"THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND GIDEON"

February 7, 2012, Texas State University,

      With so many sin-excusing hypocrites at TSU, I decided to draw my two-edged sword and get right to the point.  The point of our sword is holiness, which is why our book is called the Holy Bible.  "It is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy."-1 Peter 1:15.  I rattled off scripture after scripture from the NT, which calls for a wholly sanctified life.  It was as if I was throwing sabers and plunging them into the hearts of sinners and hypocrites; the multitudes soon surrounded me.  But they were no threat; they have no weapons; they wear no armor; they are naked.  They simply emote and curse.  Few of them know how to form a logical argument.  The girl from yesterday who was wailing and singing continued to emote loudly today.  At one point about a dozen Christians came up to me and wanted to pray for me.  I refused, "If you want to pray, fine, but I have work to do.  You do not need my attention in order to pray for me. 

Students at Texas State formed several prayer circles. They objected strongly to our approach and the holiness message.

                

     They did form a prayer circle; they were not Tebowing.  After praying, they started singing songs of praise. I suspected their hope was to hinder students from hearing my message.  I responded, "This is a result of so many churches making praise songs the centerpiece of their church services.  They exalt music over the preaching of the Word.  Singers can inspire the troops but it takes the sword of the Lord to win the battle. 

     Gideon's mighty army of only 300 formed ranks against the Midianities, blew trumpets and cried, "The sword of the Lord and Gideon," which caused fear in the enemy camp.  The Lord intervened for Israel and brought such confusion among their enemies that they began to fight against each other and fled in terror. 

     As Matthew Henry comments, "The wicked are often led to avenge the cause of God upon each other, under the power of their delusions, and the fury of their passions. God often makes the enemies of the church instruments to destroy one another; it is a pity that the church's friends should ever act like them."

       I preached for almost 90 minutes; meanwhile, another warrior joined us from Tyler, TX, Brother Jesse Morrell.  I called on Jesse who continued chopping away at sin with the ax of God's word.  I took relief from the crowd; soon students drifted over to ask me questions.  It wasn't long before I had a dozen or so desperately pleading for sin all in the name of Christ for two hours. 

This sign held by a homosexual heckler, explains the campus mentality.

 

       How can a holy God excuse sin?  I stood fast in the midst of this opposition; I demanded unconditional surrender of all sin or there will be no forgiveness.  I may have gotten through to a few.  Unfortunately, they will likely go back to their leaders who are liable to comfort them in their sin and guilt.  We need pastors and youth leaders who will plunge the sword in deeply until sinners cry out for mercy.  Of course, if the leaders have sin in their own lives, how can they righteously call anyone to repentance?

       The girl who has been loudly wailing and singing the last two days apologized to me.   Both Jesse and Sister Pat think she has a spirit of divination.  Every now and then I would catch a look at what was happening around Jesse.  I noticed a circle of about 30 joining hands in a long prayer.  Of what spirit are they? 

      I returned to main field of battle about 4:20.  There were some especially lewd and brazen witches in the large and boisterous crowd.   One witch mockingly frequently flew through the crowd riding a make-shift broom.  I said, "Most females on this campus have become witches by falling prey to the feminist movement.  The scriptures say, 'For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.'"-1 Samuel 15:23.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry-- 1 Samuel 15:23.

 

      In my last session a thoughtful young man stood in front of me asking a reason for my hope.  I answered with meekness and fear.  Through all the commotion I scored many apologetic points despite the distraction of the lusty hussies.  At 5:20 I announced that we were finished for the day.  Two men acknowledged that I had given them a lot to think about.  Another commended me for my passion.  Sister Pat by this time had a group of ten sitting around her as she taught on the beatitudes.  I announced anyone could join us at Luby's for dinner.  Three Christians showed up.  I briefly explained to them that sinners need to be treated as rebels and not victims.  I had to excuse myself after a short exhortation.  I left the students with Jesse and Sister Pat since I had a radio interview scheduled.  I was interviewed by a Christian married couple, who had planned to talk on the ministry of the Holy Spirit to convince the world of sin, righteousness and judgment.  The interviewers seemed to agree with everything I said.   I explained the Biblical doctrine of sanctification, which has been lost in virtually all of our churches.  The interview lasted for over an hour. 

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HOSPITAL OR FORTRESS?

