Dude, sooooo awesome.
Ok, so the Harvest Crusade was this past weekend in Philly, and I went all three nights. It was totally amazing. In all there were more than 3,300 decisions for Christ made. I got to see amazing bands like MercyMe, Katinas, tobyMac, Kutless, and Jeremy Camp! It was so awesome. Greg Laurie gave the gospel message every night, but focused on different things each night. Saturday night, he focused on Hell, and how those who do not repent and follow Jesus Christ will spend eternity there.
Last night (Sunday), was the best night though. Worship was absolutely amazing. Greg talked about this Pharisee guy named Nicodemus in John 3 who came to Jesus at night. Nico kinda hinted that he thought Jesus might be the Messiah, the One whom the prophets foretold, but he didn't want to outright say it. It was a huge deal for the Jews to label someone the Messiah.
Jesus answered, telling him that a man cannot see the kingdom of God unless he is born again, meaning being born of the spirit (v. 8).
Nico was a bit puzzled at this, and Jesus tried to simplify it saying, "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone believes in him may have eternal life" (v.14-15).
Jesus continued with the presentation of the gospel with the well-known verse, John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not parish but have eternal life."
Greg Laurie gave the gospel message, and a whole bunch of people came down to the floor to accept or recommit their lives to Jesus. I got to talk to a couple of young teenage girls on Saturday night, and an older woman last night. I even prayed with the woman last night. It was awesome. I'm totally stoked. I have some great ideas for ministry and evangelism here in Newark. The one thing that I do have some trouble with is talking to people on the streets. It's not easy, but it's a great spiritual exercise, as well as a fulfillment of Christ's command of the Great Commission in Mark 16.
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