Militant Evangelism! (39 page)

While we are on the subject of tracts, look at ten reasons why we should use them:

1.    A tract can get inside a house and stay there.

2.    It always catches people in the right mood because it speaks to them only when they read it.

3.    It sticks to what it has to say and never argues back.

4.    It never flinches or shows cowardice.

5.    It is never tempted to compromise.

6.    It never gets tired, discouraged or gives up.

7.    It is very economical.

8.    It can present the Gospel when we don't have time to do so.

9.    It works while we sleep.

10.    It can be mailed to places we can't go.

(Adapted from,
Soul Winning with Tracts,
by Dr. Curtis
Hutson
)

I totally believe in the ministry of tracts. In fact, if you ever find me in public without a tract, I will give you $20. That offer keeps me laden with tracts, so that when I see someone waiting somewhere, I'm always armed with ammunition.

Spiritual CPR

In
mid 1993
, a 4-year-old girl became sick with what her parents thought was merely a virus. As time passed, she became so ill, they rushed her to the nearby hospital. By the time she arrived, she was clinically dead, so doctors and staff immediately began emergency procedures on her now ceased heart. After 20 minutes, a special emergency team of ten people were called in and began a procedure where they put so much pressure with CPR on the child's flexible rib
cage,
it would have crushed that of an adult. After an incredible 41 minutes, the little girl's heart began beating
again,
making this the longest time in modern history that someone survived heart cessation, without brain damage. The reason the doctors did not give up when others thought the child was dead, was simply because they could see that the child's
pupil's
were still responding to light, which meant that the brain was not yet dead.

The sinner is dead in his sins, twice plucked up by the roots. There is no light in him, but don't ever give up on witnessing to him. Make it second nature to apply the pressure of the Law upon the ceased heart of the sinner. Remember that "the Commandment is a lamp and the Law is light" (Proverbs 6:23), so watch the pupils to see if there is response to the light, and let that be an encouragement to you, even if it is a cupping of his hands over his ears. The Ten Commandments are an emergency team of ten, working together to bring the dead sinner to a point where he will breathe in the life of the Gospel.

As soldiers of the cross let's pull together the virtues of those who have fought before us. Let us have the initiative of Jonathan, who said to his
armor
bearer:

"Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few."

Let us have the courage of David, who
ran
toward Goliath saying, "You come to me with a sword, a spear and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied!"

We need the insight of Elisha who saw the chariots of fire round about him; the confidence of Joshua, who knew that God would not fail or forsake him. We can know that, "The eyes of the

Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect (wholeheartedly) toward Him." His angel encamps round about those that fear Him, to deliver them.

We have been called to active service, but in the past we have been more concerned about the
order of
service, than our
orders for
service. We have been given battle orders from Headquarters to seek out those who are enemies of God in their minds through wicked works. We are to persuade and compel them to desert their futile and godless cause. They must defect before the Great Day of Battle, when the ultimate weapon of Eternal Justice will be unleashed against sinful mankind. On that Day there will be no neutral ground ... they will suffer the vengeance of eternal fire. Our message is "Surrender or be slain! Become a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven or forever be banished from its gates by the King of Kings, into everlasting fire!"

We have been sent as an emissary of peace to diplomatically plead with the ungodly to lay down their weapons, but in a world that hates its Creator, we are forced to precede the offer of peace with the threat of war. We must therefore mobilize as a mighty, militant, aggressive army, spearheading attacks, and through the power of prayer, ransack the barracks of Hell. We must penetrate the territories of the devil with the flag of righteousness

Retreat is not an option. If we fall back in battle, it is merely to muster forces and gain our spirit. We know that our strengths are the enemy's weaknesses. He crumbles before the powers of holiness, righteousness, justice, virtue, morality and truth.

Unending celestial rations of Living Waters and the Bread of Heaven fuel our fighting spirit. Our prayer life energizes our evangelism. We know that we mustn't be casual in prayer, or we will be a casualty in war. We give no place to the devil.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. The very finger of God has issued us with the Ten Great Cannons of His Law. The ground troops lie low while the cannons blast over their heads into the soul of the enemy. There is no greater artillery in our arsenal to break the spirit of the adversary, to weaken his lines of
defense
, to send terror into his heart. Their very presence generates strong confidence among the troops. As each cannon is discharged, it sends a message of fear and trembling, and the smoke of the wrath of Almighty God.

"No fear" is our battle cry, and boldness our battering ram. If God is for us,
nothing
can be against us. We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us, and though a host shall encamp against us, we shall not be afraid.

Silence is the enemy we will not let into our ranks. The walls of Jericho have been encompassed, it is time to shout.

With
honor
, we will prevail. By the Grace of our God, we will triumph over evil, for when the smoke of battle clears, that is the struggle for which we contest. We fight the
good
fight of faith, so muster your courage, lift up hands that hang down and straighten feeble knees. Call on the reserve of your
valor
, and thoroughly grasp the gravity of the cause for which you do battle—for the salvation of the sons and daughters of Adam.

We are not alone. Throughout the world are a loyal infantry who are strategically placed by God, unseen through the fog of distance, but they are fighting along with us. Veteran soldiers who have died before us encompass us as a crowd of witnesses to applaud our every advance. Don't break ranks, but strive for the unity of the Gospel, following the Captain of the Lord of Hosts who is leading the charge. Through our God we shall do valiantly, for
He
it is who shall tread down our enemies. Hear the soul stirring sound of the trumpet of the Lord, and let the stirred soul fire our flaming sword. If the high praises of God are in our mouth, let also the two-edged Sword be in our hand and the cry "Give me liberty to preach, or give me death" in our mouths.

We require men and women who will fling caution to the wind, who will lead an invasion of teeth-gritted, uncompromising, unyielding,
relentless
, cut-throat evangelism. We must assault the enemy with spiritual snipers, guerrillas, storm-troopers and gunners, counter-attacking on every side, and if our blood be split on the soil of this sinful world for the cause of the Gospel, so be it. If our Commander catches our tears in a bottle, how much more will He value our blood on the earth? Determine in your heart to give the supreme sacrifice.

We crave soldiers who will lunge at the enemy and let him feel the cold steel of the sharp and two-edged Sword. We want chivalrous, undaunted, valiant, noble warriors—loyalists, patriots, within our garrisons to "contend for the faith" and intimidate
satan
and his hellish hordes. We must have soul-thirsty soldiers, self-sacrificial "kamikaze" Christians, who are not afraid to bear in their bodies the battle scars of the Lord Jesus ... who will give themselves, without reserve, to radical, revolutionary, God-pleasing militant evangelism!

"A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation" (Psalm 91:7-9).

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AMERICAN SURVEY

I
f you find it hard approaching people with the Gospel, then try this, it works! Pick up a phone book, begin calling at the "A's," and when someone answers, politely say:

"Hello, we are doing a survey to find out America's relationship to the Ten Commandments. The results will be published in a book ... would you be willing to answer a few questions?

With a tender conscience, just give a "Yes" or "No" answer to the following:

1.    Have you ever broken the First by failing to put God first in your life—always loving Him with all your heart, mind, soul and strength? YES NO

2.    Have you ever broken the Second Commandment by making a god in your own image—had your own beliefs about God rather than the One revealed in the Bible? YES NO

3.    Have you ever used God's name in vain? YES NO