Philadelphia Outfest 2008…
October 13, 2008
“If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.“
Leviticus 20:13
Today found Repent America downtown Philly at the yearly homosexual pride event, Outfest. Hundreds of homosexuals roam the streets among the booths and tables and stages, hand in hand. We set up two different preaching locations on two different streets. We had gospel banners and sexual purity signs.
We love these people, and that is why we come out and witness to them. God commands us to preach the Gospel. We love them, and so we tell them the truth. The Bible commands that we repent and turn from our sin.
The whole day was pretty calm. We had about 12 police and civil affairs officers with camera crews at each location. We didn’t ask them to be there, but they felt the need to protect us and escort us every move we made. We got to talk to a lot of homosexuals. I spoke with a woman for about 40 minutes about how God detests homosexuality and how she needed to turn from our sin and learn to fear God. She came under a lot of conviction. Then as I was passing out tracts a homosexual man came up to me and after yelling at me about Repent America he started shoving me and telling me to get out of his face, and then another man came up and spit at me.
We passed out a ton of literature. It was going out very well. I passed out about 10 or 12 packs of the “This was your life” tract.
At 4, as we were getting ready to go, we decided to take our banners and signs, and with Robert playing guitar, walk down the middle of the busiest road of the festival. As soon as the police found out they started telling us we could not, for heath and safety reasons. James, a very outspoken homosexual who we see at every pride event started getting very angry saying “They can’t do that! They can’t walk down the street!” And blocked our way as we tried to walk down the street. The police threatened him, but when he didn’t move they didn’t do anything about it. Instead they turned on Michael and said that there was no way they would let him do that. I was videotaping, and followed him as he started to walk.
A lesbian cop stepped infront of me, blocking my way and then turned around and yelled at me and said if I kept shoving her she would hand cuff me and arrest me. I never shoved her, but then she started to push me and pull on my back pack. So then I went around the other side. There was people everywhere, and police all around Michael, pressing in on every side. I was still filming and one of the women cops with a video camera shoved past me and suddenly she grabbed my arm and twisted it hard. She left red marks on my arm… That camera died, so I grabbed another one and kept filming. They kept blocking the way. Soon it was only Jason, Michael and I standing there surrounded by cops and homosexual festival goers. They never let us go down the street, and kept blocking us. So we ended up walking down the alley and we were escorted to our car by the swarm of police.
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recoveringfromabuse | October 13, 2008 at 3:50 am
it’s a shame how much hate you have for those who do not live life according to what you believe. You are judging others, something that Jesus didn’t want us to do. Remember how Jesus embraced Mary Magdalen and forgave her for her sins. You should find a positive way of helping mankind, not denouncing them at a protest. Go help in a soup kitchen, help someone who’s been through domestic abuse or go to a retirement home and visit someone who has no one to visit them.
Remember, God will judge us on judgement day, not you or anyone in your hatemonger group.
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Stephanie Charpentier | October 13, 2008 at 4:15 am
We do not hate, we love. And that is why we feel the need to come out and tell them the truth. 1 Corinthians 6:9 says that Homosexuals will not inherite the kingdom of God (Along with idolators, fornicators etc…) Jesus commanded that people repent and turn from their sin. We are warning them that if they don’t follow God and turn from their sin, that they will face eternal damnation. You’re right when you say we won’t judge. God will, but we are only warning them about His judgement to come.
And who is to say we don’t do these other things? (”Go help in a soup kitchen, help someone who’s been through domestic abuse or go to a retirement home and visit someone who has no one to visit them.”)
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Josh | October 13, 2008 at 4:21 am
Recovering:
Jesus never commanded us not to judge! Rather, he instructed us to judge not like a hypocrite! Jesus repeatedly taught men to judge rightly, insisting they “judge with righteous judgment” (John 7:24) and praising a man who “rightly judged” (Luke 7:43). Paul shamed the Corinthian Christians because there was no one among them willing to “judge the smallest matters” (1 Cor. 6:2). As the Apostle wrote, “He who is spiritual judges all things” for “we have the mind of Christ” (1Cor. 2:15-16).
The precept: Judge not, that ye be not judged … is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange for a moral blank check one expects for oneself.
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Josh | October 13, 2008 at 4:23 am
Recovering:
Jesus never commanded us not to judge! Rather, he instructed us to judge not like a hypocrite! Jesus repeatedly taught men to judge rightly, insisting they “judge with righteous judgment” (John 7:24) and praising a man who “rightly judged” (Luke 7:43). Paul shamed the Corinthian Christians because there was no one among them willing to “judge the smallest matters” (1 Cor. 6:2). As the Apostle wrote, “He who is spiritual judges all things” for “we have the mind of Christ” (1Cor. 2:15-16).
The precept: Judge not, that ye be not judged … is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange for a moral blank check one expects for oneself.