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Originally Posted by onefaith2
Actually is it not? Is it not to reach their soul? If the Lord comes tomorrow and they don't repent won't they die lost? You can't fault a Christian for wanting this. Its just they don't see it that way because they have not had grace awaken them to the condition of the soul. Its hard for us to be patient but thats really what we need to do.
Are you an advocate of feeding the homeless and not preaching at all to them or giving them any word from the Lord?
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I'm not an advocate of bait and switch. I'm not meeting their need to preach to them. I'm loving on them because I was loved so much. In that way, I AM presenting the Gospel. When we've gone out with the homeless, we always will offer prayer, we listen, we encourage when we can... we build relationships, even knowing many of their names. We most definitely are willing to share with them the Story of what Christ has done, but they don't have to consent to hearing the Gospel to having a need that we want to meet. They are broken, just like we were... and really, in many ways, still are until our final redemption.
Serving is what we do as a result of the Gospel. We were served, and we serve.
But again, in context of the post, this is only one aspect of poverty.
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