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I HAVE A MESSAGE DO YOU?
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This book emphases personal work as against
pulpit preaching. Personal work can reach people where pulpit preaching cannot
and even more extensively. This book speaks to us from the experience of doing
what it speaks about, Evangelism; that is, my experience from Up Park
Camp/Slipe Rd to South Beach Florida. As will be seen, as a born again
Christian, you are an evangelist, it becomes your nature or else you are not
born again; in fact, it being your nature to be an evangelist, you need not a
title to be who you are. It is also vital to the existent of the church (except
you are hot he'll spit you out) and vital to the world (we are the salt of the
earth and if no salt is in the earth what is it good for). The intent of this
book is to not only arouse you to become who you are in Christ, but explain the
vital need that you are needed on the battlefield of the Lord.
I can't emphases how much can be done in the
Kingdom of God with little effort or no cost. One of the main areas I'm overly
passionate about is the distribution of gospel tracks, or the spreading of
truth. For they shall know the truth and the truth shall set them free, not
necessarily you overtly trying to convince, so why not give it to them. Please
saint, from the cry of another soldier, put off the television, walking the
mall, chatting with friends, etc, etc, etc and start evangelizing. Christ is
coming back soon and it's up to us through his spirit that we must reach the
lost souls. Don't be weakened. Ask God to give you a mind to evangelize and
leaders ask God to send laborers into his harvest.
"But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry" (2 Tim 4:5). Or, in the words of one poem:
When shadows fall and night descends, I think
about this day; what have I done to help lost souls that may have passed my
way? Have I reached out to all in need, with gentleness and prayer; to show
them that I’m a child of God and that he really cares? Each day dear Lord, I
live for you and do the best I can; for those I’ve missed, I pray that they
will pass my way again. And now I lay me down to sleep and pray before I awake;
for wisdom to reach out once more when tomorrow’s light will break.
Oneil McQuick, Author.
(My Christian name will be changed to
Othniel or Yahothniel;
the one not used along with my present Christian name will be
my middle names, if God be willing.)
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copy online for you to do so; see threeq.com. Though I spent many hours and
years in study, research, re-reading, re-writing and waiting on the Lord for
revelations, you don’t even have to give me credit, just preach the word; “The
Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it” (Psalms
68:11). Nevertheless, this Copyright notice should be on all copies at the
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truth. Though I release the right to publishing the book and you have the right
to do so, even commercially, “ there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in
knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he
leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil” (Ecc 2:21). So
keep me in your prayers that God may sustain me financially. Nevertheless, I
release the rights because I really want the truth distributed unhindered.
SERIES NOTICE:
Truth Series Evolution is the third and last installment of
much truth. You have the Truth Series, Truth Series Expanded and then the Truth
Series Evolution. Evolution from the dictionary simply means progression and
advancements. It is a collection of all the other writings of Oneil McQuick
given from God. This includes a wealth of research, articles, tracts,
newsletters, magazines, WebPages, pamphlets, booklets and many other
publications; mainly those not in the first two installment of the Truth
Series. Some names include, “Sexuality Series,” “Bible and Technology
Magazine,” “Student Manifesto,” “The Apostolic Voice Newsletter,” “ThreeQ.com,”
“LIM Tracts” and many more. Remember, “Giving all diligence, add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue knowledge” (2 Pet 1:5).
TESTIMONY NOTICE: They are many testimonies to this work of God, The “Truth Series
Evolution,” including the many already from the Truth Series and Truth Series
Expanded. Here are just a few:
“Keep holding to the traditions
that God gave us. Also please send us the tract…God Bless You” (Shirley
and James).
“Thanks for the good advice.
I am really enlightened by your research” (Rico Hostallero).
“Hello Beloved, Praise the Lord! I
appreciate reading your publication each time. It has educated me in a
way and such information” (Pastor Simonson).
“Your weekly newsletter has
become a great blessing for me my family and my ministry” (Deacon Brown,
Apostolic Holiness Church, Panama city, Panama-Central America).
“This article is
outstanding, I agree with every word” (Pastor Upton, apostoliccongress.com).
“It is always nice to learn more
and more literature of our Lord Jesus Christ and his coming” (Rita Tx).
True testimonies of the actual truth being done and
accomplished is a sign that you are sent and doing the will of God; though it
is not to be banked on by you. "He that hath received...[this] testimony
hath set to...[My] seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh
the words of God" (John 3:33-34).
