The Three Amigos

My apologies for not writing this update sooner but I have been sick for the past few days and I have not felt like writing or reading anything at all, but now I am feeling somewhat stable on my feet and I’m ready to hit the ground running again.

This past Friday night was another answered prayer. God is so good to us and His blessings are just unlimited. I’m learning this more day by day. The Dynamic Duo gave way to the Three Amigos Friday night! My friend Robert was able to join Josh and me for a night out witnessing to the people of Chattanooga.

Josh and I started out by trying to talk to a large group of teenagers. Most of them did not want anything to do with us what so ever, but when Josh offered a Gospel tract a few of them took it. As soon as he began to witness to them and talk of spiritual things many of them just walked off. One of the girls even yelled back to us “Jesus Christ is my one and only Savior!”. Once the majority of the group had left only 3 teenage boys were still there. All of these guys professed to be Christians. Josh began to speak to them and to challenge them to live for Jesus and to tell others about Him.

Soon after that we stayed on the same block but separated to talk to people. Josh began to witness to a couple and I met a young man named Brenner. He was very eager to talk and wanted to know why I stopped him. We began to chat, he wasn’t a Christian and he had very detailed ideas about what he thought Christianity was about. One of Brenner's problems with Christianity was the issue of sex before marriage. He couldn’t understand why Christianity suppressed sexual desires in young men. He also wanted to know why all this stuff (creation) is here. We spent quite a while talking. I explained to him that you cannot have a creation without a creator. Much the same way that you cannot have a building without a builder or how if something is designed it must have a designer. He plainly but respectively told me. “I’ve heard all this before. You’re not telling me something I don’t know.” So I took him through the Law and Grace. Soon after this Brenner’s uncle came walking down the street saw him and asked what we were talking about, so I explained. His uncle said “Kinda like Way of the Master?” Wow! His uncle (Steve) was a Christian and he began to witness to Brenner too. As our conversation winded down Brenner told me, “Maybe I should give this some more thought. I friend of mine today just told me that he became a Christian and now I’m talking to you. Plus we bumped into my uncle!” Praise God! I trust the Holy Spirit to do His work with Brenner.

As Josh and I were waiting for Robert to show we started talking to Jonah and Rob. Jonah was obviously not a Christian and Rob claimed to a be a Universalist. This was a great dialogue with many terrific questions asked by both guys. Jonah wanted to know why Jesus couldn’t manifest Himself in many different ways in different religions. I think Josh answered this beautifully by saying “I’m sure Jesus could have. But He didn’t. The Bible says that Jesus was sacrificed once and for all and the blood must be shed for the forgiveness of sins and that blood was shed by Jesus. Muhammad, Buddha, or any other religious leader did not die for the forgiveness of sins." This was such a great answer because their mouths were shut. Josh is one of the most articulate and impressive speakers I’ve seen. He has a way of looking at people right in the eye and giving a straight forward, no frills answer. The tone of his voice is loving and caring but yet he talks to people with the authority of God’s Word. I have a lot that I can learn from him.

After Robert showed up we went down to the Nightfall Festival area. There was a massive crowed there for the beer and the country music show. We spent some time passing out Gospel tracts and making our way through the crowd. Robert used one of the optical illusion tracts to start a conversation with a group of folks. Both Robert and Josh seemed to have a good talk with them. Robert and the couple that he was talking to ended up having lots in common. Truly a fascinating encounter! Robert seems to have one of those personalities that everyone likes. He is easy to talk to and can carry a conversation to where he wants it to go. I admire his boldness in starting conversations with people. Thank you Lord for your faithful servants!

There are many other stories to tell but just too much to type. Anyway…it was a great night of service to God. Hopefully souls will be saved and God would be magnified and glorified beyond measure.