Post by bullhornbob on Oct 17, 2006 22:05:04 GMT -5
My wife Evangelista compiled this report from Saturday's outreach on South Beach. bb
ROAM USA – Miami Bible Believers Report for 10/14/06
Joining the outreach today were JK, Emmanuel and me, Evangelista. We arrived on South Beach at approximately 4:30 pm, parked our car and walked down to Ocean Drive.
As soon as we arrived, we were greeted with our usual, warm welcome. Emmanuel wore a sandwich board sign that stated “Attention Gangster Rappers and Thuggers, Hell Awaits You!” A group of “aspiring young rap artists” just happened to be near our usual spot. They vehemently disagreed with our sign and began trying to defend their sinful lives. They even asked why we didn’t have a sign for rapists, etc. We told them that hell awaits those people as well. We then moved to the coral wall and Emmanuel began to preach. There didn’t seem to be much of a crowd that day, however, people within ear shot began complaining, saying that Emmanuel had no right to say some of the things he preached about. One gentleman was very drunk and couldn’t stop making vulgar comments to both me and my husband, and was very unruly and angry.
I then began to preach and had a heckler ask me when Jesus was born. I answered him, and he didn’t like my answer. I then also took him to the Book of John where it states that “in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God”. He also asked about the bible and its validity and I answered him as well, and told him that “men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” He didn’t like that answer either. He then asked about having sex with girls while being married himself and I told him it was adultery, and explained to him the difference between that and fornication. I also warned him to repent. Another drunken heckler approached me as well and soon walked away and started heckling a few feet from me. I preached on hellfire and that one needs to be born again in order to inherit eternal life. I preached a basic gospel message that everyone could understand. The thuggers also came around defending their sin, and as I preached on 1 Corinthians 6:9, one of the thuggers claimed that he was a drunkard. I addressed the audience and explained how he admitted to being a drunkard, and then used him as an example. There were approximately 15-20 people who heard the message that was preached.
We then moved away from the wall and decided to preach across from Wet Willie’s, one of JK’s favorite spots. He preached there and did an excellent job. JK said that there were as many as 75-100 people there at one point. However, it seems like there were more than that. There were people who came and sat on the ground listening to what was being preached, while others stood listening intently. Emmanuel later said that it was the largest crowd that’s been gathered without an event actually happening on South Beach, and I think he might be right. JK preached everything from religion to politics to the crowd, as some of the people asked questions. JK was able to refute all of their arguments and excuses. Because his voice was getting a bit weak, he decided to give the crowd over to Emmanuel. One gentleman did shake Emmanuel’s hand and I assume he agreed with the message that was preached. Another gentleman approached JK and I and said that if it were a stripper or other popular event, everybody would be happy, but because the gospel is being preached, everyone has a problem with it. He seemed very perturbed about that and the way our society is opposing God. We agreed with what he said. Emmanuel was able to hold the attention of the crowd for some time, but it soon dwindled to just a few people.
I had a brief one2one conversation with a young, black man who seemed to be distributing CDs of some sort, and I asked him if he was born again. He said that he was, but then later denied the fact that he was saved with his words. I began to explain the way of salvation to him but he was not interested, and said that God lives in his heart, etc. I continued to reason with him, but he didn’t want to hear what I had to say, and he eventually left.
We wanted to preach by the Versace mansion, however, it began to rain and we found shelter and noticed a lady who was sitting and attentively listening when JK preached. She was a Christian lady and tried to give us some pointers on how to witness. We shared with her the biblical reasons for preaching the way we do and JK stated that this was the most effective way to preach. She had recently been exposed to Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron, and said she understood the need to show the sinner as sinful before preaching love and forgiveness. JK admonished her to begin witnessing more, and explained the difference between public preaching and one2one witnessing.
While we found shelter, we also had a one2one conversation with a man we saw earlier on when JK was preaching. He said that he was a Christian but didn’t believe in hell. He said that everyone was going to heaven, even Adolf Hitler. I showed him in the Book of Mark, Chapter 6, that Jesus spoke about hellfire. The gentleman didn’t agree with what I showed him and still denied that there is a hell. We told him that he couldn’t be a Christian if he didn’t believe in hell. JK explained to him that he was deceived, and that he needed to read his bible over again. This is a very disturbing trend in our society, and I believe it is a direct result of the feel-good, easy believe-ism, politically correct preaching that dominates the pulpits and airwaves today.
We also had another one2one conversation with a young gentleman from the Cayman Islands. He said his parents own a Christian bookstore, however, he considers himself to be an atheist. He said that the bible has many moral, practical lessons anyone could use. We explained to him about God and Jesus, and exhorted him in many different ways. I think this young man was very much impacted with the truth, as he looked very convicted.