CONTENT
NEED AND PASSION? Chapter 1
– page 08
BUILDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 2 –
page 33
YOU ARE CALLED Chapter 3 –
page 42
RELEASE YOURSELF Chapter 4
– page 49
WHO IS THE BOSS Chapter 5
– page 64
PRACTICAL MEANS OF EVANGELISM Chapter 6
– page 79
DON’T COMPROMISE Chapter 7
– page 99
Someone forwarded this to me,
One evening Louise
fell asleep and had a very fitful dream. She dreamed that someone in Hell wrote
a letter to her; it was to be hand-delivered. The Messenger passed between the
lakes of burning fire and brimstone that occupy Hell, and found his way to the
door leading to the outside world. Louise dreamed that the Messenger walked to
her house, came inside, and gently but firmly woke her up. He handed her the
message, saying only that a friend had wrote her from Hell. Louise, in her
dream, with trembling hands took the letter and read;
My Friend,
I stand in judgment now,
And feel that you' re to blame somehow.
On earth, I walked with you day by day,
And never did you point the way.
You knew the Lord in Truth and Glory,
But never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was very dim;
You could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together on the earth,
You never told me of the second Birth
and now I stand this day condemned,
because you failed to mention Him.
You taught me many things, that' s true,
I called you " Friend" and trusted you,
But I learn now that it' s too late,
You could have kept me from this fate.
We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the Light.
You let me live, and love, and die,
You knew I' d never live on high.
Yes, I called you a "Friend" in life,
And trusted you through joy and strife.
And yet on coming to the end,
I cannot, now, call you "My Friend".
From Marsha
After reading the
letter, Louise awoke. The dream was so real in her mind and sweat dripped from
her body in pools. She could still smell the acrid smell of brimstone and smoke
in the room.
As she contemplated the meaning of her dream, she realized that she had failed
in her duty to "go out to all the world and preach the Gospel." As
she thought of that, she promised herself that the next day, she would call
Marsha and invite her to church.
The next morning she called Marsha. Marsha' s husband Bill answered the
phone.......
"Yes, Bill, Is Marsha there?"
"Louise, you don't know?"
"No, Bill, know what?"
"Marsha died last night in a car accident."
Are you sharing your faith with your friends that you are with everyday? Will
you have friends or family members in Hell, asking why you did not tell them about
Jesus? How many can hold you accountable for not telling them about Jesus.
I can't emphases how
much can be done in the Kingdom of God with little effort or no cost. One of
the main areas I'm overly passionate about is the distribution of gospel tracks,
or the spreading of truth. For they shall know the truth and the truth shall
set them free, not necessarily you overtly trying to convince, so why not give
it to them. Of such, Liberation International Ministry has created a track
ministry that can be applicable to all churches in all countries and nations
independently, with even the option for using the branding, 'Men Of War'.
Please saint, from the cry of another soldier, put off the television, walking
the mall, chatting with friends, etc, etc, etc and start evangelizing. Christ
is coming back soon and it's up to us through his spirit that we must reach the
lost souls and they are dying right next to you or is already dead, being
unsaved – in your work places, community, houses, recreational places and
everywhere you go; right next to you and you haven’t shared the gospel that can
prevent someone from certain death. That is selfish of you. I don’t want to be
sounding like an accuser, but Christ gave so much and require very little or
nothing. It is the lease you can do. Come on saints! Evangelism is key to your
faith; to the point that except you do it you might not be saved. In other
words, except you evangelize, you yourself might be dead.
EVANGELISM IS LIFE. DO OR
DEAD
How It Was In The Beginning
It is recorded that Adam, the first man, was made a “living
soul.”
How could this be?
Living refers to a earthly life and life meant a beginning
and an end. Soul refers to that which is eternal; for example, angels. Adam was
formed from the earth; that’s the life part of him. It wasn’t until God blew
his spirit in him that a soul was created or placed in his body. One would say
our flesh is a coat for our soul and spirit. The earthly part of him was live
or living, but when God blew in him, he became ‘a-live’. Something can be
living and not ‘alive.’
He was what we call, born
from above.
Man is made up of body, spirit and soul; many times the soul
and spirit are used interchangeably, but they are different, a distinction is seen
in Heb. 4:12. The body being the flesh, the soul being the real you, and the
spirit belongs to God (Ecc 12:7); it’s apart of God that is built in you to
function godly (Acts 17:27-28). Every man that was born was lighted upon being
conceived in the womb (John 1:9), or given a measure of God’s spirit; separate
and apart from the function of the “breathe of life.”
