David Miller wrote: >> Jesus was convicted of being seditious. DAVEH: > A trumped up charge.......
Of course, but from my perspective, street preachers often suffer similar trumped up charges. Now I grant you that there are loony zealots out there too that act inappropriately, but I don't think we are talking about them. DaveH wrote: > "And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests > and the rulers and the people, Said unto them, Ye have > brought this man unto me, AS ONE THAT PERVERTETH THE PEOPLE: > and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found > no fault in this man touching those things whereof > ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him, > and, lo, nothing worth of death is done unto him." > Lk 23:13-15 Notice the accusation: one that perverteth the people. This is the same accusation leveled against street preachers. DaveH wrote: >> Realize that when you read the Scriptures, you >> are reading the positive side of the event. DAVEH: > And that account does not to me portray Jesus as > being obnoxious, even to his enemies. Are you > suggesting the Bible does not accurately depict > our Lord? Of course not. The Bible is accurate. I believe Carroll's account of a preaching event would be accurate too, but it would never present it as some obnoxious event. The one's who characterize it as such are those who oppose the message. DAVEH: > Because Satan motivated them to do so in an effort > to thwart the Plan of Salvation. That's right, just like Satan motivates people like Pagan Wolf to setup street preachers to get arrested. David Miller wrote: >> Do you really believe that it was because they >> were peacefully and quietly going door to door >> and talking with those who would invite them in? DAVEH: > Yes, I do. Do your Mormon missionaries suffer this kind of persecution? I don't hear about them getting thrown into prison. Is Jeff in prison right now for spreading the gospel? DaveH wrote: > Have you not preached on the street in a peaceful > non threatening manner, and not had some whacko > want to do physical harm to you? >From my perspective, I ALWAYS preach in a peaceful, non-threatening manner, but when I watch the evening news, it sure is not depicted that way! I will say that once I witnessed to a man in his home, having been invited in. I was in his home for more than an hour. When I left his home, a young man was outside and said that he knew someone who wanted to talk to me. He led me in a direction to find this person, but it was all a ruse. As he ushered me to go ahead of him, he retrieve a baseball bat from some hidden place and hit me over the head from behind. I guess you could call this physical persecution from some whacko when I was not threatening to him in the least. To finish the story: I don't remember even being hit, just waking up with him standing over me with the baseball bat in his hand. I got up and said, "I forgive you. God bless you." I reached out my hand to shake his. With his jaw dropping and a stunned look on his face, he dropped the bat in order to shake my hand. I then left immediately because I had a friend who was waiting to pick me up. So I see your point here Dave, but I never experienced arrest or media coverage for provoking societal unrest until I started public preaching. And I must point out that preaching is what God has chosen to spread the gospel, and preaching is not going into people's homes and talking one on one. Preaching is a public declaration and heralding of God's Word. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
