steelmaker wrote:
Again, Sportzz Fanzz, I believe that Scripture is clear that we are to preach the Gospel to every lost person we can, regardless of race, creed, skin color, ethnicity, land of ancestry or origin, or type of sin they're in...under the right conditions. Even the most-devout Christian fighting in WW2 didn't try to preach to a nazi shooting at him, but more than one Christian POW led more than one camp guard & more than one other POW to CHRIST.

I learned my lesson when I was called upon to witness to a CHILD MOLESTER, whose sins are as abhorrent to me as any sin man can commit! This man CAME TO CHRIST, & I believe he is just-as-saved as i am. Yes, he was punished for his sins & crimes; he was on his way to prison when I was called upon, to spend several years in solitary confinement for his own protection from other inmates. And his punishment is ongoing in a way; he is a permanent "registered sex offender" who must check in with local authorities periodically, is subject to scrutiny & spying, bust live "on the dodge" from two of his vics who are now grown men & have sworn revenge. BUT AGAIN I BELIEVE HE IS JUST-AS-SAVED AS ANY OF US! There is only ONE salvation-the COMPLETE salvation from hell by JESUS CHRIST. There is no purgatory or halfway house Either one is saved or isn't.

I believe God both wanted to offer that man a chance for salvation AND remind me that salvation is open to all mortal men.
Amen Steelmaker! Beautiful post! Your example of not waving a Bible at a man (Nazi) shooting at one, made me chuckle. I dont think anyone here would advocate THAT extreme. But preaching to that same man in a POW camp...yes, there is the love of Christ in action. Your testimony about the child molestor is beautiful and is certainly not unique.

I wonder if anyone here has read the stories of Charles 'Tex' Watson, one of the Manson murderers, or of Mitsuo Fuchida, the lead pilot in the raid on Pearl Harbor who went on to be a born-again believer in Christ BECAUSE of the testimony of a young girl who's parents were tortured in a Japanese POW camp and who went on to preach the Word of God to the enemy? This is Word of God in action and the Word of God I stand by and believe in with all of my soul, mind, heart and strength!