Unfortunately, the scenario with the “tree of good and evil”
which Adam ate from was used to kill the spirit’s (or light) function and thus
breaking fellowship with God. Even God told Adam he would “surely die” if he
ate from the tree he ate from.
However, God wasn’t speaking of an immediate death, but
rather it was spiritual, physical and eternal. The only death that was
instantaneous was spiritual, in other words man lost fellowship with God at the
same instance. That’s why many theologians sometimes refer to spirituality as
God-consciousness.
From then, man basically acted based upon his body and
intellect (mind- the central thinking part of the body). His relationship was
lost so man lived based on what he understood and sensed. This resulted in
murder, proud heartedness, lust, dishonesty and so on. In other words, he became ‘egotistic’ or a
mindset that everything centered on him; or, that everything should be
“self-gratifying.”
One preacher had this to add from a book I had in my
archives since I was teen:
Now, the tree of the “knowledge of
good and evil” had to go with the mind. God made man a spiritual being. God
made man’s soul to be supreme over his mind and body [through his spirit].
God didn’t make man physical; he just gave him a body. God didn’t make man
mental; he just gave him a mind.
The devil knew if he ever got man
to die spiritually, if he was successful in disintegrating the inner part of
man that he could cause the spiritual likeness of God to disappear from …man.
Then … man would be left with a [soul] and a body, with the ashes of his spirit
scattered around him.
Adam and Eve saw that the tree had
to do with their intellect; it had to do with their minds. They chose to eat, so in other words they were thinking, I’m going
to elevate my mind and make the pursuit or knowledge the main thing in my life.
The bible said, “they knew…”
God set about to redeem man. He
would take the seed of Eve, and that seed would bruise the devil’s head (Gen.
3:15): “And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
thy head…” (O.R from a book I had in my collection at up park camp from 1997; out of print)
Notice that God said when the Messiah would come that he
would deal with the HEAD of the devil. He would deal directly with intellect of
the devil. Then, God said also to the devil, “and thou shalt bruise his heel”
(Gen 3:5). Or, in essence you’ll be able to kill him-referring to Jesus’ death
on the cross.
The Bruising Of The Head
“For since by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead. For as Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be
made alive” (1 Cor 15:21-22). Notice the word ‘a-live’!
Spiritual death led to all other deaths, including the
second death (Rev 21:8); which is the soul’s torment in eternity. All mankind
was destined for eternal death, because of Adam’s disobedience.
However, through Christ’s spirit there is salvation to
everyone that believes.
How?
“The first Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit” (1 Cor 15:45).
The word “quickening” means to give life, as against our church belief,
which associates it solely with shaking, rolling, ‘get-into-spirit’ and other
bodily expressions. No. The word quickens means to give life.
Christ was like Adam before he ate the fruit, faultless and
without sin. He was spiritually alive and in connection with God 100%. Like
Adam, Christ represents soul and spirit covered in flesh, with the spirit
ruling over and/or guiding the entire ‘being’ (body and soul).
The book of Matthew records that he was not born of natural
birth, but that the Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. Christ, then, was simply the
Holy Ghost or ‘word’ covered in flesh, waiting like a fine wine to burst open
to its drinkers. When the body was ripped away at Calvary, his spirit
resurrected on the third day and that ‘quickening spirit’ was now available to
mankind. That is, a life giving spirit.
Adam birthed humans in the earth without a connected spirit
to God. However, the second Adam, Christ, came and birthed living souls (1 Cor
15:21 & 45). Souls that when regenerated will be revived as Adam was and
pre-enjoy some of its qualities (Acts 9:40, Acts 5:15, Acts 28:8).
It can then be argued that man was initially made to live
forever and his flesh also. How is it then his flesh was ‘live’, which suggests
a beginning and end? The fact is, when one so call dies, the body or flesh does
not just vanishes; it lives on. When the soul is removed upon death, the body
goes back to the soil in a different state. That’s why scientists have discover
that the same chemical make up that is in the soil exists in man. Your body is
then still ‘alive’ in the ecosystem of the world. No wonder we say from ashes
to ashes and from dust to dust. The life cycle goes on. But when it’s an earth
suit, or human body for a soul, it remains intact until that soul departs. Man
was probably made to live in that earth suit forever and manipulate it at will;
for instance moleculization, as seen with Jesus walking through the wall in
flesh (John 20:26). Or even reconstruct it if it decays, as seen with his
resurrection and the purpose of the “tree of Life” (Gen 3:22). However, all
this along with the essential relationship with God was lost.
