Mike the Baptist

Before Jesus came the first time, there was the forerunner John the Baptist.  He was a voice, crying in the wilderness.  He didn't fit in this world, and his zeal for God was only matched by his hatred of sin.  The religious couldn't stand him and the "church" thought he was too fanatical, too negative, and must not be right with God because he wasn't telling sinners JESUS LOVES YOU.

It would make sense God would raise up John the Baptists again before his return.  Someone that says THUS SAITH THE LORD.  Someone who is a spokesman for God demanding that men everywhere would REPENT.  Maybe a Sam the Baptist or a Jim the Baptist or a Will the Baptist or a Greg the Baptist too. 

Hi, I am Mike the Baptist.  Nice to meet you.

I think that is one reason why God seems to be raising up more street preachers and why there is more opposition to them.  Many of them aren't well received, but it seems the church today is so ashamed of a public proclamation and looking bad to the community they are some of our harshest critics.  Most Christians would rather be watching the game than preaching outside it.  Most Christians would rather be inside the rock concert than preaching there.  Especially if they are a Christian rock band. 

I like the street.  I have never seen the power of God stronger than when I am out in front of a crowd and simply lifting my voice and preaching what I think God wants me to say.  Once on the way to a Sabres / Devils Hockey game, the simple message came to me to preach out there. "You don't choose the devil's team.  You are born on it.  That is why Jesus said YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN!"  

I preach any or all of this at times and most of this came from just being out there.  You need to be saved.  It is not enough to go to church. It is not enough to get baptized.  You need to be saved.  YOU NEED TO BE SAVED!  Jesus saves from Hell and from sin.   God loves you but he hates your sin.  You need to repent and believe the gospel.  Jesus died for sinners.  Are they any sinners out there?  If you told a lie you qualify!!! God knows what you're thinking, God knows what you're doing, God knows what you're drinking, God knows what you're chewing.  Relgion is like professional wrestling -- the closer you get the phonier it looks.  Jesus is coming back,but he is not coming for the Catholics. He is not coming for the Mormons, He is not coming for the JW's, He is not coming for the Muslims.  He is coming for the saved, washed in hte blood saints.  Are you saved or will you be left behind?  What is it going to take for God to wake you up?  When you die and end up in Hell?  Turn from your booze to the Bible and your immoral sex to salvation.  God is against sodomy, God is against the lottery, God is against hockey idolatry. 

  Today you might be more like Noah, preaching and not getting a single convert.  The false gospel soulwinners come back reporting 52 saved, which meant they got 52 to pray a prayer to go to heaven, and in reality they came back with 52 2-fold children of Hell.  But on the prayer letter the soulwinner looks impressive and that is what is muddying the playing field.  The street preacher is despised and rejected and a voice crying in the wilderness and Christians are offended, and hence he must not be of God.  Marvel not says the Bible if the world hates you.  What is sad is the church seems to say they stand for Jesus but if someone actually wants to live out what the Bible says, the average modern church distances themselves from them.   In fact, I preached at one sodomite parade.  It was disgusting and you really saw a group of people shaking their fists and God and boasting about their rebellion and sin.  In that parade marched church after church supporting them.  Cross dressers, nakedness, same sex embracing, spitting on the street preachers, all sorts of vile filth. 

Yet you have churches who say WE DON'T CARE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.  Where is the stand with God?  Where is the cry against sin?  Yes we all sin, yes I am not better.  But I don't want anyone to go to hell either.  This is now a war.  A War against the devil ultimately.  Some of them are already reprobates. I don't know if they can't get saved or they just won't get saved, but some of them hate God and will die shaking their fists at God.  We still need to warn them, but more importantly we need to stop saying they can push their filth on the world.  Christians are being forced into the closet as the sodomites and everyone else come rushing out of the closet with bells on.  They are not ashamed of their wickedness and they are proud of their sinful ways.  I had a guy tell me he thanks "god" everyday for his boyfriend.  He is deluded but that is most of the world.  They have been told God loves them so much to the point they have no fear of God and they think God is fine with their lifestyle and god led them to their same-sex partner.  And if a sodomite is offended, they all run to his aid.  If a Christian is offended, we stiffen our necks and say, well serves him right for not minding his own business.

 We need Preachers to get out from behind the pulpit and get out on the street like never before.  When they start hauling us off to jail, we need churches bailing us out and helping us and standing with us and storming the prison cells and making sure our families are ok.  We need the church to say it is ok if you lose your job for standing for Jesus.  We will help you, we will get those still holding jobs to help you with your bills.  Instead the church distances themselves because they think you must be doing something wrong to get persecution.  Did not Jesus say those who live Godly will be persecuted?  Why then does persecution seem so foreign to the church and so unexpected? 

Maybe, we aren't as much in God's will as we think we are.