Re: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Street Preaching

[Christine Miller]

Hello Caroline,

 

I've had some experience SPing at UF, where I am enrolled as a student, and I've seen many SPing done. SPing is an act of love.

 

I have had students ask me why I was out there, in the sun, yelling to a bunch of people. I told that person it is because I love God (1 John 5:2-3) and because I loved them. If I warn my little sister who is about to step into heavy traffic, I will cup my hands to my mouth and scream, "Stop! You'll get killed!" It is the same way with SPing.

 

Caroline wrote:

>If we were to divorce His judgment from His love, the
people will be crushed.

 

As I've just said, SPing doesn't divorce His judgement from His love, but I beleive the aim is for the people to be crushed. Now, I've just written that a little facetiously, but truly, the unsaved need fear and conviction. There is a God who is holy, and unfortunatly just. They need to fall on their faces and be "crushed" now, rather than on Judgement Day. I don't see how any of this is fruit of Satan's accusations. To ignore God as the only Judge (which you are right to call Him) is to misrepresent Him and what He is about. Also, and I beleive Ruben touched on this point, almost everyone you speak to knows that "Jesus loves me." And I don't disagree that Jesus loves them. But Jesus requires them to be born again, and that means repentance.

 

I know that you are leaving TT, but I must ask, have you done or really seen SPing? You use the word "accuse," but if a person admits to being a Homosexual or Feminist, and wants to know what wrong with it, there is no accusation in discussing sin with them. SPers do not go out there to label people as sinners, but to announce that there is One who can save them from their sin.

 

I really do wish you would re-examine the scriptures and see that God's feels much more than love. The danger of thinking so goes beyond these e-mails.

 

Good luck with your condo. :-)

 

Blessings,

 

Christine 

Caroline Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi Christine;

I believe God is holy and He judges us. But His holiness and judgment flow
from His being love. If we were to divorce His judgment from His love, the
people will be crushed.

He saves us by judging so that we can know when we're wrong and can have a
chance to change.

He is the only judge and is very jealous of His position.

People who judge and accuse (no one here, I'm sure! :-) are falling into
Satan's traps. He is the accuser of the brethern and he loves to sow seeds
that bear fruit that is opposite to godly fruit. Hate, despair, strife,
impatience, cruelty, evil, unfaithfulness, brutality and impulsiveness.

Love,

Caroline
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Street Preaching


> Hello,
>
> I'm new to Truth Talk. I've been listening for a
> little while, and have decided finally to hop in.
>
> Caroline, I have a question: After all this discussion
> of God's anger and love, it would stand to reason that
> either you do not know God's personality, or the SP's
> do not know God's personality.
>
> This question makes the Street Preaching Topic
> increasingly important to answer. If the SP's present
> a strong, biblical case, which I think they have,
> their arguments should really make you rethink who God
> is. If you approach the Bible without bias, you will
> see a God who loves, yes, but also demands repentance.
> The SP's would be misrepresenting God if they ignored
> God's demand for repentance.
>
> I think it's important to ask ourselves here if we are
> ignoring the actual character of God because we just
> don't enjoy the paradox of His personality. If this is
> true, it would mean that we would be a more harmful
> witness than the SP's.
>
>
> Blessings,
>
> Christine
>
>
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