February 9, 2012, University of Texas,

     Jesse opened the meeting and quickly gathered a small crowd.  Jesse has a numerous effective one liners, "The devil is a faggot; I mean that literally."  Question from Jesse,   "Do you know what the worst STD is?"  Students did not know, so he answered, "Sexually transmitted damnation."  Student says, "All sin is the same."  Jesse responds, "That is just something people say to make homosexuals feel better."  A female passes by and curses.  Jesse responds, "Watch your language there may be a lady around."  Finally, on a more serious note, "Hate is not intrinsically evil; neither is love intrinsically good. It all depends upon the object of your hate or love.  It is good to hate evil; it is bad to love sin."

"Hate is not intrinsically evil; neither is love intrinsically good.," Bro. Jesse M.

 

     Jesse had to deal with some idiot in a chicken suit, who frequently flew around him and through the crowd.  After Jesse had been speaking for 30 minutes one policeman after another began showing up.  Soon there were five policemen monitoring the situation.  This seemed to be quite an overreaction, especially since the gathering of 25 was relatively subdued.   Sister Pat later speculated that the police thought that we were Westboro Baptist Church.  She was probably right, because Jesse was holding his banner which says, "GOD HATES SIN."  People tend to identify the word hate with Westboro.  Dave informed the police that we were with the Campus Ministry USA.  The police did not bother our preaching except to warn Jesse not to cross the line unto University property.  

Chicken heckler and Bro. Jesse.

      When I started a jackass with a horse's head, who wore nothing but a pair of shorts, started dancing and gyrating around me shouting nonsense.  Sometimes he put on a devil's mask instead of the horse's head.  I remembered him from previous years.  Sometime he would roll around the sidewalk and make strange noises.  He carried on all afternoon; I suppose he was a distraction to the students but he was not to me.  At one point the jackass confessed that his attempts at humor were no match for my wit. 

The miserable soul on the right alternated with a horse head and devil mask.

 

At UT-Austin we have to preach on the sidewalk. We are not allowed on campus. It's Texas!

     One woman, who confessed to having a child out of wedlock and who was quite vocal and argumentative, threw a cup of hot coffee on me as she walked away.  She did not get far until the Lord arrested her; she returned to stay for most of the afternoon.  She was unrepentant and gloated in her action of dousing me with the coffee.  For most of the afternoon the crowd was around 50, sometimes swelling to twice that size.  After an hour I was going to turn the meeting back to Jesse but his voice had given out.  One has to speak at the top of his voice on this campus since we speak on the sidewalk of a street with heavy automobile traffic, which makes it tough on the throat.  I called upon Sister Pat, who spoke well for an hour. 

     I spoke again from 3-5 PM.  As has been the case in Louisiana and Texas, the ability to live victoriously over sin was the main issue again.  One fellow who attends a large church in Austin informed me his church was called Acts 29.  He said, "The church is a hospital for sick people."  I heard this yesterday at TSU; the more I hear this characterization, the more it infuriates me.   The Church is the Body of Christ.  Jesus is the head of the church.  We Christians are his body.  How can Christ's body be diseased with sin?  We believers are filled with the Holy Spirit.  We are to be storming the gates of Hell.  We are not weak and sick; we are strong and mighty.  We are a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.  We are the army of God!  Hospital for sick people? Balderdash! 

     Sadly, most churches envision themselves as hospitals.  It would not be so bad if these churches had pastor surgeons who would eradicate sin from the body.  But ultimately most believe there is no cure for the power of sin in this life.  Their Savior from sin is not Jesus; their savior is physical death, which is no savior at all.  They call themselves Acts 29 as though they are carrying on into the present the wonderful Acts of the Apostles.  What a farce!  Where in Acts is the Church represented as a hospital for sick people?  So many go to the hospital today only to die.  I fear that is the problem in too many churches, people go there and die.  The Church is to be going to the world and bring a message of salvation, redemption, and victory over sin, the devil, the world and death.

'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore;
Till, with the vision glorious,
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.

     I thought I waxed eloquent today in "earnestly contending for the faith which was once delivered onto the saints"-saints, not sinners.

     Dave and Doris spent their final day with us for a while.  Jesse went back to Lindale, TX.  Now there are just three of us, Sister Pat, myself and the Holy Ghost.  Not to mention the angelic host who watches over us daily in our armed conflict with the forces of the Evil One.   

Bro. Dave and Sis. Doris are great at handling the authorities.

 

     I received the following FB message from Matt Woolbright of Texas A&M, "Week two went well for the Bible study! I have a group of about 15 that are really chasing after righteousness and it started with your visit!"

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