Here's a pic of some of the people's responses
Here's a few excerpts:
One-by-one, the hecklers left the line to engage me and the others on my team. Some were reasonable and kind. Others, like the “event staff” person in my face, in the above photo, ranted and raved like so many of the “unbelievers” we face every day on the streets.
The hecklers for my second open-air were every bit as angry as the first group, and as angry as any group of “unbelievers” I have ever faced.
The angry man in the above photo rebuked me as if he were attempting to cast a demon from me. Imagine: a professing Christian thinking that a man preaching the Law and the Gospel is demon-possessed.
Also listen to the audio clip he posted along with his article.
It's very sad to see followers of Christ react with anger to a different point of view. Anyone who is Christian needs to remember that, when responding to someone who is preaching the Gospel, His word, anger and dissension are out of place.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jesus healed, he did not use physical force or violence. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Gal 5:22-23
And, the works of the flesh are evident in hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, dissensions, and the like. Gal 5:20-21
Let us not be provoking one another.. Gal 5:24
Jet
As sad as it is to see how some people react to other Christians, you gotta admit, that picture is pretty funny...
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to see this. I have been thinking more and more how ridiculous it is to see Christians bickering. If it is true that we are to be a restored people, then we should have no time for this bickering. Things that we think are so important wont mean much when God makes us one people.
ReplyDeleteWe will be one people, when the Lord restores all things. So why not start now? Our task is to be God's united restored people. Hasn't the new age begun? Isn't it time to start living that out now?