Re: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Street Preaching

[Ruben Israel]

ï Hence my opening comment.   Still no reason to leave off the message of love.  I am hoping that is not your message, however.   I have read of your ministry for nearly two years, now. Awesome, in many respects.    Look,   I do not think a rebuking ministry is totally out of place.   But it is not to be the exclusive presentation.  Neither is love.   If our rebukes are not tempered by love and obvious concern,  we really only have a message of hate.   Again,  this is not a personal assessment  --  not by a long shot.    I hope that those to whom you preach see the love and concern you have for them.   If that is not present,  you (and all of us) are in the wrong business.  Correct???     No argument there, but I would never use people as a dip stick to take a reading on how much love I have.  If that was our standard everyone in the Bible had no love.  The Book of Acts for example, when these men preached two happened.  Revival or riot.   There is no ministry of love and ministry of rebuke.  2 Timothy 4:2 âPreach the word; be instant in season, out of season, rebuke, reprove, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrineâ   Preaching the word gives me license to preach on any subject and not just God loves you.  This is not my ministry, gift or calling JD, but my duty as a Christian.  Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, one on one or one on fifty thousand.