The King's Ambassador - Lyrics

These are words to song I wrote some years ago.  I was desiring to write something that would sound like a charge to Christians as ambassadors of the King, not only ehorting them to go and preach the Gospel, but also to give a brief of the message to be proclaimed.

"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God" (II Corinthians 5:20).
 
O, take your cloak. and here's the Scroll,
Now what ye waitin' for?
The King has chosen you to be
His ambassador!

The King is sending you,
Out to ev'ry land,
To tell the people living there
They've broken the King's command

They've rebelled against His word,
And followed the devil's lie.
Warn them of the punishment -
The soul that sins will die!

So, take your cloak. and here's the Scroll,
Now what ye waitin' for?
The King has chosen you to be
His ambassador!

But there is good new as well:
The Ruler loves them so
The Prince became redeemer when
To Calvary He did go

He gave His blood and died,
And in a grave was laid;
But on the third day, He rose again,
The ransom now is paid!

So, take your cloak. and here's the Scroll,
Now what ye waitin' for?
The King has chosen you to be
His ambassador!

So now what must they do,

To make the promise theirs?

To be forgiven of their sin,
Adopted as royal heirs?

Tell them to call on Christ, 

And on His name believe:

The King awaits to welcome them

He's ready to receive!

So, take your cloak. and here's the Scroll,
Now what ye waitin' for?
The King has chosen you to be
His ambassador!

Abortion must be abolished.

WAKE UP, MINNESOTA! The Abortion Holocaust is Greater Than You Think!

Do you really understand the extent of the murders by abortion?

The horrific number of babies murdered in our nation is over three thousand babies EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I want to try to hit that number home by making Population Parallels using cities and towns in the "North Star" State.  

                                     

Picture in your mind, if you can, the intentional slaughter of every born person in the city of Pine City (population of 3,123) happening EVERY DAY!

Or the intentional slaughter of the combined citizens of 
Pillager (469), 
Motley (671), 
Pine River (944), 
Fifty Lakes (387), and Ironton (572) EVERY DAY.

Or the populations of Breezy Point (2,346) and Long Prairie (3,458) EVERY 2 DAYS!

The population of Thief River Falls (8,573) EVERY 3 DAYS!

The populations of Willmar (19,610) and Aitkin (2,165) EVERY WEEK!

The population of Stillwater (45,688) EVERY TWO WEEKS!

The population of Duluth (86,265) EVERY MONTH! 

Think of it—the current amount of children that are brutally sacrificed to the god of Self in our country is like having the populations of 

Winona (27,592), 

Mankato (39,309), 

Fergus Falls (13,138), 
Virginia (8,712), and 

Hallock (981)—all murdered in ONE MONTH.

And then the populations of 

Andover (30,598),

Stillwater (18,225),

Wadena (4,088),

Owatonna (25,599),

Detroit Lakes (8,569),

Nisswa (1,971),

Walker (941), and

Pequot Lakes (2,162) the NEXT MONTH.

Followed by the murder of the populations of 

Monticello (12,759),

Hibbing (16,361),
Bemidji (13,431), 
International Falls (6,424),
Mountain Lake (2,107), and 

Moorehead (38,065) the THIRD MONTH.

And the murder of the populations of 

Brainerd (13,590), 
Alexandria (11,070) and

Elk River (22,974), with

Albert Lea (18,016) and Faribault (23,352) thrown in the FOURTH MONTH.

If the first of those four months was January of this year, by the year's end there would still leave enough time to kill off the populations of 

Minneapolis (382,578), 

St Cloud (65,842), 

Buffalo (15,453), 

Plymouth (70,576),

Crosslake (2,141),
Fairmount (10,666),

Minnetonka (49,734),

Worthington (12,764),

Two Harbors (3,792),

and Rochester (106,769)!

And the NEXT YEAR, 

St. Paul (285,068),
Bloomington (82,893),
Crosby (2,836),
Brooklyn Park (75,781),
Hastings (22,172),
Eagan (64,206)
New Ulm (13,522),
Baxter (7,610),
and Maple Grove (61,567) would be totally gone BEFORE AUGUST.

If the murders of the preborn across our nation were actually murders of the born in the state of Minnesota, the ENTIRE STATE POPULATION (5,303,925 people) would be gone before 6 years had passed.  

The "North Star" State would be COMPLETELY empty.

And that is just the number of reported abortions.

Wake UP, citizens of MINNESOTA!!!  

The Abortion Holocaust is Greater Than You Think.

