Wednesday, April 01, 2009

LTW in Church (March 2009)

I gave an update on our outreach locations at Theta Baptist Church last month and set up a table of materials for Christians after the service where Christians could come by and take anything for free.
This is a sample of what we have at most of our outreach locations (such as Venice Beach, Boulder, Colorado, and NYC), including materials for Scientologists and other mind science cults such as Christian Science and Unity... to point people to Jesus and give reasons for why He is the only Savior for mankind. Isn't it GOOD NEWS? Where would we be if we were left to save ourselves in all of our sin without such a pure Savior like Jesus? His love for me is what makes me want to tell others. I don't know where I would be without Him.
This photo shows witnessing cards to give to Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses and tracts on apologetics to answer questions such as Can a Loving God Allow Suffering? (This table was set up on Sunday morning, March 8th at Theta Baptist in Columbia, TN, and the same materials were made available that evening for Christians at West Franklin Baptist in Franklin, TN, at their missions fair.)
Many Christians stopped by to take materials for Mormons the next time they visit, as well as Jehovah's Witnesses, to draw the line of demarcation between these belief systems and saving faith. These cards debunk the cultic teachings to prove they are not Christian, despite their claims. They expose a different Jesus being taught (2 Cor. 11:4), unlike the Jesus of the Bible.
Dominionism is a movement based on humanistic maneuvers (in the name of Jesus), driven by the desire to build the kingdom of God on earth. Yet, the Bible teaches that "the whole world lies in the domain of the evil one" (1 John 5:19) and that Satan is the "prince of the power of the air." (Ephesians 2:2 ). Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world. Dominionists strive to make the road broad leading to life when the Bible states it will be narrow with "few" finding it (Matthew 7:13), as if Christianity will have more power in numbers. None of this is biblical. The power of Christianity comes from Jesus, by His Holy Spirit and not people. The word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" (1 Corinthians 1:18-20)



When I get asked to speak and sing in churches and show a slide presentation of our outreach locations, I also bring materials to share with Christians to encourage them to "contend earnestly for the faith" as commanded in Jude 3. There is no greater thrill for a Christian with the Holy Spirit possessing him or her. We were saved for such a purpose. It is not an obligation or a human endeavor but a passion from the love Jesus has poured out within our hearts. We are indebted to Him for such love, and we simply have to tell others about Him. When you love someone it is very hard to hear a lie about them and not speak up in their defense. To defend the name of Jesus against lies about Him is the basis for our ministry of evangelism with our love for Him as the inspiration for it all. Yet, we take no credit for such love. He is the One who chose us for Himself. "We love Him because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19). He keeps His own. (John 10: 28). "So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs but God who shows mercy." (Romans 9: 16).