missed

Hopefully the challenge will result in more faithful, consistent, obedience to the great commission.

Two great upcoming opportunities are the outreaches on New Year's Eve and the SuperBowl. Please join us at both if you are able. You can find more details on the homepage.

Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. John 17:15-18

I was in Atlanta Tuesday night witnessing with Chris Galloway and his group and I observed the spiritual darkness that exists there in the city. I have noticed it before, but this particular night it seemed even more evident. Atlanta is a very dark city. You can almost immediately feel it when you go out there. I fear what it may look like 15 years from now. Children now are being raised by children and I think it is fair to say almost all of them are growing up with no knowledge of the Bilbe or Christ.

These thoughts have troubled me in the past. Try to imagine what is happening in our world right now. I want to give you a few pictures to ponder. On television you can watch shows like Cheaters, Jerry Springer, and American Idol. Think of the kinds of people that watch such shows and the people who go on such shows.

The people who watch the shows are typical Americans. Cheaters (a show about people who cheat on one another), I am sure, is entertaining to those who are in relationships right now. Realistically there are millions of ongoing adulterous relationships. People are steeped in every type of sexual immorality and they laugh at and even condone others caught in the same bondage. Jerry Springer fosters the same thing. It is a show that brings gluttonous, adulterous, murderous people on a show to boast about their sin. Many people who watch this show I can imagine are gluttons themselves. Many are probably stay at home moms, obese, not caretakers of their homes or children, unsubmissive to their husbands, and involved in too many other sins to count.

Think about the people who watch American Idol (I may step on a few toes here). Many (not all) are idolaters. They watch such shows and becoming the next Americal Idol is the pinnacle of their existence. That is why they go to the tryouts and try to get on the show. They want to be idolized. They want to be just like the world, even professing Christians. I saw many professing Christians at Miley Cyrus last night. The children were not dressed as young modest virtuous women. They were wearing pimp-like hats, flashy clothing, and holding signs professing their love and devotion to their real god. And it is encouraged by the parents. I doubt any of the kids could name the ten commandments in order, but I am sure they could sing along to their favorite songs. I guess Deuteronomy 6 has no relevance to Christian parents anymore. Life is about going to concerts and sporting events and whatever else. Jesus saved us to do such things, praise God! I guess it is okay as long as we pay our tribute to the building on Sundays.

Hopefully you now have a few images in your mind. Think about all of the people put together. Think about the obese woman sitting on the couch watching her soaps and neglecting her kids, the crazy demon-possessed people in downtown Atlanta, the rampant idolatry that exists on TV and in Hollywood, the homosexuals who proudly parade themselves down the streets of Atlanta, the prostitutes selling their bodies on the streets, the rebellious kids who are not being disciplined, and the list goes on.

You might ask the question I asked: Why does God allow such evil to continue? I admit I sound like one of those guys on the streets we talk to who says, "If there is a God, why does He allow so much evil to exist?"

Well, I know God exists, but it still boggles the mind to think about so much darkness and God just letting it continue year after year. So the question is why? It really is a valid question.

I believe there are two answers.

God is long suffering and

God has sent us into the world.

Notice in the above passage Jesus does not want us taken out of the world. He says He has been sent into the world and He has sent us into the world. So, the answer to the question, why does God allow the darkness to continue? is He is long suffering toward sinners and He wants His children to bring the light to them.

Think about your conversion. The God of the Universe put His seed inside of you. He took some of His light and placed it in human flesh and now that light rests inside of you. Why didn't He just rapture you home when He regenerated you?

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16

There is the answer. God wants men to repent so He does not squash them, but He wants you and I to deliver the message to them.

Now, I want to say something with confidence and instead of you getting upset, and justifying yourself, and sending me hate emails, I want you to simply pray about it and obey God.

Witnessing to someone at work once a month is not enough (if you even do that).

I will not make a rule about how often since Scripture does not make the rule, but I do know that many of you can do more. I know this because we are doing other things on the weekends and not doing our duty of evangelism. I have been accused of emphasizing evangelism too much. Praise the Lord, I will keep exalting it because people keep trying to minimize its importance.

Evangelism is important! It is so important that God left you on this earth to do it. And He did not leave you on this earth to play golf on the weekends,  watch football, go to work, make money, wash your car, cut the grass, etc. We do what we want to do. Let's start doing what God wants us to do. He wants us to shine our light in all of that darkness that exists. The Bible says the light came into the World and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. Christ is the light of the world and when He entered the world the darkness did not squelch His light. As a Christian, you are a type of Christ, a brother (Rom. 8:29), and the darkness is not supposed to overcome you. Stop playing the sovereign card. Get out there and do your duty, soldier.

The Thanksgiving Outreach could not have been better. We had probably close to 15 different people show up at different times. It was cold, but we proclaimed much Truth to those who needed to hear the gospel. There are plenty of videos and pictures to view on the main page.

