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Nick and I went to meet a college friend of mine in New York City. We have subway performers who have permits from the city. They are allowed to collect money, set up mics and amps, etc. There were these two women singing some secular jazz songs in the 42nd Street/Times Square subway station.
I convinced Nick to walk up to one of the women and ask if they were Christian. The plan was if the answer was yes, he'd ask if I could have their mic to sing some Christmas carols. After the song, Nick would ask if he could preach on their mic.
Well, they agreed. I started off with "O Holy Night." The women were so impressed that they insisted I sing another song. Then another...and another. I just asked the woman if I could sing one more and the preach the Gospel. She said "sure!"
And then I did. People were listening. I haven't had the opportunity to preach in almost 5 months. But God is good!
Immediately after I got off the mic, a heard a young man say something about how "what my sister just said..." He was on the mic and spit out some rhymes about the Lord and salvation!! He was quite good!! His name was Peter and he is from Miami. I told him about one of our organizations CCN (www.changeyourcampus.com)
After we departed, we saw a homeless man with a sign that read "Tell me off $1" I walked up to the man and said, I'll give you a dollar, but I'm not going to tell you off. Instead, I'm going to tell you some good news. I started to talk to him and he said that he believed God existed but wasn't sure what happened to us after we die. He wasn't sure if hell existed. I went through the law with him. He said he would be found guilty if God was to judge him. He still didn't know if hell existed though. He couldn't understand how a loving God would create hell.
I asked him if a loving God would allow rapists and murderers to enter heaven if they never repented. He said no. I told him the Bible says that hell is real. It wouldn't seem fair if bad people were allowed everlasting life. It's not just.
I continued with the news of God's greatest gift, showing His grace and mercy through His Son Jesus Christ. I could see the wheels in this man's mind turning. I pleaded with him to consider what I said. Nick gave him his Bible. I left him with a tract reiterating what I had said. We prayed for him and he thanked us.
I really was feeling bad about telling my family that I would not be spending Christmas eve with them; however, I can't think of a better thing to do than to let the world know the true meaning of Christmas. Why do we celebrate? Why do we rejoice over the fact that Jesus Christ was born 2,000 years ago.
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