We left the beach approximately 7:30 pm for a time of fellowship and review of the day’s events.
ROAM USA – Miami Bible Believers Report for 10/14/06
Joining the outreach today were JK, Emmanuel and me, Evangelista. We arrived on South Beach at approximately 4:30 pm, parked our car and walked down to Ocean Drive.
As soon as we arrived, we were greeted with our usual, warm welcome. Emmanuel wore a sandwich board sign that stated “Attention Gangster Rappers and Thuggers, Hell Awaits You!” A group of “aspiring young rap artists” just happened to be near our usual spot. They vehemently disagreed with our sign and began trying to defend their sinful lives. They even asked why we didn’t have a sign for rapists, etc. We told them that hell awaits those people as well. We then moved to the coral wall and Emmanuel began to preach. There didn’t seem to be much of a crowd that day, however, people within ear shot began complaining, saying that Emmanuel had no right to say some of the things he preached about. One gentleman was very drunk and couldn’t stop making vulgar comments to both me and my husband, and was very unruly and angry.
I then began to preach and had a heckler ask me when Jesus was born. I answered him, and he didn’t like my answer. I then also took him to the Book of John where it states that “in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God”. He also asked about the bible and its validity and I answered him as well, and told him that “men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” He didn’t like that answer either. He then asked about having sex with girls while being married himself and I told him it was adultery, and explained to him the difference between that and fornication. I also warned him to repent. Another drunken heckler approached me as well and soon walked away and started heckling a few feet from me. I preached on hellfire and that one needs to be born again in order to inherit eternal life. I preached a basic gospel message that everyone could understand. The thuggers also came around defending their sin, and as I preached on 1 Corinthians 6:9, one of the thuggers claimed that he was a drunkard. I addressed the audience and explained how he admitted to being a drunkard, and then used him as an example. There were approximately 15-20 people who heard the message that was preached.
We then moved away from the wall and decided to preach across from Wet Willie’s, one of JK’s favorite spots. He preached there and did an excellent job. JK said that there were as many as 75-100 people there at one point. However, it seems like there were more than that. There were people who came and sat on the ground listening to what was being preached, while others stood listening intently. Emmanuel later said that it was the largest crowd that’s been gathered without an event actually happening on South Beach, and I think he might be right. JK preached everything from religion to politics to the crowd, as some of the people asked questions. JK was able to refute all of their arguments and excuses. Because his voice was getting a bit weak, he decided to give the crowd over to Emmanuel. One gentleman did shake Emmanuel’s hand and I assume he agreed with the message that was preached. Another gentleman approached JK and I and said that if it were a stripper or other popular event, everybody would be happy, but because the gospel is being preached, everyone has a problem with it. He seemed very perturbed about that and the way our society is opposing God. We agreed with what he said. Emmanuel was able to hold the attention of the crowd for some time, but it soon dwindled to just a few people.
I had a brief one2one conversation with a young, black man who seemed to be distributing CDs of some sort, and I asked him if he was born again. He said that he was, but then later denied the fact that he was saved with his words. I began to explain the way of salvation to him but he was not interested, and said that God lives in his heart, etc. I continued to reason with him, but he didn’t want to hear what I had to say, and he eventually left.
We wanted to preach by the Versace mansion, however, it began to rain and we found shelter and noticed a lady who was sitting and attentively listening when JK preached. She was a Christian lady and tried to give us some pointers on how to witness. We shared with her the biblical reasons for preaching the way we do and JK stated that this was the most effective way to preach. She had recently been exposed to Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron, and said she understood the need to show the sinner as sinful before preaching love and forgiveness. JK admonished her to begin witnessing more, and explained the difference between public preaching and one2one witnessing.
While we found shelter, we also had a one2one conversation with a man we saw earlier on when JK was preaching. He said that he was a Christian but didn’t believe in hell. He said that everyone was going to heaven, even Adolf Hitler. I showed him in the Book of Mark, Chapter 6, that Jesus spoke about hellfire. The gentleman didn’t agree with what I showed him and still denied that there is a hell. We told him that he couldn’t be a Christian if he didn’t believe in hell. JK explained to him that he was deceived, and that he needed to read his bible over again. This is a very disturbing trend in our society, and I believe it is a direct result of the feel-good, easy believe-ism, politically correct preaching that dominates the pulpits and airwaves today.
We also had another one2one conversation with a young gentleman from the Cayman Islands. He said his parents own a Christian bookstore, however, he considers himself to be an atheist. He said that the bible has many moral, practical lessons anyone could use. We explained to him about God and Jesus, and exhorted him in many different ways. I think this young man was very much impacted with the truth, as he looked very convicted.
We left the beach approximately 7:30 pm for a time of fellowship and review of the day’s events.