We have been doing this for a while now and every now and then we have such a cold outing that we must take a step back and reflect on what
happened. Was it a matter of the Holy Spirit (Acts 16:6) or could it be that God’s judgment is already being poured out on them or both!
I believe we ran into a group that showed the result of God giving our country over to follow their lusts. The Renaissance Faire in itself is an interesting idea, but it was clear that this was not a family event based on the lewd jokes, mocking of sin, and heavy usage of other sources that alter the state of the mind. From the time we arrived, it was evident the people wanted nothing to do with the God of the Bible. Time after time we ran into people who were not only reluctant to speak to us, but they were also reluctant to take a Gospel tract from us. This was the coldest day we have seen in the month of May and it had nothing to do with the weather. I can only think of Romans 1:18-21 after seeing this first hand.
God’s wrath is already operating in our culture and He has let our society go the way it chooses to go without restraint. But please now that it was our society that abandoned God first. So as restraining grace continues to be pulled back, this society will only get more immoral.
As time progresses, the hearts will only become more hardened, just like the instance with Pharaoh. Until the Lord returns, we must continue spiritual warfare and present the Gospel every single time we can. For the Gospel is what changes lives and societies, not a government and His Word never returns void.
We can have all of the right answers, but we must always remember that having the right answers is not what saves people. It is the Lord who saves people and salvation belongs to Him (Jonah 2:9).
This nation and the world have suppressed the truth in unrighteousness, all for the preferences of sin.
John 3:18-20 - 18He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
To Him alone be the glory,
St. Louis Evangelism Team
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. (2 Tim 4:5)
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