He so motivated me to proclaim His goodness, and His greatness, and His mercy. Videos to come.
We were dropped off about 9:45 am at CenturyLink field. We handed out bunches of tracts, and we proclaimed the good news of reconciliation to the Seahawk fanatics.
Then got to witness to a Catholic priest on the bus ride back to the Lynnwood transit center.
Here's the text of what I intended to preach.
Good morning), my name is Keith and I’m a Christian I’m here to bring the Gospel message to you as you enter the stadium. The Gospel is the good news of the salvation that God has provided. It's the good news of reconciliation with God; though you may be alienated from God; estranged from God, you can be made right with God. We’re here to lift up and proclaim the Name of the only true God and our Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ. We’re here to tell you about the Name of our Great God and Redeemer, The LORD Jesus Christ. I’d like you to think about something as you enter the stadium today. Contrary to what many might say, Christianity requires you to THINK about some things in order to come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. God would have you engage your mind. Oh, that God would reveal the truth to your mind. The greatest commandment, according to Jesus, is that you love God with all your heart, soul, MIND and strength. So put your mind towards this concept. Life is but a vapor. We’re here today and gone tomorrow. Life is short, you may live 60, 70, 80 or even 90 years, but you aren't guaranteed even your next breath. You’re heart could give out before I finish speaking. What will you do when you breathe your last breath, when you stand before your Maker to give an account of your life? Will you try to bribe God and offer Him your good works? Will you stand before your Creator in your own goodness? Would you consider yourself to be a good person? Let's see if you are. Have you ever told a lie? If so, that would make you a liar. Have you ever taken anything that didn’t belong to you? If so, that would make you a thief. But it goes so much deeper than that, have you always put God first in your life? The first commandment is you shall have no other gods before Me. Has God always been top priority in your life, or does football and entertainment come before God? If so, you’d be guilty of breaking the first commandment. The second commandment is don’t create an idol for yourself. Don’t bow down and worship an idol. If you believe in a god that’s ok with drunkenness then you’ve made an idol. If you’re guilty of breaking any of these commandments, then you’re deserving of punishment. Even if you think you’ve kept all the commandments, and yet offended in one point, you would be GUILTY. The punishment for crimes against a Holy and Righteous, Eternal God is an awful and horrible, eternal punishment and that’s called Hell and I don’t want that for you and God certainly doesn’t want that for anyone. But God gives us time, he gives us grace so that we would come to him in repentance. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance. It is God’s goodness that leads us to repentance. You need to change your thinking about God and His Holiness and His Goodness. He must punish sin because of His goodness and justice. The guilty will by no means go unpunished. But listen, here’s the good news (the Gospel) of what God did for us guilty sinners so that we could avoid the punishment that we deserve.The Gospel goes here...
The Seahawks may be good... This year, but they will let you down; it’s only a matter of time. Do you let the outcome of a football game determine your emotional well being. Do you get pumped when they win, and depressed when they lose. All this is temporary. All this is fleeting, but God is faithful and true, He will never let you down, and if you put your trust in Him you’ll never be ashamed. God is 100% trustworthy. Don’t place your Love and affection on the world, or the things that are in the world Place your affection on God himself.
You might say, “I believe in God”, and you think that’s good enough to make you right with God. If you think that you’re deceived, because even the devil believes in God, and trembles. It’s more than just believing in God, but it is repenting (changing your mind about sin and turning away from it, and turning to God for mercy.)
You might think you are safe from God’s condemnation because you’ve never murdered anyone. You might think that guy who killed 20 little kids and 6 adults in Newtown Connecticut is a murderer, but you aren’t. But Jesus says Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and no murderer has eternal life.” In fact, if you have ever even called someone an idiot or moron, you are in danger of judgement, according to Jesus, because you’d be guilty of ‘character assassination. I’m here to warn you to flee the wrath to come. Flee to the refuge of Jesus Christ.
What would God have you do? How does God want you to come to Him? The Bible says, The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, God, will not despise. It says, Humble yourself before God. God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Check out what I’m saying; don’t just take what I’m saying at face value. Test it by opening the Bible for yourself, to see if these things be so. Dust off your Bible. You probably have to find it first in the back of your closet, or under your bed, but find it, dust it off and read it for yourself. It will change your life. Start with the Gospel of Matthew or Mark or Luke or John. The Bible is God’s love letter to you. The word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword. The Bible is God’s Word; It is inspired directly by God himself. Yes, men wrote it down, but the Bible is literally God breathed. Every Word of God is pure.
God demonstrated His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
If you confess with your mouth, Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved, because with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
You must be born again by the power of God. Jesus said, unless you are born again, you will not see the kingdom of God. How are you born again, you ask? When you repent and trust in Christ as your savior, God will give you a new nature with new desires. In fact, God Himself will take up residence in your heart and life in the person of the Holy Spirit. Repent and be converted that your sins may be blotted out and times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
Don’t wait, don’t put it off. There’s nothing more important than your eternal salvation. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though they die;