If this seems horrific to you, imagine the indignation of the all knowing God of heaven, 

Who is HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!

Who has made these precious babies in His image!

Who declares them to be His heritage and a blessing!

Who sees their slaughter in the secret places! 

Who hears the cry of their innocent blood!

Who commands US to open OUR mouths for those who have no voice, for those who are being slaughtered!

Who commands US to warn the wicked and rescue the weak!

Who will bring judgment to a people that allows the shedding of innocent blood to happen in their communities without seeking justice!

Leviticus 20:1-5

:1 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

:2 "Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones."

:3 "And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name."

:4 "And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:"

:5 "Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people."

WAKE UP, MINNESOTA!  WAKE UP, CHURCH!

Let us NOT hide our eyes!

Let us NOT be silent NOR absent when they are being slain!

Let us plead for justice and call for truth!

May our communities awaken and repent of our apathy toward our culture of child sacrifice which is murdering our neighbors!

I lived in Minnesota for six years in my youth.  It gets mighty cold and the snow and ice makes for-
- beautiful and breathtaking landscapes.
- exciting sports: ice hockey, snowmobiling, ice fishing, and skiing. 
- just plain fun: like snow forts, snow men, snowball fights, and sledding.  
- a lot of work: snow shoveling, snow plowing, etc.

For three winters, I worked as a lift operator at a ski hill, and even did snowmaking.  I loved laboring in the snow and the ice, serving skiers and snowboarders.  The hard work, shoveling, and all, made me strong.  Physical snow and ice are to be expected in Minnesota.  It comes with the territory.

But it SHOULD NOT BE that the hearts of people in Minnesota are cold towards the plight of their neighbors in the womb who are being murdered!  Jesus said, "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold" (Matthew 24:12).  When an individual or a society becomes so self absorbed and abounding in "going their own way", the care, compassion, and concern for the least of these will grow faint.  

Has that become true of you?  

Has your own selfishness and busyness with your own interests caused you to be absent from the engagement?  Silent when you should speak?  Negligent when you should obey God in loving your neighbor as yourself?  

Wake up, dear reader!  Thousands of our preborn neighbors are being slaughtered every day!  And we are content to go about our lives and agendas for the most part as though there is nothing wrong?  Are we satisfied to just vote every election for someone who says they will do "something" about abortion?

We need to wake up and bestir ourselves, and bring the heat of the word of God into conflict with the coldness of heart.  

"Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD"  (Jeremiah 23:29).  

                                               

It puts me in mind of the zeal of William Lloyd Garrison, and the fervent Christians, who like him, rose up as abolitionists in the days of slavery and called the culture to repent.  

Garrison wrote, 'I have need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice to melt." 

                                 

Be an abolitionist today.  An abolitionist of human abortion.  

Minnesotan Christian, if this post agitates your conscience, and you desire to do something practical and just to oppose the evil slaughter done to your preborn neighbors who are murdered at the rate of TWO EVERY MINUTE, then you can contact me for more information, for ways you can be salt and light, and seed with truth the culture that is at peace with child sacrifice.  I would love to get you connected with other abolitionists in your state as well!

You can read other posts I have written on this blogsite about abolition, and also go to Abolish Human Abortion and learn how to engage biblically for your preborn neighbors in a culture of death.  

To be clear, I am not calling on you to be more ProLife.  I am calling you to become an abolitionist yourself.

The church needs to rise and bring the Gospel into the engagement for lives and souls.

We have "MOUNTAINS OF ICE TO MELT"!

Abortion must be abolished in Minnesota.  

(Using a 2010 census as source for population numbers http://www.togetherweteach.com/TWTIC/uscityinfo/23mn/mnpopr/23mnpr.htm) 

Friendship Evangelism

For decades now, there has been an overwhelming push among Christians for "Friendship Evangelism".

The basic idea is that it is best to first establish a relationship with an unsaved person before you share the Gospel with them.  The common reasoning being that if you take the time to build a friendship (to let the other person know you care) you will have earned the right to speak directly to them regarding spiritual matters!  This is in hopes that your life will have already reflected the truth and that your friend will want what you have once you share the Gospel with them.  In the meantime, don't talk directly about their sin or the payment for sin—doing so might offend.

Those who espouse this type of evangelism often look down on, or try to dissuade, Christians who preach in the open air or hand out tracts—being overt in sharing Christ boldly before they have made relationships is not very pragmatic.

