Post by ejuliot on Jan 8, 2006 19:57:58 GMT -5
I just got back to school and I was determined to go out and open air for the first time. I have been looking for places to go and I found a park nearby that seemed like a good place to start. So, I started out this morning praying that God would give me courage to preach. When I got to the park nobody was there except for a few skaters and some people sitting on the benches. I went and started talking to the skaters. They were very deceived and believed that every religion leads to god. I spoke to them about an hour and a man sitting near on a bench came up and asked to talk to me afterwords. I figured he was going to tell me that I shouldn't talk about God's wrath, sin, etc... But when I sat down I realized I was very wrong. He was an ex-gang member and drug dealer who used to be involved in the mafia and he is the only person in Santa Barbara with a contract on his life. He said he had gotten saved in 1997 after he miraculously was called innocent in a court case that involved a murder when he should have been guilty. Since then he had supposedly converted and been very zealous but he was only zealous on the outside. In secret he was still a drunk an lusting after the world. He had gone to the park in order to escape the conviction that God was putting on his heart and to drink. But then he saw me witnessing to the skaters. I spoke to him about true repentance and he understood that if he was killed he would go to hell. I was very concerned because people were looking to kill him and he was living in rebellion to God even though he knows the truth. He was under conviction when I left him but I do not know if he repented. His name is Paul please pray that he would repent and put his faith in Jesus before he dies.