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ABOUT
StreetPreach.com
1. To share and defend the Christian faith in public.
2. To encourage believers to share and defend their faith
in public.
3. To publically rebuke wickedness wherever
it rears it's ugly head.
Many people do not realize that Jesus was a
street preacher. So was his cousin John the Baptist. The Bible
speaks of many street preachers who took God’s message of
repentance and salvation to all sorts of people (i.e. Moses,
Jonah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Peter, Paul, Stephen, etc).
The message of Jesus was simple:
Matthew 4:17 From that
time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is
near."
The message today is the same:
R E P E N T !
Noah
Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines REPENTANCE as follows:
3. Real
penitence; sorrow or deep contrition for sin, as an offense and
dishonor to God, a violation of his holy law, and the basest
ingratitude towards a Being of infinite benevolence. This is called
evangelical repentance, and is accompanied and followed by
amendment of life.
Repentance
is a change of
mind, or a conversion from sin to God. - Hammond.
Godly
sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2Cor. 7 Matt. 3
Repentance
is the relinquishment of any practice, from conviction that it has
offended God. - Johnson.
| Law to the Proud, Grace to the
Humble |
Many preachers of today will proclaim God's grace without presenting
God's Law. The Church is doing a great disservice by not
including the Law in evangelism.
Evangelist A. B. Earle was a strong believer in the preaching of
future punishment:
"I have found by long experience that the
severest threatenings of the Law of God have a prominent place in
leading men to Christ. They must see themselves lost before
they will cry for mercy. They will not escape from danger until they
see it." - A. B. Earle
John 14:15 "If you love me, you
will obey what I command."
God’s Law/ Exodus 20:1-17
1. YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
2. YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF ANY GRAVEN IMAGE.
3. YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN.
4. REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.
5. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.
6. YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.
7. YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
8. YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.
9. YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.
10. YOU SHALL NOT COVET.
| Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God. |
Everyone is in need of a Savior because everyone has violated the law
of God. Everyone deserves the fires of hell as a just punishment for
their sins, but Jesus paid the price as a sacrifice for you.
There is only one way to God.
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
One must repent and put
his faith in Jesus Christ in order to be forgiven of his sins and
receive the gift of eternal life.
Many Christians feel that pointing out sin and preaching the Law is
wrong, and that evangelists should stick with preaching the Love &
Grace of God. This method of evangelism has the great potential of
making false converts.
Many people believe they have done nothing wrong
and do not need to repent. If you are not sorry for your sins, you
will not ask God to forgive you. The law must be used to convict the
sinner.
Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon entitled
The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners. When
sinners are damned to hell for eternity, that is God’s justice at
work. You get what you deserve, and you reap what you sow.
Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be
wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord…
Acts 26:20 ... I preached that they should repent and turn to God
and prove their repentance by their deeds.
Jeremiah 6:17 I appointed
watchmen over you and said, "Listen to the sound of the trumpet!"
But you said, "We will not listen."
Fellow Christian, is the Lord calling you to raise your voice like a
trumpet? Does the Almighty want you to rebuke the wicked and warn
them of their impending doom in hell? Do you sense an urgency to
warn lukewarm Christians that they have lost their saltiness and
they are good for nothing but to be trampled under the foot of men?
Be encouraged! Step out in faith. Follow Jesus and become a
fisher of men.
Matthew 9:37,38 Then he said to
his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his
harvest field."
Ezekiel 3:17 "Son of man, I
have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I
speak and give them warning from me."
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