When I was a young man my father became a minister to a small church in a rural community in Minnesota.  That summer, my family went to the county fair to hand out tracts and talk with people about the Gospel.  It was a precious time that I remember well—but later discovered that some folks at the church were not happy at what we were doing.  These individuals went to one of the other church leaders and complained that we were "ruining the church's silent witness" in the community.  Huh?  Yes.  That's what they said. 

Their SILENT WITNESS.

There have been many excellent writings exposing unBiblical aspects of "Friendship Evangelism"—it ignores the clear commands of Scripture and it takes the urgency of the need for Christ (the fact that we do not know when someone might die) and replaces it with apathy.  I am not going to address those specific errors in detail at this time as it has already been covered by others.

But I do want to share a few of my own thoughts to consider what it means to be a real friend to all those with whom you are in contact.

My Opening Statement:
If your soul purpose for building a friendship is to evangelize then sharing the Gospel with strangers and new acquaintances is one of the best ways to make friends.

I. "What will they think of me...if I keep it from them?"

If we don't let people know that we are saved and that we desire others to know and trust in Jesus Christ as well, but keep it purposefully hidden for months or even years, might not those same people wonder at the truth of our sincerity?  When we finally get around to talking about the Gospel, they may ponder— "Why were they keeping the best news in the universe from me for so long?  Why didn't they tell me sooner?"

I well remember the account of a Buddhist-turned-Christian convert in China, who asked Hudson Taylor how long his people in the British Empire had known of the Gospel.  Hudson replied that the English had known about the Gospel for hundreds of years.  The new Christian gasped, and exclaimed:  "Hundreds of years?! How can it be that your people knew the way of salvation for so long, and have only come to tell us in China about it so recently?"  Millions of his own people had died without Christ, and he could not fathom why someone had not come and told them sooner!

I know of other accounts similar to this recorded example, from different countries.  If this was the response of those who were living on the other side of the world, how much more for those who live on the other side of the street, and with whom you may have close acquaintance? 

And if they die before you are able to tell them of their need for Christ, consider the grave reality of what they will think when they are condemned to eternal torment in the lake of fire—"Why didn't my Christian friends warn me?!!"

II. "It will surely be easier once we get to know each other."

This statement is a myth! There is actually a great weight of testimony that demonstrates that it is more difficult to start sharing the Gospel with family and friends than with strangers and new acquaintances.  

We have to remember that no matter how awkward we feel, or how fearful we may be, our openness to share the good news of the Gospel is not what will offend another person.  They will most likely be refreshed with our honesty.  It is Christ and Him Crucified, He is the rock of offense—and He is the One that draws all men to Himself!  Why not start by letting any new friend or acquaintance know upfront that your faith is real and of utmost importance to you—as you build your friendship around common goals, hobbies, or your season of life bringing the Gospel into any conversation will be consistent with who you are.  What is more awkward then springing "Jesus" on a friend just out of the blue after weeks, months, and years of hanging out.  The truth be told, it rarely is done.  

III. What do true friends talk about?

One mark of a true friend is that they will talk with you about what is most important to them.  For instance, someone who loves sports is not going to hide this passion from those he gets together with.  He is going to talk about it.  It will come out in conversation—even if the other individual does not understand or care about the game.  His friends are extremely likely to know early on in their relationship which sport he is into most, what team is his favorite, how the draft pick went, and who won the game—and he will probably invite those same friends into his home to watch a game on TV. It is ridiculous to even consider that this person would wait for months or even years before talking about it.  

A true friend will tell you what they value.

To befriend a person in order to first establish a close enough relationship with them in order to then have finally earned the right to share your faith, says a lot about your faith!  If Jesus Christ is your life, if both He and what He has written is important to you, then to keep the Gospel to yourself is a dishonest approach in that relationship.  

And consider the fact that not only is Jesus supposed to be your life and Whom you are to love because of what He has personally done for you, as Christians we KNOW Jesus Christ is the ONLY HOPE of eternal life for all men!  Evangelism is not about sharing our own praise testimonies with unbelievers as much as it is about plainly laying out the truth of sin, the cure to that sin which is the way of salvation, and how one can go about finding this redemption!  Why would any believer keep the knowledge of the truth from friends who they know are in desperate danger of hellfire without it?  

Real friends will tell you the truth about what you need no matter how you respond, because a real friend cares more about you than they care about what you think of them.

Summation:
What most mean by friendship evangelism is not friendship nor evangelism.

Final Thought: 
Straightforward evangelism is being the truest kind of friend.

Abortion must be abolished