Last week was Mardi Gras in the Big-Easy and as you know it’s roots are from the catholic church where you sin all week and after Fat Tuesday at midnight.
You get ashes on your forehead and ‘lent’ officially
begins. So we preach against all the
public sin and the church
We arrived
on Thursday and Friday morning we assisted a local Church outside the only
abortion clinic in New Orleans
“I was cast
upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly”
Psalm 22:10
Of course as
with any abortion clinic there were those who will try and shield those from
going into the abortion mill from hearing us….so much for the social distancing
of 6 foot.
Our message
is not the ‘Jesus loves you’ and those poor women getting an abortion are not
the victims. We were there to let them
know that God hates abortion and that baby is the innocent victim. Both doctor and woman are playing God in
saying who will live or die.
“Cursed be
he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say,
Amen”
Deuteronomy
27:25
I have been
preaching at this event in New Orleans since 1981. I have seen this sin feast gets smaller and
smaller as the crowds once upon a time would fill the French Quarter and
Jackson Square. Mardi Gras within the
past 15 years will just fill Bourbon Street with sinners.
However this
year with the COVID, the weather was extremely cold and with the bars shut
down, the poor heathen had no liquor in them to warm them up.
Yes stores
and bars did not sell liquor
According to
city officials Bourbon Street was ripe for the virus. With people standing close
together, breathing on each other, sharing drinks, kissing and touching….not to
mention those Mardi Gras beads came from China.
The city shut down all the parades and the crowds were not there….never the
less we preached on those streets even if it was just one person on the balcony.
The streets
were almost empty….is COVID a curse or a blessing?
The mayor
made a law that Bourbon Street and a few other streets around the French
Quarter will be shut from 7PM-3AM so we modified our preaching as well.
We would
preach around Jackson Square
Outside St.
Louis Cathedral the oldest Catholic Cathedral in the USA founded in 1720 and
did we have a message for them
“There is a
generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their
filthiness”
Proverbs
30:12
……and for
some reason they left the door open so they were reproved that the tradition of
men will send them to hellfire
“They
profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and
disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate”
Titus 1:16
We also
stood along the Banks of the Mississippi River on their outdoor amphitheater
We walked
around preaching at different locations everyday
At night
before 7PM we preached on Bourbon Street to those walking on the sidewalk as
the street was open to traffic
AND before
Bourbon Street was shut down, I jumped in a rental van and slowly drove Bourbon
Street as the banners marched behind, we led the possession before they shut
the street down. The Lord gave us much
liberty
Of course
this type of preaching will provoking many one on one conversations as we
answered questions daily
“Am I
therefore become your enemy because I tell you the TRUTH”
Gal 4:16
Almost every
day we argued our right on the street, so they would call in a New Orleans
police sergeant or a lieutenant tell us we need to keep moving. We did not comply.
Here is a
photo of a young women who heard the preaching and left her friends to hear
more. She asked for prayer
Here is a
guy that saw me yelled my name and asked for prayer, he said one day he would
be joining us
One night we
drove to Mobile, Alabama as we heard they were having a Mardi Gras celebration
but that city was a ghost town, so we did some drive by preaching from the van.
Driving back
to New Orleans we stopped at a strip club that was open and preached outside of
it
The owner
came out to confront us and he got an ear full
The police
were called but we just lowered the volume on the megaphone
Here is a guy who heard the preaching from across the street and when he walked up I told him we were having a Church service and he needs to pour out his beer. After he poured out the beer he came back smoking and I told him the same thing. We are having a Church service and no smoking is allowed. He tossed his cigarette on the ground and said he needed to get right with God. We spent time with him and prayed for him.
He was worth the 2 hour drive to Mobile,
Alabama
Every day in
New Orleans we preached and moved, preached and moved
“Preach the
word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine”
2 Timothy 4:2
Our outdoor congregation
is unique and like no other
On Fat
Tuesday the city shut down Bourbon Street completely, no one allowed on that
street
Even the rats were dead on Bourbon Street
Since
Bourbon Street was shut down the action was on Royal Street
“Them that
sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear”
1 Timothy
5:20
There were
even people on the balconies
And once the
banner were up and the preaching started the unbelievers came trying to justify
their sin
“And I will
make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against
thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee
and to deliver thee, saith the LORD”
Jeremiah
15:20
This is the ‘Bible
Belt’ and everyone is saved….but saved from what?
“This
witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the
faith”
Titus 1:13
This woman
had her children with us and said we were the ones who were offensive
And the creatures were out on Royal Street
This guy
just walked up staring at us as if that meant something
“As an
adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be
dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house”
Ezekiel 3:9
This guy
came and set up a pulpit in front of us and just mocked the God of the Bible
and the other guy with him just yelled ‘burn babies’ for a few hours
We continued
to uplift the Holy standard of God to all as Mardi Gras 2021 was smaller than I’ve
ever seen but the message of repentance was made loud and clear.
“But he that
sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death”
Proverbs
8:36
EXTRA CREDIT
When
I was in New Orleans I was told that Trump used our free speech case in
Dearborn to win his acquittal.
Trump
is the only President who has been impeached twice and history will have it
that street preachers were used to argue on his behalf at his impeachment trial.
Both
humbled and honored to have a court case we won help the best President in
America…..and they say no one listens.
Many
articles were written but the Washington Post gives much detail, click and
enjoy the read
To all my critics I say, top that
one.
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