Fortunately, Jesus Christ (quickening spirit) came to be an
example for us and to give us the power to overcome death, hell and the grave.
He came to set the captives (Humanity) free. Through him, we can all become
like Adam and fear death no longer but inherit the resurrection power, with a
unique fellowship with God.
How?
We have to be born-again.
Did you know that the Greek rendering for the English
translation ‘born-again’ literally means ‘born from above?’
Who before the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:2) was born from
above?
Adam!
God blew his breath in him and he became alive. Similarly,
when someone is baptized with the Holy Ghost he is born from above just like
Adam. Adam’s birth was new because he wasn’t conceived in sin nor was he born
any other way, he was the first man.
Christ became the first in fallen humanity to be born this
way; therefore, becoming the second Adam or the second man that ever really
lived – ‘alive’.
St. John 3:8 records what will happen when someone is born
of the spirit, “the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearst the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth, so is
everyone that is born of the spirit.”
Look at the composite that is used to describe someone who
is being born of the spirit – wind.
Where else could that be found, besides the day of
Pentecost?
When God blew his breath on Adam to make him come alive. In fact, the very word spirit means breathe; both
the Hebrew word ruach and the Greek
word pneuma, used for spirit, means
breath and/or wind.
Remember, God is not a human that breathes in oxygen and
release carbon dioxide. So he made Adam come alive and somehow its nature (the
process) is similar to wind.
And, the bible said, “so is everyone that is born of the
spirit.”
Your Re-Birth
Qualifies You To Witness
That was a quote from the book, “The Voice…” You might ask,
“How does this link to Evangelism?”
Well, first, the purpose of evangelism, whether on a large
scale or personally, is to generate the intended soul(s) into becoming born
again; or as cited earlier, to undo what Adam did. Therefore, if you
evangelize, directly or indirectly, and someone got saved, you would have been
used to ‘birth a soul’ into the Kingdom of God; literally! This cannot be
achieved unless you are also ‘a-live.’ This is where the devil is much
disturbed; you alone ‘a-live’ is enough but when you have the ability to make
more ‘lives’ he become petrified. As Elder Campbell once said, “When God made
Adam in his image, the devil had an headache, but when he made Eve he had
hiccups. Because he not only saw one creature in the image of God, but now two;
plus he was more devastated when God told Adam to be fruitful and multiply – in
essence, create more creatures with God’s image.”
That’s what we are doing as born again Christians and the
devil is Mad about it; as he was in the beginning. The bible recorded that
Jesus is the last or second Adam. He was the first ‘man’ after Adam who was
like Adam before he fell; that is, perfectly joined to God with an upright
soul. This then puzzled me when I first read it, “he shall be filled with the
Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb” (Lk 1:15). This spoke of John the
Baptist, the only man in the bible that was recorded as having this happen to
him.
I then pondered, how is it he wasn’t the second Adam; the
spirit in him was alive, making him also ‘a-live’ just like Adam? Why
wasn't he the second Adam?
Because, though he was ‘a-live’ like Adam, he couldn’t
produce more ‘a-live’ humans, like how Adam could; with Eve of course. In other
words, though he was filled with the spirit from birth, which makes his
spiritual nature born again, he couldn’t make anybody else born again. That’s
why he said, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me … he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost” (Matt 3:11).
Jesus Christ the man, was not only ‘a-live’ but he could
give life through the quickening spirit. Not only that, but everyone who he has
made ‘a-live’ can make others ‘a-live’ too! The power that Adam had with Eve to
create more beings with the image of God, fully humans, spiritually alive and
connected with God has been restored. In other words, you, granted you’re truly
born again, have the power to create life! Now the devil has worst than a
“headache” or “hiccup.”
Clearly Seen Here
This was clearly demonstrated in this verse, “Then laid they
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost” (Acts 8:17). Or even
this powerful untaught verse, “Whose soever sins ye remit (remove), they are
remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain (don’t remove), they are
retained” (John 20:23). I don’t know if you realize it yet, the power you have!
In you is the power to make the ‘dead’ come ‘a-live;’ both the ones walking
around and those in the grave.
This includes the reason for the topic “Evangelism is Life –
Do or Dead.” If you’re in church and claim to be save and not one single
solitary person have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost influence by you,
directly or indirectly, chances are, you’re dead; as in not save.
