March 4, 2004 (David Cloud, Way of Life - The following is the testimony of Pastor Silas Doctor, Calvary Baptist Church, South Range, Michigan. His e-mail address is simddoc@portup.com. When he sent me the following a few days ago, I got his permission to publish it.

Dear Brother Cloud:

I agree with all that you have stated and I have not and will not go to a movie house to see this film and have preached against it. I don't need a picture to understand what my Saviour has done for me. I appreciate all the warnings, but I do wish you would challenge folks to use this movie to tell those that go and see it the real truth.

I wrote up a special flier just for this event to help folks that see the movie understand the real Gospel. The flier asks some straight forth questions: "Now that you have seen the movie what are you going to do with what you saw? That leads them into the true Gospel, and I use King Agrippa's statement, Acts 26:28 "...Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Salvation is not religion, denomination, etc. but Christ alone!

We may not agree with it, but it is being viewed by the thousand across the land. Many come out shocked, confused and wondering, "O.K. Jesus went through this terrible event, but what does it mean to me? Did His death cover all human sins? Is that all there is to it?"

Many folks with different religious backgrounds will be deceived by the deceivers, so we must act while we have the chance! So I challenge all of us to get busy doing something for the lost souls out there! Write up your own tract or flier and challenge your people to be involved.

We have had 11 different folks from our church that have been involved so far and it is the easiest way of getting literature to the public. One of my men said he didn't even have to say anything and people were grabbing them out of his hand. I live in a rural area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and By the time you read this we will have handed out at least 1,000 of these Gospel fliers. We could knock on many doors and walk the streets handing out tracts, which we do regularly, and it would take many months to give out that much information.

Yes, we have some refuse them, but the offer is there and many are appreciative. Only one lady told me I ought to mind my own business and that people should be able to believe what they want to believe and not have to worry about someone messing with their mind. I kindly told her I wasn't forcing anything on anyone, but trying to show, biblically, why Christ had to pay such a terrible price on the cross. You can't win 'em all!

So I challenge you to challenge your readers to use this wonderful opportunity to try and reach some for Christ!

Just another thought I had, as God is the one who allows all things to be, maybe this will be the last straw before He returns. Many seeing a portrayal of His sufferings for their sins, but it still won't make a difference in their life could be their last chance!

P.S. This theater is on a main street so no one can stop us, but some won't have this kind of freedom.

God bless, Bro. Silas Doctor simddoc@portup.com Calvary Baptist Church South Range, Michigan

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