MIKE

Met Mike tonight. Mike is a young man with a thought pattern that is a holdover from the old South. i am talking Pre-Civil War, slave owning, dirt farming, Confederate, Dixieland South. He says his grandfather owned slaves and that they "treated them good, never beat them, fed them good", etc. Mike is a product of generations of ignorance. Of ignoring the truth. He says he is Baptist, but of course his brand of religion is really relativism. His own brand of truth, handed down to him as it was to his dad, and his dad's dad. Self-professed good people, going to church, their hearts full of Satan's lies that they have lived for generations.

What drew me to Mike was his language. He calls black men "niggers". To him it is as natural as waking up in the morning. Matter of factly, not with hate or malice. Where he lives, everyone does it. Took him to Matthew 12:34-37 and read it aloud to him. We spoke of his heart and God's heart and how they just do not line up. To Jeremiah 17:9-10 to explain how wicked the heart is and his heart can be used to give glory to God or to Satan. Then to Philippians 4:8 to show him what he should be thinking on to fill his heart. We talked of his Baptist upbringing and that he has no excuse for his language if he claims to believe what Jesus says is true. i asked him if he believed Jesus was coming back and that we would be judged, and he said yes. i told him his words right now would condemn him.

He said he believes Jesus word is true and would read Jesus words in the Gospel again and this time i will be praying for him. That our God convicts this young man of the lies he has known all his life and bring him to repentance and a true understanding of His Word, of Jesus. Amen.