Abdul²

As we stepped onto the boardwalk, Diana stopped to talk with a young man standing alone.
Spying two Muslim men, I handed each of them a 1M dollar bill. Upon asking their names I got-Abdul and Abdul. I said, “Come on…you’re kidding me right? Are you telling me the truth?” They smiled and I asked where they were from. Both of them were from Saudi Arabia. I told them I had a million dollar question for them and asked if they were going to Heaven when they died. They both hesitated and smiled and then said something like, “I hope so.”
I asked if they were good men. They answered affirmatively. Abdul 1 told me that he prayed 5 times a day among other good things. I asked if they were familiar with the Law of Moshe. They looked at each other and said, “Yes.” We went through a few of those laws and they admitted to lying, stealing and lusting. Both men now seemed a little disturbed. I asked them how they thought God would find them if He judged them tonite. They hesitated but both said guilty. I told them that Prophet Esa (Jesus) came to pay for their sins. He came to give himself so that they could go to Heaven when they died.
Abdul 1 sat up straight and said, “Prophet Esa was not God!” I asked them, “Can a man take the form of God?” “No!” they both answered together. I agreed, “No, he cannot!! But can Almighty God, Lord of the Universe, Maker of Heaven and Earth and all in it-can He take the form of a man?”

They both looked stunned for a moment and then Abdul 1 said, “God can do anything!” Abdul 2 nodded in agreement. I said, “Yes, we cannot limit Him with our minds-He is far above us!... was Muhammad a good prophet?”
Both said, “Yes.”
“Can a prophet lie?”
“No.”
What did Prophet Muhammad say about Prophet Esa?”
“He was a good prophet.”
“Can a prophet lie?”
“No!”
“Listen to what Prophet Esa said about Himself…”I am the Way, the Truth and the Life-no man comes to the Father but through Me.””
Abdul 2 said quickly, “Can you cite this? What is your source?”
My mind went completely blank and I could not remember this often used reference!! Diana was now standing about 4 feet away and said, “John 14:6.” I pulled out copies of the Gospel of John which I get free and keep on hand for just such occasions. (www.pocketpower.org) Opening these to the verse I handed them both copies to keep. They both took them. It is a custom in the Middle East that if you give someone a gift they are obliged to use it.
I told them that Prophet Esa came and laid His life down to pay for our sins. Abdul asked me if He forgave all my sin. I answered yes. He seemed to think he had me here as he said, “’So! you can just sin and it is alright?” “No, it is not alright. I must follow Him.” “What keeps you from sin?” I gave them both a courtroom scene where they were both guilty and someone walked in and paid their fine for them so that they could be set free…”How would you feel toward that man who paid your fine?” Abdul 1 said, “Very grateful.” I asked, “Would you want to hurt him?”
“No.”
“Would you want to please him?”
“Yes.”
“That is what Prophet Esa did for you. That’s why I don’t want to sin! ”
Abdul 2 was getting more and more quiet. Abdul 1 asked if he could have my email address. I told him that it was on the Million Dollar Bill. He stated that he would like to email me with questions, if that was OK. I thanked them for talking to us.
As Diana and I walked away we prayed for these two Arab men. When we were far enough away we rejoiced for the conversation! These two were so open and they even took the Gospels!! May God protect the seeds that were planted.

Three Dead, Buried and Raised with Him

If you have been keeping up with this blog you might remember a story of a man named Reed. He is terminal and will not be with us long. Last week he asked if he could follow the Lord in baptism!! My good friend Tucker caught me last Saturday and gave me this great news!

James was saved last year after we talked about the crucifix around his neck. We talked about what it really meant and when he realized that he had failed to keep the Law he gave his heart to Christ! He also wanted to be baptized!

Richard and I met when his roommate cussed me out of his room. We went out to the courtyard and talked for a long time. When he realized how far short of God's Law he was he immediately prayed and asked God to save him! Now he wants to take the next step.

Dennis came and helped the guys get ready to go. Tucker and her sister, Janette are awesome friends and they took care of the rest! God bless you guys!

Witnessing in Stuttgart and Paris

On a recent business trip to Germany and France, I was able to visit City Chapel in Stuttgart and Calvary Chapel Paris.

In Stuttgart I was blessed with a guest speaker from Calvary Chapel Jerusalem and Pastor Bradley Antolovich. The blessing was that his message was excellent about their work with the Jewish people and believers plus it was in English.
After service, I met with Rahel, the Evangelism Team Leader and some of her co-workers in Christ.

During lunch I was able to go into detail of the Way of the Master Basic Training Course. This details how to seek and save the lost the way Jesus did. The group was amazed that in a short period of time, you can share your faith, explain and show how the person has sinned as evidenced by the Law, Judgment and Grace and salvation through Jesus Christ.

After a few hours I asked why none had felt led to talk to the waitress. At which point, they said to me “show us how!”
I called the waitress over and asked (fortunately spoke English very well) “If Hell were a real place, would you want to be warned?”
She said yes and I went on to explain how she had sinned because she had told many lies, was a thief and had blasphemed. I explained about judgment if those things had occurred in an earthly court of law but how someone could come in and pay her fine if she would accept this free gift. I explained that person is Jesus Christ and the gift is free but she needed to accept it. All this happened in around 3 minutes.
The team from City Chapel was amazed that the Holy Spirit had worked on this girl and that they would follow up. The team is considering how to arrange the time for a WOTM training course.
After this, I went to the train station but I don't think I spoke to the person who was taken away.


In Paris I met with Pastor Dente. They are undergoing some new building changes and in a bit of turmoil at this time. However, I was able to show him and one of the elders about the Basic Training Course. They are praying about it and are looking for maybe an autumn class. The interesting news is that the building they are trying to rent is Jews for Jesus. I asked about a combined class. How wonderful would that be??