Leonard Sicilian was preaching the gospel to the shoppers when a young lady approached me. It turns out that she is a student at GSU and had heard all of the preachers when they came to her campus. She did not agree with them because they were calling names and yelling. Even though Leonard was preaching loud she said he sounded reasonable and I began to share Truth with her. Her boyfriend came up and I was able to share a lot with both of them. I found out she is Catholic and loves C.S. Lewis. I began to share some Truth with her from Romans 8. We talked about the difference between the fleshly man and the Spiritual man. I told her she needed to be born again and then the Spritual would make sense. We talked about sin and what it means to come to Christ. She was thinking a lot and I could tell that God had been working in both of their hearts. Praise the Lord for this divine appointment. I gave her One Heartbeat Away and they thanked me for the conversation. Please pray for Megan and Blake.

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Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.

After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well? "Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." John 6:66-69

Jesus is perfect when it comes to sifting through men and finding those who will truly follow HIm. You see it over and over in Scripture How the Son of God goes directly to the heart of the matter and either people fold or they are changed forever.

It happens with His encounter with the Samaritan woman, the rich young ruler, the religious Pharisees, Martha with the death of Lazarus, and then again with these followers of Christ. This passage shows very clearly that Christ wants only who are His, those who have received the Truth. It also shows the reason why people should follow Him.

There really is only one reason; He is the Truth.

This is why everyone else leaves. Who knows all the reasons they were following Jesus. Maybe they were following Him because they had been fed by the fish and loaves. Maybe they were following the religious buzz happening around this Nazarene. Maybe they were fixed on the miracles. Maybe they were following their parents or other family. Regardless, in this moment Jesus exposes them all by confronting them with the Truth and all left Him except for thos who could not leave. Why couldn't they leave? Simon Peter answers this question. Paraphrasing, he says, "Where else are we going to go? You are the Truth. We have believed this and we know that you are God."

Is this true for you and your conversion? Have you come to Jesus simply because He is the Truth. Or are you a Christian because you don't want to go to hell, or because you want the streets of gold, or because you want a good life, or because you get that which you request from God in your prayers? Even though all of these are good rewards for following Him, they are not the reason ultimately to come to Christ. Come to Him because He is the Truth. When you evangelize, do you tell people to come to Christ for the wrong reasons? Make sure that you are not coercing people with these other reasons to come to Christ.

So here is a question that may come up: Are you saying I cannot talk about heaven or hell when evangelizing? Of course not, but are you using it as something to appeal to the flesh of a person. I know I have done this before. In the past I have talked to a person too much about wanting to go to heaven or not wanting to go to hell. As a result, I have appealed too much to the flesh and not addressed the heart enough. I did not talk enough about their need to stop doing that which God hates. In the past I have not told people that they are supposed to be giving God the glory that He deserves. We should obey God because He tells us to obey, even if there were nothing in it for us. We should want His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, which is perfect obedience to all of His commands regardless of the rewards.

I have talked to people before, and maybe you have to, that simply don't care they are going to hell; they love their sin too much. Does that mean they should not trust Christ? Of course not! The Lamb is worthy to receive the glory due His Name. Jesus is the Lamb who was slain. This is the Truth and because of this truth we should fall down and worship. May we become more Christ centered and less man centered in our evangelism.

I had an opportunity to be a part of the Origin in Schools outreach this past Wednesday. I met up with Preach On Ministries at UGA and helped them distribute The Origin of the Species with Ray Comfort's Christian introduction. I pray that people will read the Truth and obey. I also went to Emory campus to do the same thing with another group from Lilburn Alliance Church.

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I spoke with Lauren; She is Jewish. I was really excited to speak to her because most Jews will not talk to me once they find out I am a Christian. At first she was offended when I told her to be a little more open-minded when she rejected a book. She said she did not agree with the introduction. This actually led to her coming and finding me later to tell me how offended she was at my comment. She said she thought she was a very open-minded person. It is funny because I was only saying this because many people accuse Christians of not being open-minded so I thought I would turn it around this time. This led to a 30-40 minute conversation.  I was able to share with her who Jesus is, the Jewish Messiah who ministered primarily to the Jews. I was able to quote some of Isaiah 53 to her showing that Jesus is the prophecied Christ. Praise the Lord, although she was rejecting the Truth at first, she began to listen and by the end of the conversation she was shaking my hand and thanking me for the conversation. She then returned five minutes later to ask for my email address. If she emails me I can continue to witness to her and Scott Dingfelder said he would give me some great resources to send her. I pray that she sees her True Messiah.

Please pray for our Thanksgiving Outreach this week and join us if you can. Please also pray for the following:

-Sean (atheist, very argumentative)

-Caesar (not saved, has some legal trouble)

-Sean (stopped to talk, took a New Testament and One Heartbeat Away, into new age teaching)

Lord, take me home, but until then send me many souls to bring with me.