Bible Questions Answered:
“Pastor, my friends and I are
thinking that you will be able to help us on this question. We want
to do some street ministry, and we are wondering how to go about
it.......”
Jerome/ Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Praise The Lord! What a wonderful
calling!
My Godly grandfather back in the 50's
that's 1950 for some of you that don't realize the calendar goes back
that far...as a child, took my sister and I as ...6, 7 years old to
missions on Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis to do street preaching and
missions work. He would prop my sister and I up on chairs and we
would sing Bible songs for the men in the missions. He was a office
worker for SooLine Railroad for 46 years, but once or twice a week he
and his friends from Buffalo, Minnesota, would go street preaching in
downtown Minneapolis, and hand out gospel tracts. He died at 72, on
the street one night singing gospel hymns on the streets of
Minneapolis.
Having said all of that, things are
different today in America, and you will have to check in your
country as well.
Today, one needs a permit or temporary
license to do such things, one cannot just go and preach or sing on
the street, one will stand the very good chance of being told to
stop, and or be arrested.
So, first of all pray that the Lord is
with you. Prepare your gospel messages and songs. Receive from your
local police department and or city council the permit you need, or
designated area locations where you can preach and sing.
Romans 13:1-7 KJV
1 Let every soul be subject unto the
higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be
are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall
receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to
good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the
power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to
thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he
beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be
subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute
also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this
very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their
dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honor to whom honor.
So many people
write and are so very concerned about prophecy concerning this sign
and that sign and what exactly are we to experience next etc. etc.
etc.
Matthew 7:13,14
KJV
13 Enter ye in at the Strait Gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because Strait is The Gate, and
Narrow is The Way, which leadeth unto Life, and few there be that
find it.
Dear friends, it is our enemies goal, to get us off the Straight and Narrow. Too far left (liberalism), too far to the right (conservatism). It takes a real Bible reading, dedicated Christian to recognize the “Wiles of the Devil.”
The things we
need to be concerned about in these last few fleeting hours before
our Lord's coming is, EVANGELISM! How do we know that? We know
that because Jesus told us so!
Matthew 9:35-38
KJV
35 And Jesus went about all the
cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease
among the people.
36 But when he saw the multitudes,
he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were
scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples,
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
Matthew 24:14
KJV
And this gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then
shall the end come.
Matthew 28:18-20
KJV
18 And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of The Son,
and of
The Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Luke 10:1,2 KJV
1 After these things The Lord
appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before His
face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come.
2 Therefore said He unto them, The
harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore
The Lord Of The Harvest, that He
would send forth laborers into His harvest.
John 4:34-36 KJV
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is
to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that
soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Acts 18:9,10 KJV
9 Then spake The Lord to Paul in the
night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
10 For I am with thee..."
This pastor has
preached from streets to flea markets, and has seen God move in
wonderful ways!
Question:
Who can do this kind of ministry?
Answer: Any
Christian who has been called of God to do so!
Mark 16:15 KJV
And He said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Be bold as Jeremiah was!
Jeremiah 2:1,2
MSG
1 God’s Message came to me. It
went like this:
2 “Get out in the streets
and call to Jerusalem, ‘God’s Message!
Preach as did Jeremiah, repentance
and faith in the Living God!
Jeremiah 7:1-15
MSG
1-2 The Message from God to
Jeremiah: “Stand in the gate of God’s Temple and preach this
Message.
2-3 “Say, ‘Listen, all you
people of Judah who come through these gates to worship God.
God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God, has this to say to you:
3-7 “‘Clean up your act—the
way you live, the things you do—so I can make My home with you in
this place. Don’t for a minute believe the lies being spoken
here—“This is God’s Temple, God’s Temple, God’s Temple!”
Total nonsense! Only if you clean up your act (the way you live, the
things you do), only if you do a total spring cleaning on the way you
live and treat your neighbors, only if you quit exploiting the street
people and orphans and widows, no longer taking advantage of innocent
people on this very site and no longer destroying your souls by using
this Temple as a front for other gods—only then will I move into
your neighborhood. Only then will this country I gave your ancestors
be My permanent home, My Temple.
8-11 “‘Get smart! Your leaders
are handing you a pack of lies, and you’re swallowing them! Use
your heads! Do you think you can rob and murder, have sex with the
neighborhood wives, tell lies nonstop, worship the local gods, and
buy every novel religious commodity on the market—and then march
into this Temple, set apart for My worship, and say, “We’re
safe!” thinking that the place itself gives you a license to go on
with all this outrageous sacrilege? A cave full of criminals! Do you
think you can turn this Temple, set apart for My worship, into
something like that? Well, think again. I’ve got eyes in My head. I
can see what’s going on.’” God’s Decree!
12 “‘Take a trip down to the
place that was once in Shiloh, where I met My people in the early
days. Take a look at those ruins, what I did to it because of the
evil ways of My people Israel.
13-15 “‘So now, because of the
way you have lived and failed to listen, even though time and again I
took you aside and talked seriously with you, and because you refused
to change when I called you to repent, I’m going to do to this
Temple, set aside for My worship, this place you think is going to
keep you safe no matter what, this place I gave as a gift to your
ancestors and you, the same as I did to Shiloh. And as for you, I’m
going to get rid of you, the same as I got rid of those old relatives
of yours around Shiloh, your fellow Israelites in that former kingdom
to the north.’
Dear brothers and
sisters in the Lord, let's get busy for our loving Savior! You are
only limited by your own imagination!
I John 3:17,18
KJV
17 But whoso hath this world's good
(The life saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.), and seeth his brother have
need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth
the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not
love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in Truth.
Mark 11:22 KJV
And Jesus answering saith unto them,
Have faith in God.
A great place to
order Bible Tracts:
Chick Publications
http://www.chick.com
Be sure to tell
them The Bible Prayer Line sent you.
Matthew 22:8-10
KJV
8 Then saith He to His servants, The
wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the
highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into
the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found,
both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Revelation 19:9
KJV
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed
are they which are called unto the marriage supper of The Lamb. And
he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Write
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God Bless you.