Keep praying for these opportunities.

Sunday Fishing-Part 2

Walking down the next rows we continued to drop tracts. Diana took one row and I took another, we dropped hundreds! Walking down the row I noticed a man sitting in a van, watching me. I walked over and told him that I would not make him bend down to pick it up and I gave him a $1M bill. I told him it was a gospel tract and that there was a million dollar question on the back. He said, “Oh yeah, this is the part where we are supposed to talk, right?” I said, “Sir, you are big enough to squash me like a bug, so if you don’t want to talk-we are not going to talk!” He said, “No, go ahead.” I asked his name and he told me it was Don. He also told me he was on R and R from the Middle East. I asked him the million dollar question and he began to tell me what a good person and father he was. He told me he was a good husband, etc. I started taking him through the test and he said, “Yeah, yeah I know I’ve sinned.” I told him that we all had but I asked him to slow down and really take it in. He was agreeable that he had sinned but didn’t think that God would condemn him because “God was forgiving”. I explained that God was also Righteous and Holy and Don became quiet. When I told him what Jesus did-he announced the name of Jesus quickly before I did. I told him that it was good to know who Jesus was but not enough. I explained that demons have known Him a lot longer and a lot better than he did-they will not be in Heaven. At this point Don stopped talking and started listening carefully. I told Don that Jesus never offered Himself as a pardon for the demons but He did for Don. We continued to talk for a minute and when I was finished I asked Don what he would do with Jesus. “I would accept Him!!” I waited…and waited. Finally I said, “Don, what keeps you from making this decision today?” He hesitated for a moment as if coming out of a deep sleep and said, “I…nothing. Nothing keeps me from making this decision!” I said, “Why not pray then and take care of it now?” He stuck his large hand out of the window, took my hand and prayed! Diana had walked over toward us to pray when she saw me talking with him and she now came over to us. We were so happy we could have danced! Don got a phone call and we walked away happily. We were about 30’ away from him when he called us back. When we walked over he said, “I just want to say thank you for giving me the Word today! I needed a wake-up call!” Don’t we all, Don!

We were hot and tired and we needed water but we could not stop there so we walked over to Starbucks. Well, we got some water and sat inside near a young couple. He had on earphones and was doing some sort of work on his laptop and she was punching keys on hers. Diana played sinner while I played saint. The girl looked at the guy right after we started talking and he took off his headphones. They both listened intently during the entire conversation. We left these tracts all over when we finished.

Outside we met a man named Dominic. Diana gave him some money while I gave him some water. Concerned for his soul we began to talk with him. He told us that he has been a Christian for 20 years and adamantly said that without Jesus Christ he was, “Nothing!”. We talked a bit and he told us that his wife brings him out every day to sit there. We bid him goodbye and he blessed us.

We made our way to the front doors of Wal-Mart. Diana took the Entrance and I took the Exit. We handed out about 300 more tracts before security came for us again. When Derrick came out the door I asked him if he was the ‘muscle’. He smiled and said no but he refused the $1M bill we offered. We had now been run off for the second time that day but it was worth it!

Luk 14:23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

Fishing is always exciting because you never know what you might catch. I remember one time sitting under a bridge in south Texas with my Dad. We were fishing in a swampy lake and we thought the hook might be snagged. We pulled and pulled and thought we were bringing up some weeds and branches. Instead something very strong and dark came up to the surface and rolled over, snapping the hook off. We looked at each other and I think we were both glad it got away!

Not so on this day!!

Sunday Fishing-Part 1

Diana is a teacher, which means she gets the summer off and since she loves to fish as much as I do…we went fishing on Sunday! We decided to go to an outdoor shopping center. We began dropping tracts in the parking lots while we made our way over to the movie theatre.

When we got there we spotted two young men, each sitting alone. She took Matt and I talked with Chaz. This young man listened carefully and was very honest. I left him with a Good Person booklet and he indicated that this was important enough that he would be talking to God later this evening.

Diana was having another conversation with two girls. Both listened carefully as she gave them the Good Person test. Elizabeth failed it and was very disturbed, her eyes held back tears. Her friend Tabitha said she was a Christian and Elizabeth looked shocked, as if she had never heard this before. Diana asked Tabitha where she thought Elizabeth would go if she died this day. She looked disturbed as she said, “Hell”. When we finished, Elizabeth promised not to wait but to make things right with God. 2Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…” in this case it did a little bit of all.

Suddenly we were set upon by two uniformed security officers. Officer H. told us that since we were on private property we would have to stop “soliciting” immediately. He told us to go over to Wal-Mart, that they didn’t mind this sort of thing. We all knew he was just trying to get rid of us but we were obedient and thanked him.

We made our way over to Wal-Mart and began dropping crumpled bill booklets in the parking lot. As we went up the rows we met a gal who was loading the passenger side of her truck. I gave her a $1M and she laughed. I started talking to her and she made a joke and said, “She’s the one who needs to hear this-she’s really had it rough!” as she pointed to her friend making her way toward us. Diana quickly said, “I’ll get her” and walked toward her. I continued to talk and the friend joined us on the other side of the truck. I gave them both the test and “Pam” stopped making jokes. Her friend meanwhile had stopped unloading and put her forehead down on the side of the truck bed, as if she were really bothered by what was being said. They both remained quiet as the gavel of the Law came down.

They did not argue as they were condemned to Hell. When they learned of why Jesus came to die they were silent. I handed “Pam” a Good Person booklet and went around the truck to give her friend one. She never raised her head from the truck but she held out her hand to receive the booklet. We noticed that after they got into the truck they stayed there for quite a while before leaving.

Hebrews 4:12 For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Oh, how awesome to watch it at work!