Hardcore Christianity - Part 4 — Jose Muniz

Evangelism as the Final Fruit of Salvation

That's right. People who evangelize, man, they're doing all these other things. That's right. And the final fruit of all this is evangelism. There you go. So people who are not evangelizing, because God saved you for a reason.

The Christian Team Has No Bench Warmers

See, in a sports team. Ah, that's right. I went in, go get them Jose. So man, I get there and man, I come home with, I don't even have grass stains on my outfit. So sometimes I'm like, I'm literally, I'm actually falling on my knees, trying to get green on my knees.

So I get, yeah man, I played. Now guess what happened? Bench all the time. It's boring there. Why should I be on the team? I just, man, all they're using me as a dummy for practice. Otis Lockhart, man, he was like a train.

Okay, Jose, he's going to come right here to your gap. You better hit him. Hit him? He weighs twice as much as me. And I remember the first time I hit, boy, he hit me. Man, he probably drug me 15 yards, but I'm still holding on.

The Marks of a Hardcore Christian

End of my career. So now you know, that's what it ends with. That is the sign that you're in, that you're hardcore. Amen. Because man, you see so many things God's doing in your life and you want, man, you want it for them, them, that one, this one.

The Ripple Effect of Evangelism

You want it for everybody. And man, if we could just get a little track in somebody's hand, plant a little seed. Maybe they'll sit down and read it and God will touch them. And then they'll come to know Christ.

And guess what happens? Then they start doing it. Because see, we're all the fruit of Jesus, of his evangelism. See, he witnessed to a couple of fishermen, a tax collector, a physician. Those guys went out and they start witnessing.

They ran into Paul and he's over there killing them. Then Paul's going to Damascus and God just jacks a few days and, yes, Lord, what do you want me to do? So then Paul starts going crazy. Somebody that Paul witnessed to or Peter or John or one of them, it just keeps somebody that they, it's like a domino effect.

From 2 ,000 years ago, the domino effect. Or are you going to be that? I want you guys to tend to love people. And I don't want nobody going to heaven. Nobody loves me. One night, me and my wife were outside of the club and the owner came out and asked me out.

Evangelism in the Face of Threats

He said he's going to call the cops. He called the cops. The cops came. They couldn't do anything to me because I'm on the sidewalk. So then the owner of the club sent his bouncers out and a big old guy came out.

He probably weighed 300 pounds. He said, if you don't leave right now, I'm going to break your legs. And, man, all of a sudden this boldness just, I said, dude, if you want to get rid of me, you're going to have to kill me.

And the guy looked at me and said, man, are you crazy? I said, yes, I am. I don't want you going to hell. So then he went back, told the manager. The manager came out. So then now, now they hire somebody to take me out.

So the word gets around that some gang members are going to... So they call and we go out knowing that somebody wants to shoot me. And I'm thinking, man. Amen. Two hit men. They're on their way to take me out and probably her too.

God's Protection and the Manager's Conversion

And then 15 minutes later, man, they're banging on the door so hard. So Amy gets up and she looks through the window and it's a girl. And she's got blood running all down her face. Amy opens the door and the girl just falls down to the floor.

Please forgive me. Please forgive me. Like I didn't, I wasn't a part of it. And I'm like, okay, what's going on? And she just had a big cut on her forehead. She was with the guys that were on the way.

About a mile from our house. They were involved in a head on commission. And she got on the car. They had guns. And she ran to our house to ask for forgiveness. The other two guys, the shooters, they were taken to the hospital.

Both of them with severe head trauma. And I'm like, man. Wow. Saved me. Amen. Well, we didn't hear anything about those guys. But we continued going to that club. Amen. And the manager got saved. Now that is hardcore.

Examining Yourself for Faithful Evangelism

I could share a lot of ties tonight. But you know what? I want to pray with you. I want you to judge yourself. You know, that's a very common thing nowadays. Only good can judge me. And you. You can judge yourself.

It's okay if you judge yourself. And I want you to examine yourself tonight. You want to be hardcore.