Why Is It A 'Do Or Dead' Thing
Evangelism is not the main purpose of you being born again,
but if you’re born again you will evangelize; whether to a person on your job
or in front of a crowd. Similarly, Adam and Eve wasn’t created to make babies,
but God fixed it in them that that they will have sex, Eve get pregnant and
more humans with God’s image are created; if God wanted, he could have make
tons of humans as he did when Elijah spoke to the dry bones. However,
instinctively, Eve must get aroused sexually and Adam two times more, which
will result in intercourse and consequently children.
By spiritual instinct in every born again believer, other
born again believers will be birthed. This is not only an accepted doctrine,
but it is a fact! Unless you produce more born again believers you’re not born
again; as in save. Sounds harsh, but it’s not, really. The Jehovah witness have
an idea of this, however, the carriage is before the horse as with many who
preach Acts 2:38 before belief. You don't evangelize to show that you are save.
When you become save, you'll automatically begin to evangelize; one way or the
other.
John 15:2 states, “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit
he taketh away…”
This scripture wasn’t speaking of Christians only, though is
says “branch in me.” As seen in the 5th paragraph of this letter, we are all in
him. Paul himself taught us this while speaking to some pagans at Athens. He
said to them, “he be not far from every one of us; For in him we live, and
move, and have our being” (Acts 17:27). Therefore, we are all in him. But it’s
when he is in us we become born again and by this union, like Adam and Eve, we
must birth other souls, guaranteed!
Christ himself said, “He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit” (John 15:5). [Fruit here is not necessarily
speaking of the “Fruits of the Spirit,” but literal souls; verses 8 and 16
persuade us so].
You might say that in verse 4 it was a command to abide in
him and he will consequently abide in us; “Abide in me, and I in you.”
No! It was said to strengthen the sentence after it, which
states, “…the branch cannot bear fruit of itself;” as to say, except this
happens one cannot bear fruit. To further elaborate let us go back to John the
Baptist, he said,
“he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto
me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the
same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost” (John 1:33).
This is where you have the advantage over John in that he
couldn’t make others ‘a-live’ as you can. The spirit was in him but it didn’t
remain ‘as’ it remained with Christ. Also, this is where Christ abides in you
and remember, you were always in him; therefore as a true born again believer
you must bear fruit. Notice what John said, “the spirit descending and
remaining.” For the spirit to remain one has to be sinless, that’s why Adam
lost it and John couldn’t give it; for John, the lamb that was slain for the
whole world wasn’t crucified as yet. Also, that’s the reason right after the
spirit descended upon Christ, he was led into the wilderness to be tempted. If
he had sin, the spirit would have left him and he couldn’t have the right to
birth other souls; neither could we.
Christ lived a sinless life and was crucified so that you
might be sinless; and regardless of your ‘failings’ every 40 years (it’s
possible) you can still evangelize and birth souls into the kingdom of God
because you’re justified!
Don’t Be Hindered
That’s why in Romans 8:30 Paul listed these in the following
order – Predestinate (foreknew), call, justify then glorify [Glorify here not
only speak of heaven but also glory on earth for ministry, Christ himself said,
“a prophet is not without honour”].
In other words, before you go into ministry you have to be justified (born again)
or you can’t birth other souls; because God’s spirit is not in you, though you
are in him. However, once that spirit comes in you, it will remain as it did
with Christ, because of his sinless life which he exchanged with yours on the
cross. That’s why Paul continued to say in Romans 8:31-35,
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,
who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for
us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay
any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he
that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who
is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ?”
Why is Justification need? Because Paul knew that in
Separation we cannot do anything and sin separates us from God or as Christ put
it, “the branch cannot bear fruit of itself.” We would have been dead and
cannot make anyone else alive.
Now, seeing that all born again believers are in him and he
in them (Justified) and by this union you will automatically make others come
‘a-live’, why then is the knowledge of Justification needed?
Because, even though the devil knows he cannot stop you from
making others come ‘a-live,’ he still can make you sin [by causing
tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword etc] and
uses it to intimidate you not to evangelize as much as it is need. Remember
these, “you can’t do that, look what you did last year or yesterday,” “God
won’t accept that you just…,” “who told you you can preach, you are sinner, get
right with God first.” These are actual statements the devil put in the minds
of born again Christians; though most usually snap back, but even tardiness can
mean a life.
One of the most recent used trick of the devil on the mouth
of many preachers in this Laodecian age sounds like this, “you don’t have no
money, car, job etc, God is not with you;” “Who God sends he blesses
financially;” “Nobody is not going to listen to someone poorer than them, the
church must arise and take the wealth of the land.”
