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[TruthTalk] Street Preaching
Salvation being a "gift" is speaking of it in our
own "cultural context" as in children's Christmas musicals
etc.
However, if you will read scripture in balance and in
context you will find that we are to labor together with
God to "work out our own salvation with fear and
trembling" It is not anything we catch by osmosis and
just because Jesus became a man and made it does not
guarantee we will. He left us an example that we
should follow in His steps and sent the Promise to
empower us to do so.
Many are called - but "overcomers" will be the chosen
ones in the Last Day. judyt
A great verse that bolsters Paul's argument that
all Israel will be saved because God made a promise to Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob.
I wonder.... what can we apply this verse
to? What gifts and calling have been
given to us? Salvation? gasp!
What scripture tells us to check the
culture? You watch too much TV!
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God
are without repentance.
Lance Muir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
That
was then (John Wesley) and, this is now (David & Kevin). These
are
quite different cultural contexts.
From: "David Miller"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Caroline Wong wrote:
> > I've met
many Christians from many different churches
> > and
denominations (including Methodist/Wesleyan)
> > and never came
across a Street Preacher.
>
> The father of the
Methodist/Wesleyan tradition was John Wesley. He was a
> street
preacher who first preached outside while standing on his
father's
> grave because those of the religious establishment
didn't want him in
their
> pulpit. If it were not for street
preachers, there would be no Methodists
> or Wesleyans. I
encourage you to read more about John Wesley and his
field
>
preaching. Wesley first observed George Whitefield open air preaching
and
> described it as disorderly. Wesley seemed to think of it
like some of the
> detractors here in this forum, describing it as
"almost a sin." After
open
> air preaching for 33 years, Wesley
still described it as a cross to him,
but
> he knew his
commission and could see no other way to preach the gospel to
>
every creature. The bottomline is that God used John Wesley mightily
in
> open air preaching and he could not deny the results. Many of
us have
> similar testimonies.
>
> I grew up in the
Methodist tradition too, and I never saw someone
preaching
>
outside until I was well into my twenties. This is sad, because Jesus
did
> it, the apostles did it, it is in the Bible, and it is found
in the
> tradition of the Methodists, Salvation Army, Puritans,
and even in the
> history of evangelists like Billy
Graham.
>
> Peace be with you.
> David
Miller.
>
>
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ought to answer every man." (Colossians
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