5th of November 2022
To all who prayed for our outreach in Sea Point, thank you. The outreach was blessed and YHVH helped us to sow some good gospel seeds into the lives of some. It did require some “footwork” though as one young man was quite determined to get to his destination further along the promenade, but he was willing to discuss the important matters of the gospel that were presented to him. I could definitely sense that the Holy Spirit came upon him at the final moments of our discussion, which is most encouraging, because as Jesus said “no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him” (John 6:65).
But for me, the highlight of our time only came near the close of the day. We were sitting, relaxing on the park bench that overlooks the promenade and the sea (Shabat is for resting is it not?!) and who should come walking along the sidewalk but Yisrael. Now Yisrael is a very senior Israeli gentleman, who we met almost exactly a year ago (The Lord’s timing is impeccable is it not?) on a similar outreach. After that outreach, I was able to meet once with Yisrael at a certain restaurant, but thereafter I was not able to contact him. As we sat with Yisrael on the bench now again, he explained to me that he does not bring his phone with him when he is going out with his wife. Seeing that I had earnestly wanted to share with Yisrael some of the Messianic proofs from the Bible since our previous divine appointment, I took the opportunity to read Isaiah 53 in Hebrew to Yisrael. I got to about half-way through it and then he expressed some disinterest, so we changed the discourse to matters other than the Gospel. Again, no amount of “proof” can convince anyone unless the Holy Spirit draws them, so your prayers for the salvation of the Jewish community are appreciated. Nevertheless, it was a privilege to be able to listen to Yisrael share with me about his time growing up in an Orthodox neighbourhood in Israel and his acquaintance with one of Israel’s last “sages”, a man known as Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karlietz, otherwise known as the “Chazon iesh” (“Vision of a Man” – the name of a series of books written by him).
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Bank: Capitec
Account Holder: Goodolivetree
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I highly appreciate your step that you have taken as a messenger of the good news to those who need not to hear about them, but who really need salvation. It’s a great work and I believe God is leading you to deliver the message to those who are in denial. They still have an opportunity to repent, and I believe one day the holy spirit will convince them in due time.