The Apostle Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none; but
such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” (Acts
3:6). He had something that was intangible; he had something to give worth more
than anything else in the entire universe. He had the resurrection power. The
power to make the dead and the “living-dead” come ‘a-live.’
If you’re born again, you have it too. Don’t be hindered to
use it to the fullest extent.
If you’re in the ‘church,’ with a claim to salvation and
you’ve never won a soul to Christ, chances are you’re not save. Because
evangelism is a “Do or Dead” situation. You do it if you’re truly saved and
you’re unsaved (dead) if you don’t do it.
THE PASSION
To tell the truth, though it is a matter of being alive and
making others alive, you really have to not love Christ, whom you profess, not
to witness. It’s this passion that drives me, not to mention that innocent
souls are dying when you can do something about it. Imagine the God of all
things, above all things, took the time and sacrifice to come to earth and
suffered for you, saying, ‘forgive them father they know not what they are
doing’, and you can’t find the time to evangelize. Saints it takes nothing to
seek God and allow him to use you, it is the least we can do. We must possess
this passion he had. He had it for you; you must can have it for him. Doesn’t
it hurt you to know that a soul is going to hell’s fire when you can do
something about, if you have a heart you must. It is this passion that drives
me. I’m not looking to be famous, rich or great. I want to save somebody. It’s
just not right that souls are ignorantly going to hell’s fire when I can do
something about it. It’s the reason I wrote this book, that I might pass that
passion onto you. If you don’t love Christ enough to do his work, love people –
you see them everyday, you have them as friends and family, they are your
co-workers – it should dawn on you that, hey, these people are going to hell’s
fire when I have the real fire with me. How can they know except you go? How
can they be saved except you tell them and live it to them? The world needs
you, even though you might not need it. Souls are crying out in torment now,
wondering, wasn’t there a saint near to me that could tell me about salvation.
My friend in Christ, please, all that you are doing will rot and matters little,
then why spend all that time doing it when you can help somebody; when you can
store up treasures in heaven; when you can save your friends, family and people
from certain destruction.
It really takes nothing, seek God and use your God given
imagination. When I got saved as a teen immediately I found ways to evangelism,
because the options are limitless, you simply have to want to do it. Just a
year or so saved, the Lord led me to write 40 letters a week picked randomly
from the newspaper. I packed them with a convincing letter and tracks and send
them off with my own lunch money / allowance. This is where writing letters
really started from, to my current newsletter. Surprisingly, people got saved
from them. Notice these two testimonials from it I saved:
FROM KECIA
We haven’t
met but keep in contact by ministry letter and she wrote:
FROM LATOYA:
It can’t get any simpler than that; I’d exhausted everybody
near me and even my school Christian club. Actually, that club was of a pseudo
persuasion and some how by the grace of God I took it over for a week, and
being young in faith, taught them the true tenets of salvation, some came to
church with me. In fact, the leader of that group had difficulty that week to
the point that he was imprisoned ( this was a youth) and couldn’t prevent me
from preaching the true doctrine to them. The advisor was actually of the truth
and I was startled that he didn’t teach them on this, which I almost got angry
with him, but he was an elder at a close by church. I even started holding
prayer in the mornings before class in my class and this would run in the class
time, which somehow the teacher had to wait until I was finished to enter her
class; fortunately she was appreciative to actually see that youths would pray,
probably if some schools do that the teachers can walk to their car without
fear of a student trying to grab her purse. I was lit, as explained earlier and
it is a fire that cannot be hid, it burns and catches on the people around you.
Many more evangelism followed, even ministering to the youths playing
basketball, seeing that they looked up to me. Some of us saints even have
positions of influence yet still remain quiet. Why? Why? Why? Evangelism took
off more and more individually. All this time I was unknown in my local church
and have no position. When I was later given a position, by the grace of God I
got the youths to do the same thing; all they needed was a push, which I’m
giving to you now. You don’t have to have a position or influence to be who you
are; you are naturally an evangelist once born again. It is imperative that you
live who you are; souls are waiting and depending on you.
When I came to Florida the fire didn’t die out, the fire is everlasting. It was easier, for I had places like office depot near me to my disposal. So once again, independent of having a church position, started BEEing-a-witness; printing and giving out tracks. Fortunately I met a brother with the same zeal, Lebert, and he was more serious. It was evangelism with him that I started doing it at nights even to nightclubs and the strangest of places where sinners gather. Then I had some new guys join where I was worshipping and we were hitting the streets weekly. O