“Why are you doing this?”

The main reason we do this is simple. Obedience.

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Almost weekly when we Open Air Preach in Athens, GA we get asked “Why are you doing this?”, by a professing Christian.

There are two common objections Christians have. The first: “Everybody is drunk and nobody is listening to you”

My response is often: “Do you read minds and therefore know absolutely that nobody is listening?”. While this may sound rude, it is the fastest way to dismiss this objection. To say nobody is listening is a pretty large assumption and irrelevant based on Mark 16:15. What they are really saying it that we should keep this stuff in the Church because they are out there to have a good time and they don’t want to think about God. After all, this could make them feel bad about what they are doing. Many of the Christians that approach us with objections are well on their way to being intoxicated as they rebuke us for preaching. Ironic huh?

The second objection (and my all-time favorite), “You are turning people off and driving them away from God”.

“Where exactly are we driving them to?” Check out what John 3:18-19 says: Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

If we do not say anything are they any less condemned than if we stand up and use the law and the Gospel to attempt to open their eyes, so they can see their great need of a Savior?

Why are we doing this? 2 main reasons:
1. To glorify God by being obedient to His command.
2. Because we love people and hate the thought of anyone going to Hell for eternity.

Preach On!…

…Until All Hear,

Alex