Two men listen when God’s Word comes calling

Two men—one slightly reluctant, one more willing—professed faith in Christ with the encouragement of a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary evangelism team at the tail end of the spring semester. “We prayed together that God would use us to bring those with whom we talked to Himself,” says Master of Divinity student Derek Dozier, who went with Associate Professor of Missions Mike Morris to share the Gospel.

Heading first to Rosemont Park, they approached a man named Moses, who was sitting at a picnic table by himself.

“We asked him if there was any way we could pray for him, and he said there wasn’t,” Dozier says. “Dr. Morris then asked him the diagnostic question of what he would say if he were to die and be asked by God why he should be allowed into heaven. Moses said he didn’t know, and so Dr. Morris asked if he would mind if I shared the Gospel with him.”

Dozier presented the Gospel, telling Moses of mankind’s need and what God did through Christ to provide for that need. “After I presented that repentance and belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ would alone give eternal life, Dr. Morris took a moment to repeat the Gospel presentation to him to make sure he understood it,” Dozier says.

After the second presentation, Morris asked if Moses would like to place his faith in Christ.  Moses said he would, so Morris invited him to pray. The two Southwesterners then prayed with him as he professed his new faith in Christ.

After giving Moses some Gospel materials and encouraging him to get plugged into a church, Dozier and Morris left the park and headed to Hulen Mall, entering a Dallas Cowboys merchandise store where a man named Marcos was working. They talked with him a bit as they walked around the store.

“Dr. Morris talked about football news with him a bit, and I asked him about the new ‘Avengers’ movie,” Dozier says. “Dr. Morris decided to buy a teddy bear for his granddaughter while we were there, and while we were at the cash register, I mentioned to Marcos that I wasn’t too much of a Cowboys guy since I’m from Louisiana—Saints territory.”

Dozier told Marcos that he was in Fort Worth for school and that he was attending Southwestern Seminary. “I mentioned that Dr. Morris also worked there as a professor, at which point he began moving the conversation toward the Gospel,” Dozier says.

Morris asked Marcos the same diagnostic question he had used earlier with Moses. Marcos said that he tried to do good and shared that he previously attended a Catholic church that had recently closed. Morris asked Marcos if Dozier could present the Gospel, and Marcos said that he would listen.

“The Gospel presentation played out in a similar fashion as it had with Moses before, and surprisingly, no one else entered the store during our entire conversation,” Dozier says.  Morris then asked Marcos if he would like to accept Christ, and Marcos accepted. He then prayed, repeating after Morris, and placed his faith in Christ.

“It was such a blessing to see two people place their faith in Christ,” Dozier says. “Thanks be to God for the work He used us to do.”