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Jesus said no one born of women is greater than John the Baptist. Does that
include Jesus himself?
Then Jesus said the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. What
did he mean by that? How are all of us here greater than John?
Love,
Caroline
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Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Street
Preaching
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't recall discussing "methods." Just a comparison of
messages, perhaps. And I do not consider my way better than
someone's elses. But a rebuke without love is nothing more
than hate speech. I have seen the love in some of Ruben's
writings. I just hope that his street ministry has that
passion as its base. Drive by preaching is a waste of
time. Its when you stay and struggle with those who are being
saved via your ministry that the tide is turned. We have an
equal responsibility to disciple those who are being saved. I
don't hear much about that around here.
Jd
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comment may be true in some cases, but there are examples in the Bible that do
not line up with what you suggest. John, the Baptist rebuked with out
love and Jesus called John the greatest man that ever lived. Like Ruben,
he was a fore runner. He delivered the word and left the follow up to
others. An evangelist often preceeds a pastor.
When
Paul came to Antioch, he preached for less than four months and was then run
out of town. He came back two years later to find a church that had
grown to the point that Paul was able to appoint elders from among the local
boys to oversee this church that had never had a pastor. You may be
right that the wimpy churches of today could not function for two years
with out someone to pat them on the head and pick up their toys, but real
Christians have done it. All they needed was the truth and the Holy
Spirit.
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